Watch out for these 7 Common Mistakes The idea has been floating around in your mind for years. You want to write a children’s book. Wonderful! Now is the perfect time to get started. But before you begin, take a moment to read over these 7 common mistakes made by beginning writers. Once you’ve read…
Tips from a Book Reviewer What makes a good children’s book good? That’s the question. And there is no one easy answer. I know this because I worked for almost twenty years in the youth services department of a public library. I loved my job. I worked daily with children and teens, read thousands of…
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Depression is heartbreaking. In an affluent Cleveland Ohio suburb, depression caused a father and husband to kill his wife and their two children, 15-year old twins, a boy and a girl, in an apparent murder-suicide. In another nearby city, the same thing happened, only this time three children were…
Take control and become more confident Facing my fear. When it comes to fear, a snake does it for me. I am afraid of snakes, especially those thick muscular types such as the constrictors, the pythons, the anacondas, and so on. Whenever I would see them, mostly on TV screens, my control and confidence would…
Black Americans Exit America Blaxit is the word used to describe the latest migration of Black people in America to other countries. In this article, I use the term Black people to refer to African Americans and People of African Descent. Past migrations This is not the first time that Black people in America have…
Aiming for September 1st When will Ghana’s borders reopen? That’s the burning question on the minds of many African-Americans these days. The answer is soon. For those itching to go, Ghana hopes to reopen its borders by September 1st. On August 16, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo presented an update on the country’s Covid-19 situation and…
Eliminating Color & Peeling Away Self-Value Imagine walking down a store aisle and being confronted with products claiming to bleach skin! Which is exactly what I encountered one day. Whatever you want to call it, skin bleaching, skin whitening, skin lightening, I never realized how widespread this dangerous practice is. I am a proud Nigerian-American…
I could not write until now. George Floyd. The pain is so deep, so raw, so devastating and so heartbreaking. I am so hurt and so angry. As a mother of a son, aunt to nephews, “mom” to several young men, sister to a brother, cousin to male cousins, woman to her man, and a…
You’ve done the research, read the travel guides and watched the documentaries about Africa. You’ve decided. You’re going to Africa. You’ve got your ticket, visa and have had your shots. You’re ready. You know everything that you need to know. But here’s the thing. You don’t know everything that you need to know. There are…
I watched the evening news on April 28th, 2020. Of course the news was all about the Coronavirus Pandemic. The news anchor recounted the story of a 30 year old black woman who went to the hospital on two occasions because she was feeling sick, and was twice denied the test for the coronavirus. She…
