Today Ghana celebrates it’s 53rd year of Independence from British colonial rule (March 6, 1957). I had a couple of conversations about Ghana with two of my fellow Ghanaians, one saying that Ghana should have kept the colonial name of Gold Coast because it represents a lot in terms of the country’s marketability, its [...]

I was just reading a post on Jezebel.com about how Vogue constantly uses White models on the covers of their International editions in countries that are not predominately White, i.e. Turkey, China, India etc. All I can say to that is why blame Vogue? It seems Vogue is basically giving these nations what they serve [...]

2010 Marks the 50th anniversary of Independence in 17 African nations, setting the stage for Africa as a continent to look deep within our history, to wake up & to make this decade Africa’s decade of fulfilling the change that was to come with independence. There was something in the air in 1960, a leap [...]

As I praise Vogue Italia’s launch of the Vogue Black & Vogue Curvy websites as a step in the right direction, I also SMH that the global fashion industry still just doesn’t get it. We are not looking for Jim Crowe Days of “Separate but Equal”, but rather a time in our global society that [...]

As Black history month is nearing its close in the shortest month of the year, I found myself engulfed in debates & really looking at Black history- past & present from Africa to the Diaspora. I went to a film screening of Fangafrika: The Voice of the Voiceless, which is a look at African underground [...]

I can’t believe I am saying these words, but for the first time in my life I must say Jay Z speaks for me. He is very on point on his “We Are the World” critique. “A for effort, but come on son”! All I could think when I saw the video, after the endless [...]

It seems the Democratic party is in full spiral, not knowing left from right , public option from insurance company control, wall street bailouts from main street job creations, and fighting from conceding & throwing in the towel.
It seems the democrats are not ready, willing or able to take on the fight to [...]