Mar 26, 2020
FOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS..
” You need to read to open up your world” is a phrase I often heard when I was a child. But in the era of so-called social networks, the supremacy of WhatsApp, fake news and Facebook pages, it seems that fewer and fewer adults are reading books. And this observation is even more striking...
Mar 23, 2020
FOR AFRICAN FEMALE WRITERS
My African cliche of the day is a Bantu saying which says I quote: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu",which means in French: "A human is human because of other humans".It essentially means that Our humanity depends on the humanity of our fellow humans. No individual, no group can be human all alone....
Mar 17, 2020
After having explored the history of this African accessory, the turban, here we are now ready to experience a concrete use of it, thanks to our captain, she, who made it a way of life for the last 10 years, and who shares her experience through her brand and her fabulous headwraps on Instagram.
Hello everyone and...
Mar 16, 2020
YOUR WRAP, YOUR STYLE, YOUR IDENTITY
My African cliché of the day is question to you: do you think that if a White American white lady chooses to wear a headwrap, it is cultural appropriation? Is it paying tribute? Is it respect? Is it free advert for that culture?
Cultural appropriation refers to when a dominant...
Mar 10, 2020
My African cliche of the day is a quote from our captain, about her favorite black heroine, Harriet Tubman.
What can I say after the powerful words of a woman as impressive as Harriet Tubman? NOTHING.
And nothing is already much like Jacques Brel said. See you next Monday on Sankofa for our third heroine of the month of...