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When did you realize you were a quirky black girl?

When people , including my family kept asking me what tribe I was from because of my dressing. I realised I was also a quirky black girl when I decided to shave my hair off and go aunaturale. When I realised I could see some kind of grand design in everything, how I get excited and easily obssesed over things, sometimes I honestly think I am mad , When I decided to argue my cases using spoken words and finding truth's in proverbs. When I took a subject just because I wanted to learn one topic! I buy clothes because they remind me of Africa. When I realised I loved lipgloss and shopping just as much as I loved Politics,History and Literature!

What does "quirky" mean to you?

Quircky is me. I'm way different, dramatic,too irrational, emotionally unbalanced, I overeact occasionally too things honestly it's either I am so happy or so depressed. I live on a natural high. Quirky is when you see things from a lot of different perspectives in a quirky way out of the norm. Quircky is creative, adventorous, fun; quircky is loud and queit. I say I'm quircky because I do things in my own way, think my own way( get lost in my imaginatiion)and Love being me. Some might find me to be strange and weird, as if I act like I am on a different planet but hey it's my quircky way of life.

What does "black" mean to you?

This is a part of a poem I wrote: Black is not just a colour, Black is my face. Black is my race, my beggining my struggle my end .------Black well, it's my protection my blessing, my beauty and my reason to celebrate. If I am having a 'black' day it doesn't mean I am having a 'ghetto' day,I am no stereotype. My black day consists of preparing food and watching Nollywood movies with my african sister's.Putting on some soukouss music and reciting that black rythm with my body. Black is a lesson, less of a fairytale ,Spiritual, Black is unity.

What does "girl" mean to you?

Girl lol, a female child, every woman is a girl,beautiful and 'girl' should be appreciated in her own way. Through girl comes life so 'girl' is power. I am amazing! When I call you 'girl' I mean you as my friend, fellow woman.

What kind of quirky things do you like to do?

Reading, I love to get lost in books, Collecting scarves, listening to 'Chimurenga music', watching vlogs and reading blogs yes I am one of them. Nurturing my mane, my kitchen is my lab yes I make hair crack. Laying on the beach,yes this 'sister' likes gettin a tan(darker so I can contrast my skin with my clothes Art!) Debating one of my first loves, cooking extremely spicey food- I collect spices. Being with my friends from everywhere I love not being confined and empowering my human sister's. Writting poetry my world would end without poetry.

How do you embrace your quirky?

By realising my faults and loving myself. By analysing and laughing at my self, the beauty in that how strange.

What does your ideal quirky black girl world look like?

She looks like me, like anything a butterfly? My ideal quircky black girl, looks like herself and realises she is who she is, and looks ecxactly like what she is suppossed to be, doesn't compare herself to anyone. She is beautiful because no one else looks like her, unique and quircky.

How did you hear about QBG?

Through a blog decided to sign up only to find out I am already a member? How strange is that,I have such a bad memory1