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With Rohey Samba
“I felt offended. 'Parce que man dema yakarr dress bow bu'…” this innocuous statement by sexual assault survivor of former president Yahya...
Laughing my way through life, with Elan: My last SisterSpeak for 2019!
By Rohey Samba
This would probably be my last SisterSpeak for this year. Writing about it makes it so real. But everything good must come...
Dear Mawdo: Cadetship and the Female Legion
By Rohey Samba
Dear Mawdo,
Cadetship made me to understand that rules have to be followed in a particular way and orders must be carried out,...
Dear Mawdo:The truth! What truth? Which truth? Whose truth?
By Rohey Samba
Dear Mawdo,
Thank God you are born male. My first born son and one of the apples of my eyes.
My son, you will...
Dear Mawdo: Learning to become at Nautical College
By Rohey Samba
Dear Mawdo,
As a Pisces, I am a natural observer of people. I love to watch live scenes pass me by, preferring the...
Dear Mawdo: A burial and a lesson learnt
By Rohey Samba
Dear Mawdo,
Following the fire incident, Adjoa made sure that everyone knew who caused the fire outbreak. It was me!
She couldn't help herself....
Dear Mawdo: The way rivers forge canyons
By Rohey Samba
Dear Mawdo,
I loathe to say that in life, our greatest adversaries are not the people we barely know. Some of them are...
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