“They tried to stop her, but they failed miserably. They overlooked her, tried to discourage her, and sabotage her, but she persevered through it all with her head held high. They talked behind her back and plotted against her, but they did not realize that they were messing with an unstoppable, resilient Black Queen. She …
If you never knew, I am from the “Fulbe” Tribe, also known as “Fulani people”, “Al Pulaar” or “Peulh”. My ethnicity is so vast and full of surprising elements. I am definitely going to share more about it because I think it is important as much as anyone’s culture. Knowledge is power, huh?
Straightening is dangerous. However, for many women it represents the “freedom”, the “feeling of the wind in the hair”, the “end of crying children”, he “Beyoncé Look”, the “shaking the hair as in an advertisement for L’Oréal”. According to Juliette Smeralda, women would mostly relax their
I am going to do something for you today. Are you problack? Yes? No? Anyways. I have files that I want to share with you. I gathered them with my friends, google, good reads. In addition, I have found super interesting ones on Charles Preston’s open drive. I want to share about the black community’s …
« Je m’appelle Moustapha, mais tout le monde m’appelle Titoie. J’aurais bientôt 18 ans. Je suis sénégalais de Nioro Du Rip. C’est juste après Kaolack. J’ai les yeux bleus. » Un noir avec des yeux bleus ? C’est possible ça ? Oui ! Beaucoup n’y croient pas. Les gens préfèreraient que l’individu soit malade. D’ailleurs, on explique souvent de tels yeux …
Si vous êtes souvent sûr twitter ou Instagram, vous avez forcement déjà vu #BlackGirlsMagic. C’est un mouvement qui met à l’honneur les femmes de couleurs, leurs prouesses, leurs intelligences, leurs beautés, leurs personnalités.
We do not need to introduce Africa anymore, although, we have many stereotypes to break. Indeed, the western part of the world generally think that Africa is only characterized by poor people, dirt, hunger, deserts, lack of electricity and that everyone suffers from Ebola and AIDS. We also hear things such as Africans are too …
« J’ai les cheveux secs. » Cette phrase résonne très souvent dans nos têtes lorsqu’on se réveille le matin, qu’on a nos cheveux crépus naturels et qu’on les touche. C’est un constat qu’on a quand on croise le miroir de la salle de bain. Cela semble être une fatalité. Ce n’est pas la peine de …
We have known wigs, smoothing and other straightening, but the hairstyle in vogue is to remain natural. Follower of the Nhappy trend, women with Afro hair identify with this ideology and show it to the rest of the world. It is around 2009 – 2010, especially in the United States that it all started; and …
Dear African woman, stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life. “You are a victim of the rules you live by.” (Jenny Holzer, artist, thinker). Life have not been easy on us, either on any other women. African societies in general are so hard to understand and to live in without doubt, misunderstandings, …