Category: Blog (Misc and opinions)
Skin Color and Smoking Addiction – the Connection
A dark-skinned young man lights a cigarette. Photo by Arun Sharma on Unsplash Addiction is something that many who have never known this struggle view ... Read More
DONOR PROJECTS – Just Enough but Not Enough
Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash I have just spent three days in a donor-funded workshop with government partners, the objective of which was to ... Read More
Rhyme and Introspection
Photo by Paraskevi Vafiadou, Pexels Woman Is she cursed or the architect of her own fate?Ever so loving and givingSo forgiving and trustingTo the detriment ... Read More
Drowning in a Drop of Water
Image: Unsplash I never went to boarding school and I did not think I missed much. That is, until the week we had a water ... Read More
‘Tiny’ Skin Mutation: Rethinking the Origins of Race Relations
Albinism (Image: Bamby Diagne on Unsplash) Photo by Bamby Diagne on Unsplash One Mutation Away: Rethinking the Origins of White Skin In 2005, scientists ... Read More
“We Don Close”: Gatekeeping, and the Skin Color Advantage
"Welcome Massa!" — A Glimpse Into Nigeria's Lingering Colonial Complex As the gates flung open and the gateman barked “Welcome Massa!” to the approaching white ... Read More
Nubian Heroes Rise: African Historical Figures in Art & Film
African Cartoon Superheroes (Imagined by AI) Nubian Heroes Rise Again “It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s Superman!”We all remember that line. That jolt ... Read More