Jun 30, 20122 min read
Sydney Film Festival : Today
A film that was high on my must watch list at the Sydney Film Festival was TODAY – the Senegalese film by French-Senegalese filmmaker...
Jun 2, 20124 min read
Hi, I am from Australia
Today, I was reminiscing about the awkward situations I encountered whilst on student exchange in London. These awkward encounters were...
May 28, 20121 min read
The Roots of Q-Tip
A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip tests his DNA to trace back his African ancestral roots. Produced in association with OkayAfrica.com and...
May 28, 20121 min read
Africa Day 2012
Last year I promised to commemorate Africa day every year. Africa Day (May 25) was two days ago. I didn’t forget, I just wasn’t able to...
Apr 25, 20122 min read
What If you grew up in Africa?
I was just watching a FashionistaGh upload ‘Glimpses of Kumasi, Ghana‘ and it brought an intense feeling of nostalgia from when I last...
Mar 21, 20121 min read
Father of African Cinema
Inevitably when quizzed about African cinema the conversation usually will end up to the question of ‘well how old is African cinema?’....
Mar 19, 20124 min read
Africultures Festival 2012
This year was the fourth year of the Africultures Festival, and this year was my first time attending the event. After years of working...
Mar 9, 20122 min read
From Sidibé to Quazi
When I was younger, much much younger and my parents used to ask me what I wanted to become, I would always answer journalist. I would...
Feb 21, 20122 min read
Growing up African and Fresh Prince
I heard about the web series Growing up African some time last year and watched an episode, but forgot to follow it up. I started...
Feb 15, 20121 min read
Diasporan Darlings: Identity Battle
My experience of growing up as an African-Australian detailed in the post ‘Identity Battle‘ is now available in an edited version on...
Feb 7, 20122 min read
Africa in my Future?
One of my greatest fears as a person of the African Diaspora, is where will Africa be in my lineage in 20 or 30 years to come? If I don’t...
Feb 1, 20121 min read
Afro-Creative: Njideka Akunyili
The images of large-scaled collage pieces below are by Nigerian artist Njideka Akunyili. These pieces were part of the Collage...
Jan 21, 20123 min read
King Bansah
In Ghana every region has a Chief. Wherever you are in Ghana, you are bound to find a Chief nearby. The Chief is like a Mayor of a suburb...
Dec 14, 20111 min read
Oriki
When I was younger, I was always curious about my family tree, history, culture and so forth. However there are no photos or written...
Nov 29, 20111 min read
Exploring Africa the Beachy way
Beach Tomato is an online travel and lifestyle magazine launched earlier this year covering luxury travel, fashion, beauty and lifestyle...
Nov 27, 20111 min read
Seychelles, Another World
For a few years, I have had an obsession with Seychelles. I watched a clip about the nation on an Australian travel program and I fell in...
Nov 11, 20111 min read
Skate
I have always wanted to rollerskate for some reason. But having a Mum like the one I have who acted like I would die on skates, prevented...
Oct 18, 20112 min read
Fashion. Thought. Revolution
I have been seeing the cover of Issue #4 of the Pigeon and Peacocks magazine for a while now. When I first saw it I thought ‘WOW. I will...
Oct 17, 20111 min read
Witnessed
When I went to London on exchange, one of my house mates was German and a mixed-race guy was interested in her. Initially she didn’t know...
Oct 8, 20112 min read
The Vickie Remoe Show
I found this video on my Tumblr roll a month ago or so and I was intrigued by this lady. I don’t remember what Tumblr, but you can check...