Black history is a story of scars. Scars memorialize pain. Scars explore art. Scars show pride. Scars express joy. Scars are forgotten. During the slave trade, the Yoruba people of Southwester Nigeria began scarring the faces of children to serve as a means of identification and self-preservation. The Yoruba people…

Dj Switch is 29 years old. Falz the Bahd Guy is 30. Runtown is 31 and Seun Kuti is 37. The average life expectancy in Nigeria is 53.95 years old. Nigeria, as a loosely white-washed, outsourced, Freddie Lugard stitch-and-sew job, is 60 years old. The loud voices, often referred to…

Then. It is always a spectacle. It happens often these days; way too often if you would ask me. It is a sign of the never-changing times. It is view-worthy, call-your-friends kind of event. Ever since the first time Bill from Kingsbury Farm called me to see the first one…

Visuals and Trauma — I haven’t watched the video of George Floyd’s murder. I probably won’t. Honestly, I don't need to watch it to understand that his life was worth more. And so is his death. Once I saw the picture of a police officer on his neck, I skipped ahead to read the…