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JBB: An Artblog!
we're not kids anymore.
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@audreyveronne
You have a tattoo?
Yes I do
92 Truths About You
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 92 truths about you. At the end choose 25 people to be tagged.
You have to tag the person who tagged you. Tagged by : swottybabes (Aba has forced me to actually use my blog again)
WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage: jasmin green tea
2. Last phone call: My cousin
3. Last text message: It's a good thing I took my sleeping socks
4. Last song you listened to: Small Bump - Ed Sheeran
5. Last timed you cried: real niggas don't cry
HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice: lol
7. Been cheated on: lol
8. Kissed someone and regretted it: no
9. Lost someone special: yes
10. Been depressed: almost
11. Been drunk and threw up: yes, once
THREE FAVORITE COLORS: black, purple, blue
IN THE LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE: 15. Made a new friend: yes
16. Fallen out of love: no
17. Laughed until you cried: YES!
18. Met someone who changed you: I don't think so
19. Found out who your true friends are: I've been knowing
20. Found out someone was talking about you: why would anyone talk about little old me
21. Kissed anyone you follow/follows you: nope
GENERAL:
22. How many people do you know in real life that you follow/follows you on tumbler: quite a good number
24. Do you have any pets: I think I still have a cat? Called Cat aka Mufasa aka Obolo. I haven't been home in a year so I can't be sure.
25. Do you want to change your name: Nope :)
26. What did you do for your last birthday: Had a bunch of friends come spend the weekend at mine. Dorm room party friday night, dinner at a Moroccan restaurant saturday night, endless conversation after midnight on my birthday, played on a bouncy castle and an obstacle course, had multiple cakes with good company. It was good :)
27. What time did you wake up today: 7.30, those papers won't write themselves.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping, how else do you think I could be up by 7?
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: To get to Ghana! 21 days!
30. Last time you saw your mother: January :(
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: Tough question, but if I change something I'm never sure what else would change. So let's just keep things how they are for now.
32. What are you listening to right now: Friends by Ed Sheeran
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: lol yes. His name was Tom Brown actually (Ghanaians will get why that's funny)
34. What’s getting on your nerves right now: finals are close
35. Most visited website: mail.google.com
36. Blood type: I'm not sure
37. Nickname: Audesh! Desh, Shgg, Auds, Dridds, Drita, Audelley, Audroop Dogg, Vero (please never call me Vero -_-)
38. Relationship status: pending lol (just leaving what Aba said)
39. Zodiac sign: Aries
40. Pronouns: Boss
41. Elementary: LCS, Merton
42. High school: Merton, SOS-HGIC
43. College: Mount Holyoke College
44. Hair color: Black/Brown
45. Long or short: long
46. Height: 5'7 or 5'8 ? I'll get back to you on that
47. Do you have a crush on someone: lol
48. What do you like about yourself: What's not to like?
49. What's 49?
50. Tattoos: I feel like this is a PSA. Yes. An Aya symbol on my right side.
51. Righty or lefty: Righty
52. First surgery: none
53. First piercing: ears
54. First best Friend: umm...I think her name was Anne Marie. Or Anna Maria
55. First sport you joined: NA
56. First vacation: France
58. First pair of trainers: probably something that lit up
RIGHT NOW:
59. Eating: nothing
60. Drinking: just finished my tea from #1
61. I’m about to: write a lab paper
62. Listening to: How many times will this question appear? I'm listening to Ed Sheeran on spotify okay?
63. Waiting for: GHANA
64. Want kids: 3 max! or 2.
65. Get married: I'm just a baby girl
66. Career: Maybe some type of engineer. I might just become a college professor (this question is too deep for me)
WHICH IS BETTER
: 67. Lips or eyes: Lips
68. Hugs or kisses: Hugs
69. Shorter or taller: Taller
70. Older or younger: Older
71. Romantic or spontaneous: Romantically spontaneous
72. Nice stomach or nice arms: Both
73. Sensitive or loud: Must he be either?
74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship
75. Trouble maker or hesitater: None of the above
HAVE YOU EVER:
76. Kissed a stranger: No
77. Drank hard liquor: Yes
78. Lost glasses/contacts: I left my glasses in the science building (aka home) once but they were still there when I went back the next morning
79. Sex on first date: Nope
80. Broke someone’s heart: Not that I'm aware of
81. Had your own heart broken: like Aba said. ‘broken’ is a strong word
82. Been arrested: No
83. Turned someone down: Yes
84. Cried when someone died: Yes
85. Fallen for a friend: But if he's not a friend then he's what?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself: Yes
87. Miracles: Yes
88. Love at first sight: No
89. Heaven: What kind of heaven
90. Santa clause: You mean my mother? Of course I believe in her
91. Kiss on first date: It depends
92. Angels: Yes
I think everyone I know has done this already so there's no one to tag.
Hi Audrey, :) guess who...
Beyoncé ? You saw me singing my head off at your show and want to pay all my student loans?
