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You guys, I finally saw Black Panther! I know, I know. I think I was the last living person on earth to see Black Panther for the first time this weekend. You see, what had happened was that prior to the opening weekend, I had every intention of seeing Black Panther on the day it came out. However, as the day grew closer and closer, I couldn't make it. However, I bought two tickets for me and Toby (my 16-year-old cousin) to see the movie on President's Day (February 19th 2018). I was Read More
Years ago, a boy liked me. He would later come to be known as Soldier Boy in my life. Let me tell you about him. I met Soldier Boy when a friend of mine graduated from high school. So, yes, I, too, was a teenager then. I believe I was 18 to be exact. Another friend of hers whom I had never met before this day was also there. After the ceremony, the plan was to go back to this friend's house, and I agreed. My friend was from Cameroon, and her friend was from Ghana. My friend's friend lived Read More
Sweet Potatoes, I am so terribly sorry for my absence these past couple weeks. It was not intended at all. Every time something big changes in my personal life, I get completely thrown off. So I am sorry that I have not been able to serenade you with my stories, but I promise I am still working in the background. You won't believe me if I tell you the crazy beautiful thing that has been happening to me, so I'll just shut my mouth and keep it to myself for now. Next Read More
Although I have always known this, I am now more mature and able to appreciate it more: I have great people in my life. No, really, I am blessed. One of my blessings is my Aunt, Chinelo. Aunt Chinelo has been my favorite aunt since I was a toddler. I still remember when she was in college (University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria), and I used to be her pet. She would take me to go visit her friend, Aunt Nkem who lived close to us, and Aunt Nkem would walk us back home, and we'd walk Aunt Nkem Read More
Sweet Potatoes, get in here, let me talk to you. So, that was how I was minding my business scrolling through Instagram the other day when I came across a post from ColorComm. Have you heard of ColorComm? It's a community for women of color in communications. You can check out their website here. Ehen, as I was saying. So I was scrolling through Instagram when I came across a post from them. It was a post with multiple pictures. The first picture is below. I read the thing and said Read More
