As I shed the colonial ideals of my childhood and embrace my African-ness, I continue to be appalled by the way Africa is represented globally. If you have any doubts, just look within your country. I can almost guarantee you will find a British council, an Alliance Française and possibly a Chinese cultural centre. How many African cultural centres can you see? Add on the systemic inequality in terms of resources and access for storytelling and publishing and what you find are marginalized people often deprived of the power to own and share their stories. This is why I am passionate about joining the likes of the creators of the Kore cultural centre in Ségou in Mali, the Akanga cultural centre in Benin and many more that continue to emerge every day to share our story. I believe that the bravery to tell our story and our truth can be a force for immense change. Perhaps not just change but also the freedom to see ourselves not through the lens of our colonial past but our true value as African, rooted in our individual experience, but open to modernism and growth.

This platform is my attempt at chronicling my own ongoing journey to letting go of the colonial ideals ingrained in me from childhood and embracing the uniqueness of being and living as a Pan-African citizen. My book combines my passion for history and writing and contributes to an expansive, truer, and ultimately better representation of Africa and Africans in the literary space. My blog made of short imaginary conversations about history, (not limited to African heritage) with my dad, aims to link the news that unfold every day under our eyes, to the events from history that we were not taught. My podcast My African clichés which truly kicked off this journey is a response to the many widespread clichés about Africa and Africans and a complete retelling of these important stories. I invite you to be inspired to be braver about your story and your truth.