Thanksgiving break!

Although it is not my culture; I just love thanksgiving turkey!
American families really celebrate thanksgiving and the food is delicious.One of my schoolmates invited me for thanksgiving.
I was suppose to go to New York this weekend for youssou Ndour's concert but my budget is so low that i decided to stay.
My friends mother is a great cook. i've spent thanksgiving with them before and it was great.
Thanksgiving actually reminds me of Tabaski in Senegal.
during the festivities of Tabaski we eat lamb, every family buys a sheep, kills it on the day of Tabaski and cooks it very fresh .

A warm weekend!

This weekend was a lot of fun.I spent the weekend with afriend of mine. We cooked and listened to senegalese music. The meal was a success , we cooked peanut butter sauce with fresh lamb meat and some rice . The atmosphere was totally African, we both wore traditional wraps, the music was loud, the sound of the drums reminded us the parties back home and the scent of the food invaded the apartment.
It was so cold this weekend that none of us wanted to step outside. We stayed warm and enjoyed each others comapany.

African fashion! an evolution

Fashion is wonderful in Africa , just like everything else, fashion has also evolved. Although the traditional outfits are modernised,the material used and the vivid colors that portray the ethnicity and the exoticness stay uncheangeable. I just love African clothes; i find them to be very elegant.
The materials are very rich and the western touch that most designers have added, make the outfits universal.
this is a fashion show by Oumou Sy; a fabulous senegalese designer.

Myriam Makeba!(4 March 1932 - 10 November 2008)

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Miriam Makeba has a long and dramatic career behind her, both as a singer and human rights campaigner. She was the first vocalist to put African music onto the international map in the 1960s.Miriam Makeba is African music's first and foremost world star. She is a pioneer who played her early songs and blended different styles long before anyone even began to talk about "world music". this great woman passed away on november 10th 2008.

A global contentment!

It is a must to evoke the nomination of Obama, a black man , as the fourty fourth president of the United States. This great man full of eloquence and charisma represents hope and change. The whole world acknowledges his achievements.
Who would have ever imagined that a country holding such memorable history of slavery , segragation, oppression and discrimination would accept a black man for president!

An inspiring women!

Maya Angelou is a writer and a strong women that i look up to. Her writings are wonderful and she is she represents a wealth of knowledge. I was watching one of her interviews last night; and my admiration for her increased so i felt the desire to post one of her poems.

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,That's me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand orFall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.I

'm a womanPhenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,That's me.

Men themselves have wonderedWhat they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touchMy inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say,It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,That's me.

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed

.I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair

,the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,That's me.

miss senegal!

this is the picture of miss Senegal 2008. she is twenty two. She represents West African beauty.