Yearly Archives: 2010

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  Survival Tools for Forgotten Women: Pillow for Protection

  Posted on November 14, 2010 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Balance, One-on-One, Relationship, Series, Survival Tools.

  Stop holding your friends hostage every midnight when you can’t sleep for thinking over all your issues, every holiday when you feel lonely, every December 31 when you haven’t met a goal that you didn’t work to achieve – because guess what?

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  Survival Tools for Forgotten Women: Mirror-Mirror

  Posted on September 29, 2010 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Balance, Human Rights, One-on-One, Series, Survival Tools.

  Perhaps where she was raised, people don’t stress over their next birthday, they’re thankful to be alive right now.

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  Survival Tools For Forgotten Women

  Posted on September 7, 2010 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Balance, One-on-One, Relationship, Series, Survival Tools.

  So you stop by Victoria’s or someone else’s Secret. But nothing fits… per se. Of course, for maximum effect, you should actually buy the smaller size, and then wear a girdle over it.

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  Ungagged: Memories Of Another Time

  Posted on July 11, 2010 by Patience Carboo-Sumney in All, Dede Gayo, Human Rights, Politics.

  Every child in Ghana knew Dr. Nkrumah was the President and Dr. Danquah the opposition leader. Supporters of both sides shouted their political slogans and hurled insults at each other.

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  Violet Matlou, Freedom Fighter

  Posted on May 30, 2010 by bmatlou in All, Human Rights, Politics, Profile, Series.

  She was arrested and transported in a ‘Kwela-Kwela’ overloaded with other women. They were incarcerated overnight in dirty cells…

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  Violet Matlou, Freedom Fighter (Part 2)

  Posted on May 30, 2010 by sndlovu in All, Human Rights, Politics, Profile, Series.

  Mrs. Matlou made up her mind that enough was enough. This time she was going to stay put.

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  Violet Matlou, Freedom Fighter (Part 3)

  Posted on May 30, 2010 by mherbstein in All, Human Rights, Politics, Profile, Series.

  “I’ve been asked to give you this message. Your wife and six children are at the airport, waiting for you to collect them.

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  Comfort Carboo, Trendsetter

  Posted on January 31, 2010 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Profile, Relationship, Style.

  You needed to know my grandmother firsthand to understand her. People like her come along once every several generations to remind us that God does not use the same mold twice. She was definitely one of a kind.

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