A year of perseveranceLifted like a toast, raising your spiritsAre we ready to hear it?Will it be one of the years we remember dearest?Keep our family nearestAnd open up our lives to friends because we are so fearless This is more than a year-to-year listThis is therapeutic This is the heart’s music So keep your …
Bold The biggest, the bravest Get with her and you know you made it Build a bridge of faithAn exterminator getting rid of the rodents of hateGetting rid of the remnants of rage as you navigate through the rat race She’s so moving in life, you’ll pack your suitcase Beautiful With all that entails Junk …
Being a casual Tanzanian, you can casually hold back on interaction. On the other hand it is clear as the pain of a piercing and permanent as a tattoo; you need human contact. Isolated with your brothers in the bubble. Isolated with well-wishers and the opposite. Contradictory as an undersized basketball player, on the court …
My accent hovers high… Caught in between airspaces, falling behind both at Danish and Swahili. On a downward turn. As a casual Tanzanian, located between Scandinavia and the motherland. Pronunciation leads to segregation. Putting me in a box, in “my” place. Devaluing me and degrading me. A jewel that’s lost it’s shine, son of mother …
What kinds of blacks do you like? What shades of African brown are most beautiful to you and why? Which behaviors by blacks make you comfortable? Can you deal with variety? Are we too “different” a.k.a. deviant? You can’t put me in a black box. Now let’s start a dialogue. I’m using creative writing to …
When you stop speaking your mother tongue, are you rejecting her? Mother Africa. The one that birthed you, gave you life, spirit and soul. Gave you the melanin that has your skin shining brown and beautiful. A black man or woman, started as a child in Mama Africa’s lap. The language is a connection, it’s …
Sports are on everyone’s tongues as we trek through the Jordan documentary. A shot in the arm for Sports fans secluded and excluded from watching live or on TV. Meanwhile drafts and free agent contracts are keeping intrigue alive and kicking. A perfect example is Taysom Hill who does every thing on the NFL field …
Kevin Gates’ association is full of breadwinners, that’s his record label. I’d label him a bred sinner, a product of his environment trouble maker. He’s got a criminal record. He was supposed to come to Copenhagen to give a show and meet and greets. Getting a free media ticket means I couldn’t have upgraded without …
We’re going to put the galaxy S10+ on the clock to see if it stood the test of time or tucked it’s tail between its hindlegs. Are Samsung just some dogs looking to chase your cash? There’s a lot to rock with about the Galaxy S10+, a year plus into its launch. Samsung have been …