This is about Black pride, more specifically African-Black pride. It started out as a series of articles that got a lot of publicity and following, so it got turned into a book. And as the title suggests, it’s about the Black professional, or being a Black professional in a white world. I loved it. Ever since I read “I write what I like” by Steve Biko, the South African famous for his quote “Black is Beautiful” and his writing on Black Consciousness, I thought that too little emphasis is put on adressing the mindsets of the oppressed.

There are a growing number of Black professionals in South Africa. More so than in any other country in the world. We’re everywhere, and we’re definitely changing the status quo. Biko said, “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” and this book is a welcome contemporary addition to literature aimed at awakening Black people to our power and our right to live it in our society.

The articles range from supporting Black businesses and service providers, like Black doctors and accountants, to xenophobia. There’s a website where you can view the weekly articles, and even susbcribe and join in on the discussions.
http://www.omandingo.co.za/

“O’Mandingo! is a love phenomenon.  It is you and I together intertwined in a connectedness that surpasses greed, hate, bigotry and all things negative. 

O’Mandingo! is a family dispersed finally come together to supper together and contribute positively to humankind. O’Mandingo! is Africa united to unite the world.

 O’Mandingo! is a blacks for blacks attempt to give black people back their dignity, their love of self, their pride, their humanity and their zest for life. Everything you will see on this sight is geared towards that single goal which is to make the world a better place by giving back what the coloniser, the racist, the bigot and the hater takes away from humanity on a day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute basis.

 O’Mandingo! is gourmet food for the soul.”