Note: Hans was NEVER a Nazi NOR served in Hitler’s Youth Meet Hans Massaquoi, “this is a story of the unexpected. In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir — an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a [...]
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The Classics Series: The Legendary King MOMOLU MASSAQUOI, Africa’s FIRST DIPLOMAT!
The classic series are archived posts from the original BLOG which were highly requested by many readers as far as Japan. ‘Africa’s FIRST DIPLOMAT was a brief snippet into the splenid life of a trail blazer and champion, the most ‘Fascinating LEGENDARY KING’ Momulu Massaquoi. Accordlingly, as a child growing up, my father often [...]
Why I did The HOTTENTUT VENUS series!
Primarily, I did the two-part series of the Hottentot Venus, the fascinating Khoisan in the first edition of the BLOG a couple of yrs ago because of varying reasons piqued by many unanswered questions relating to validity of discrimination and genetic/biological predisposition. In essence, I was fortunate as a Ronald McNair Research Scholar (’97,’98) at [...]
The Classic Series: The HOTTENTUT VENUS revisited!
So what is the fuss about the Hottentot Venus? First and foremost, I was fascinated and intrigued by the terminology STEATOPYGIA which was labeled a disorder. This was the very same terminology that piqued my interest in the literary review thus influencing my research hypothesis (see post I). The wikipedia defines Steatopygia (pronounced /stiːˌætɵˈpɪdʒiə/,Greek: στεατοπυγία) [...]
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