Remembering #IfAfricaWasABar
One of the best hashtags ever! Remember? The hashtag grabbed the attentions of millions of people. I was certainly one of them. It all started in July 2015. […]
Category Archives: People
The Music Never Ends In Mali
Oumou Sangare is a grand woman. The tips of her fingers are colored in black and red dye. She wears those boubou gowns with the wide necklines that fall over […]
Miss Jill Scott, Black History Month
Miss Jill Scott. I love you. Not because you have a beautiful face and a wonderful body and a delicious voice, but because of what and who you represent. You […]
The Afro-German Experience Under Hitler
January 27 is the UN’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Commemorated to remember the liberation of Auschwitz, largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers But I am writing this […]
The Afrofuturism of Fabrice Monteiro
The Afrofuturism of Fabrice Monteiro There are certain depictions of African life we in the West are all too accustomed to seeing: Images of poverty, violence and corruption conjure a […]
Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi: Legacies, Memories, Histories
August 20 marked the second anniversary of the death of Ethiopia’s long-time leader, Meles Zenawi. Two years on, the Zenawi phenomenon is still as divisive as it is […]
Long Walk to Freedom Returns Winnie Mandela to Her Rightful Place
Amid the millions of warm words paid in tribute to Nelson Mandela after his death last month, notably absent was praise for his former wife, Winnie. Her role was at best […]
Prayers For Trayvon’s Mother
Trayvon Martin’s mother lost her son and the man who killed him got away. The murder of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer brings my mind not only […]
Simphiwe Dana Declares A State of Emergency
I first came across Simphiwe Dana’s music in 2011. I was living in New York at the time, Harlem to be exact. In an apartment right across from the City […]
Mandela, From Frame To Heart
Nelson Mandela smiled at me everyday when I walked by him. Softly curled lips and softly curled hair, his face beckoned me and I came to him. I’d plop myself […]
Afrocentric Confessions 