living, performing, god, love, dance, nigeria, fashion, literature, my family, my friends, being black, music, being a woman, writing, not being complacent, yoruba, acting up
the beautiful, the interesting and the innovative
anita baker, raheem devaughn, michael jackson, d'angelo, little brother, bilal, fela kuti, stevie wonder, lauryn hill, nas, young jeezy, amy winehouse, radiohead, lupe
...soul, african, hip hop, house, dancehall, randomness, everything
forrest gump, nigerian movies, city of god, crash, raising victor vargas, white chicks, Requiem for a Dream, bamboozled, zoolander, mean girls, scarface, lion king, love jones
america's next top model, girlfriends, everybody hates chris, medium, true life
half a yellow sun and purple hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are amazing books. still recovering from both..white teeth, harry potter, all of judy blume, Autobiography of Malcom X, when chickenheads come home to roost, graceland by chris abani (amazing amazing!) , young fabulous and broke, nikki giovanni's poetry (she's the reason i got into writing), invisible man by ralph ellison, bluest eye by toni morrison, the god of small things by arundhati roy, raising fences by michael datcher, and a lot of other random reads... cultural/political themes that try to make sense of my race my sex my existing...
survivors and those who live off what they love