To be a person who chooses to live by the validation of their own experience rather than conform to the reality that someone else has imposed on them is an act of bravery. – LaWanda Thomas Initially, we know only...
Voluntourism is when primarily western, privileged do-gooders pay for the experience of doing charity work abroad. But according to this ex-voluntourist, the orphanage she thought she was building was actually...
Rapper Slim Thug’s recent comments on Houston local radio show, 97.9 The Box landed him in the hot seat after he challenged musical artist Ciara’s motivations for marrying husband and NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. “Do...
Through the stories and words of his sisters Lisane Basquiat & Jeanine Heriveaux, along with supporting archival imagery and some never-before-seen works of art, VICE gets a unique look into the life and times of...
1. “West Africa” – the very first words in the film -places the story in it’s true historical context. Africa is not all the same. West Africa by itself is the size of the United States and...
…so ultimately man is thought in philosophy, and a nation of people that hasn’t got any thought pattern by which it can be identified is non-existent. Ahanyi K.O.K. Onyioha Reread the quote. In an ancient school...
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...
1. PRAYER OF LIBERATION: For anyone whom I have knowingly or unknowingly hurt in my lifetime. I sincerely pray for all the individuals whom I have knowingly or unknowingly hurt in my life. I ask that the content and...
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Houston, the most diverse city in the U.S. will again take center stage as it pays tribute to the continent of Africa. On Saturday, October 22, 2022 the Nigerian American Multicultural Council...
A Warrior Scholar Speaks: By Dr. Amos N. Wilson Much of the pathology of Afrikan people today is this vain hope that somehow we will be able to escape our Afrikan heritage, that somehow the white man will become color...