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SEX AND HOW WE PERCEIVE IT IN AFRICA
Growing up in Africa, I was not accustomed to seeing couples show affection in public. I was told constantly to act like a lady. Sex is like a forbidden fruit that no one will openly admit they eat. I learned to keep all my feelings bottled up. I learnt a lot about sex from Silhouette books, which I would hide…
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LIVING WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS -AN INVITATION TO KNOW YOUR BODY
I want to help you see that what you put in your mouth also has power over your body. By making small simple, easy choices, you can improve your life and not just physically you will experience emotional, mental and even spiritual shifts. During my university extremes, I ate what was available and cheap. Nothing was fresh, everything out of…
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MEET PEAGIE WOOBAY-FODAY – ‘AN INSPIRATION TO ALL GIRLS’
Peagie Woobay-Foday is a girls champion and self- appointed ambassador for Sierra Leone. It’s amazing how Peagie, pregnant at 15 has progressively turned victim hood into triumph. Back then, her family support was strong enough to spur her own inner determination into pushing the boundaries of shame, guilt and neglect that shroud teenagers who fall pregnant in School. At 48, she…
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FINDING HOPE AGAIN: AUGUSTA SEVALI’S STORY
I had heard about sickle cell anaemia but I had little or no knowledge about what exactly it was until I fell in love with a man who was affected by it. I never would have imagined that sickle cell would change my life, but it did. Let me tell you a little about myself and share my story. I…
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO EXCEEDING CLIENT EXPECTATIONS
Somewhere in the heart of Tokeh, an idyllic village whose inhabitants are well known for their fishing occupation, nestled in the heart of a tropical forest and flunked by a splatter of hills lies the luxurious beach resort, The Place . The Place offers an unrivaled promise of Paradise to guests who seek relaxation and rest within its borders: from its…
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FINALLY, THE BREAST FEEDING TIPS YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
Breast milk is the best nutrition a mother can offer her newborn baby. Breastfeeding offers tremendous health benefits to both a mother and her baby. It is specially designed to cater for all a child’s nutritional needs in the first six months of life. I breast fed my daughter for seven hundred days, which is twenty three months, and…
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BEING REGINA CLARKSON- UNLEASHING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
It is said that great things come in small packages and that is exceptionally true for Regina Clarkson, a young entrepreneur and a ‘Jill of trades’ . She is the founder and owner of Clarkson Cupcakes, a cupcake business that took Sierra Leone by storm. They are on a hiatus, learning and strategising to re-launch bigger and better in…
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GREAT IDEAS ON EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING FOR MOTHERS WORKING OUT OF THE HOME
I have had 2 babies in the space of 2 years which means that for the last 2 years, I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding. When I got pregnant with my first child, I honestly gave not much thought to how I was going to feed the baby. I was more interested in the cute little outfits and baby…
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7 EASY TIPS TO TRANSFORM YOUR BODY- SALLY WILLIAMS
Sally Williams was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to immigrant parents from Sierra Leone. She likes to introduce herself as a fitness enthusiast with a background in Public Health and Nutrition. She schooled in Pennsylvania and Washington, DC obtaining a Master’s degree in Public Health and a Master’s Degree in Project Management. When she was a young girl, she…
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SADIA BAKARR: YOUR FITNESS ADVOCATE
Sadia Bakarr is a Barrister and Solicitor in private law practice at Tanner Legal Advisory. In her free time, she is a fitness and gym freak who managed to lose 20kgs in the space of a year. Sadia Bakarr stands at 6’1ft so by any standard, she is above average in build and stature. Because she had always towered over…
