Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Almost everyone has heard of the Middle passage in one form or another, but how many people knew about Philadelphia’s involvement in this lu…
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OMG! Was it Real or a Dream?
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!”
The Link to My Self-Identity Is ODUNDE
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.
The Name African American: Convenience or True Ethnic Identity?
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.
Individual Perspectives on Cultural Identity
FunTimes Magazine has interviewed 4 young people on their perspectives on cultural identity.
Cultural Identity and the African Diaspora
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.
Porsche Delaware, Mr. Sean Johnson talks Passion, Tradition and Performance.
y Angira S. PickensManufacturing great works of art and performance takes time. Hundreds of engineers and construction workers gather in an…
Nicole Keys
Nicole Keys was born and raised in North Philadelphia and defines herself as an ever-growing human being, curious to explore life.After deci…