Playing the Race Card

“Blackness. What does it really mean? When does it move from being a vulture of a particular culture to embodying it? And then how does one quote unquote ‘co-sign’ somebody’s embodiment and say ‘ok, we…

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London Fashion Model with Multi-Hyphenate Ambitions

Please introduce yourself for those who aren’t familiar with you from my previous article titled ‘Chillin’ with Norman: Fashion 4 Africa Finalist & Law Graduate’ This is actually a very deep question, but I’ll try…

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Freedom Should Be Free.

Did you know that every night in the United States almost half a million people are locked up in jail cells before they’ve been convicted of anything; and its mostly because – contrary to their…

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Whipped Cream & Ballet Slippers

After months of anticipation I couldn’t wait to see Misty Copeland – the first black female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) – perform live, at the Metropolitan Opera House (Met), in choreographer…

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Kenyan Rhodes Scholar’s Passion for Cancer Research

Meet Hudson Alakonya; a 25 year old Rhodes Scholar and married father of two toddlers, who is currently pursuing a PhD in Oncology at the University of Oxford. Hudson is from the rural Western Kenyan town…

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