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Smart women should watch porn

August 5, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 22 Comments

  I probably should not title a blog post like this. After all, both my parents and maybe even some of my friends parents and who knows, maybe their parents parents read my blog. However, with the news of Laurence Fishburne’s daughter, Montana Fishburne (aka Chippy D), deciding to go into the porn industry at…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture, Social Criticism Tagged With: sex, Young Women

How not to write a killer-post

July 30, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 11 Comments

When you blog you get to write what they call killer posts. This label is perhaps a tad of an overstatement, because quite simply what writing a killer post means is you’ve written a post that’s so good it goes bananas in google rankings and make you famous over night because it’s so informative and…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, Social Criticism Tagged With: Afropolitan

Young woman, Old woman

July 23, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 17 Comments

Is there anything good about ageing? I spent a week in Finland this month, with my grandmother, in an elderly home amidst woods and lakes, and I must say, there’s something about being in a home for the elderly, a stillness that should be a part of younger life too. I don’t mean to glamorize old…

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Filed Under: feminism, Social Criticism Tagged With: Ageing, Life, Spirituality

Big butts are in fashion

July 19, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 24 Comments

‘White America’ has now caught up with the idea that a pert posterior is a turn on. After years of skinny being in fashion, this summer, even Hollywood agrees that if your hindquarter looks anything like Kim Kardashian’s or Beyonce’s then you are an official owner of summer 2010’s hottest trend. Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes, loves…

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: gender, nudity, stereotypes

Patience, are you really a virtue?

July 14, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 12 Comments

Children are planning to take over the world in a movement called poto. How else can you explain that a few weeks ago on a London train a small boy continuously shouted the word ‘poto‘. Fast forward a few weeks to this past Saturday on a flight to Finland another child sat behind me and…

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Filed Under: Social Criticism Tagged With: Afropolitan, Patience

‘Children of War’ Inspired by ‘Beasts of no Nation’ by Uzodinma Iweala

July 8, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 4 Comments

I am remembering the night when the war is starting. Even before they are arriving to killing us the air is feeling sticky like okra and people are not happying. I am sensing that something is wrong but my mother and father is saying that everything will be fine. But if everything will be fine…

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Filed Under: Africa, feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: child soldiers, fiction, literature

7 facts to love about Ghana

July 5, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 3 Comments

The World Cup is almost over, and not to disregard whichever country ends up taking the trophy (g’wan Germany), but there is one country which I will remember as the real winner of the event – Ghana. I make this claim on the basis that Ghana was the first African country to make it this…

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Filed Under: Africa, seven Tagged With: Africa, Afropolitan, football, Ghana

Fashion is not for African women

June 24, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 25 Comments

Despite the ‘trend’ for black models, racism in the fashion industry is still fashionable. Last week I attended the intelligence squared Fashion Maketh Woman debate. For the motion was the stylish team consisting of Madelaine Levy, Britt Lintner and Paula Reed (style director of Grazia in an Oscar de la Renta frock on the evening)…

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, feminism, Pop Culture Tagged With: African women, beauty ideals, black models, decolonisation, fashion

Mixed race girls have issues – part 3 of 3

June 18, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 35 Comments

Mixed race girls have issues because when we define ourselves ‘mixed race’, we refer to race. I’m trying to pay attention to how many times I say ‘race’ whilst talking about myself. This past week I’ve used the word at least five times. (Note, I’ve just used the word race 4 times already) Inevitably using…

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, Mixed Race series, Social Criticism Tagged With: decolonisation, identity, mixed race

American Apparel joins the black hair debate

June 14, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 17 Comments

So in short – Zeitgeist brand American Apparel prefers Solange to Beyonce. Following the recent revelation that when it comes to staff the company is more interested in the natural hair look than what they wrongly referred to as the trashy look, there’s been a lot of hoo ha about American Apparel having policies on…

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, Pop Culture, uncategorized Tagged With: black hair, Decolonisation, sex, women

Affair advice

June 8, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 18 Comments

You find out that your friends partner is having an affair. If you tell them you risk ruining their relationship, however, they might not split up, then you’ll become the archenemy to their happiness. Then again if you don’t tell him/her, you’ll start avoiding your friend. What would you do, would you rely on someone…

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7 things African women don’t like to be told

June 3, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 27 Comments

1. You are very different from other (insert African country) people I know – Well, could it be because I am a different person? 2. When I was in nursery school I had a friend from (insert African country) – Hold on, should I nominate you for the Nobel peace prize? 3. Do you tan…

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Filed Under: Africa, Decolonisation, seven

The women that paved the way

May 30, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 4 Comments

To me, the ultimate role model is a kind of person who manages to personify to great extent the highest vision that you have of yourself. I came to the conclusion that in my case it would need to be a woman, one that I can identify with, one that I have learned from and…

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Pop stars getting naked

May 25, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 14 Comments

In pop star diva world, the competition is on as to who can identify the skimpiest accessory to wear and become the ultimate male fantasy. There’s something for every man’s desire; the housewife, the she-wolf, the inmate, the rock star and the sex slave/uber woman (this last Kelis video would be ok if only they…

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Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture

Sometimes love is abuse

May 15, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 9 Comments

I waited until 4.47am before I rang him. He answered the phone, husky toned and drunk. He is a prick, I thought. A fucking prick. I wanted us to be together tonight, I missed him. He seemed amused by my phone call. Could I not leave him alone at all, he wondered. I would leave…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture, Social Criticism

Mixed Race girls have issues – Part 2 of 3

April 25, 2010 By MsAfropolitan 6 Comments

When people ask me where I’m from, I say I’m Nigerian and Finnish, but what I really mean is that I’m from Mars. Trust me, it is no coincidence that Barack Obama, a fellow Marsian, recently announced his goals to send astronauts to Mars by 2030. He too wants to return home, to that place where…

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Filed Under: Decolonisation, Mixed Race series, Social Criticism

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Feminism. Africa. Popular Culture. Social Criticism.

Hi! I'm Minna Salami, I'm a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer and social critic, and the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. As a lecturer and keynote speaker, I have spoken at over 300 universities, cultural events and conferences, on five continents. I am the author of "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone - a collection of thought provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and our world." (Harper Collins US) Read full bio

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