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The Rejuvenating Power of Creation

Posted on January 17, 2017
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

In the summer of 2009, I paid a drop-in visit to my cousin in Ohio. She’s an extroverted introvert, so I knew my chances of catching her at home were pretty good. And home she was, just as I’d predicted. Her house was exactly as…

Query: Is Pumpkin Spice Supposed to be the New Watermelon?

Posted on November 15, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

The election is over, thankfully. We’d all hoped for some normalcy to return to our lives (Trump’s repeated threats to rip apart families and unleash his Gestapo on communities of color, notwithstanding) but things have only gone on to get more and more bizarre. Now,…

This Will Be My Last Post For a While Because…

Posted on November 6, 2016
by Malaka
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I need to conserve my daily word allotment to reach that 50K word goal by the end of November, and I'm already 6 days behind. :( Curious about #NaNoWriMo? Read about it here! I'll still be on Twirra and Face-Waste Your Time-Book if you want…

Reflections on Language

Posted on October 10, 2016
by Malaka
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Damon Young, editor in chief over at VSB, has curated a list of things Bougie Black People (BBPs) love. Among the litany are unnecessary hashtags, Solange and full beards and Jesse Williams. (I think it’s fair to say that ALL Black people love Jesse, bougie…

Announcing a Week of ‘MOMvertising’ Here on M.O.M!

Posted on October 7, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

On early Monday morning, a member of the Plett health and wellness community published a request for bloggers to bid on a writing position he had available for his organization. The opportunity to write for a genre I’d never focused on before – drug rehabilitation…

T.I. Joins Exclusive Group of Visual Artists With Release of ‘Warzone’

Posted on September 21, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

Nina Simone once said that it is “the artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” Ms. Simone was many things all at once: an enigma – an undisputed musical genius whose unpredictable mood swings made her a polarizing figure. These elements were…

Education: The Missing Piece of the Reparations Conversation

Posted on September 19, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

The topic of reparations is never far from the minds of most people in America. Even if it’s not a subject dominating the conversation, it is always niggling at the subconscious of the population, and just about every one has a strong opinion on the…

A Response to the Reponses to Nana Agyemang-Asante’s Public Decision to Leave the Church

Posted on August 29, 2016
by Malaka
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Amnon and Tamar In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. 2 Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed…

I Haven’t Been Writing Much Because I’ve Been Depressed

Posted on August 25, 2016
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

I suffer from infrequent bouts of depression. This should come as a surprise to no one. I’m an almost 40-year-old African American woman who is living in a time of state sponsored violence against Black people, a possible Trump presidency and Super Gonorrhea for which…

Europeans Never Came to Africa for Slaves

Posted on July 28, 2016
by Malaka
with 4 Comments

In our Junior Secondary School (JSS) history books, we learned about names, dates and places on the African continent that were so distant that they might as well have been on the moon. We learned about the importance of Fernando Po, the Bight of Benin…

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