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Gold Blooded / Mommy's Love

Mar 10, 2016 03:29PM

Poetry by Rayna Weddington and JoAnn Hodges.

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Poetry and Prose

Mar 10, 2016 03:19PM

Works by Erica Elizabeth and Kadija Sesay.

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OMG! The Lost Love That Healed My Pain

Mar 10, 2016 02:49PM ● By Siatta Scott-Johnson

With a loud cry of pain, I woke up on the parlor couch. Beads of sweat coated my forehead and my whole body felt warm. As I lifted my head toward the old clock hanging on the wall, I knew I was running late for school so I hurried to get ready.

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OMG! Was it Real or a Dream?

Mar 10, 2016 02:40PM ● By Siatta Scott-Johnson

The incessant rain washed out a cricket match, rendered people homeless and caused countless hardships to everyone. But amidst all these distresses, there was a couple who was thrilled to see the raindrops. Her outstretched soft hands accumulated water from the pouring rain and threw it at the creature standing next to her. That creature holding the umbrella for the both of them was excited by this water splashing game and splashed back water caught with his rough hands. A smiling Sandy, looked into his eyes with a deluge of love in her eyes in the form of tears and said, "I would want to die this moment!"

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Cultural Identity and the African Diaspora

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Adrienne Tingba

Like many Africans in the Diaspora, it is a daily struggle trying to prove myself as acceptable to a world essentially different from my own, all the while trying to prove to my own people that I am still a part of them: that I have not forgotten my culture; that they are still a part of my cultural identity; that they will always remain a huge part of who I am.

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Individual Perspectives on Cultural Identity

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Rayna Weddington

FunTimes Magazine has interviewed 4 young people on their perspectives on cultural identity.

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The Name African American: Convenience or True Ethnic Identity?

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Joseph Warkreh T-Toe

I was born in Africa, Liberia to be specific and I became an America citizen in 1998. Yes I am proud to be an American. But I am also proud of my African roots and identity: language, culture, family, education and all of the anthropological dynamics that helped mold me. My Americanism has in no measure changed or tarnished my Liberian ancestry. If I were to be politically correct, I would have referred to myself as a Liberian American as in Irish American, Italian American, Chinese American, to name a few.

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The Link to My Self-Identity Is ODUNDE

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Lorenzo Pierce

As young black person who was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia, finding your identity can be one of the most unidentifiable challenges of your youth. The reason why I refer to it as an "unidentifiable challenge" is because most times in the lives of young black people, finding oneself is a struggle that can be difficult to articulate and pinpoint. Hopefully, this makes sense to you.

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Diary of a Woman Like You

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Siatta Scott-Johnson

This one may start off like it's just for the ladies but fellas I think you can find a seat in this car as well. Let's go! Ladies have you ever been sitting with your guy all lovey-dovey, and beaming like that sexy girl who found a new boy type of romance?

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