Every summer, when the temperature increases a few notches, the clothes become more scarce, the skin gets browner, the hair reverts back to the natural curl, a new season of possibility dawns. From summer vacations, to summer jobs – it is a time to meet new people, visit new places, try new things.

This summer I traveled to the motherland for the first time, specifically, Cape Town, South Africa. Of course, it was no accident that I chose to do [...]

Below is a short bio of the “Black Mozart” Chevalier de Saint-George, a virtuoso on the violin, a composer, and a fencer. He was born to an African slave and a white French man. He rose to prominence despite the social ill of racism (which still exists), the French Revolution, and the Haitian Revolt.

Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, was born on Christmas day, 1745, on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. His mother was a young Senegalese slave of [...]