Getting the visa Getting the Cameroonian visa was hard! In fact, it was impossible! The eVisa system literally (and I use the word...

On July 10th, 2020, I hopped on what I now realize was a life-changing flight and moved back home from South Africa to Zambia. How...

“Bana babo kani twa fwa po...” how many times had we heard those words? When he was giving one of his formal speeches, and oh! how he...

How dare the sun shine? On the day my Father died. Does it not know? That Frederick Boaz Abidjah Mutwale, the last of his nuclear family,...

Many countries are special to me for several reasons. South Africa, because I "grew up" (i.e. became an adult) there, Botswana, because...

Zambian weddings are communal. No matter how self-sufficient you are as a couple, how many months out you’ve planned, people will help...

I can’t believe that the beautiful Seychelles was actually a Plan B for our honeymoon. You see, we were bent on doing a Euro tour and...

I am thirty years old! I have BEEN looking forward to this milestone. I turned 30 on Sunday, 15 January 2023, and celebrated in the most...

“If you see a snake, just stand still and call me.” Those were the words that my friend Aisata Fatima Bah Catherine Tallulah Pulham Karen...

Guess who’s back, back again! Tuba’s back. Tell a friend! Did you sing that??? It only works if you sing it. If you’re pop-culturally...

There are a few things I love more than solo travel. Having only recently discovered the wonder that wandering alone can bring, I am now...

I turned 28!!! And to celebrate this huge turn in my life,I took myself on a weekend away to Capetown as a pre-celebration. Note to all:...

11 years ago on the 10th of January 2010, I moved to South Africa to pursue my tertiary education wide-eyed (figuratively, we all know my...

In 2015, while working a (seemingly) dead end job that had nothing to do with my degree and barely making ends meet, I wrote in my...

This year has been a constant reminder to give people their flowers while they are still alive. On 7th November 2020, we celebrated my...

The Victoria Falls are in Zambia. Okay, okay, I’ll concede! I don’t want to contribute to the plethora of fake news on the internet so I...

When‌ ‌I‌ ‌first‌ ‌sat‌ ‌down‌ ‌to‌ ‌write‌ ‌this,‌ ‌I‌ ‌was‌ ‌doing‌ ‌a‌ ‌load‌ ‌of‌ ‌laundry‌ ‌before‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌for‌ ‌a‌ ‌weekend‌...

The island of St John is an interesting one. Located just 4 miles (6 kilometres) east of St Thomas and with 60 per cent of its land...

I'm not sure if this is all just a personal Mandela Effect I'm experiencing, but I remember a time when the term slay queen did not have...