The New Black

So the other day I was minding my business, scrolling through my twitter timeline and judging people like we all do when @chiiief sent me a direct message asking me if I could write a piece on “ the new black”, so I was like sure, it sounds interesting. Truth be told I’d seen it around but I never paid much attention to it, haven’t been on twitter in ages and I assumed it was just one of those things. So I started to dig deeper and do some research ( and by research I mean stalking people who had in in their handles and following the links via #thenewblack) I realized how intriguing this topic was, look beyond the fact that it’s a campaign for a beer (some of you dier, even if the cure for Ebola was wrapped in a condom wrapper and you were dying from it you’d not even look at that foil )

Ok so The New Black

I am part of the New Black, I just never knew till it was defined. What is the New Black? (no, its not orange) The new black knows that gender, color, religion or anything outside of actions do not define who a person is. The new black straddles the past and the future, never letting go of the rich heritage we have (seeing it in our speech, style,) and still moving on with the hope of an even brighter future. The new black accepts Kanzo (scorched rice) but won’t say no to sushi, loves both Kantamanto and Truworths, knows that trotro or private transportation will get you where you need to go.

The new black dreams, big dreams, bigger than the continent, larger than life. Dreams of a better Africa built with their own hands, building on the foundation our fathers (and mothers) made. The new black sees the continent as a place to invest in not escape, to come back to ….a place of endless possibilities.

The new black seeks to experience, it asks “why not” the new black perseveres, is strong, open-minded, has a sense of adventure slightly tainted with caution (an eye cannot be replaced ya know) The new black is so much more and like @chiiief said “you can’t bleach it”