Nothing ignites a fire inside you as a child more than novelty. That fire becomes smoking fucking hot when you see adults doing it. That is how I felt when I saw my family having communion once a month on a Saturday morning. I wanted to try the crackers and wine (actually juice, because we …
“Cut your hair so you can look like a nice boy! Not a ruffian!” I can’t recant the number of times I’ve heard West African aunties and uncles tell that to my fellow peers with eccentric hairstyles. They look pon (patois for “upon”) the dreads with dread. That’s partly the reason why the hair was …
Literacy has been defined as the trademark of a “developed” society. We give a lot of weight to literacy. We say one is educated if they are able to write in an elegant manner. I guess because it shows the capability to create something complex. Thus, we give it weight. I think that writing systems …
Recently, I watched a five-minute snippet on how Ghana’s illegal gold mining has begun to wreak havoc on its rivers and lakes. Many of the waterways have been polluted heavily with toxic substances. Galamsey (gather them and sell), as Ghanaians affectionately call it, will have the nation begging for water by 2040 if things don’t …
Prior to the 19th century, the world was for the most part agrarian and made just enough food and resources to feed their village/community. Most people did not live in cities at all and even if you did, you lived in tight, dirty conditions unless you were royalty. Per usual, the royals allowed the majority …
Driving in D.C. always feels like a shitshow. All. The. Time. The parking in the city is terrible and you get horrible amounts of traffic. It’s like you have to hit a U-turn at every turn signal and hope that you don’t hit the next car that swerves into the lane. By the hope of …
Until the philosophy that makes one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned. Then, everywhere is war. A mf’n word. Shout out to Bob Marley. The elites of the bunch would definitely need to hear this. Do the people really want war? Questions that are never answered. It’s hard to grasp …
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First blog post! Wagwan, what’s crackin! I understand that COVID has really put us all in a funk and that we truly feel like there is no end in sight. However, as hi(story) has taught us, there is always hope at the end of the tunnel and we, as humanity, (hopefully) will get better. However, …