Africa + Culture = Creativity
Before I started ‘The Afroklectic Project’, I was on the train on my way home from Uni. I was about the get off the train and an African man (in his 50s or so) sparked a conversation with me. He asked...
View ArticleAfrica Misrepresented?
Every so often Africa becomes the ‘trending’ thing. Take for instance the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by a posse of celebrities in 1984, and all the (RED) campaigns, the “make poverty history”...
View ArticleWords on Africa
I have been thinking about my perception of Africa now and how I thought of it when I was a child. If you asked me when I was 10, what I thought of Africa, I would probably have said ‘Poverty, World...
View ArticleMovie or Porn?
Is it just me or are some of the Nigerian and Ghanaian movies bordering soft porn? What is going on in the industry? Heart of Men, Dirty Secret, 4Play just to mention a few. I am even embarrassed to...
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Sydney Film Festival : Today
A film that was high on my must watch list at the Sydney Film Festival was TODAY – the Senegalese film by French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis. The film which was competing in the Official...
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My Manifesto?
Today is my birthday and I had a bit of an epiphany. I started to ask myself the ‘life’ questions. Am I at the place where I need to be at in terms of my career and my spirituality? Am I being the best...
View ArticleStereoTypes Paris: French African vs. African American
StereoTypes is a web series which tests assumptions about race, culture, style and musical tastes based on physical appearance. StereoTypes host Ryan Hall hits the streets of Paris to find out – what’s...
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My future children
I currently live with my cousin and for some reason the idea of settling in Ghana has come up quite regularly. My cousin is against the idea of settling back in Ghana. Her main reasons are the poor...
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The Diasporian Experience: British Nigerian Me
I recently watched ‘British Nigerian Me’ which is a short documentary by Dayo Adeneye on the problem many Nigerian youth born in England are faced with. That is, how they identify themselves. It...
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