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Remembering #IfAfricaWasABar

April 17, 2016by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

  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. […]

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Culture, Innovation, People, Society, Young People

The Music Never Ends In Mali

February 10, 2016by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Art, Culture, Human Rights, Music, People

Miss Jill Scott, Black History Month

February 3, 2016by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Music, People

The Afro-German Experience Under Hitler

February 3, 2016by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Activism, History, Human Rights, People, Race, Society, Violence

The Afrofuturism of Fabrice Monteiro

October 8, 2015by Chika Oduah 1 Comment

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 […]

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Art, Innovation, People

Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi: Legacies, Memories, Histories

September 5, 2014by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

    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 […]

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History, People

Long Walk to Freedom Returns Winnie Mandela to Her Rightful Place

January 12, 2014by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Activism, People

Prayers For Trayvon’s Mother

July 15, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Activism, People, Race

Simphiwe Dana Declares A State of Emergency

July 5, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

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 […]

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Activism, Music, People

Mandela, From Frame To Heart

July 3, 2013by Chika Oduah 3 Comments

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 […]

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Activism, History, People

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My Afrocentric Confessions

I am a journalist, capturing the stories and experiences of Africans. Journalism, anthropology, Africa, these passions keep me alive. Afrocentric Confessions is a space for me to share some of what I find interesting: musings on spirituality, politics, culture, art, activism, social trends and history. And, some of my observations and rantings on where I’ve been and where I am and where I’m going. I like receiving email. chika.oduah@gmail.com

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