Forward is our Destination: Not black to the past
Our greatest destiny is to become white— Meshell NgidchelloMalcolm X in his short life did not stay Malcolm Little, he did not even stay Malcolm X— he changed every day towards something better.So sometimes I wonder what is happening in
Education & Underdevelopment
What countries lack the most education?Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected area with over 32 million children of primary school age remaining uneducated.But you knew that already. But what is education? That question is more challenging to answer than what
Raising the African Child in the 21st Century
We do not have 15th-century challenges or 2000BCE challenges, we have 21st-century 2023 challenges and we must respond to the prevailing conditions of our times. What worked for children in Ancient Ethiopia or on the Xhosa in South Africa must
TikTok Africa vs TikTok China
TikTok is ‘digital fentanyl,’Yes, a picture is 1000 words. I think the image speaks for itself. TikTok has a version for Africa and a version for their own people. You can even get a VPN and check the same search results
Education and the African family
IT IS A CULTURAL PROBLEM"As of 1960, 2/3 of all African American children were living with both parents. That declined over the years until only 1/2 were living with both parents in 1995
Love is an Action word
“Love is a word. What matters is the connection this word implies… What would you do to hold on to this connection?The Matrix was a compelling film. People throw around the word love, but like the word hard work and
Black Mythology
Black mythology is a sub-culture namely in America and the Diaspora which is carried by hoteps, Afrocentrics, Hebrew, Moors and the like. It can be summed up by a very romantic understanding of African people and African history. The most
English Superiority?
There has been a lot of complaining in post-colonial Africa about the status of English as a language as a prestige language, like French in Francophone Africa and the broader world. But this is a short post to reframe the
The Phoenicians and West Africa
Still working on this one. Not a lot of solid infoWe all know about the first explorations of Europeans to West Africa. But there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate much earlier voyages to the West coast of Africa. Hanno the Navigator was
Hate is not Pride
Hate is not prideSome of us are so angry it has become a kind of jealousy towards other races namely Europeans. Everything Europeans have ever done is rubbished. Why? Because that is what they do to us. It did work