If Beyoncé wrote a love letter to Africa through “The Lion King: The Gift”, then Burna Boy just penned down the marriage vows with his recently released album, The African Giant. Infused with African culture, Nigerian history and musical melodies, this 19 track album awakens in each of us a renewed feeling of Afro-optimism in […]
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Making The Glocal Localized
There is something beautiful happening in terms of the African renaissance globally. Amongst many other reasons, the growing population of African diaspora is enabling Africa’s music, art and culture to be amplified in ways unimaginable to our parents and grandparents even merely 20 years ago. One doesn’t have to look to far with Hollywood films […]
In Search of Our Mothers Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
I don’t know if I was looking for something in particular when I began reading this book of essays. I had previously been introduced to the creative work of Alice Walker through her book, The Color Purple but landed upon this text when attempting to curate an African feminist syllabus. Little did I know then that […]
Born a Crime: A Stand-Up Comedy In Writing
I loved this book. Period. I know I came late to the party as it’s been out for a couple of years but who cares, I’m happy to say I finally joined the boat! If Trevor was to give this book a different title, it would probably be namesakes with his latest Netflix special, “Son […]
The Unsent Letter to the Modern Love Column of The New York Times
Each month, I save up my free NYT articles to be utilized solely within the modern love column. When the freebies fail to satiate me, as is often the case, I move on to their podcast which I religiously listen to on my way to school every Thursday morning. Recently, they had a college contest […]