tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post5624046835185208776..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: Talk about "confronting the past"Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-34844302656241442702009-07-17T20:01:54.942-07:002009-07-17T20:01:54.942-07:00It's not shallow to say how much you love the ...It's not shallow to say how much you love the clothes of the folks from Ghana. I'm proud of my German ancestry, with its bit of Scots mixed in, but those cultures aren't necessarily famous for their expressions of JOY and COLOR and all of that. I've known overly-intellectual folks to come down hard against things like ethnic food fests but to me it's in areas like that where we can most readily celebrate our diversity and, simultaneously, our commonality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177594335934867186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-70925227685176603632009-07-15T23:37:56.575-07:002009-07-15T23:37:56.575-07:00but Africans from Kenya to Zimbabwe refer to the c...but Africans from Kenya to Zimbabwe refer to the continent as Africa as if it were a country. I was recently there on Africa Day - the entire continent has a holiday weekend. Cool. I think it's okay to refer to Africa as an entity - yes it's not a country but it is a unique region of the world - most people think of themselves as African before Tanzanian, Zimbabwean, Rhodesian, Kenyan, South Africa etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-40459153150490847112009-07-13T11:11:57.107-07:002009-07-13T11:11:57.107-07:00Hey there-
One of the times I was in Africa for ...Hey there- <br /><br />One of the times I was in Africa for museum work (gee, how I miss my former job!) I bought a whole lot of those colorful clothes- printed 2 to a set- and have them in a box somewhere in the barn yet. Hope the mice havent eaten them entirely. <br /><br />Gary bought some kente cloth sneakers once in Baltimore in Lexington market, and everyone in his office in Baltimore was like "Where did you get those!" Needless to say- $2 will get you some fine threads in B-more, Hon, if you knows where to shop!<br /><br />AnnalisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com