By Kwaku Agyeman Ask any Ghanaian, and they will affectionately tell you about how our parents show love to each other. We don’t see them show affection to each other; it’s the usual “hello” and “bye.” My parents taught similar forms of devotion. Sometimes I wondered if they really “loved” themselves or they were …
Do you know what how it feels to suffocate? I always get anxiety attacks when I step out. I grew up in an Islamic household. Thankfully we were relatively liberal, but fundamentally very Muslim. I went to a Christian high school where homosexuality was punishable by beating and expulsion. As high schoolers do, we explored. …
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Photo credit: Clement Eastwood *Mohamed Muni Once upon a time, I grew up thinking that, the world is made up of just men or women and that for one to have feelings for the same sex, I felt it was abnormal. I come from a very religious and conservative Muslim family. As early as age …