Not Your African Cliché

Our long awaited sophomore episode is here! On this episode we: • Talk about the origins of our names, what they mean and why it is important you make an effort to pronounce names properly. Let Warsan Shire’s poem awaken you http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/685235-give-your-daughters-difficult-names-give-your-daughters-names-that • Black solidarity and evolution of our identities • Dissect (probably well intentioned) questions like ‘where are you from?’ and ‘when are you going back?’ and Taiye Selasi’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local?language=en • Touch on some international student struggles (where our F1/OPT/H1B people at?) What we are reading/watching/listening to: o Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks o Justin Beiber’s Purpose (especially the single Sorry) o Jon Ronsen’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed o Binyavanga Wainaina’s How to Write about Africa o Cecile Emeke’s Strolling Series Theme music, Ayo, by the ever graciou