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Dr. Uwa Onyioha OsimiriIn a documentary by Juliana Kasumu, a group of Black women gathers at Babybangz salon to discuss natural hair, the impact of gentrification in New Orleans, and their personal journeys toward self-love. Director and...
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The Game God(s)
Blafrokan Reflections: Who are the Game God(s)? Are they “Gods” or mere mortals, architects, designers of the game?” What is the game and what is my role in playing? “The American Dream. The...
Even if you’re not ready for the day, it cannot always be night.
“I—who have ‘gone the gamut’ from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new Black sun—am qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of...
America’s Black Upper Class – Rich, Successful and Empowered
In the United States, African-Americans are more likely to live in poverty than any other ethnic group. But despite the country’s institutional racism, a Black elite has found success, thanks to a combination of...
May Day in Maiduguri. How We Can Help…
According to the Vanguard Newspaper in Nigeria, Internally displaced person camps in Borno State, Nigeria, are centers accommodating Nigerians who had been forced to flee their homes but remain within the...
2 Minutes 28 Seconds, Inspired by dr. YABA BLAY
Dear SiStar Yaba Blay, Inhale, exhale. That felt good; I needed that! We all did! Thank you for being authentic, demonstrating African integrity and Black self respect for the audience and those within your sphere...
Akachi Azubuike
Reclaiming Our Rites to BE
This award-winning documentary from Ivory Coast follows a group of young men who undergo an ancient coming-of-age ceremony in a remote West African forest. Their spiritual tutor is struggling to preserve the tradition...
Nwanyi: From Cursed and Condemned to Divine
You and I were never properly introduced, at least not in the ways of my ancestral Mothers who walked in knowing sacred science. From day one our acquaintance was tainted by “the curse” I inherited being born of you...
View The Right Thing: Houston’s First Africana Cinema Series
It’s the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can… VIEW THE RIGHT THING Blafrokan presents, “View The Right Thing” A series of classic, contemporary and independent...
View The Right Thing: June 15th Screening
Erik Killmonger, tragic villain or hero gone rogue? Black Panther, lost revolutionary or hero? “Black Panther” speaks to our global African reality and fantasies of possibility: Wakanda. The diversity and...