I Am African by Verastic

I Am African by Verastic


Latest Episodes

EP 10: Why Women Endure Bad Marriages
May 11, 2020

Last week, I shared my marriage and divorce story again on Facebook, on Ola Bisi's Facebook profile page, as part of her #DivorceNotStigna series. It's a series of stories by women who walked out of their marriage and got divorced after enduring too...

EP 9: But Our African Men Know Better
May 04, 2020

Before we go any further, let's just agree that our African men know better. That being said, last month, I wrote a post on this blog, titled, "20 Things Women Are Not Doing in 2020," and while it was so much fun to write, I was once again surprised by...

EP 8: The Mountain Is Smaller Than It Looks
April 27, 2020

Have you ever faced a mountain in your life that you thought was just going to take you out? Yeah, me, too. Sometimes, I sit back and remember when life was much simpler. Like when my biggest problem in life was that I did not own a cell phone. I wished..

EP 7: How To Discover (And Harness) Your Feminine Energy ft. Ekene Onu
April 20, 2020

It's not every day that one gets to have a conversation about how to discover your feminine energy with the dynamic feminine success coach, Ekene Onu. She's a whole lot of woman. She is as wise as she is graceful, and she seems to do it all so...

EP 6: How I Adopted My Daughters ft. Nkem Akinsoto
April 13, 2020

In today’s episode, Nkem Akinsoto – AKA Myne Whitman – has graced us with her virtual presence and her wealth of knowledge on the subject of adoption, especially when it comes to adopting in Nigeria. I had heard before that adoption was expensive, but I..

EP 5: On Being The Youngest Black Man To Own A Cannabis Dispensary ft. Seun Adedeji
April 06, 2020

Seun Adedeji, youngest Black man to own a cannabis dispensary. And he's African, too? And he's Nigerian? Hot damn.So, I sought him out, and I reached out to him, and I begged him to be a guest on the I Am African podcast, and he obliged me generously.I...

EP 4: On Women Owning Their Sexual Desires ft. Duchess Iphie
March 30, 2020

As an African woman who was raised by African parents, I was never taught to be comfortable with sex, and I was definitely not told about women owning their sexual desires. What sexual desires??? Sex was always this taboo thing that you were only...

EP 3: How My Intuition Saved Me From My Marriage
March 23, 2020

What does your intuition sound like to you? It sounds like the voice of God to me. It sounds to me like God nudging me, telling me where to go and how to get there. And that's why my intuition saved my life. This episode shares in great detail the many...

EP 2: Side Chics' Lives Matter
March 16, 2020

It's okay to laugh at the title. I laughed at it too when I conceived of the idea. Did you watch that video that was circulating around last week and the week before of a woman physically attacking her husband's alleged side chic and asking her who she...

EP1: For This Divorce, I Prayed
March 09, 2020

Do people pray for divorce? I don't know if they do. I know people pray for love, and for health, and for life, and for marriage, and for children, and for money. I don't know if people pray for divorce, but I know I did. I prayed for divorce fervently...