A while ago, I read a story about an Ethiopian woman who managed to get a job into the construction industry, a reflection of the construction boom in the country and also how the female role is slowly changing. Ethiopian women moving into non traditional occupations [...]

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Last night I watched the documentary Dark Girls that was recently aired on OWN. The film explores the concept of colorism, that is the discrimination of people based on their skin color. The difference with racism, is that colorism happens also between people of the same race, the darker the [...]

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Yesterday I watched the movie A Lot Like You. It’s has been showcased at several festivals recently (and still is) but it has also been chosen by PBS to be broadcasted this month, you can check your local schedule at their website (OPB will show it on Feb.14th). It is also [...]

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Last week I was able to get my hands onto a book I wanted to read for some time. African Dolls, for Play and Magic was written by Esther A. Dagan, an amazing author that has 13 books published about African art, most of them out of print, and I hope [...]

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