Hey everyone. nice to meet you all and hopefully will get a chance to say hi personally to some in the near future..

Sha

Hey people,

Here I am lil ole newbie me.

Greetings and hope to connect or disagree sometime soon...

thanks for having this site,,,my name is khadejha and i live in bc. in canada,,,, i am an artist and the photos on here are fabulous,,,especially the one of the homeland,,its amazing the love in the pics,,,you can see it when ;you view them,,,pardon me for rhapsodysing,,,i told yu i was an artist ,,what i did,nt tell you was that i started african fabric in the usa a in the 60,s and i never wanted to share it with anyone ,,,but you guys are family so,,,,i will post the clippings, and any designers interested in starting a fashion and fabric thread nows the time i have a lot of nfo,,,,anyway,,,see how much i talk,,,finally a voice,,,thanks,k

Welcome and a big big BNV red carpet to our sister from canada...please enjoy the site and i look forward to seeing your works....

Today, I have entered the BN Village. I am Brother Bob and is glad to be lead to this wonderful site from another positive village, the Blacklist pub.

As a road weary warrior, I am in need of community. As I was taught, one must respect the rules of the village. No matter what stage in life one obtains, this is a law. With Respect and humility i ask the village to accept this humble weary warrior.

Like many of you I have been on this journey for many decades, 5 & half. It is time to be, feel safe in a community of like minded people. I too need to be lead and feed, mental and physical treatment maybe necessary. I crave the humanity that this village has to offer, fore I too want & need to smile.

As while in the journey, experiencing many battles most won but many injuries weakens a brother warrior being. Thus this village is a way station, a safe haven where I can stop looking over my shoulder and back. To be able to let my guard down and not being politically correct. As I have found, projecting a image over vast periods of time, tends to dilute the true person and weaken the prowness needed to return to self and or defend one's self.

As a merchant that has not sold many wares for self determination those skills are dull as well.

Thus is why I believe the creator carried me here today. Asante Sanna

*Has any other world traveler have a few of these experiences.
*I'm here now , what next?
*How
*When

Welcome to BNV, plenty of warriors on board to talk to.

Peace
B.L

new to the site i actually followed a link here from an old bbc documentary about the belgian occupation of the congo.... i can honestly say it was the first time i'd ever cried after wacthing a tv programme... that a side , happy to be here and i hope to exchange views on a diverse range of topics... i design sets for a living ( as in stage lights, camera. etcc...) in between shows i usually have a lot of time on my hands, so i'll probably be posting here every now and again...

Welcome saint Sage..interesting tag.. enjoy BNV and I look forward to your contributions as a new face...

Hello everyone! So glad to have stumbled on this site. I'm KemKem from the DC area in the States. Are most folks on here from the UK? Hope everyone's day is going well. I need to get myself more situated here, and try and navigate. There seems to be very interesting topics and opinions on here.

Looking forward to some great conversations

Welcome Welcome..in answer to your question is I think there is almost an even split of UK and US Africans/Blacks on this site..although it is a UK based forum...

Thanks, that's a good mix.

Hello i'm LYLOO and i'm frm GUADELOUPE i hope to get some new connection here. I've been in London for 2 years now, and i really like to meet and exchanges with different people.