Tag: culture
Lost in Approximation
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Have you ever tried to describe an ethnic expression in English but found English words inadequate? Frustrated, you attempt ... Read More
Truly Wrong Love
Photo by Nadine E on Unsplash She arrived on my doorstep looking like she had been run over by a truck: clothes twisted and torn, ... Read More
Gloves On: Mending the Illusions
Image: Unsplash In the last quarter of the year 2015, an article in a leading development sector e-publication declared that the gloves are finally off ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi of Ile-Ife (Nigeria)
Queen Moremi sacrifices her son Oluorogbo to the river The legend of Moremi has been passed down from generation to generation by oral tradition. The ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
Queen Mother Idia was the mother of Oba Esigie in the ancient west African kingdom of Benin. From as early as the 11th century until ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)
Minos, imagined by Gencraft AI The kingdom of Dahomey, now called Republique du Benin is located in Western Africa, bordered by Togo on the west ... Read More
The Missing Black Populations of North Africa
A mixed race woman. Photo by Jude Infantini on Unsplash There are many similarities between the history of North Africa and that of North America ... Read More