Tolu AgbelusiI Showed Up!I met Florence Kollie Raja by chance, over a conversation about rice water and Black hair, on a sunny afternoon in pandemic June 2020. We…Mar 30, 2023Mar 30, 2023
Tolu AgbelusiChoose Who You Want to Be — Jemilea Wisdom-BaakoJemilea Wisdom-Baako is compassion personified. Moving almost in silence she is relentless at carving out avenues for people to thrive…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
Tolu AgbelusiFrom a Mountain to a FlowerGaylene Gould is a Creative Director, broadcaster, writer and former Head of Cinemas at BFI Southbank . That’s one way to start this…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Tolu AgbelusiWhy Be a Repressed Human Being When You Can Be Free?What better way to end a year of explorations on feminine strength, than with where it all begins for me. Iyabo Agbelusi is a teacher…Dec 22, 20201Dec 22, 20201
Tolu AgbelusiJoy as ArmourSwarzy Macaly is a professional joy infuser. You may also know her as a radio and TV host, an activist and a cultural curator. The day…Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020
Tolu AgbelusiEverything That Has Tried to Kill Me Has Failedvangi gantsho is a poet, healer, publisher, cultural activist, curator, co-founder of impepho press, and mother.Oct 22, 20201Oct 22, 20201
Tolu AgbelusiYou Don’t Always Have To Be Strong To Be A Strong Woman — Ruth Shah-WigleyTwenty years ago, on the first day of university, I walked into one of my seminars and saw blurted out, “Thank God! Another Black person”…Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
Tolu AgbelusiSometimes You Just Need to JumpStephanie Edwards is an Architect, a mentor, a template for the kind of friend you want in your corner, and a co-founder of Urban…Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
Tolu AgbelusiMay I Never Be A Slave To SpeedTjawangwa Dema (hereinafter “TJ”) is a force — the best kind. When the trifecta of her words, presence and wit hit you, being spellbound…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Tolu AgbelusiRemember the Lessons. Don’t Waste the Pain — Ozoz SokohOzoz Sokoh, also known as Kitchen Butterfly, is modestly described in her bio as a Nigerian Food Explorer. That title functions like a…Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020