Hidemi Takagi and KODA are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to publish an exhibition catalog, called Hidemi Takagi: Stories. The catalog will feature three community-based photography projects developed in Brooklyn by the artist. It includes The Barbershops series, for which the photographer documented barbershops as neighborhood institutions that are central to public life in Bedford-StuyvesantContinue reading “This Is Not Your Typical New York City Barbershop Photo Story”
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Because When Girls Win, We All Win.
For many years, my martyrdom for sports and education has been visible for anyone that knows me well. My commitment to talking about and raising the profile of Africans within the NBA has been a mission of mine. I would jump on a plane and head to anywhere in the world if basketball is involved.Continue reading “Because When Girls Win, We All Win.”
Finding a Sense of Self: the Homecoming experience, Nigeria
I had spent years running from my Nigerian heritage because I wanted to fit in. But over the Easter break, I was fortunate enough to be invited by BBK to their official Homecoming event. For someone who was already embarking on a journey of self-discovery after quitting my job, coming home in December 2017 andContinue reading “Finding a Sense of Self: the Homecoming experience, Nigeria”
Coming out: stories of women from all over Africa
One thing that many straight people don’t realise about coming out is that it is not a one-off occasion. It is something that has to be done over and over again. Each time is different because it’s hard to predict how the person you are telling will react or what the fall-out of the situation willContinue reading “Coming out: stories of women from all over Africa”
How men do Tinder South African style
For years, I’ve resistant to the idea of using Tinder. The way I saw it, there were already so many uninteresting men trying to win my affections on social media, why would I want to add any more disappointment to the mix? [responsive id=’42200′ name=’2017/03/minnie-that-hurt-.gif’] It took a dare from a visiting cousin to convinceContinue reading “How men do Tinder South African style”
Single, dating and a teenage dad
I knew things would be difficult the day me and my baby mama broke up. While her parents showed no interest in their granddaughter knowing her father, it was she who made it possible for us to spend time together. She always made the extra effort to bring her to the park or to theContinue reading “Single, dating and a teenage dad”
Being trans* is becoming a black woman of complications
In the first part of this series, Katlego wrote about what it felt like to start to become ‘Botswana’s first openly Trans* identifying public figure’. In this second part, she tells us more about her journey. There was a massive adult circumcision drive in Botswana in 2012 which got me thinking about the value ofContinue reading “Being trans* is becoming a black woman of complications”
What it feels like to become ‘Botswana’s first openly Trans* identifying public figure’
To be trans*, black, under thirty and still alive is, unnecessarily, a miracle in our world these days. I’m Kat Kai Kol-Kes and I identify as many things, but when I was approached by TRUE Africa to share my story of growing up in Botswana in the 90s as a trans* person I found myselfContinue reading “What it feels like to become ‘Botswana’s first openly Trans* identifying public figure’”
Why expensive white weddings aren’t the best way to start a marriage
I have friends who admit to have dreamt and planned their weddings from dress to cake from as young as they can remember. They would always get shocked at how I have no problem with not planning mine. I would always retort dismissively: ‘I am nobody’s bride.’ I realised as I grew up that whatContinue reading “Why expensive white weddings aren’t the best way to start a marriage”