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Our people are not extinct: A reasoning with Kasike ‘Kalaan’ Nibonrix Kaiman

Our people are not extinct: A reasoning with Ka...

Kasike "Kalaan" Nibonrix Kaiman of Yukayeke Yamaye Guani. [Photo: Maelle Johnson] The English-speaking Caribbean celebrates Emancipation Day annually on the first day of August, commemorating that date in 1834 when...

Our people are not extinct: A reasoning with Ka...

Kasike "Kalaan" Nibonrix Kaiman of Yukayeke Yamaye Guani. [Photo: Maelle Johnson] The English-speaking Caribbean celebrates Emancipation Day annually on the first day of August, commemorating that date in 1834 when...

From “prepatriation” to repatriation: A reasoning with Cashawn Myers

From “prepatriation” to repatriation: A reasoni...

From his urban stomping ground in the West to the richer soils of West Africa, Cashawn Myers reveals his journey of resettlement through his work helping dispersed Africans to make...

From “prepatriation” to repatriation: A reasoni...

From his urban stomping ground in the West to the richer soils of West Africa, Cashawn Myers reveals his journey of resettlement through his work helping dispersed Africans to make...

At home in East Africa: A reasoning with Jah9

At home in East Africa: A reasoning with Jah9

Jah9 released her Note To Self album at the dawn of a global lockdown that has kept her in Tanzania for months. She takes us into depths of self-manifestation, Rastafari...

At home in East Africa: A reasoning with Jah9

Jah9 released her Note To Self album at the dawn of a global lockdown that has kept her in Tanzania for months. She takes us into depths of self-manifestation, Rastafari...

The Hero is called twice: A reasoning with Gladstone Taylor

The Hero is called twice: A reasoning with Glad...

We link up with author Gladstone Taylor to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his book, ‘KingSun: The Testaments of Sunlight and Water.’ The milestone gives him the chance to reflect...

The Hero is called twice: A reasoning with Glad...

We link up with author Gladstone Taylor to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his book, ‘KingSun: The Testaments of Sunlight and Water.’ The milestone gives him the chance to reflect...

my motherland’s motherland

my motherland’s motherland

Poetic wordsmith Rica G. gives expression to her experience as a village-raised child of the African diaspora. This masterpiece was written and video recorded for us to see and hear...

my motherland’s motherland

Poetic wordsmith Rica G. gives expression to her experience as a village-raised child of the African diaspora. This masterpiece was written and video recorded for us to see and hear...

How Africa claimed me as its own: A reasoning with Tiffanie Anderson

How Africa claimed me as its own: A reasoning w...

Tiffanie Anderson is a sojourner who founded Away To Africa as a way to share the joys of seeing Africa firsthand with others. She tells us how experiencing the continent...

How Africa claimed me as its own: A reasoning w...

Tiffanie Anderson is a sojourner who founded Away To Africa as a way to share the joys of seeing Africa firsthand with others. She tells us how experiencing the continent...