How Childhood trauma informs adult behaviourWe all walk around with atleast some form of trauma from our childhoods. But because we have learned coping mechanisms even as children…Dec 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021
WOMAN Steeped in her royal majesty She feistily gathers all the stones Stones the world has thrown…Through the roadblocks, the No's And the incessant put-downs She's made herself a coating Covered in fur with deep inner protections A…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
A drop of midnightFull disclosure. I am a black woman, born and raised in a not so little West African country called Cameroon (or shit-hole if you are a…Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020
How one persons act of kindness made me a better personI have tried to write this story for two years, but everytime, every time i end up in tears and lay it to rest. So i will try to write it…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
So i lived through a gang conflict……So two weeks ago, i lived through a gang conflict. I am not even joking about this. I live in Angered, one of the most segregatated areas…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Talking about racism with our children: Softball or hardball?Six years ago when the “i can’t breathe” movement started, I sang a song composed by Samuel L Jackson and put on youtube. It was a bold…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
I am not a feministI am not a feminist Audible gasp, the snarty looks like "she is just ignorant" or "that's a woman who sold her rights"Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
Society owes domestic abuse victims….heres whyMost times we think of women who get sexually abused, we tend to think of the weak, vulnerable, uneducated, insecure and jobless women. But…Jun 27, 2020Jun 27, 2020
