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Imagine you were gifted a home, in Ghana. It’s your motherland, but not the place you grew up in. Would you move? That decision proved to be one of the most challenging ones that Afia had to make. She documented some of the most difficult conversations, honest observations and some self reflection that has us asking- should Afia be telling us all of this? Yes she should, she did- and you should hear it.
Today we share with you an episode of the Peabody nominated S***hole Country.
As Black country music is having its moment, Hana has always wondered why her Sudanese mom loved Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. You can hear country music playing in cafes in African capitals. There is a love of American country music among our African elders, many say they grew up...
Published 11/21/24
Let’s take a moment.
It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up.
Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown.
Published 11/07/24