ADVENTURES WITH WHITE MAN LEROY, PART 2

demetria lucas January 26, 2013

2013 is going to be the sh-t. I don’t know that for sure, but I’m trying to do what life coaches tell you to and speak my will into existence.

It’s started off well-enough, anyway. On that rooftop in Johannesburg, we get wind of a house party allegedly close by. Johannesburg is like LA in the since that “close” actually means a 30 minute drive.

We—me, Stephie, and Thuli, park in front of a gated home somewhere around 1:30 AM. The house is dark and there’s no music or sound at all. We fear we’ve missed the party on the long ride over. Weird, because Johannesburg, like New York, parties into the wee hours.

ADVENTURES WITH WHITE MAN LEROY PART I

demetria lucas January 9, 2013

I've run off to South Africa the foreseeable future (up to 90 days). I bought a return ticket but it’s anybody’s guess as to whether I’m getting on the plane next week. That’s for two reasons. One, I like it here. There’s a similar vibe to what Brooklyn seemed like based on Spike Lee movies (especially "She's Gotta Have It" , one of my favoirte films) from the 90s. And Two, I’m completely stressed in New York for reasons I can’t yet disclose. (I will say it has nothing to do with my relationship, since that’s the automatic assumption whenever a woman says she’s stressed.) I can say it seemingly requires me to give up my first-born (that would be this site). And figuring out how much to give of who I am to become who I think I might want to be? Well, that ish is stressful.

THOUGHTS ON "NOT AFRICAN ENOUGH IN AFRICA"

demetria lucas April 12, 2012

For some time, I’ve had a policy of not commenting on the posts I write. As a writer, I choose my words carefully, so that each conveys what I intend. Readers may take my meaning from it, or they may not. Each person brings their perspective to the screen and that naturally effects how they receive the message. I learned many years ago that you can never really tell how a piece will go over with an audience. That said, I’m not at all that surprised that most of the comments on “Not African Enough in Africa” were, well… such a clusterf**k.

ADVENTURES WITH WHITE MAN LEROY, PART 2

ADVENTURES WITH WHITE MAN LEROY PART I

THOUGHTS ON "NOT AFRICAN ENOUGH IN AFRICA"

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