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Welcome to My World
“We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.” (The Akan principle of Sankofa) Welcome to my online home. The posts, pictures and links reflect many of the things that are most important to me, the things…
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Let's Tell Our Children
Today, December 6, 2013, the morning after Nelson Mandela’s passing, I posted the following to Facebook: “When I heard of Mandela’s transition, I was deeply saddened. Yet I was consoled by a memory of [my] Dad taking us to see him in Boston after his prison release. What an amazing opportunity and blessing! Just…
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"Poderosa": History Made for Cape Verde in Brockton, MA
My Oprah Encounter (Almost)
I was going to be the first Cape Verdean on OPRAH, so I thought… In April 2013, on a seemingly ordinary day, I was driving home from UMass Boston in rush hour traffic and I received a call from a Chicago area code telephone number. I immediately remembered that I had written an email in…
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