Three important icons in my childhood in Curaçao
Born in 1989, there were so many pop culture figures who shaped my childhood identity in Curaçao. Perhaps somewhat surprising to some, on Curaçao, we were exposed a lot to American culture. …
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Three important icons in my childhood in East Africa
Like most of my peers, I spent a great deal of my childhood fixated on the television screen yearning to learn more about the latest pop culture figures and the trends. For this piece, I had …
Three important icons in my childhood in Kenya
It was an interesting exercise, thinking about the pop culture figures that shaped my childhood. How would life as I knew it then hold up now? Some things didn’t age well when I look …
The black millennial experience – YouTube edition
Black millennials are becoming more and more interconnected in the era of social media and online content. We’ve all spent countless hours bewitched on youtube, watching video after …
Three of my favorite places in Dar es Salaam, my city
Dar es Salaam is a city I’ve lived in most of my life. And as some do when they’ve been somewhere too long, I used to often dream of the day I would happily leave and possibly never come …
Three of my favourite places in Kigali, my city
Kigali will always be one of the places I call home because it is the city I grew up in and have lived in the longest. My family moved there before my 1st birthday and we ended up making it …
Three of my favourite places in Accra, my city
Ghana is such a beautiful country with so many favourite places to share across it’s ten regions. Since I mostly spend time in Tema and Accra ( the capital city); here are three places I …
Three of my favourite places in Ottawa, my city
I grew up in Zimbabwe and moved to Canada to pursue higher education. I lived on the east coast for a number of years after which I moved mainland to complete my Masters of Public Health …
Three of my favourite places in Montreal, my city
Its summer in Montreal, and Montrealers all over treasure our 100 days of summer. I love to go out with my books and find spaces to read, eat and create in the sun. I have called Montreal …
Three of my favourite places in Brussels, my city
My parents are Congolese, and my Dad moved to Wallonia (the southern, French speaking part of Belgium) when he was 11 years old. I was born and raised in Brussels and except for the 3 years …