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Dispelling Myths
Uzochukwuamaka Olukoya writes about how education and storytelling are a powerful tool to dispel myths and spread information to empower and connect communities.
I Am Not Dead Yet
Lollise Mbi, a Motswana based in New York, shares an intimate self-portrait, writing about her shifting relationship with prayer, creativity, and her mother.
Surviving Isolation
Ruth Adong, a radio personality from Uganda, shares how she survived isolation and missing her 3 year old.
Art is Magic
Kabatila Kavat directs and produces photos and videos as a hobby. Through Curveart, Kabatila has created a platform for youths in Mathare who have a passion for modelling.
Unhinge. Unhinge.
Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile; performance artist, musician, writer and artivist writes about her experimental and experiential creative process.
Connecting Ideas
Three friends put their heads together to create an app for young entrepreneurs to seek out funding, despite the challenges that the pandemic threw at them.
Of Necessity and Invention
Promise Fiadzigbe, an electrician turned inventor. We find out how he innovated and built a poultry incubator from scratch to provide for himself and his community.
A Legacy of Glow
A father's education of Shea Butter to his daughters, created a new discovery and a business. Patricia Opio shares her family's legacy.
Ashes and Sunlight
Ifenaike Ayangbemi writes about the role that the church in his community played in raising awareness about COVID-19 and shares how his family survived during trying times.
Nekede's Widows
Darlington Chibueze Anuonye writes about his friendship with two widowed women in Nekede, Nigeria, and how they are surviving the precarity of loss and strife in a pandemic.
Anti-Racist Hotdog
For academic and activist Wandile Mthiyane, the search for dinner one evening was a painful reminder of how remnants of apartheid are alive and well in South Africa. He now uses food to help his community and address racism and prejudice in his home city of Durban.
Light in the Mourning
Kealeboga Pula reflects on the teachings from and 'upside' of loss and grief.