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What If Rashida ‘Black Beauty’ Is Exactly What Her Parents Raised Her To Be?

Posted on December 27, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

The topic of Rashida’s sudden and meteoric rise to Internet fame is not something I’d planned to discuss, but a handful of people reached out to me and asked me for my thoughts privately and asked when I’d share those thoughts publicly, so here it…

I'm Supposed to be Writing about Frederick Douglas, But Here's My Audio Book Instead.

Posted on December 22, 2016
by Malaka
with 6 Comments

I'm not doing a year end review this year. 2016 SUCKED, and there's nothing more to add. I don't understand how one year - not even 365 days as yet - could harvest the souls (and minds, in some cases) of so many favored creatives,…

A Lesson About Success

Posted on December 6, 2016
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

My son’s class conducted a life skills practical in their fourth term. Each student was given a bean, a shallow metal dish and some moist cotton in which to plant the seed. The goal was to connect the bean’s growth to the story of Jan…

Birthday Con(ned), 2016

Posted on November 29, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

“Sigh…” I looked up from my phone, irritated. It seems like Nadjah is always sighing about one thing or another these days. “What? What is it?” I demanded. I was in no mood for her mercurial tween angst. Her episodes had been a burden on…

The Religious Right Has Ignored Its Role in Propagating Abortion. That Ends Now.

Posted on November 12, 2016
by Malaka
with 1 Comment

Q: “Serious question: Evangelicals, how could you do it? How could you support Trump?” A: “We did it to protect the most vulnerable amongst us. We did it to protect the unborn.” ******* “So excited! I took my daughter in the booth with me to…

Why I Am Very Happy With My Children’s South African Education

Posted on October 31, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

One of the tenants of being a Good African Mother is to make sure that your children have a quality education that will ultimately prepare them for one of three respectable professions - those being: Doctor, Lawyer and Engineer. (Engineer usurped ‘Banker’ about 15 years…

How Do White Men Feel When White Women Pass Them Over For Black Men?

Posted on October 5, 2016
by Malaka
with 4 Comments

I like to imagine the guys over at Men’s Health/GQ/Esquire/Popular White Male magazine tossing around a mini foam football to each other as they pitch ideas for an upcoming issue. “How about testicular cancer?” “Nah. We did that last issue. Exposés on cancer cycle every…

I Watched the Clinton/Trump Debate With My Kid and It Was EPIC

Posted on September 29, 2016
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced each other in their first public debate vying for the position of ruler or the Seven Kingdoms where one of them will eventually govern from King’s Landing aka the White House. Seriously, if there was ever a better metaphor…

Fist Bumps to the So-Called Social Media Feminists!

Posted on September 14, 2016
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

A July article written by Betty Kankam-Boadu and (re)published on Starr FM made the social media rounds yesterday afternoon to the mirth and amusement of all who chimed in to comment on Ms. Kankam-Boadu’s contribution on the conversation surrounding feminism in Ghana. My initial reaction…

My Girls Live in Africa And We’re Afraid to Get Our Hair Braided

Posted on August 31, 2016
by Malaka
with 4 Comments

South Africa… Land of the Big Six and the Proteas. Land of Mandela’s birth. Land where edges go to DIE. One of the things I was most excited about in moving to South Africa was the prospect of having my hair slayed every week. Compared…

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