This article was originally published : https://africanfeminism.com/the-kafala-system-african-migrant-women-unprotected-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic/ Anti-blackness has been defined by scholars referring to a global system rooted in the dehumanization of black bodies. It is what it means to be in a world where black people are not considered humans or granted the courtesy of a dignified existence. The Kafala system operating as…

This article was originally published on essence ( https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/beyonces-black-is-king-criticism/ ) I was 9 years old when I told my Burundian parents that my dream was to dance for Beyoncé, and you should have seen their shocked faces. I didn’t speak English back then, so it took moving to the U.S. at 17 and learning Bey’s…