by Nonkosi Tazibona | May 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have never been shy about my love for my hair. However, there was a time when I absolutely despised my hair. I remember all the hours spent in the bathroom washing my hair. I can still feel the knots of my thick 4c hair being a more formidable foe than math ever...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Apr 25, 2025 | Social commentary
via GIPHY Pssst…psssst…yes, you are you aware that there’s a tired whisper circling in certain corners of the internet, gaining traction among self-proclaimed “culture warriors” ? According to them anything that features people of colour and in our case, black people...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Apr 11, 2025 | Social commentary
via GIPHY I have never dabbled in satire. I think I should participate in it if it helps illuminate issues or problems that women go through. I’m well aware that the “if men had periods” shtick has been done over and over again, even scoring itself many ai...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Apr 4, 2025 | Social commentary
via GIPHY As an African woman, there’s nothing that I love more than telling African men and women that I am a feminist and watching them immediately scowl or denounce their preconceived notions of myself, whether as feminine or as a normal person in general. Yes, in...
by Nonkosi Tazibona | Jan 3, 2025 | Social commentary
via GIPHY You don’t know the half of it. Not that we ever know the full extent of anything. I’ll blame that on our humanity and our tendency to be so stuck in our own ways that we are totally unmoving in many more ways than one. But I digress… “I’m just a girl” is a...
