Jul 4, 20163 min read
Brittle Paper // God is not Deaf by Moshood Balogun
I read God is not Deaf by Moshood Balogun and had a bit of a laugh to myself because a similar thing happened to me a few years ago. My...
Oct 25, 20121 min read
This is why Abena is Black!
I read Diaspora Diaries: This is Why I’m Black by Canadian-Ghanaian writer Abena Amoako-Green and I thought I was reading about myself....
Oct 19, 20121 min read
Handa’s Surprise
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Brown was the first African children’s book I ever saw. I was probably about 8 and on our weekly class reading...
Jul 5, 20122 min read
‘The Book of Negroes’ by Lawrence Hill
I must have this book! I’m searching for it online now! I just watched a video excerpt and am currently reading an except online. This...
Oct 19, 20111 min read
In my Possession
The New African Fashion book by Helen Jennings is now in my possession. Like most of the other books I have purchased this year, this...
Aug 23, 20111 min read
What If…..
If I Told You by Anthony Anaxagorou We shouldn’t believe everything we hear! SOURCE: THIS IS AFRICA
Aug 15, 20111 min read
Black means Different things in Different places
I love about the identity battles of Africans in the diaspora. Everybody’s experience of the issue is different yet the same. I can...
Jul 16, 20111 min read
New African Fashion
I read one line about a yet to be released book titled New African Fashion on Africa Style Daily, and went straight to bookdepositry.com...
May 11, 20112 min read
I Remember
A few readers have emailed me about how my life was like growing up in Australia. As much as I think that I have had a privileged up...
Mar 25, 20111 min read
Who Tells our Stories?
Maya Wegerif at TEDxDar 2010 Maya was born in South Africa but is currently living in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Maya describes herself as...
Mar 22, 20111 min read
The Book Collection
Thanks to the cheap prices at bookdepository.com, I have started a mini African library in my study. As my bank balances increases, so...
Jan 16, 20111 min read
Afro-Creative: Bassey Ikpi
BASSEY IKPI / NIGERIAN BORN / RAISED IN OKLAHOMA / STARTED WRITING AT AGE 8 / NOW SHE IS A BROOKLYN WRITER & POET / APPEARED ON RUSSELL...
Jan 15, 20112 min read
Homeward
Homeward by Bassey Ikpi brought back memories from the first time I went to Ghana (2004). When I first arrived, I told a few people that...
Nov 27, 20101 min read
the real Africa
BY: Trishula Patel SOURCE: THAT AFRICAN KID via THIS IS AFRICA
Nov 12, 20102 min read
i am an African
I am an African Not because I was born there But because my heart beats with Africa’s I am an African Not because my skin is black But...
Nov 6, 20101 min read
tribes
TITLE: TRIBE: ENDANGERED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHER: PIERS GIBBON PUBLISHER: OCTOPUS PUBLISHING BOOK PUBLISHED: 2010
Oct 16, 20101 min read
the art of African languages
“Language is more than just a means of communication; it is the essence of our being, the very core of our soul as an African people,...
Aug 13, 20101 min read
i am African
I am African, not because I was born in Africa, but because Africa is born in me. – Kwame Nkrumah (1909 – 1972) SOURCE: AFRO-ART CHICK...
Aug 3, 20102 min read
just a little story about growing up black in Nazi Germany
I forgot to mention this little story yesterday when I posted growing up black in Nazi Germany post. It was a very quiet day at work a...
Aug 2, 20102 min read
growing up black in Nazi Germany
I stumbled across the book Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany by Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi in a cheap bookstore. I...