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Is This How You Define Yourself?
February 1st, 2008
Part four of the 10 things I wish I knew before I landed in Australia
From time to time I write a post that is not specific to the African community but is more general and a lot more far reaching. Consider this one of those posts.
We begin with the age old question:
Who Are You, Really?
What It Means To Be a Part of the African Race Not Just the Human One
January 29th, 2008
This post is a little winding, so please bear with me and I hope you get the nugget of truth that I was aiming for.
Part five of the 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Landed in Australia
Today’s story is one of transition. How is it that I went from a place of being deeply ashamed of my race to a place where it became one of the cornerstones of my identity? The story is not a linear one and a lot of the time it wasn’t very logical. As you read this I hope you see not only a glimmer of yourself in the past but also have a greater understanding of where you are now and perhaps begin to dream up who you could be in the future.
What’s Wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?
January 28th, 2008
Hey,
Today I thought I would share with you all two great resources all revolving around answering the same question: What’s wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?
As an African are You Ashamed of This?
January 22nd, 2008
Part three of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa
You know it’s absoloutely amazing how ‘coincidences’ (is there really such a thing) occur at just the right time. As I was sitting down to right this article I noticed a great post from the Whispering Inn which ties in pefectly with what I want to talk about in this post. Please go to this page and listen to the audio of Mzee Jommo Kenyatta’s speech
I Am His African Child and I Feel Betrayed Read the rest of this entry »
The Negative Effects of Hardcore Rap and What is the MASC?Do you want to be in the MASC?
January 19th, 2008
Part two of the 10 things I wish I knew before I landed in Australia
I know some of you are probably wondering why I released Part 7 of the series before I released Part 2.The reason is pretty simple: I couldn’t write part two. This is my fifth attempt at writing this article. For some reason, I just couldn’t seem to write this post in a way that ‘felt real’ to me and that I felt would serve at the same time.
Eventually, in the middle of the night, I had an epiphany: I have two younger sisters Read the rest of this entry »
