Written by Efe Plange So a video making rounds on social media and causing serious reactions from all over the world, is a commercial from a Chinese detergent company, in which a well-built Black guy painter is literally washed and made...
The Sex Tape Menace And An Inconsiderate Public: When Sex Continues To Be An Exclusive Right For Men
Written by Efe Plange It is official, sex tapes have become an epidemic and we need to do something about it! When did we get here? A section of a Ghanaian university, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have supposedly...
Written by Efe Plange I have been looking for the right opportunity to rant on an issue that has been bothering me since my adult life. And just recently, a double celebrity social media beef seems to have presented the most opportune time. I came...
As promised, I share the final parts of the lessons I gathered this past year preceding my 26th birthday. While Part One seemed to focus more on career-centered hacks, in this concluding part I delve a bit more into our social lives. This second...
Written by Efe Plange In this two-part series, I am sharing some personal life hacks with other young African women out there. These are by no means any universally proven “rules.” However, for the few out there who need some...
Written by Efe Plange In this article I would like to share with you a revelation that emerged from a Facebook dialogue on a personal photo that appeared on my Timeline. This was an official photo taken by my school’s PR team during the Commencement...
Written by Efe Plange My dear Yemi, let me first begin with a disclaimer. I totally love and admire you, as you are one of my favorite female African artistes. You are spontaneous, charismatic, energetic, hardworking and seriously talented. Your...
When you grow up in any part of Black Africa, the meaning of strength surpasses the ability to carry a weighted object. It carries physical, psychological, social and even spiritual connotations. I am a woman, and just like all of my kind who grow...
I had a boyfriend once who always complained that my friends and I spoke way too much Twi (a Ghanaian Akan language) and this, according to him, made us appear “too local.” He was almost embarrassed by that… At the young age of about 8, I overheard...
