In September, Frans Timmermans, the EU Commission Vice President and the man in charge of leading its work on the European Green Deal and the European Climate..
Tag: lives
DRC’s forests-for-oil sale reeks of neocolonialism
Behind the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s nationalist rhetoric lie big profits for global energy giants, and hurt for poor Congolese. Forests are losing out to fossil..
The mother of all insults
If you’ve ever heard anyone being called a ‘worthless son of a bitch’, I am sure it provoked as much thought in you as it did to..
Not everything the feminist movement says is good for you! (part 1)
The feminist movement has done so much for women that it is hard not to come across as ungrateful when you choose a title like the one..
In London without you
My old friend Mike often said travelling is a privilege. As a Christian, I’ll have to say, it’s grace, one which I am grateful to have enjoyed…
My fellow African, who do you work for?
2020 was a dark year. As if humanity wasn’t traumatised enough by the fatalities from an evil virus, millions had to watch on their small screens a..
My fellow African, who do you work for?
2020 was a dark year. As if humanity wasn’t traumatised enough by the fatalities from an evil virus, millions had to watch on their small screens a..
My fellow African, who do you work for? (part 3)
Stay at home moms have no agency: I became a cheerleader for women opting to stay home and am loving it! When you’ve been in the workplace..
The feminist voices I curbed to be a happier me (part 3)
You are tough if you stand up to men and you are weak if you don’t – submission is patriarchal: I listened to mom’s voice for a..
The feminist voices I curbed to be a happier me (part 2)
A successful woman is one who is toe-to-toe with men, who is accomplished in the boardroom: I stepped back, so I could get more power and freedom…