Behind the Glamour

With sorrow, my friends and I remembered Maureen, one of our former colleagues who succumbed to domestic violence. Maureen was a good lady, smart and beautiful. Maureen was 25 when she decided to settle. She was employed on a 25K salary but she loved the flashy lifestyle. A lifestyle that made her date more than […]

We were around 21 years when Rael started vacationing outside the country. Her Instagram page was flooded with bikini photos in different sandy beaches and posh hotels. She used this opportunity to showcase to us, her followers, how a new iPhone or iPad, air tickets or her beautiful bikinis bought in high-end boutiques are actually

A few minutes past midnight. “Mary, you need to accept his proposal. Where do you expect to get school fees? What about our food? We’re struggling. Kim loves you. He’s ready to make something out of you.” “Mama I’m only 16. I want to go to school. Education will change our lives. I just have

“She was named Sarah, but she changed her name to Sasha. “Sarah sounds holier and old school,” she says. But Sasha is not your ordinary village girl. She’s a sassy young woman with a taste for finer things—a self-proclaimed slayqueen and supposed entrepreneur in businesses no one can quite define. She tells us she’s self-employed,