I’ve confirmed it. If there’s anything that unites millions of fans across the globe, it’s the World Cup soccer. It’s got many of us up and shouting in queer places at odd hours, betting and speculating, giving 101% support to the teams we want to win.

Moving forward & Ithaka poem
Just realizing March is passing me by without an entry. It shouldn’t be. It’s been a good month, ending rather so quickly compared to February which seemed quite long, yet it had the shortest months. I guess it’s because many of us wanted to see the sun, so Feb kind of dragged its feet to […]

Earth changes. Hearts cry for Haiti
Apart from New Year resolutions that lead to dramatic life changes, year end can spell beyond belief disaster, as is the case with Haiti, 2010, and the Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 that became the terrible Tsunami. The one thing to count on is hope. Hope manifests clearly amid this punch of doom.

Don’t worry much about Santa Claus
And so the year comes to an end just like that, in spite of the warning from the calendar. And life once more means packing bags, catching a bus, a train, a plane, shuffling through doors with signs on the opposite end: anything to declare. Yes. my self.

What shall we do now that our dear Caster Semenya is confirmed male and female?
The case of Caster Semenya has reached epic proportions. It’s been evolving and much as we’ve been coming to conclusions before the comprehensive sex tests have been released, there is a new twist that only Semenya, her parents, and the South African government can answer.

She who can, is, and always will…
Fall is here and it makes me excited because I am watching the seasons like my stories depend on them. In a big way they actually do. Apart from the relocation, Dakar to Syracuse, I must say the best news item of the just ended month that tickled me most is about Caster Semenya. Some […]

My days in the night
I am making two weeks in Syracuse, and save the first two days, I haven’t slept since. Not joking. I get to sleep and my mind, which a friend of mine says is in overdrive, keeps working nighttime, throughout the day, nighttime, until it is morning of the next day and time to get out […]

Leaving, living, and loving.
It’s always a shame to catch myself in a state of procrastination, where a million blog ideas are coming to me and I figure I have no time to sieve through and focus on one, just one piece of item for a story. I admit sometimes I am the queen of excuses. Implementation—oh, that word […]
Rain in Dakar and the Pride of Barbados
It rained today. It also rained the previous night. I grew to love the equator zone where it rains and shines any moment any day. Here in Dakar rain is a mighty blessing, especially, if it arrives in the month of June. I got very excited when I looked into the sky today and realized […]
Blog Crunch
It isn’t only the economic crunch. I’ve been less productive concerning my blog, yet so lost in activity, the kind of activity that doesn’t produce much. When I try to update my blog, I turn on my computer and end up only changing the screen background. I can spend three straight hours admiring screen savers, […]
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Just a tiny, weeny bit about my father June 7, 2016
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Amiri Baraka at 75 still hitting the gong strong October 18, 2009
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Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals: Yvonne Vera July 27, 2012
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The case of the missing mailbox et cetera. September 5, 2012
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Kony 2012 is just what we needed to spin us into action March 10, 2012
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Day by Day the Path Clears March 13, 2025
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One Celebration at a Time February 11, 2025
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2024 Jacobs/Jones Runner-up February 19, 2024
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Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2023! December 13, 2023
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Review by Heather Swan: The Animals of My Earth School November 9, 2023
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