The African Music To The World: The birth, rise, sounds of Afrobeats and Amapiano
Brand South Africa, in collaboration with SOCIETY FOR AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA participate at AFRICAN MUSIC TO THE WORLD: The Birth, Rise & Sounds of Afrobeats & Amapiano was held in New York City on February 24th 2023, using artists and unique …
African Lit Review: Death and Love in a Mojave Desert Town: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, Founder, bookshy I vividly remember the Desert scenes in Independence Day. The one when motorhomes and campervans were fleeing the Desert from the aliens or Will Smith in his jet weaving through the rocky terrain as the aliens shot …
African Lit Review: Murder She Wrote: “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite
by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, Founder, bookshy Society may be obsessed with serial killers – true crime series, movies, documentaries and books, as well as news reports – but can you name a (Black) African serial killer in fiction? If your answer is met with …
African Lit Review: “The Dreamer and the Badass”: The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah
by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, Founder, bookshy “Aminah is a bit of a daydreamer”, Ayesha Harruna Attah explains to the packed room at Politics and Prose at The Wharf in Washington DC. Attah goes on to speak about Wurche, “a princess in the region of …
SAiDTalks: Professor and Hip-Hop Scholar Seth Markle Talks Tanzania’s Hip-Hop Scene and Organizing One of the World’s Top International Hip-Hop Festivals
Greetings, SAiDTribe! We hope you enjoyed our first installment of SAiDTalks with acclaimed Africanfuturist Nnedi Okorafor. This Black History Month, we are excited to share this next SAiDTalks feature, which we will explore the history, present, and future of one …
AGING GRATEFULLY
I would like to thank you for your positive response to the newsletter announcement and your continued support of our transition from Applause Africa to SAiD (Society for Africans in Diaspora– Formerly “Applause Africa”.) I spent the past few months reflecting on …
Turning Point: Making the Move to Nigeria and Back
My turning point came around the age of 7 when I tried identifying with other African-American kids in my Waterloo neighborhood. These kids were black, like me, but I did not relate to them and their struggles. It was lonely. I longed …