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The single-nationality church problem
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Lifestyle The single-nationality church problem

By Mell Nyoko on April 9, 2014

Nigerian church. Kenyan church. Wherever you are in the Diaspora, you will find – among the multicultural churches – many African churches filled with one particular nationality or another. Is single-nationality worship wise?

“Stick to dating within your own culture!”
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Sport, Arts and Culture “Stick to dating within your own culture!”

By Mell Nyoko on March 21, 2014

Many question the wisdom of interracial dating, but actually, we seem to have an equally big problem with dating between one African culture and another. Or rather, we might date outside our own culture but when it comes to marriage we are advised to stick with “our own”.

25 and not Married?!
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African identities 25 and not Married?!

By Mell Nyoko on March 4, 2014

Fifty years ago an unmarried 25-year-old African woman was seen as odd. A husband and family was supposed to be your life’s goal. Thank God we’ve moved on. Or have we?

Why African parents can’t talk about sex
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Politics and Society Why African parents can’t talk about sex

By Mell Nyoko on February 3, 2014

Do you recall watching a movie with your parents, talking and laughing, when suddenly a sex scene comes on which seems to drag on forever? That awkward silence as everyone tries to find the remote control, ashamed to be in the presence of such a scene.

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