Posts Tagged ‘African’
The West Has Many Distractions: Focus on That Which Is Important Not That Which Is Urgent
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Part 10 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I came to Australia
This post is about questions. Who has the answers? YOU. As you go through this post, take a moment and answer as many of these questions as you can honestly. It’s not a quiz so don’t worry about being right or wrong.Hopefully these questions will be the seed that will trigger something special in your mind. We begin with the question:
What Did You Do Today That Really Mattered? (more…)
Is This How You Define Yourself?
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Part four of the 10 things I wish I knew before I landed in Australia
From time to time I write a post that is not specific to the African community but is more general and a lot more far reaching. Consider this one of those posts.
We begin with the age old question:
Who Are You, Really?
What It Means To Be a Part of the African Race Not Just the Human One
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008This post is a little winding, so please bear with me and I hope you get the nugget of truth that I was aiming for.
Part five of the 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Landed in Australia
Today’s story is one of transition. How is it that I went from a place of being deeply ashamed of my race to a place where it became one of the cornerstones of my identity? The story is not a linear one and a lot of the time it wasn’t very logical. As you read this I hope you see not only a glimmer of yourself in the past but also have a greater understanding of where you are now and perhaps begin to dream up who you could be in the future.
What’s Wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?
Monday, January 28th, 2008Hey,
Today I thought I would share with you all two great resources all revolving around answering the same question: What’s wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?
Africans,do you have any problems that have to do with Immigration and Immigration Law?
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Hey,
How cool is this picture, I wish I had the Australian equivalent
As I pass the half way mark of my first ever series on the Displaced African, I thought I would give you heads up on what the next series would be about. (more…)
As an African are You Ashamed of This?
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Part three of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa
You know it’s absoloutely amazing how ‘coincidences’ (is there really such a thing) occur at just the right time. As I was sitting down to right this article I noticed a great post from the Whispering Inn which ties in pefectly with what I want to talk about in this post. Please go to this page and listen to the audio of Mzee Jommo Kenyatta’s speech
I Am His African Child and I Feel Betrayed (more…)
Martin Luther King’s Dream Had One Little Hitch: Tolerance Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up to Be
Monday, January 14th, 2008Part one of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa
One of my teachers once told me, “If you want to succeed, put words to things which people haven’t put words to yet. Give a name to, verbalize or talk about gnawing feelings that people have that they just can’t describe.” Ironically, I am about to do that for myself and in so doing I hope I give voice to some of the things that YOU experience.
