Jean Gasho

Unless Her Afro Is Tied Into A Silky Neat Bun, Your Daughter Can’t Enroll In Our Ballet school

Today Alexandra Burke spoke out about her experiences of racism when she entered the X-Factor competition a few years ago, she was told she had to have a straight weave and not wear her hair natural to appeal to the ...

Why Gilbert Arenas Was Right To Say He Doesn’t Find Lupita “Cute”

So Black American former NBA basketball player Gilbert Arenas attacked Lupita Nyong’o over her beauty and colour of skin back in 2017. Since the recent rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the athlete has since made an open and ...

My Ashanti King Said No To Zimbabwe Lobola, Now The Government Has Ended The Necessity Of The Barbaric Ritual

One of the reasons I love being a writer is because the things I write about always come to pass one way or another. So today Zimbabwe has announced that it’s introduced a new lobola law which does not require the ...

Tyler Perry’s Acrimony: A Hard Lesson For Black Women

I finally watched Tyler Perry’s most talked-about psychological thriller Acrimony. This is definitely the best film of Tyler Perry that I have ever watched, and Taraji P Henson who plays Melinda did so much justice to the script. After reading ...

Mama, I Am Now A Giant, But I Can’t Breathe

Ever since I was a child I was only taught one message of survival The only message of revival that applies to me I was told the answer to the pain they cause lies in forgiveness The words came from ...

If You Are Black, Buy Or Sell Cigarettes And Asthmatic You CAN Be Strangled To Death By Police And It Won’t Be Classed As Murder

A lot has been said about George Floyd’s recent brutal murder last week, and a lot has happened since. But no one is talking about the reason why this innocent man even had 4 policemen arresting him like that, like ...

Why Polygamous King Mswati Is An Embarrassment To Africa And Black People

He is the most famous polygamist in the world today. He has a net worth of $100 million, 15 wives and 32 children. He is like the King Solomon of today, only that he doesn’t have the WISDOM, the pride ...

Why African Print Should Not Be Worn As The Pride Of African Dressing

As Africans celebrate Africa Day taking to social media, posting pictures in their African print clothing, I find it sad that the African print material is the pride and symbol of African clothing. I personally find the “African print material” ...

Why Black Single Mothers Should Accept That They Are Meant To Be “Second Best”

Yesterday my Boaz was speaking to one of his longtime friends over the phone, and she told him that she has recently started dating a married man. She is an older Ghanaian single mother in her mid 50’s. She’s very ...

Dropping Out Of High School Was The Best Life Changing Decision I Ever Made

I have had a lot of reactions regarding my article about black people’s obsession with Higher Education. I understand why a lot of black people found the article upsetting, sadly we are conditioned from a young age to believe that education is ...