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Phoebe Ngozi Nadorp

  • Acts of Kindness

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    U Smart by Phoebe Ngozi Nadorp My strong-willed cousin, Chi-Chi, is a grand 7 years of age. At a towering 100cm in height, she already has the confidence I desperately grasp at, and so seldom attain. Last Christmas, while all family members gathered around the TV–the most sanctified of Xmas activities–Chi-Chi proudly sauntered around us,…

  • Baptism of Vanity

    I love to shower. I love to shower so I can wash the stain of your unwanted hands from my breasts. Under my shower’s firm shaft, I can gauge the liquid’s temperature as it caresses the nape of the neck to the small of my back. Under my shower, I play footsie with myself too…

  • Black Queens Forever, Snow Bunnies Never: A Conversation On Guilt In Interracial Dating

    Black Queens Forever, Snow Bunnies Never: A Conversation On Guilt In Interracial Dating

    The self-proclaimed ‘Prince of Pan-Afrikanism’, Dr. Umar Johnson, recently paid a visit to Goldsmiths University to head a discussion on “Unity Without Impunity: Tribalism & Elitism in the Black Diaspora”. Whilst revered by many within the African Diasporic community, considered an expert on the education and mental health of African and African-American children, the controversial…