Are you British?

This is a question that I constantly ask myself, it’s a difficult one. My parents are forever drumming into me don’t mind what white people say you are British because you were born here. Though I wonder does birth mean I have automatic rights to claim British citizenship.? When the law changed  in the 1980’s,…

Windrush babies

Today marks the day I start by doing a whole week of blog posts on citizenship, how do you identify yourself. The importance of moving back to black majority countries and finally how to gain citizenship in your parents countries or elsewhere. So I hope you enjoy but first let’s start from the beginning  the…

Benefits of Jamaican black castor oil

You can’t gst away from Jamaican black castor oil these days but is it actually beneficial?!! Well apprently so I’ve done my research and found five different ways it can help you so here we go!!! 1. Grow and thicken your hair a number of people are suffering from thinning hair for a number of…

Black British power movement

I as a black woman am incredibly disappointed with the fact that john Ridley the writer of 12 years a slave defence as to why his chosen not to include black women in the forefront of his new to show geurilla. To completely deny the black woman the right to be acknowledged for their contributions…

Black women and children

Malcolm x said in one of his speeches that the most unloved and unprotected woman in the world is the African American woman but little did he know his statements reflect how black women across the world are unprotected and unloved. In  Jamaica currently an island I love to pieces it’s apart of my heritage…