Pronounced Tee-ki-si *** Online platform creating a space for African women to empower, celebrate each other & unite through their stories.
Teakisi (formerly known as ElleAfrique) is a blogzine dedicated to challenging and changing the perceptions of African girls and women in the world today. Realizing the need for such a platform, British-Rwandan Salha Kaitesi founded the blogzine, creating a space for African women to empower each other, celebrate each other, and unite through their stories, with a focus on all things African.
Teakisi has featured writers from Sudan, Gambia, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Nigeria to mention but a few. The blogzine’s main purpose is to empower and encourage African women to pen whatever their hearts desire, while remaining true to their uniqueness as a people.
As one of Teakisi’s’ regular readers said, ‘the site provides a stable platform for women to unite, learn and empower ourselves. Most importantly, Teakisi is providing the space for us, African women, to celebrate ourselves, tell our stories, believe in the power of our individual and collective voice, and be comfortable in our skin.’
With a contributor list and readership spanning across the globe, Teakisi continues to positively influence modern perceptions of African girls and women worldwide.