An Afrikan Wom_n’s Journal
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Cor 3:16-13
Before this year, my best life was going to start in my forties after I had secured bags and achieved ‘stability’. Maybe somewhere on a private jet, sipping on champagne on my way to the Maldives. However, recent events in my life have made me question why I think my forties or even tomorrow is…
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For my undergraduate, I wanted to study gender, philosophy and politics and my parents wanted me to study engineering. I ended up choosing a BSc in Construction Studies as a sort of “middle ground”🙃. I then specialised by getting a BSc Honours in Quantity Surveying. As a quantity surveyor, a cost consultant for the construction industry,…
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Until this year, I had done what needed to be done, the way they said it should be done and with the people they said it should be done with. I do not know if that was as a result of being the first born or just a disposition to take the safest path. What…
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This might be the ubuntu in me speaking but I don’t think one can thrive in this world without help. Yet I have glorified not needing help so much that I have to keep fighting all my instincts to ask for it. Going into this year I knew I wouldn’t make it without help so…
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This is the greatest I have felt since adulting started. My body is healthy and glowing; my mind is free and alert; and my soul is whole and happy. Here are some activities that I have been doing that I attribute to these feelings of newness and joy. I tried to divide them by mind,…
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I have lost approximately 8 Kgs this past 8 months sustainably. What I mean by sustainably is that I did it while keeping healthy and accepting my body in all its stages. The few times I tried to lose weight before was from a place of self-loathing which led to yoyo dieting which in turn…
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Dear Body, I know you are feeling the best you have felt in a while because my spirit and soul are also feeling that way. This positive correlation has been my most magical realisation about you so far, Despite the circumstances you are thriving and I couldn’t be prouder of your strength and resilient existence.…
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This is for any womxn who has been made to feel that the way they dress has nothing to do with them and everything to do with the men in their lives: their reactions, their perceptions, their tastes, their uncontrollable sexual desires – the male gaze. I would like to especially dedicate this post to my…
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The school holiday of June 2014 holiday was the longest time I had spent with my hair as it grows: no cornrows, no braid extensions, no weaves just my hair in two strand twists or in a fro. At that time my mummy had issues with it because where I saw two strand twists, she…
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My sisters and I recorded another youtube video. This time sharing our favourite movies of all time. Here’s the list for future reference. Enjoy!Horror/Fiction/Thriller/Mystery Gerald’s Game The escape room Star Wars Animal World Velvet Buzzsaw The Perfection Get Out Comedy/Cartoon Hangover Girls Trip Angus Thongs Perfect snogging Koffee & Kareem Late night Smurfs Taylor…
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