by Nkechi Taifa My Barbie Dream House was my classroom in an African-centered school in Washington, D.C. half a lifetime ago. I wore my signature African headwrap gele, oozed Kiswahili words and reveled in the dismantling of white supremacy inch by inch, day by day. I believed in what our…

By Nkechi Taifa I believe Randall Robinson, who died this past Friday, was born to straddle the Black professional and grassroots communities. I saw it early on in my life. Robinson formed TransAfrica during the time I was working for the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) while attending the George…

by Nkechi Taifa, Esq. Won’t you blow wind, blow…between the pages of my life Can’t you see? Traveling on the wings of time That only you can look ahead And see what’s happenin’ is clearly as you see Behind Won’t you blow wind, blow — Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson…

by Nkechi Taifa

WHY ‘THE WOMAN KING’ MADE ME FEEL LIKE A QUEEN How fascinating that while the white world mourns a white European queen who presided over the torture of the Mau Mau in Kenya, Hollywood tries its best to depict African women warriors in a masterpiece of a film. Modupe! Thank…

As African Americans across the nation continue to celebrate Black History Month, social justice expert, attorney, and activist, Nkechi Taifa, warns that while remembering the achievements and relevance of Black people in history is always cause for celebration, we must also focus on keeping Black history from being erased.

Nkechi Taifa is a person for whom every day is filled with reflection on Black folk and their collective power. So how is she rolling with today’s current “racial reckoning?” By preparing to conquer the online and book-and-mortar bookshelves in the names of our youth. In her top-selling memoir, Black…

by Nkechi Taifa What in the heck is going on with my brand-new friends in the Central York, PA. school board, the ones who gave me such a great assist promoting my soon-to-be re-issued books by publicly banning them, causing the local NAACP publicly complain? First, the board bans my…

The Ancestors know how to make things work. In their constant, cosmic blend between the invisible and the tangible, they have caused historic blinders to drop from the eyes of those who Martin Luther King might have called in an earlier time “white moderates.” Here’s some proof: last month, two…