africa Archives - Mind of Malaka

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…

Madness

Africans Do Not Deserve Dignity in Targeted Marketing Campaigns

Posted on April 20, 2016
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

At 2:30 AM on Sunday morning, I decided that I wanted to sell 400,000 copies of Sally and the Butterfly by the end of 2016. It’s “impossible”, but they say that if you shoot for the moon, you’ll land among the stars. It is also…

Madness

Children of the Diaspora, Orphaned by Africa

Posted on July 6, 2015
by Malaka
with 6 Comments

In September, 2014, a New York Times report highlighted how the influx of African immigrants is shifting the demographics of New York and the USA at large. The article’s author, Sam Roberts wrote: “Between 2000 and 2010, the number of legal black African immigrants in…

Musings

Repatriation: Is Going Back to Africa the Solution?

Posted on December 4, 2014
by Malaka
with 3 Comments

GO BACK TO AFRICA!!!! This is something red-faced bigots used to scream (now they can conveniently type it on a keypad) whenever a person of color has the audacity to point out/complain about/ponder over America’s dismal race record and erratic application of justice. "Hey darkie!…

Say what??

Are you Going to #OccupyFlagStaffHouse?

Posted on June 29, 2014
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

“Chile, I don’t want you mixed up in all dat revolution, y’hear? They gon’ KILL your scrawny ass!” This phrase was repeated in various forms in Negro homes all across America in the 50s and 60s. Parents who had lived through Jim Crow and whose…