Life Of An African Immigrant

I used to read a lot about race issues when I was younger; and I am still overwhelmed with sadness when I remember the story of Steve Biko. ...

Hi TAC, I have been following you blog for sometime and you are doing a good job. I have noticed that divorced women find it very easy to...

The first time I went to a salon to get my hair fixed here in the States, it was quite a task calling up different salons to know their ra...

So its Fall Season!!! This is officially my first fall and I am loving it!! Even though I am enjoying the cold weather, what I actually love...

I decided to send in this mail because I think you are giving a skewed impression about living in the USA. I want to share with other blog r...

When it comes to issues relating to being a proper lady, my mother's disciplinarian hands and mouth  never failed. She taught my siste...

We all hear stories about Africans being asked questions about the nature of Africa. I used to think some of this questions were made up, ...

Last week I went for a meeting with the Ghanaian community and I was pleasantly surprised to see a former church member in there. He is ...

Ha! Titles....I really don't know what there is about titles that Africans are crazy about. Through the academic, religious and politi...

I have never considered myself a writer. On the other hand, I am an avid reader and I can just be as happy if I am only surrounded by the ...

Over the weekend the Nigerian blogosphere was buzzed with the news of singer Maheeda's instagram account being blocked. Her account wa...

We had all the types of personalities in my class back in secondary school. There were the very quiet ones, the loud ones, the troublesome...

The last time I rode a bicycle in Ghana was when I was a kid, I think about 6 years. My dad got it for us as part of enriching our childho...

In America, the system is designed to encourage owing in one way or the other. Almost everybody has some bills to pay at the end of the mo...

I just finished watching Captain Philips and I must confess, anytime I see such movies I always fantasize about being in the US army. I ju...

As most of you would know, we girls like to gossip discuss a lot. Every close friend you confide in has another close friend they trust and ...

These past few days, I have tried to write, but absolutely nothing comes up. I open my blog and proceed to create a new post but nada........

I love to try out new things. I love the thrill that comes with discovering the unknown. And that was why I was very eager to try the ride...

Ok so I realized that right from childhood, occasionally some small whitish substance comes out from my throat. And they smell so bad they c...

Anytime I talk to my friends who are overseas, we all agree on one thing; there a lot of opportunities in Africa. The surprising thing abo...