Not just another ‘Hit and Run’

It was a sunny afternoon and I needed to buy vegetables from the market, the weather…very, very, hot. I also knew which market I was going to, Toi Market off Ngon’g Road, which also sold…

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I didn’t just want a job, I wanted a life – Aprelle Duany

Mompreneur and designer, Aprelle Duany, quit a high flying job to go back to fashion school and pursue her dream, she shares her story with Afrinado

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You deserve a seat at the table

You have probably heard or read these words somewhere. In her seminal book, Lean In, Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg, has a whole chapter dedicated to it. In a video on Makers.com, Treasurer of the United States…

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How Yoga taught me to relax and enjoy life — Chichi Towett

Chichi  Towett looks just like she does on the poster, she has the same warm smile and mid-length dreads that she ties up to keep out of the way. At just 28, she is at…

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Can you look beyond the stereotype?

In my first year in college, I had a friend whose heritage was Jamaican and Kalenjin. The first time I found out about it, I made an off hand joke about Jamaicans and weed. Sean Paul’s Gimme the Light was involved and I cringe at the memory, an imaginary smoke ring was blown. Coming to think of it, it was not even funny.

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