Blog & Updates

'Black boys becoming men in a world they didn't make, but which they have memorably shaped' I borrow a quote from Michael Eric Dyson, as my title of this week’s article, author of 19 books four of which are New York Times best sellers. The focus of his work is on...

In Journeys from Black Youth to Black Manhood-Part 2 last week, I outlined my personal journey from a newborn baby shrouded in shame to a child of 11 years of age when my childhood ended. During my 11th year I was confronted with a totally new world that I had to...

In Journeys from Black Youth to Black Manhood-Part 1 last week I shared the academically accepted view that childhood, youth, adulthood, manhood is socially constructed and changes in time and context. As individuals we play a role in that construction and maintenance...

The experience of childhood and youth is framed by the perceptions of what childhood and youth should be, as defined by the culture, wider society, in which the child/youth is located. This means that what childhood/ youth is, varies from culture to culture, wider...

In the past four weeks, we have taken a momentary glimpse at the historical Black presence and the reactions to it, in Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom (www.daviddivine.co, blogs 7th April, Rise to the Challenge; 23rd March, ‘We are not what...

In the past four weeks we have travelled along a road pitted with Black male suffering and of those who loved them. We have glimpsed at the histories of Black presence in Canada (14th March 2018) and the United States of America (24th March 2018) and we end our four...