Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer, blogger and speaker. She is the founder of the feminist blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with contemporary culture from an …
At a time when the majority seek to disassociate from reality as a form of refuge from the real world, we meet Deena Mohamed; a woman who cares about living in the now, while also capturing …
‘In Response To’ is a series with commentary from our readers As a Caribbean girl of African descent, the article, ‘Does being from the Caribbean make me ‘Of Africa’? immediately stood out …
With art by Laylie Frazier Homeland brings to my mind ‘belonging’, specifically having a physical space to call home. While the idea of having physical roots, to a country or a city that …
When I was asked to become part of this magazine, my first response was that I am most likely one of the least African affiliated girls in the Caribbean. Even though I know that I have …
Someone somewhere tells me that I am his African queen. That I am his goddess, That my body is bountiful. That my body is rich with a fertility blessed by 40 days …
The Curator series re-examines historical depictions of Africa and the Diaspora If I was asked four years ago, when I came to the Netherlands as an exchange student, what does ‘Homeland’ …
Back in August 2016, the hashtag #IfAfricaWasASchool took over twitter for a couple of weeks. And while it was funny (sometimes, hilarious!) to follow the different perspectives everyone had …
I am in a situation that I have been in too many times before, and as is usually the case with things you’ve tolerated for way too long, I’m finding it incredibly difficult to contain …
Back home is more back than home to me. As a child I was called in from playing and asked to shout into a phone so my voice could wrap itself around the world several times to reach a …