The thing is: Africa is tribal. That is one of the factors that has held development back (and also why I thought we had two presidents a little while ago). And most cities are a clash of contrasts, due to increasing urbanisation.

I enjoyed this article for touching the topic of the rift between the worldviews of Black people in Africa and Black people in the United States diaspora. I’ve always found it an interesting topic. Of course, I understand the article couldn’t get really deep on the issue, due to space constraints. But the viewpoints…

Unrelated: I’m gonna start hiding Ghostface in the background of pics just to troll ToddlerNom years from now.

Just an interesting thought on representation. I’m from South Africa, which, unsurprisingly, has a Black majority. You’d think the women’s magazines here would follow suit, right?

We did a lot of consent games when my son was little. We had “tickle/no-tickle!” Which is where I would ask “Tickle?” and he would say “yes! tickle!” or he would say “no tickle.” And then we’d take turns (he would ask me).