A drop of midnight

Full disclosure. I am a black woman, born and raised in a not so little West African country called Cameroon (or shit-hole if you are a Trumper). I am as black as black could be, with the afro hair, chocolate black and quirks to go with it. That all cleared up, lets talk.

Three years ago i read one of the more impressive books i have read in a while, written by a swedish rappar with mixed decent. It was about being mixed race i a world where being black isn’t ideal. The new wave of racist attacks in America has reignited the debate about the need to fit into a world where being black/chocolate…