THEN, NOW, AND FOREVER

THEN, NOW, AND FOREVER MAY 2021 #1 WHO INSPIRES AFRICAN CLASS EJ COOPER-YSOTAUR?KS SYSTEM FEATURING GENDER CONTINUES TO BE LUPITA NYONG'O A MAJOR ISSUE THE ACTRESS BEHIND IN AFRICA NAKIA IN THE BLAK MAKESHIFTMAG.CO PANTHER FRANCHISE .

Content -------------------------------------------- Inspirational pg. 2 Africa Fashion pg. 3 Feature pg. 4 African Languagepg.5 Editorial pg. 6 Resource pg. 7

Who Inspires You? EJ Cooper-Starks, is not only my god mother but also my best friend. She inspires me so much everyday, its incredible. She has a illness that is so rare there isn't a name for it yet. No matter what she has though, she always trys her best to be there for her family and do everything she can for them. A lot of people say that their dad is their hero but mine isn't, my hero is none other then my god mother, EJ Cooper-Starks. I interivewed her Tuesday May 11,2021 and here is what she had to say. Q: Who has made a positive impact on your life? EJ: My god children. I have been there since they were born and it’s amazing to have watched them grow from infants and continue to watch them grow into teenagers and a young adult. Q: What are your 5 most important values in life right now? EJ: Faith, Love, Service, Empathy, and Fearlessness Q: What advice would you give to your past-self 5 years ago? EJ: I would tell my 2016 self to breathe, relax, enjoy the moment, don’t try to figure everything out at one time because you won’t always find the answer, and it’s okay to ask for help .

African Fashionistas Inhancing your inner beauty

Lupita Nyong'o Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan- Mexican actress who is known for playing the role of Nakia in Black Panther and the upcoming movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In 2014, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Lupita Nyong'o has played in various movies including Black Panther, Queen of Katwe, Us, and 12 Years a Slave to name a few. In 2008, she made her acting debut in the short film East River and later returned to Kenya to star in the tv series Shuga (2009- 2012). During an interview with Good Morning America in 2016, she was talking about her movie Queen of Katwe about a chest prodigy who turned her life upside down. Nyong'o played the young girls mother, Nakku Harriet, and told GMA that when she first read the script she knew she wanted to play in this movie because she felt that the characters was interesting, real, complex, and inspiring. Lupita Nyong'o is an amazing person because she makes kids believe that they can do anything. She was a little girl from Africa and now she is one of the most famous actors in the world and plays such powerful characters from Nakia to Nakku.

The African LANGUAGE Learn to speak, not to talk

Gender continues to be a Major Problem in Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Tarh Takang is the former Coordinator of Women Organizing for Change in Argriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) in West and Central Africa. Forest News asked her what are the challenges of working on gender in Africa? and here is what she said. \"One if the major challenges here is that gender equity is considered as a western concept, which challenges African culture. Religion is used to justify the subordination of women, among others. Social, cultural and traditional rules for men and women in Africa are confused with sex roles and considered natural. Poverty results in low self-esteem of women and justifies their subordination.\" Forest News also asked her if she can tell them how she came across WOCAN? and she replied with this \"I got in contact with WOCAN while I was a consultant in HEIFER International Cameroon. I shared WOCAN’s vision of addressing gender in agriculture and natural resources management and became a member of the network in 2006. I was appointed Coordinator for West and Central Africa Region in 2009. Before that, I worked as a development professional for SNV (a development organization from the Netherlands) as Technical Assistant on gender, and then as a freelance Consultant with various national and international organizations, including SNV, WWF, Gender Lenses, etc.

Resources Abilogo, Edith.\" Gender Continues to be a Major Issue in Africa.\" Forests News. www.forestsnews.cifor.org/1857/gender- continues-to-be-major-issue-in-africa?fnl= . Accessed 3 March 2011 Oscars, \"Lupita Nyong'o winning Best Supporting Actress.\" Youtube, uploaded by Oscars, 11 March 2014. https://youtu.be/73fz_uK-vhs Good Morning America, \"Queen of Katwe Star Lupita Nyong'o Interview.\" Youtube, uploaded by Good Morning America, 26 September 2016. https://youtu.be/2X8yGwEHg1Q