Ikhide Ikheloa: Notes From My Middle Passage
Nothing could prepare me for America, writes Ikhide Ikheloa The Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said that she did not realize she was black until she came to America. […]
Category Archives: Diaspora
Returning Home
Nigerians abroad are returning home in droves and some are settling in Abuja, writes Chinelo Onwualu The story is a familiar one. During the political and economic crises of the […]
This American Life By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
You come to America, young and dashing, on full scholarship, finish school, get a great job, marry a glamorous spouse, have cute children, and retire at a young age with […]
UNHCR: Africa Refugee Crisis Overshadowed by Syria
GENEVA — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the plight of millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa is being overshadowed by the crisis in Syria. To mark World Refugee […]
Book Review: Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THIS big, involved and ambitious novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Half Of A Yellow Sun is partly a provocation on the raw subject of race, partly a sexy, […]
Black Americans Free To Give Thanks, Even During Slavery
You’ll be hard pressed to find the face of an African-American in any artistic depiction of that all-too familiar feast of 1621-, like the one where a group of Plymouth […]
Njideka Akunyili: A Nigerian Visual Artist
“My art addresses my internal tension between my deep love for Nigeria, my country of birth, and my strong appreciation for Western culture, which has profoundly influenced both my life […]
The Rise Of African-Based Religions In America
The placement of fallen fragments of coconut helped William Jones decide on whether or not to go to graduate school. The Yoruba priest that Jones […]
Cemetery Of African Slaves Honored In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Wearing full-skirted white dresses and turbans, the religious leaders chanted blessings and sprinkled water on the concrete floor of a modest house near this city’s […]
Don’t Call Me ‘Aje Butter,’ Call Me Chikaodinaka Oduah!
I no sabi twist ma lips and tongue to say “ogogoro” or “kakaraka.” Pidgin bin no dey around me where dem born me, when I bin dey grow. So you […]
Afrocentric Confessions 