Liberian Loving
You are carefully crafted because you are art—
Look at your artistic stretch marks that form its own patterns through seasons as your body makes changes.
You are second to none; even your ...
BRAND(ED): The Little Survival Guide of a Liberian Black Woman in Paris
Therefore, similar to how weapons were placed in people’s hands for defense, we need to put tips, knowledge, and words of wisdom in the ears, minds and hearts of our children as survival tools to ...
We Are A Tribe
“In as much as we criticize and condemn the many wrongs, it is incredibly important that we highlight the things going right, whether it is political, educational, social, or entrepreneurial. This ...
We All Matter
I don’t feel that men are better than women, or vise versa My granny is my family matriarch, She’s way better! Married before the age of 18; deprived of formal school lectures, Bore six kids ...
The Foreign Exchange Rate Saga
We elect someone that we believed “has a heart for Liberia,” and we are still subjugated to the same repetitive norm of failed leadership and total hardship. Continue Reading → ...
Culture Shock- facing the unexpected ordeal
It all started when the flight I boarded from Morocco landed at JFK International Airport in New York. I was lost for a while; depending on the traveling experience of a man from Liberia whom I met ...
Youths Must Unite to Effect Change
Dear Youths, Often times, we have been overlooked, marginalized, ignored, and forgotten about by the very people who we celebrate and applaud on a daily basis. I just want to remind you all ...
Religion and Women
One might argue that these Holy Books being written by all men was a deliberate attempt to diminish the roles women played in ancient religious times. There is no proof that women were also prophets ...
I sin, You sin, We all sin
I was raised in a home where we considered ourselves Christians. I say ‘considered’ because that’s how surface it was. We tried to follow some of the things we knew and learned but no one was asked, ...
Breaking Free from the Unromantic and Inexpressive Culture
Kings, over the course of our lives, we all have, at some point or another, heard concerns from our Queens as to why most of us (African men) show no displays of affection, i.e. being romantic, as ...
Our Fallen Queen
All hail the mother that flourishes in the midst of thorns and torment. The queen stripped of her throne and thrown to her dead yet suffers All hail the fallen Queen, the mother of warriors and ...
A Male’s Perspective of Feminism
"If we will have a balance of gender and a reduction in the continuous occurrence of violence against women and girls, society will have to balance off their so called feminist perspective." ...
RING OF LEMONS
I stopped screaming for him to stop after the first 5 minutes and became completely numb when I felt liquid rolling down my legs and just knew it was my child. I survived but my baby didn’t. ...
We Are Not Our Mothers
The new generation of Liberian women must aspire to have healthy marriages that nurture children to go on to respect the sanctity of marriage. Marriage na joke oh! Continue Reading → ...
Let’s Keep It Professiona?l?
Navigating the professional world as a young, “attractive”, female-identifying individual means walking a straight line of politeness and amiability without ever veering into the territory of ...
Fact Check: President Weah’s Second Annual State of the Nation Address
From the data given, majority of our roads and infrastructure is being built by foreign funds, which has cause some to wonder, “How does this stimulate our economy and provide jobs for our people?” ...
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Artwork by Matina Jaimah ( @Jaimahmedia on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr ) Artist’s website: https://www.jaimahmedia.com ...
Liberia’s Drive to Macroeconomic Stability
When you hear the word “stability,” what comes to mind? I bet you start to think about synonyms like security, durability, safety, normality, reliability, firmness, and balance. In macroeconomics, ...
Typical Liberian Girl
He walked up to me and said, “You don’t look like a typical Liberian girl, Your diction is better and your skin is lighter.” I looked him in the eye and told him to his face, “I’m disappointed that& ...
Africa Needs to Deviate from Depending? on International Aid
We might all still be familiar with the phrase “Make America Great Again” that was popularized about a year ago. This was an agenda that was assertively pushed by current American President Donald ...
Liberian Girl Magic
Dear LiberianGirl, Do you see us freeing ourselves, from the narratives written by “people abroad?” Read a blog post yesterday, with your voice and your name and your face – shoutout to SiM. ...
The Influence of Art on a Society and How Liberia Can Learn from It
Traditional masks, murals, painted storefronts, and paintings of beautifully shaped African women in village settings; these are a few reminders of the presence of art in Liberia. Not all meets the ...
Sleepless In Monrovia, Our Story
We launched Liberia’s first social justice blog, Sleepless in Monrovia (SiM) on March 12, 2018. With SiM, Liberians would no longer have to worry about where they can explore their thoughts and ...
Portrayal Matters
I, Shari, was standing outside a kebab kiosk (a type of sandwich stand) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with some friends and friends of friends at about 4 AM after clubbing the night away, as one does. ...
Message by the Ink
Over 170 years ago, some of our forefathers were here and others came and they set eyes on the most beautiful thing called freedom. They felt liberation clawing its way free from beneath their skin ...
The Middle Passage II
Don’t worry I’m not only here to mock your lack of talent. The elders are calling a meeting. Even though you would have nothing to do with the complexities of the politics of the tribe, they cannot ...
The Middle Passage I
In an alternate historical and technological timeline, a young West African royal, Kou, struggles as she prepares to fit into her birth-given role as a Queen. With help from her twin, Saye, she ...
Kinks, Curls, and Coils
I began writing this piece by stating that I first got my hair permed when I was eight years old. But I was not so sure so I asked my sister to confirm how old I was. She said she… Continue ...
Preservation of Liberian Traditions
How can one preserve a traditional practice like this when it has no health benefits for women and girls? Continue Reading → ...
YOUTH IN REVOLT
We cannot move forward if we are devoid of the generation that preceded us; their successes, as well as their failures. But we also cannot disconnect from ourselves. Continue Reading → ...
Through the Lens of an African Youth
After more than 60 years of independence, the story of the continent remains a sad one to tell. Though entrepreneurship and the Market in Africa are booming, ordinary Africans across many parts of ...
Racism & Sexism at Sajj House
So, in Liberia, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a place that allows WHITE WOMEN to walk into Sajj un-harassed but doesn’t allow BLACK WOMEN. The only logical takeaway from that is "black ...
Domestic Violence, the New Cool?
But deep-rooted in all of these sad events, is the fact Bucky Raw deserves absolutely no sympathy for abusing his daughter’s mother. Domestic violence is a criminal offense and it should not be ...
Tourism: An Alternative Solution to Unemployment in Liberia
Unfortunately, Liberia is not counted among those African countries that have benefited from the growth in tourism on the continent. I am an optimist, and I believe the future is bright. We can ...
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