I Got Everything I Prayed For, And I Was Still Miserable
by Anonymous There is a version of me that exists in photographs. She is always smiling. She is standing beside achievements, beside milestones, beside the things she spent years asking God for. If you looked at those pictures, you would probably think she was happy. Sometimes I look at them and think the same thing. […]
The Rest We Think We Need Is Not Always Sleep: Why So Many Women Are Tired in Places Sleep Cannot Reach
by Dr. May Last week, I went off grid. Not the planned, aesthetically pleasing kind of retreat that arrives with carefully curated photographs and captions about self care. The kind where something inside you simply goes quiet and refuses to negotiate. I had intended to take a few days away from social media. What actually […]
Cover Story: The Woman Who Taught Machines to save Women’s Lives
by Sipho Khumalo “We work with people’s lives. Every decision I make about technology is a decision about a woman sitting in a waiting room, hoping for good news.” There is a particular kind of discipline required to sit with uncertainty every single day. To study images of the interior human body, to search for […]
HEALTHSPAN, NOT LIFESPAN
by Oluchi Obiahu What if the goal isn’t simply to reach 90 – but to dance at 90, travel at 90, think clearly at 90, and wake up excited about life at 90? For decades, we have been obsessed with lifespan – the number of years we live. We celebrate longevity, count birthdays, and marvel […]
UYO FASHION WEEK 2026 – UPCOMING EVENT
by Oluchi Obiahu ECOBANK ADIRE LAGOS 2026 Dates: Thursday 11 June – Sunday 14 June 2026 Venue: Ecobank Pan African Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos Ecobank Adire Lagos is back with a beautiful edition themed “Threads Across Borders” – a stunning celebration of African textile heritage and its modern evolution. This immersive multi-day event shines a […]
UYO FASHION WEEK 2026 – PAST EVENT RECAP
by Oluchi Obiahu UYO FASHION WEEK 2026 – PAST EVENT RECAP Dates: May 13 – 17, 2026 Venue: Tropicana Event Centre, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria Theme: Season 5 – “The Fusion” Uyo Fashion Week 2026 delivered a vibrant and impressive celebration of creativity under the theme “The Fusion”. Hosted by Nancy Isime and Denrele […]
What Nobody Tells You About the Corner Office
By Francisca Sinjae The view is better. The weight is heavier. Most of us spend our careers looking up. We look at CEOs, founders and executives and see what appears to be the finish line: the title, the influence, the authority, the office with the panoramic view. From where many employees sit, leadership can seem […]
The Grief We Were Never Allowed to Have
By Francisca Sinjae There is a particular way an African woman carries herself at a funeral. Back straight. Voice steady. Tending to others while her own chest is caving in. Receiving condolences with a practised composure that the world reads as strength, and she has learned to read as duty. She will cry, perhaps, but […]
Beauty and the Beast: The Sun, the Cloud and Your Skin
By Francisca Sinjae One promises radiance. One promises shelter. Your skin trusts neither. The sun has always been the prettier suspect. It arrives dressed in gold, spills through bedroom curtains, follows us onto beaches, and somehow manages to appear in almost every photograph worth posting. If the weather had celebrities, the sun would have an […]
A different kind of healing?
by The Lulu Who are you? Have you ever paused, even for a moment, To ask yourself: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the reason for my being, the essence of me? Let me tell you something profound You are not a mistake, not a coincidence. There is a purpose for everything And […]