Tag: Africa

  • Afrobeats is for All of Us

    Afrobeats is for All of Us

    When I first met my wife, I asked what’s her favorite genre of music. “Afrobeat. Have you heard of it?” I took her to see Fela! for her birthday right before we got engaged. After we were married, I took her to The Shrine in Harlem for her birthday. Years later on Twitter I saw…

  • Covid – still a global pandemic

    Covid – still a global pandemic

    Covid-19 is still raging and killing, and disrupting stuff in Africa, Asia, and around the world.

  • African Inspired, Modern Fits with D’IYANU

    African Inspired, Modern Fits with D’IYANU

    Love the story behind D’IYANU – an immigrant girl came to America as a child, reconnected with her African roots as an adult, and started a fashion line for families who are going through the same journey.

  • The Kingdom of Dahomey

    The Kingdom of Dahomey

    The new Viola Davis movie is about an all-woman army from the Kingdom of Dahomey. You can learn more about Dahomey and how it participated in modernizing the world in “Born in Blackness” by Howard French