by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In my Blog article of June 10th2018 on www.daviddivine.co titled ‘Re-Imagining Yourself,’ I outlined three incidents of how, given certain circumstances, we can create a different identity to the one we habitually inhabit. Whilst identities are normally...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In my Blog article of May 18th, 2018 titled, ‘Regaining Faith and Reigniting the Light’, I focused on how we can connect with others when their life experience differs dramatically from our own. I posed the view that connection can occur but it demands acknowledgment...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
RACE IS A SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED IDEA AND THEREFORE CAN BE SOCIALLY DECONSTRUCTED ONE STEP AT A TIME STARTING WITH YOU In my blog articles, series part 1-5 of Journeys from Black Youth to Black Manhood, I have explored the complexities and diverse ways of moving...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In last week’s article, two Black men outlined their journeys through childhood and youth, to manhood. One based in Baltimore (USA), Ta-Nehisi-Coates, and the other in London and Sheffield (UK), Tim Cruickshank. The stories remind us that each of our journeys, like...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
‘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...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
