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 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...
Written by @francafly About three months ago a video of Stella Damasus, a renowned Nigerian actress went viral on almost every social media network. The self-made video captured the light skinned actress vehemently condemning the fact that the...
written by @francafly LET’S BALANCE THE EQUATION Have you ever wondered why there seem to be more men than women in the science and technology sector? Go through the statistics and it is very alarming the difference in ratio of the number of men in...
by Franca Plange (@francafly) I was sitting in a public transport to work one morning. A couple sat beside me with the husband carrying their newly born daughter. Wrapped in a white fury cloth, she slept soundly sucking on her thumb. Something...