By Ifeyinwa Arinze
Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Dedicated to the Cultural Preservation of the African Aesthetic
The son of Accra’s first mayor, Henry Sonny Provencal - who was also a close aide to Ghana’s Pan-Africanist pioneer, independence leader and national hero Kwame Nkrumah, Nii Obodai's career has taken him on a slightly less political path. Using photography as his chosen medium, Obodai's 2010 project explores the post-colonial state of his country not from a political perspective, but from behind a photographic a lens - a Leica lens, to be exact.
These black-and-white, grainy and sparse images are taken from Obodai’s book - created in collaboration with Bruno Boudjelal - dedicated to his father, titled “Who Knows Tomorrow?” (a reference to Nkrumah’s legacy), consisting of a collection of photographs that invokes a unique conversation and exploration between the photographer and his native country, having mostly grown up in England and Nigeria.
September: Highlighting African Photographers
yes! yes! yes! See you in October!
Quilts
On my flight from Ghana last night I sat next to this sweet and cute old African American lady. She told me, "I like your braids. I wanted to get mine done too." "Mmm thanks," I smiled back and replied. I'm not really one to talk on flights, but she was so sweet, I had to be polite. "I've seen a lot of girls on the flight got theirs done too. All looks so nice." "Yeah, braids are more convenient to keep. Takes so long to get done though." I was looking for a window of silence where I could close my eyes. No one wants to talk to someone who's asleep. The silence didn't come. She went on to tell me about her hair while I smiled and nodded politely. Then she asked me if I lived in Ghana or America, whether I was in Ghana for holiday and so on. This lady was looking for a conversation so I asked her what she was doing in Ghana as well. Turns out she was there for a project (I forget the name), but it has to do with teaching Ghanaian women how to make quilts so they can earn a living. Right idea, wrong means? You're teaching women to be independent and help themselves, great! You're teaching women in Ghana to do this by making quilts. I'm not too sure about that bit. For the past few weeks we've definitely had some colder nights, but have we reached quilt temperatures? Maybe I'm just hating and this could end up helping them, but I just don't see how far making and selling quilts in a village can take you. Maybe now they know how to do things for themselves or know that they have the ability to take control of their lives. I figure they've gathered some sewing skills, if anything that's sure to help.
If you're teaching them to make quilts with adinkra symbols or something to sell as souvenirs to people in colder places who actually use quilts, that's different (although one can say that has it's own problems of culture appropriation), but they weren't. They were simply teaching women in one of the countries closest to the equator how to make quilts. I just feel that if you're going to travel all the way to come help these women, please use your time, money and resources to do something that will be beneficial to them in the long run.
The old lady was so sweet and polite. My window of silence had come. I said "oh that's nice," turned and closed my eyes.
samira wiley.
Accent à droite bitch.
:afrotrekkie:
Cities of Africa 2.0
Because everyones bored of Paris/NY/London & these places are kind of amazing.
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too real
lol this is me
Half of a Yellow Sun trailer! Can NOT wait to see it
Hey guys!
The MindMill Summer Program (Ghana) is almost here and we are excited! The workshop for volunteers comes off this Friday (12th July) and believe it or not its not too late to sign up as a volunteer.
Send an email to [email protected] if you’re interested in volunteering and we’ll send you further details.
Stay awesome. Stay inspired
Share! Share! Share!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE VOLUNTEER IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE! And SHARE!
Read Phoebe's Interview with www.africandevelopmentjobs.com here:
http://www.africandevjobs.com/2013/06/africa-at-work-young-african-and.html
Courtesy of (Ms) Nina Oduro, a former educational consultant at the EducationUSA Centre (Ghana) who I had the chance to connect with for only about two weeks, but have kept in touch with ever since.
Check out her amazingly resourceful blog: www.africandevjobs.com
My friend is amazing :)
I'm done with my first book of the summer! :)
I hadn't read leisurely for a while so it took me some time to really get into it, but once I did I couldn't stop. Aminatta Forna brings up so many topics: war, power and corruption, immigrants in African countries, the slightest hint of religion and like the title suggests, love. So much love and so many different kinds of love. Love so strong and aggressive that it was almost painful, determined but unrequited love that seemed a bit pathetic, love at first sight, paternal love, brotherly love, everything. Strangely the book didn't even seem like that much of a love story when I was reading it. lol.
I've noticed that there's a familiarity to modern African literature that makes me love it. When I was young the books I read were fun but now that I think of it, very foreign. What did I know about British boarding schools or babysitting? I loved reading this and having the characters drinking a "Star beer" and playing "ludo" on a board that had celebrities faces in the home boxes. I remember reading "Tail of the Blue Bird" by Nii Ayikwei Parkes somewhere around the end of last year and the main character driving through Labone. It's good writing that I can relate to. I started reading Americanah this weekend and I'm IN LOVE. I'd appreciate if anyone can suggest some more good books :)
BLACK TUMBLERS
I cannot wait to eat these…
Wae Mi Salone People dem? Ar wan mek ona jealous lol, Tumara mi sef go enjoy..
I wonder where else these fruits go, i never see post about them, maybe they’re called something else were you are.
YORYI !!