(Marie grew up in Bafang, in the West Province of Cameroon, West Africa) There’s no better way to start a new year, a new season, […]
A Finnish Evening in Coimbra, Portugal
Last December, I offered four friends of mine a traditional winter Finnish supper. I had a bottle of glögi and Marimekko® napkins a Finnish friend […]
Why African Women Don’t Often Date African-American Men
Well, this is one of those testy topics that I am sure you will either agree with or think of as ‘utterly senseless’, but the […]
Interracial Relationships: “I don’t date white guys …” I said
By Kahlilah Guyah Growing up in New Jersey my neighbor and best friend was the product of an interracial couple—her mother white and her father […]
4 Grammatical Mistakes that Make You Look… well, not-so-smart
Ok. You’re not a seasoned writer for the New York Times. You never claimed to be the Editor-in-Chief of any Magazine. You don’t even own […]
More African Americans Trace Their Roots Back to Africa
“The river that forgets its source will soon run dry.” – African proverb A few months ago, while watching African Voices on CNN International, I […]
5 Reasons Why African Men Make Good Husbands
It goes back to the period even before a baby is born to a newly married African couple. In most African cultures, the birth […]