Yes, I said it. I’m actually going there, and you and your perfectly melded comb can’t stop me. I won’t be deterred by the legion of recruits that surround this domineering mission – which is to shame anyone that chooses to adhere to their preferred devices.
As a Nigerian-American, I continue to weather the confluence that merges the Western antidotes and Nigeria’s version of the Ten Commandments. Okay, there are definitely way more than ten. But the point is that being a female of Nigerian descent comes with a heavy load that not many outside of the Diaspora can fathom.
Earlier this month, Harlem resident and solidified art curator, Souleo, hosted the 2nd Annual Spring Benefit, on behalf of Art Connects New York, a non-profit art organization dedicated to utilizing the expressiveness of art and culture as a tool to educate and uplift communities that are stifled by abhorrent ignorance and systematic abandonment.
After directing the highly acclaimed Selma, about civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, its only expected that filmmaker Ava DuVernay, would be wooed by top studios, after proving her prowess when it comes to orchestrating epic narrations for the big screen.
Okay, lets get right to it. Rachel Dolezal, is now the most fascinating woman in America because her deep dark secret (no pun intended) has now become tabloid fodder and an excuse for the media to once again dissect the impenetrable layers of racial confusion.
Filmmaker and activist, Violeta Ayala drew attention and global acclaim a few years ago when she and Daniel Fallshaw, her husband and frequent collaborator, unleashed the fascinatingly controversial documentary, Stolen (2009). The film garnered heightened recognition due to its potent subject matter, as it lifted the heavy veil that long concealed the devastating realization of human trafficking in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Boyz n the Hood director, John Singleton is headed to the small screen and will be joining forces with FX to produce a pilot that he co-wrote with Eric Amadio.
According to recent a piece in the Hollywood Reporter, there is a distinct difference between what women over 40 desire based on which coast they reside in. Author Merle Ginsberg picked the brains (no pun intended) of a handful of plastic surgeons and dermatologists, who are presumably some of the best in their field, and the consensus basically points at the fact that New York women don’t mind looking their age while women from L.A. are terrified and want their predicament drastically rectified.
Award-winning actress Viola Davis is officially onboard to star in a project for HBO that will depict the life and times of Harriet Tubman who is revered for the role she played to secure the mass freedom of slaves utilizing the Underground Railroad system.