AYA Educational Institute

Ife Madzimoyo, a senior, Africana Women's Studies major at Bennett College for Women and a graduate of Atlanta's AYA Educational Institute, will share her experiences living, studying and traveling in Tanzania, East Africa, where she lived for nine months. Through photos, stories and candid conversation, Ife will share her lessons and discoveries gained during her travels through Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe, including those regarding identity, culture, language and globalization. Ife will also share pieces of her current research regarding the East African Captive (slave) Trade in Tanzania and it's resulting effects in the coastal town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, which she will continue to expand upon as a 2013 Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute Fellow at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (www. Ayaed.com/tanz)

fortress around my heart that took years to build" Just today a friend posted this comment on FB. " when the Pride Falls so does the tears/ a fortress around my heart that took years to build" Wekesa Responded: "The Pride" is often a combo-disguise, a cover for "the fear, and sadness." Notice the words "a fortress..." We only need fortress to protect. Often fear of what others will think, say, etc. about you. Sadness that you have not lived up to some expectation or standard that you or those you care about held. Of course, the poetic imagery says it better. The only problem is that when we tell ourselves that we are "too prideful" or say that others have too much "pride," we often don't see the scare; instead, we see their "power" substitution or cover, and call them "arrogant or stubborn." Unfortunately, such analysis offers little help, and actually contributes to the problem of ...