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“Get Out”: The Horror Film that Reconfigures Racism
Get Out, the new film written and directed by Jordan Peele of “Key and Peele”, is a deep departure for the actor-writer on some levels. Sure, he’s never written or directed a horror film before, but if you’re familiar with his other racially-charged work, the premise of this new number one film won’t surprise…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “We Should All Be Feminists”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian-American author and feminist who desires to amplify the lives of African women through her words. Adichie was born in southeast Nigeria in 1977. Her parents were both academics at the University of Nigeria. Adichie had planned to follow in her sister’s footsteps by studying medicine at University of Nigeria.…
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: A Career of Fighting Fearlessly for Justice and Equality
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa’s first female elected head of state and the world’s first elected black female president in 2005. She was also elected in 2016 to be Chair of the Economic Community of West African States. In 2011, she received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Leymah Gbowee of Liberia…
Transracialist Rachel Dolezal Legally Changes Her Name . . . to Nkechi Diallo
Our favorite ‘transracial’ black girl is back in the news, and the reason is predictably laughable. Just weeks before her Memoir, In Full Color, is released, Rachel Dolezal announced that she has legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo. Along with her new African name, she is doubling down on her claim that despite…