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Have you wondered why reviewers and blurb-writers are quick to reassure readers that a book about Africa (usually one written by a Black African about Black Africans) is NOT JUST AN AFRICAN BOOK BUT IS UNIVERSAL, as well? As if ‘African’ and ‘Universal’ are mutually exclusive. Nobody ever informs the reader that a great English or American novel is universal because the assumption, of course, is that it is.

blackisbeautiful:

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Everlasting crush

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divalocity:

Love Miss Millie Jackson…she gave it to us straight with no chaser.

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How Target Knows You’re Pregnant

Writing for The New York Times, Charles Duhigg examines how retailers collect...

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Ha! Women Of Color Feminist…

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“So we thought, instead of buying groceries here in Oak Park we could go buy groceries on the West Side. And it was not that simple at all.”

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Comedian. Videographer. Nigerian. American. Story Teller.