Spotlight

Walk Of Consciousness
Sun, 12 Feb 2012
The notion of culture begins individually. Therefore, I do not believe in being a cultural critic while possessing the inability to critique self—that in itself is a sheer contradiction. For...
MacDella Cooper-Personality of the Month (November)
Tue, 01 Nov 2011
While still in her mother’s womb, MacDella Cooper’s parent’s got divorced. Luckily for Cooper, her mother remarried a prestigious man who worked in the United Nations High...
Someone Who Looks Like Me
Sun, 23 Oct 2011
“None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us...
Yvonne Orji- Personality of the Month (September)
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Just two weeks left until The Miss Nigerian Pageant, Yvonne Orji    panics because she does not have a talent to showcase in the pageant.  With nervousness, she seeks options. She...
Wendiana Jones
Wed, 14 Sep 2011
Far across the Atlantic Ocean—beyond the sandy shore line of Ghana, West Africa is a culture deeply ingrained but not limited by its red, gold and green insignia. Indeed, these colors...
The Redefinition of Black Womanhood
Sat, 10 Sep 2011
I feel so tremendously blessed, not only for the quality and access to my higher education, but also for the cultural centers in which my educational institutions are grounded in. The CUNY City...
An African Chief in Cabby’s Clothing
Sat, 13 Aug 2011
BEFORE dawn, when most New Yorkers are fast asleep, Isaac and Elizabeth Osei have already been working for hours. On a recent morning, Mr. Osei drove his wife from New Jersey to the half-abandoned...
Ms. Adiat Disu - Personality of the Month (August)
Mon, 08 Aug 2011
In the course of approximately three years, Adiat Disu, has worked for a Fortune 500 company, established her own business, and directed one of the biggest African events this past two summers ,...
Reflections On Haiti---Bridging The Internal Gap
Sat, 06 Aug 2011
My recent trip to Haiti was quite overwhelming, beautiful, captivating, eye-opening, emotion-filled, and amazing. Haiti was a challenge and it sure was intense and above all it was something special...
WEEK 7 & 8 -- QUANSAH V
Mon, 01 Aug 2011
VII & VIII -- QUANSAH V. I can't believe we've hit week eight of our journey here in Ghana, West Africa. I remember boarding my flight at JFK airport in New York City. Two + months...
WEEK 6 -- HISTORY REPEATS
Sun, 31 Jul 2011
Week VI is entitled History Repeats. Let's get right into it. In Week I, I revealed that the last time I was in Ghana was in 2005-- six year ago. In 2005, we stayed in Ghana for an entire month...
WEEK 4 -- AROUND THE BLOCK
Tue, 05 Jul 2011
For two weeks straight I've missed going to church but this Sunday was a special day...Wendiana Jones made it to church service and on time! The message was entitield "Stay Focused"...
The Spirit Of Fear
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Having my undergraduate career pursued in one of the epicenters of the Diaspora, Harlem New York, has skewed my consciousness in a very special and biased way. Often before hitting the college...
WEEK 3 -- ROCKY ROADS & POTHOLES
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
I’m closing my eyes and shaking my head with a frown as I write about Week III. I have no comment about this past Sunday and not attending church. I don’t even want to take credit for...