There’s a quiet period immediately following the Olympics in the city.

45 days ago I received an email notification on my phone from a writers platform known as Medium.

Tiwa Savage is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and performer who inked a management deal with Sean “Jay Z” Carter’s Roc Nation.

There is a financial district in Toronto known as Bay Street. Blue and Grey suits abound, business men and women gallop up and down the street conversing in financial speak.

There was a period in the late 90’s and early 2000’s that ushered in an era of Hollywood films with predominantly black characters, writers and directors.

Grime music is a very prominent part of UK subculture primarily followed by the indigenous blacks and those who have migrated to the region over the years.

There are several sports most informed adults would not participate in competitively because of the recent scientific research on concussion.

A few years back I picked up a book by Wole Soyinka called “Of Africa”.

A few weeks back, I was listening to a playlist on the music app Spotify and discovered a new artist by the name of Tunji Ige.

I scanned through the 36 STATES archives to review some of the stories and topics that I previously shared on the blog and realized that the blog lacks stories on women.

Once in a while I come across a movie that I was previously unaware of and on this particular day, I came across the movie Fifty.

At the moment, the only recognizable NBA guard with African roots is Victor Oladipo.

Davido signed a new global record deal with Sony Music for a reported $1 million announced through his twitter feed as well as, Sony Music.

Back in 2009, I attended a party at a hotel in Nigeria and got my first real look at the changing landscape of culture through the nightclub scene in Lagos.

A pastime of mine is to hunt for independent short films or web series online. These shows are typically produced, written and directed by black creatives.