Hé, (Comme on dit au Mozambique). J'ai le singulier privilège de changer d'identité chaque semaine pendant les prochaines semaines donc cette semaine je suis mozambicain. Souvenez-vous de Samora Machel? Oui, c'est la terre bien-aimée de Samora Machel. Maputo is the capital of Mozambique and as Ghana is to the cedi and pesewa […]

Ouah, today is truly an exciting day. So many of us thought that we will never in our lifetime see a Black person in the ‘White House’ and that day has arrived. The question for me is ‘if we thought that was impossible’ then what else is possible? Is it possible to have a Black […]

Hello Sisters, For the next few weeks you will be reading from me from Southern Africa. I give you a peep into my diary for the week ending October 31st, 2008. I write from the city of Lilongwe (Are you wondering where the hell that city is?) Wonder no more, it is the capital of […]

I can’t tell you the number of times I have had conversations (read arguments) with people (read men) about why Feminists focus on women. A few days ago a friend said to me ‘ Why don’t feminists work with humans…soon the script will flip…‘ Well guess what I found when I was sorting through my […]

Je lisais certaines des notes que j'ai prises lors du 2e Forum féministe africain qui s'est récemment tenu à Kampala, Ouganda et je dois juste partager certaines des grandes citations qui m'ont frappé (un peu drôle, un endroit sur, certains simplement controversés…’ Prendre plaisir! « Le féminisme est comme le christianisme, you have to convert people.’ Hope Chigudu quoted […]

Part of what I have enjoyed the most at this year’s AFF has been the sheer creativity unleashed. Jessica Horn who is a member of the AFF working group has kindly agreed that I can reproduce this poem which she wrote in honour of Lovetta Warner and read during one of the workshops I attended: […]

AWDF in association with our partners Akina Mama wa Afrika are currently convening the 2nd African Feminist Forum in Uganda. At the opening ceremony this morning Dr Susan Kiguli, a lecturer at the Institute of Languages, University of Makarere shared a powerful poem which she wrote specifically for this occasion. NO LONGER A VOICE IN […]

One of the things I had promised to do this week is to blog about my experiences at the ‘Women Raising Millions’ training course being held in San Francisco by the Women’s Funding Network. Part of what has been great about this course has been the opportunity to learn from all the other women who […]

My flight left Accra, Ghana at about 22.30pm GMT and finally arrived in San Francisco, California at about 15.00(about 20.00 GMT) the following day. It took at least an hour to get through immigration…going through US immigration is probably one of the things I hate most about travelling to the US. I always find that […]

The Northern Region of Ghana has seen so much violence in recent times. The Bawku conflict has been the most prominent but now there appears to be new conflicts as a result of politics. For a relatively peaceful nation like Ghana this is a tragedy! Political campaigns should be focused on issues which are developmental […]