Tag: Stories

From a gay man in Nigeria to a refugee in the US

Living in Nigeria as a gay man was never easy, but the…

Edafe Okporo Edafe Okporo

A night to remember at the hospital

Men, no — replace that with dads, have not done well with…

 Hilarry Lisimba Hilarry Lisimba

My battle with bipolar disorder

I was first employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in 1995…

Margaret W. Mania Margaret W. Mania

My boyfriend proposed to me on a bus and died that night

How would you feel should your expectations be violated? When your sense…

Anonymous Anonymous

7 returnees talk about living and doing business in Africa

To move abroad anywhere is to start over again, according to some…

Zaina Adamu Zaina Adamu

Love yourself so much that you don’t feel the wanting from loneliness

I can’t believe you're 38! THIRTY EIGHT. F***ing eight years older than…

Denrele Edun Denrele Edun

I was raped at 14, suicidal for years

So sometime last month, I opened up about my struggle with depression…

Calabar Chic Calabar Chic

Mother and daughter graduate from US university on same day

Not many people get to study in the same class as their…

Rupert Waring Rupert Waring

My nightmare: Highway robbery at gunpoint

Exactly a week ago, on the evening of Monday 27th May 2019,…

Josephine Annan-Dennis Josephine Annan-Dennis

A mother’s quest to demystify Down’s syndrome in Tanzania

When Elly Kitaly gave birth to her son she found out he…

BBC Africa BBC Africa