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How did I get here? Advice for young and old-ish (?) people
I frequently get asked by young people and even people in my age group for advice and I am someone who doesn’t believe in absolute advice. There is just too much of that going around; people telling women how to be or young people what they are not being, so I really dislike it. What…
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One Year in the New Direction or…?
Here we are again. Another Independence Day for Sierra Leone. The jabs at those who say “independent” instead of “independence” started earlier than usual and it stopped being funny by Independence Day. I expected more social media statuses about how we are not independent, but I guess all our woke Sierra Leoneans are just…
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When women help to hurt other women
“Have some compassion,” one of them said. “How can you be like this to a such a young girl? She’s clearly been affected by the experience,” said another male teacher*. The woman teacher was not hearing it. She was of the impression that she is familiar with “girls like this.” They can lie. So, Wednesday…
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An unpopular opinion: Sierra Leone National Emergency on Rape
I am not as happy as everyone is about the National Emergency on Rape and sexual violence in Sierra Leone. I hate to be the pessimist and I was just telling someone the other day when they messaged me about this issue and had similar sentiments as I did, that we must appear like quite…
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Is Rape on the Rise in Sierra Leone?
With the flurry of new activism in the Sierra Leonean community on rape and sexual abuse I’ve seen a lot of statements being made as facts. I won’t argue one way or the other about that, but I do want to just share some quick thoughts. As more awareness is raised about rape and sexual…
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How Superhero t.v. shows are speaking up in today’s America
Don’t judge me when I am watching superheroes on tv, I am learning how to be a better human. Since the inception of comic superheroes they’ve been addressing societal issues that we’ve been too nervous to talk about out loud. The arts are so important and sometimes we forget how critical they are in our…
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Making MY Dreams Come True (End of Year Blog post 2018)
There is no one time where you have everything you have dreamed of or prayed for, so stop waiting for it. The time is now. Right now I am thankful for where I am because I am (if I can borrow from Michelle Obama’s words) BECOMING. I am becoming everything I’ve dreamed and prayed for.…
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A New Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! I used to have my blog on Blogger, but thanks to the joy that is Facebook I had to migrate. I’ll fully transfer all my previous blog posts from other blog in the coming months. Bare with me 🙂 Read more below on the reason for transition —— My blog Voice…
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