I’m happy to say that I’m at a moment in my life in which I feel I don’t need anything. I have everything I want. That doesn’t mean I don’t have goals, wishes, things I would love to do, places I would like to go, but overall I’m happy. [...]

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A couple of Christmas ago, I commented about the tradition of the Three Wise Men in Spain and in many countries of Latin America. One of the ways of celebrating these festivities is through a parade, where there is always a man representing the black wise man Balthazar, usually a white man in blackface. I [...]

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Continuing with my Ethiopian dolls project, I’ve been working on mother and child dolls, most of them simple designs. I want them to be soft enough for a young child to play with. This one, for example, is made in white soft fabric. The mother hugs the little baby with her [...]

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Christmas is gone, but before we forget about it, I wanted to mention a short film directed by Bheki Sibiya from South Africa that is called Father Christmas doesn’t come here. Most of us have already seen the video from Sesame Street about an African American [...]

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