Tag: African

• No one has the right to limit your potential

  I am slowly beginning to wean myself off of social media in the mornings. It used to be fun. One could start the day with a dose of information, cuteness and joy. Instead I now open Facebook and take a deep breath in wonder, “What mean and cruel thing has happened in the world today?”…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  September 16, 2015

  Ethnic, Regional and National Identity

  African, AhmedMohamed, engineer, Islam, Nation Building, racism, schools, Sudan, teen, Texas, youth

• Guiness Advertising featuring The Sapeurs (Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo)

  “In life you cannot always choose what you do, but you can always choose who you are.” Peace, cultural and gender identity, nation building, community, trade, economics, genealogy and family through the vehicle of fashion. Read Adweek’s article “Ad of the Day: Congo’s Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever: Central African elegance By David Griner.”…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  January 21, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  African, Brazzaville, Congo, Fashion, Guiness, Men, Nation Building, Sapeurs, Style

• Funda Fest 13 (Black Storytelling Festival in Rhode Island)

  The Rhode Island Black Storytellers 13th Annual Funda Fest begins this Sunday, January 16 and ends the following Sunday, January 23. (It’s held every year during the week of the MLKjr holiday). Funda means to teach and to learn in Kiswahili and Zulu. There are free shows, ticketed shows, family shows, school shows, mature audience…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  January 13, 2011

  Black History and Culture, General

  African, African American, Black, Len Cabral, Newport, non-profit, performing arts, Providence, Rhode Island, spoken word, stories, story, storytelling, Teju Ologboni, Valerie Tutson