Antonia Opiah’s “You Can Touch My Hair” public art exhibit features Black women in Union Square, New York City, holding … More
Category: Post-Colonialism
Akátá- or how I realized that Afrocentrism was not for me
By no means am I a ‘natural’ citizen here in the US. I have the trappings of belonging- state-issued IDs, … More
Rethinking the Ontological Basis of Feminisms
“Feminism made a mistake in trying to make “women” a discrete, ahistorical group with common characteristics.” – Judith Butler ”No … More
Musings: Why the Framing of “FGM” is Problematic
(Note: By no means is this piece exhaustive. As the title says, it only intends to be a brief musing … More
Update: Why I Haven’t Been Writing Lately
Hello All! I’m still here. I haven’t been inspired to write anything longer than 140 characters since my last blog … More
A Short Overview of Chibalo (Forced Labor) in Colonial Mozambique (1938- 1961)
Labor and Cotton Production in Colonial Mozambique, 1938- 1961 History shows that the weakest governments are the ones who rely on … More
An Excerpt of My Thesis: Dissident Americanism and (Black) Double-Consciousness
[DO NOT PLAGIARIZE] Dissident Americanism and Double-Consciousness (pgs 16-19) The Council on African Affairs continued to stress trans- Atlantic internationalism … More
July 11 is World Population Day: My Response To Malthusian Arguments For “Overpopulation”
So, I just got an email from USAID informing me that today is “World Population Day.” From my cursory reading … More
Women’s History: Miriam Makeba [Mama Afrika]
Miriam Makeba: Xhosa singer and activist According to Wikipedia: Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 10 November 2008)[2] was a South African … More
To All New Readers:
Hello and Welcome to my little space on the internet! I blog primarily about Christianity- I am a reformed [Calvinist] … More
The Cold War & Modernization Theory: Thoughts
Dark Strangers in Our Midst: Discourses of Race and Nation in Britain, (1947- 1963), Chris Waters The study of race … More
Before I Wrote my Senior Thesis: [February 14, 2009]
I’m writing my thesis officially. It is kinda fun, and but at the same time I’m mad that I changed … More
Hegemony & Orientalism [February 2009]
Hegemony and Orientalism: “Sie können sich nicht vertreten, sie müssen vertreten werden.” {Those who cannot represent themselves must themselves be … More
Now Watching: Global Political Economies Documentary-Style
Knowing the Enemy – DRC [About internally displaced peoples in the Democratic Republic of Congo being persecuted by the Interahamwe] Sex … More
Response: What is Poverty Porn and What Does it Matter for Development?
AID Thoughts: What is “Poverty Porn” and What Does it Matter for Development? Excerpt: «Why is poverty porn (as I’ve … More
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