Two weeks ago I came across this short video of @BeleafinFatherhood’s daughter Anaya asking for love. In it you see a little black girl, with a mischievous smile on her face, sticking herself through what was obviously a closed door to make her request. She says: “I’m just standing here, waiting for you to get […]
5 Love Poems From Me to You
As the people all over the world muse on love (genuine of commercialized fluff) on this Valentine’s Day, permit me share with you some of my favorite original poems relating to L.O.V.E. On Self-love Ode to We This is for my sisters, whose thighs touch. Whose arms hang like armpit […]
Loving your Non-Christian Friend
Capitalism has branded February the month of love, and for the past few years, I’ve played along with my musings being love-themed every February. This month, for example, I shared flash fiction I worked on for Brittle Papers’ Valentine’s Day anthology last year. Now that my Christian Musings page means blogging twice a month, I […]
Re-Blogging: What is Love
Love is something that often defines the nature of reason. So when I was approached by Girdblog alongside five other writers from all over Africa to define love? I saw it as an intriguing challenge.Find out six writers from the continent defined and undefined Love… WHAT IS LOVE?— 6 WRITERS (UN)DEFINE LOVE Let me know what […]