Posts Tagged ‘African immigrants’

Jungle Fever 2: The Relationship Between White Men and African Women

Monday, May 12th, 2008

One of the first articles I ever wrote was Jungle Fever: the Relationships Between African Men and White Women. It’s not my proudest achievement, but if you type ‘mandingo fantasy’ in Google, I will be among the first few search results (and ironically, by using that term again in a post, I pretty much solidify my standing on page 1 of the term’s search results).

For that reason, that article get’s read every single day somewhere in the world. Since I am constantly going back to the article to moderate comments, I noticed that I promised to give my take on what happens when the Women of Chocolate meet the Men of Vanilla. So here we are.

Interracial wedding

Considering that I was not blessed with the ability to breastfeed (more…)

Banking:How to Immigrate to Australia Within a Week

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

ANZ Bank branch

Banking

I have only ever been with (more…)

Africans,do you have any problems that have to do with Immigration and Immigration Law?

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Hey,

How cool is this picture, I wish I had the Australian equivalent

Symbolic of an African in the diaspora

As I pass the half way mark of my first ever series on the Displaced African, I thought I would give you heads up on what the next series would be about. (more…)

Martin Luther King’s Dream Had One Little Hitch: Tolerance Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up to Be

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Part one of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa
One of my teachers once told me, “If you want to succeed, put words to things which people haven’t put words to yet. Give a name to, verbalize or talk about gnawing feelings that people have that they just can’t describe.” Ironically, I am about to do that for myself and in so doing I hope I give voice to some of the things that YOU experience.

MLK and Malcolm X (more…)