At age 44, I started having perimenopause symptoms. It’s was the vertigo and nights sweats, that got my attention. Up till then, I assumed the foggy brain, forgetfulness and anxiety were part and parcel of was mum life. Three years on, here’s what I’ve learnt...
My first experience of racism was in my home country. My first experience of class prejudice was in my home country. I share this as a testimony that even when your race makes up 40% of the population, you can still be subject to racism. Why? It’s stepped in a...
On 1 February 1968, two Memphis garbage collectors, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a malfunctioning truck. Eleven days later, frustrated by the city’s response to the latest event in a long pattern of neglect and abuse of its black employees,...
We are the sum of our experiences, they say, and I’m inclined to believe it. Recently, I was at a public park with friends and a little girl came up to our group. She made herself comfy and even ate from our strawberries. In that moment, it confirmed what I always...
Thanks to the partnership between EDF Energy and 20th Century Fox, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the film Hidden Figures. EDF Energy currently has a programme for teenage girls called Pretty Curious which ‘aims to inspire teenage girls to imagine a...
