The Book Collection
Thanks to the cheap prices at bookdepository.com, I have started a mini African library in my study. As my bank balances increases, so will this collection! I have read some of the books in my new...
View ArticleWho Tells our Stories?
Maya Wegerif at TEDxDar 2010 Maya was born in South Africa but is currently living in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Maya describes herself as a Spoken Word Poet. Her biggest influences are poets Iyeoka...
View ArticleI Remember
A few readers have emailed me about how my life was like growing up in Australia. As much as I think that I have had a privileged up bringing in Australia, there are certain things which used to...
View ArticleNew African Fashion
I read one line about a yet to be released book titled New African Fashion on Africa Style Daily, and went straight to bookdepositry.com to pre-order. Author Helen Jennings writes, Ever since the...
View ArticleBlack means Different things in Different places
I love about the identity battles of Africans in the diaspora. Everybody’s experience of the issue is different yet the same. I can relate to those stories. And those are the stories which touch me the...
View ArticleWhat If…..
If I Told You by Anthony Anaxagorou We shouldn’t believe everything we hear! SOURCE: THIS IS AFRICA The post What If….. appeared first on AFROKLECTIC.
View ArticleIn my Possession
The New African Fashion book by Helen Jennings is now in my possession. Like most of the other books I have purchased this year, this book will go into the ‘To read when I finish Major Project’ which...
View Article‘The Book of Negroes’ by Lawrence Hill
I must have this book! I’m searching for it online now! I just watched a video excerpt and am currently reading an except online. This book by bi-racial Canadian author Lawrence Hill has me as excited...
View ArticleHanda’s Surprise
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Brown was the first African children’s book I ever saw. I was probably about 8 and on our weekly class reading session at the school library, our librarian read this book. I...
View ArticleThis is why Abena is Black!
I read Diaspora Diaries: This is Why I’m Black by Canadian-Ghanaian writer Abena Amoako-Green and I thought I was reading about myself. Like my Identity Battle (23/07.11), Amoako-Green writes about how...
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