When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right Well, living in the Big Apple gives you the choice of making apple pie. But there is one Big Apple feat that isnt easy as pie, and thats companionship. I know what youre thinking tel lthat to all the lovesick fools kissing on the trains and on the street It can be tough living in the city that never sleeps or slows down to find that special someone. You may have to kiss a few toads to get your prince charming.
I know a large group of people who openly express their contempt with the word nappy, and I am sure I have a few friends who would disown me and lose my phone number if I used this prized adjective to describe their hair. But what does nappy really mean
Hair is used to define people no matter what race they are, but in the Black community it is apparent that hair can be used in a much more discriminatory way. The success of job interviews can easily be dictated by the style in which one wears his or her hair. Attending a job interview while wearing an afro can be the equivalent of going as an unkempt mess, and quite often I feel that I absolutely have to press my hair to get a job.
Researchers have recently discovered texts, some from the 13th Century, buried under the sand in Timbuktu, Mali. These manuscripts prove that Africas written history dates back at least as far as the European Renaissance, and some say the texts will force recognition of Africas intellectual history.