The African diaspora needs to stop treating this as just another online debate.
If South Africa wants to normalise the mistreatment, humiliation and scapegoating of other Africans, then Africans outside South Africa should respond economically and culturally.
Stop watching South African films and shows. Stop buying South African wine. Stop buying South African products. Stop promoting South African tourism. Stop rewarding a country that treats vulnerable Africans as disposable while still expecting African solidarity, African markets and African cultural support.
This is not hatred of ordinary South Africans. It is a refusal to support a system and a social climate that dehumanises other Africans while calling it patriotism.
If African lives matter, then African money, attention and cultural support should also matter.
At this point, it is a moral obligation! I for one, I am done!
Mi boda: 120 invitados confirmados
Vinieron 95
El salón salió perfecto, la fiesta increíble… pero los sobres/regalos:
Solo 48 trajeron algo decente.
El resto: “felicidades” con sonrisa y abrazo seco y alguna foto de recuerdos.
Me faltan como 2.500€ para cubrir los cubiertos que sí comieron y bebieron.
¿Les escribo un mensajito amable tipo “oye, si puedes aportar algo al cubierto que salió carísimo”?
¿O me callo, pago yo y pienso que la amistad no se cobra? Estoy a punto de explotar de impotencia. ¿Qué haríais vosotros?
My boyfriend always says if a genotype and the love of biological children stops you from being with someone you love, you don’t really love the person
Back in the day, I had a friend from Liberia.
Her parents were upper-middle-class and lived in Monrovia.
She said they woke one day to find rebels at the doorstep of Monrovia, and there was a mad dash to the airport. She said a country had sent planes to evacuate its citizens from Liberia, but the Liberians were buying the seats on those planes to escape.
Her parents could only afford to send her; she never saw them again.
I asked, “This war didn't start in one day; why didn't you leave earlier?”
She said, “We simply heard about an attack here and there and never assumed it would come to Monrovia.”
I remember once tweeting that I would never have a child outside of wedlock— people were dragging me and saying never say never.
Whole time I meant I would abort. ✋🏽
If I were pregnant and informed that my fetus had Down syndrome I would absolutely abort. No amount of social media romanticizing of profound disability would change my mind. Contrary to popular opinion, you need more than love to care for a disabled child.
After giving birth, a woman's internal wounds take six months to heal, 12 months for physical recovery, two years for hormonal balance, and up to five years to rediscover her identity. Relationships frequently fail during this time due to a lack of understanding. Be kind and patient with new mothers; they are facing more challenges than it appears.
I never imagined I would be making this kind of plea.
My wife, Dasola, went in for a Caesarean Section to deliver our baby, but what should have been the happiest moment of our lives suddenly became a fight for survival.
She developed severe sepsis after surgery, leading to
When I was 16 (almost 22yrs ago) I found out by accident in A&E my family had kept a big secret from me (which then explained why I spent most of my childhood in hospital!)
In 1993 I was diagnosed with AIDS aged 5 and had 6 weeks to live - no treatment at first - see comments