Tag: Writing
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North + Sahara + South = 1 Africa
African culture is a combination of several, with the continent as the umbrella. The idea that there is an “African culture” that is entirely separate from the Arab cultures north of Africa is exaggerated. Arabs and Muslims in Africa share the land with the rest of the continent and their culture or religion is just as “African” […]
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I AM – Vol. 2.
I am not my fears. I AM my Fierce. I am not my weakness. I AM my wonder. I am not my past. I AM my possibility. I am not my regret. I AM my reinvention I am not my doubt. I AM my doing. I am not my low. I AM my loudest. I […]
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Job… I Need Job
It’s been almost three months since I graduated. I still don’t have a job. Slowly but surely, the time is creeping up on me and I’m watching the months add up. At home I’ve become the cook, the cleaner, the washer, the baker, the one with absolutely nothing to do. At first I loved it. […]
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Waking Up Next To You
AS the bites frosted the tip of her ears, AND as her eyes came awake to the eastern orange sunrise, AND as the cool, almost-spring morning breeze kissed her cheekbones, SHE thought of sinking her head into plush pillows that smell of the sweetest lavender. SHE thought of the soft silk sheets swallowing her in […]
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Breakthrough Dream
I had a dream last night. I think it meant something. Enter dreamland… I’m driving home from work on a Friday afternoon. There’s been a storm warning which because of the sheer stubbornness in me, I decide to ignore. I drive my way through Southeast D.C without a hiccup. The clouds are gathering; dark clouds that cover […]
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