Greetings Diallo. I wanted to gain your thoughts on something. Do you believe its a good idea to try and reach out to our incarcerated brothers and sisters with African centered literature? I ask because I have a family member currently serving time and I see him falling under the usual spell of “Finding God” while behind bars. I want to nourish his brain with consciousness but I fear becoming a target in the process OR him just becoming too lost to the system to listen. Suggestions are welcome

I have a childhood friend serving life without parole, our mothers were best friends, and we grew up as cousins. He called me years ago and stated that he was converting to Islam and taking a Muslim name. I informed him that there was not such thing as a Muslim name, because those names are much older than Islam, hell the Prophet Mohammad was like 50 before he invented Islam and chose Allah (one of hundreds of gods worshiped by the nomadic...

Have you ever considered (or done) DNA testing to find out your exact ancestry? I have, it wasn’t as informative as I thought it would be, if anything it was slightly underwhelming.

Nah, I’m not actually interested in DNA, EYEs are enough for me. The African phenotype is the most recognizable of all human phenotypes. I mean, I know Brothers born in Kenya that could be the twin of a dude I grew up with in the Kansas City projects. I dated a Sister from Senegal who could have been the daughter of my mother’s best friend, they looked so similar. Kwame Ture stated that; “Africa is so strong that once she put her...

Peace bro. I enjoy your commentary on different issues as it relates to African people. I’m interested in knowing what happened to you at the age of 14 that set you on this path?

I started reading the letters my father was sending me from prison.