Introduction Is there really a Global Africa? And, if there is, who belongs to it, who are the stakeholders? What work is this concept performing, or hoped to perform? In this discussion I am approaching the question of Global Africa and African futures with an Afropolitan, optimistic view and seek to identify forces and trendsContinue reading “Practical Pan-Africanisms: Global Mobility and Blackness”
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A TROUBLED BLACK PAST: Tell it Like It Is
Most would agree that within the professional community, on college campuses, and in the general population one often finds conflict and cultural misunderstanding between African Americans and Black immigrants. When African Americans go to Africa, they are often put-off by the presence of well-to-do elites in nations with large numbers of obviously poor and disadvantagedContinue reading “A TROUBLED BLACK PAST: Tell it Like It Is”
DC Back in the Day issue 2: remembering when
Laverne smiled brightly as if selling something in a TV commercial. “Well,” she said “Nice to see you. What you been up to? Traveling again? I just love the Four Seasons, don’t you?” She smiled as she talked, showing her white perfect teeth. I did love the Four Seasons room that we maids-of-honor were seatedContinue reading “DC Back in the Day issue 2: remembering when”
Humans are Miracles
Humans are miracles I want to share something that struck me as profound and touching and perhaps universally important. At any rate, I do think there is a lesson in it for young men, and women, in the United States in Gen Z. They are facing so many new challenges that are economic, psychological, andContinue reading “Humans are Miracles”
Hey I’m back in town!
Hi everyone. Sorry to have been away for so long.. I have been working on a new writing project and frankly every time I wanted to write anything other than for the project I was beset by waves of guilt. So, now at least I have a full draft and I’m starting 2025 with aContinue reading “Hey I’m back in town!”
Healthcare, disbelief and credibility
Have you noticed much attention to a possible correlation between the corporatization of health care in this country and diminishing confidence in the delivery of medical services that we are seeing today? Me either. Yet, the occurrence of one in parallel to the other should not be dismissed. From my own experience, I have seenContinue reading “Healthcare, disbelief and credibility”
On Joy
What is it about joy? We cannot force it, but we all hope for it. We cannot wish it into existence; sometimes we don’t know what exactly brings it to us. It seems to me, though, that joy is often quietly abiding in community. Having spent the last few days in a fairly rural partContinue reading “On Joy”
Creating the Angry Black Woman
It is a sad truth that in the imaginary of some white people in the United States there is a vivid conjectured stereotype of ‘the angry black woman.’ There is first the fact that some whites, and indeed most Americans, know that there are many things that might indeed make black women angry, and withContinue reading “Creating the Angry Black Woman”
Black Precarity
I love the United States, but it keeps wounding me. It wounds Iike an unhealthy relationship with a neighbor who has the upper hand; like a mean father, like a cruel mother, or a wily adversary. Like a crafty jealous sister, or a cruel, sadistic uncle. The United States continues to inflict these wounds. EveryContinue reading “Black Precarity”
Overcoming difficult challenges: the lesson of the herder’s stick
Blog March 27 It was a warm, dry afternoon in the savannah lands of West Africa in the mid-1970s. Young people were gathered just next to an outdoor market of a village not far from the main road, and they greeted each other with animation. There was a feeling of anticipation. A boy of aboutContinue reading “Overcoming difficult challenges: the lesson of the herder’s stick”
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