Nostalgia is above all, a product of the imaginary, and it is generally invented to foster a sense of both self-continuitiy and community Afro Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture by Badia Ahad-Legardy Afro Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture by Badia Ahad-Legardy is a thoroughly well researched and insightful book that examines […]
As George Benson and Whitney Houston famously sang “I believe the children are our future” in The Greatest Love of all, they really are if they have access to books such as “A Multicultural Picnic” by Victor Dias de Oliviera and illustrated by Eszter Miklas. It is a charming multimedia picture book that champions the […]
I found “Unspoken: Toxic Masculinity and I How Faced the Man Within the Man” by Guvna B to be an honest and frank exploration into Guvna B/ Isaac Borquaye’s perceptions and vulnerabilities about what it means to be a man and the wider conversation about masculinity. As someone who is also of Ghanaian descent, I […]
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi For the Popsugar challenge this is the book with more than 20 characters in the title. Unlike the first book in the Orisha series, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi did not grab me. However, it’s unfair to say that it’s because of the subject […]
“Maya Angelou, you are really so great. You really are our Shakespeare, and I thank you for this chance. I am going to do it well and you are going to be proud of me’ Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou p. 161 On reading that above passage, it summed up the feelings I […]
Elaine Adu-Poku 