Melinda Ozongwu, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/melindaozongwu/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Melinda Ozongwu, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/melindaozongwu/ 32 32 67616479 Urbanites need to stop looking down on village life and go home https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/urbanites-need-stop-looking-village-life-go-home/ https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/urbanites-need-stop-looking-village-life-go-home/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2014 02:52:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=6181 Are you an unapologetic urbanite who hates going to your ancestral home? This post is for you.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/urbanites-need-stop-looking-village-life-go-home/feed/ 0 6181 Bi-racial Africans: “diluted” Africans? https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/half-caste-mixed-race-diluted-african/ https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/half-caste-mixed-race-diluted-african/?noamp=mobile#respond Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:38:21 +0000 https://beta.fatumasv12.sg-host.com/?p=468 One's nationality can be determined by where you were born, where your parents are from, where you hold citizenship - politics, geography, circumstance and even choice. There is nothing complicated about where I am from, until I’m challenged to prove it.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/half-caste-mixed-race-diluted-african/feed/ 0 468 Suddenly, being African is cool https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/suddenly-african-cool/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/suddenly-african-cool/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:28:10 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=1304 Lupita Nyong’o, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba and Chimamanda Adichie don’t resemble images of Africans that Americans are used to seeing. The cumulative effect of more such stars will adjust stereotypes and leave permanent change.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/suddenly-african-cool/feed/ 0 1304 Made in Africa: how much do we value this label in fashion? https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/made-in-africa-how-much-do-we-value-this-label-in-fashion/ https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/made-in-africa-how-much-do-we-value-this-label-in-fashion/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:35:30 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=543 All that goodness attached to African textiles is valuable, but more for the purpose of international marketing, not for Africans. We do care, but an organic tag doesn’t quite make the sale; we also want fashion, style and quality and we don’t want to wear “charity”.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/made-in-africa-how-much-do-we-value-this-label-in-fashion/feed/ 0 543 Why is South Africa “not really Africa”? https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/why-is-south-africa-not-really-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/why-is-south-africa-not-really-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:38:25 +0000 https://beta.fatumasv12.sg-host.com/?p=619 There seems to be a general consensus amongst Africans that while it is acceptable to compare countries on the continent with one another (and occasionally group them together), South Africa stands alone as it is "not really African".

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