by Isabel Harper & Chiedza Chikanza

another one of us died today 

but they won’t talk about it 

they won’t say her name

not  really

and if they do they’ll use her

like a tool to be discarded

she’s Read more

This week we welcome yet another guest writer to our Sips Tea Family. For the past 6 years Tawana Mazhude has been studying medicine at the Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2020, as she began her final year, she was published in the university’s magazine. Her piece, Racism in Healthcare, explores the role that race has played in medical discoveries, covid deaths and childbirth. Read more

Please note: this post discusses abortion and contains content of a sensitive nature. Reader discretion is advised. This week Green Tea Drinker shares with us her experience of pregnancy and abortion. As she demonstrates, experiences of pregnancy and abortion are not universal and as complicated as the debate around abortion may be for some, for others it is not. Regardless of whether we agree with a Woman’s decision or not, what happens to her body should be her choice, for we Women experience things differently. However, there is room for all our truths to be spoken and respectfully heard. Read more

This week we welcome guest writer Ruvarashe Manhombo, a Zimbabwean native who studies and works in Mauritius. In Part I she discusses the divide she has felt within the Zimbabwean diaspora and the impact classism as had on both the national and international community. Today, Ruvarashe’s truth is the tea and she is spilling it. So what are you waiting for? Boil that kettle! Read more

Last year’s Black Lives Matter protests saw the buzzwords ‘diversity and inclusion’ thrust to centre stage in many arenas; government, mental health, education and the flavour of this week’s tea, the workplace. Join us as guest writer Amelia Parker dives into the topic of diversity and inclusion, opens up about her experience as a Woman of colour in a predominantly White industry and offers some worthwhile advice to budding professionals looking to either start or change their career. Read more