daniellemertina asked: happy birthday! hope you have a wonderful day :)
Thank you!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up” (1936)
(Source: gnossienne, via teachingliteracy)
I’m in Gambia and it’s my Birthday
- My day has been excellent
- It’s going a lot better than I imagined
- Both my US and Gambian friends are wonderful
- My dad sang Happy Birthday via skype……This was humorous
- I feel blessed and I am truly grateful
The twenty-nine African American Oscar recipients.
James Baskett - Oscar (special), for his characterization of Uncle Remus in Song of the South.
Louis Gossett, Jr. - Oscar for best actor in a supporting role (An Officer and a Gentleman).
Mo’Nique - Oscar for best actress in a supporting role (Precious).
Jamie Foxx - Oscar for best actor in a leading role (Ray).
Isaac Hayes - Oscar for best original song (Shaft).
Stevie Wonder - Oscar for best original song (The Woman In Red).
Willie D. Burton - Oscar for best sound (Bird) and Oscar for best sound (Dreamgirls).
Halle Berry - Oscar for best actress in a leading role (Monster’s Ball).
Denzel Washington - Oscar for best actor in a leading role (Training Day) and Oscar for best actor in a supporting role (Glory).
Prince - Oscar for best original music score (Purple Rain).
Lionel Richie - Oscar for best original song (White Nights).
Morgan Freeman - Oscar for best actor in a supporting role (Million Dollar Baby).
Forest Whitaker - Oscar for best actor in a leading role (Last King of Scotland).
Russell Williams - Oscar for best sound (Glory) and Oscar for best sound (Dances With Wolves).
Quincy Jones - Oscar (special) Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Oprah Winfrey - Oscar (special) Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Irena Cara - Oscar for best original song (Flashdance).
Herbie Hancock - Oscar for best original music score (Round Midnight).
Sidney Poitier - Oscar for best actor in a leading role (Lilies of The Field).
Whoopi Goldberg - Oscar for best actress in a supporting role (Ghost).
Jennifer Hudson - Oscar for best actress in a supporting role (Dreamgirls).
Octavia Spencer - Oscar for best supporting actress (The Help).
Hattie McDaniel - Oscar for best actress in a supporting role (Gone With The Wind).
Geoffrey Fletcher - Oscar for best written adapted screenplay (Precious).
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Oscar for best actor in a supporting role (Jerry Maguire).
Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard (aka three six mafia) - Oscar for best original song (Hustle & Flow).
Roger Ross Williams - Oscar for best documentary short (Music By Prudence).
James Earl Jones - Oscar (special) Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
T. J. Martin - Oscar for best documentary feature (Undefeated).
so beautiful & so sad.
(via menycandtv)
Gambia: Overdue update…way overdue
- I have so much to tell you
- Went on “Gambian” Spring Break last week
- Sick as a result
- Power outages prevent me from tumbling…but its all good
(Source: other-wordly, via booklover)
burn-the-vegan asked: You are a giant boss lady.
thanks? I’m still expecting a letter from you btw…and I need your address
Gambia: Awkward
- Apparently “ataya”, the tea everyone drinks in Gambia is a drug
- This Chinese green tea is considered to be drug because it “makes” people have hallucinations, smoke weed and do nothing all day
- I have consumed massive quantities of this tea
- hmmm…..
- I always drink the third round of tea because it’s not as strong or sugary..Maybe that’s why I haven’t experienced any “side effects”
- hmmm……………
- I’m not pale enough to be a “toubab”. Therefore, I am not interesting to most Gambians.
- My roots aren’t deep enough. Therefore, I am not embraced as an African or a Muslim sister.
- However I’m still receiving more preferential treatment than I ever would in the states
- hmmm……………………..
- Someone called me boss lady yesterday
- o_O…
Gambia: Wasps and Paw Paws
- Yesterday I facilitated a discussion about Black History Month at the US Embassy/American Corner
- I checked my email and received news that I will be a trainer for Northeast SPROG!
- (training for trainers starts in April or May and I don’t return home until June) hmmmm +__+
- “Market” the street dog discovered the route that I take to my internship and decided to follow me…..He also follows me on the way to the bush taxi stand on school days. Then he follows me from the taxi stand to the compound when I return from classes…(This is another blog post in the making)
- Slow internship day…everyone is completing their Friday prayers
- I stopped keeping track of the glasses of tea that I have consumed today (If people keep offering tea to me I WILL drink it!)
- My supervisor grabbed a wasp with her hands o_O
- I’m glad that the security guard cuts fresh Paw Paws for everyone in the office because I forgot to pack a lunch
- What are Paw Paws?
