kibra

english, tygrinia, spanish, arabic, translating african, caribbean, middle eastern, brazilian literature into english and making movies and plays, passing in african american literature, visiting my fam down south and in eritrea, organic food that brown people can afford, gwaila, horton, dunham, umfundala, salsa, bachata, merengue, samba, how black and brown folks can move past colonialism and slavery, oohhh clothes made for a coke bottle kinda woman, fashion, the conservative poor, anthropology, aww, damn--learning how to drive, my man, my fam, my dogs, my friends, improving my memory, katherine dunham, julie taymor, salma hayek, lorraine hansberry, nina simore, shirley horn, ella fitzgerald, carmen mcrae, billy holiday, fela kuti, prince, the roots, rufus and chaka khan, rucyl mills, yerba buena, amel larrieux, corinne bailey, gigi, festival in the desert, zap mama, rachid taha, fiona apple, jamiroquai, goapale, alicia keys, billy miles, jill scott, donny hathaway, marvin gaye, si se, susheela raman, roberta flack, steve spacek, maroon 5, willie bobo, seu jorge, astrud gilberto, angela blessett, julie dexter, alison david, sonya kitchell...