"Tales of an African Booty-scratcher" is a weekly series in which I will share my experiences growing up as an American Nigerian in...

July 2019, I was in Chicago conducting in-depth interviews with Africans working as registered nurses or in nursing school. I called a...

There are some stories that live in your head rent-free years after hearing them. For my first book Boundaries of Love: Interracial...

Blacks around the world have become fans of a beguiling foreign media format: the Korean drama. I first started watching them during the...

After many trials and tribulations, Snowdrop has finally come to North America. The series comes from the screenwriter-director team, Yoo...

I love learning new languages. I took French classes all through grammar school and into high school for a total of 7 years. This basis...

On multiple occasions, nurses have a difficult time finding my veins and have been called a “hard stick.” As a sociologist who recognizes...

June 18, 2010 Los Angeles, CA The other day, I was walking with my friend Sergio down the street. A Black man who was sitting on a bench...

As a new Kdrama lover, I feel vindicated seeing that Squid Game was the most-watched show of all time on Netflix. But as a sociologist, I...

This is where I share my musings about the world….

Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White women engaging in...

Trump in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie with his arms outstretched in front of a sea of people at a rally in Milwaukee. Taken...

Did you have a Happy Halloween? It seems like many Americans did, judging by the number of Covid-19 cases since the holiday. Over the...

If you ask any American when slavery began in what became the United States, they will tell you 1619. This is thanks to the...

Despite our extremely high numbers of infections and deaths, states have been opening up beaches, restaurants, beauty salons, and other...

When it comes to African Americans and Covid-19, we have been swinging from one extreme to the other. As my African American friend...

Black musicians boycotted the Super Bowl. Hell, even Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbeans boycotted the Super Bowl. So, the NFL brought in two...

After three seasons, there is nothing African about GP Chidi. On the show, GP Chidi was born in Senegal to Nigerian parents. This is...

I was interviewed by Brazilianist and anthropologist, Reighan Gillam (USC) about my book, Boundaries of Love! Listen to the interview...

When I was studying at Harvard in the early 2000s, I had a black immigrant professor who had built part of his career gas-lighting...