kameelah

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	teacher, writer, photographer, nomad
Interests	words&nerds, books, geography&cartography, photography, d-diy, thrift stores, cameras (nikon d40, fujifilm instax 200, p&s, and holga), public transportation, chuck high tops, syncretic spiritualities, baptism rituals, diasporas, walks, (social) medical&scientific history, water, NOT fashion, troubleshooting. .
Favorite Movies	the message, little miss sunshine, the five heartbeats, the kite runner, seven pounds .
Favorite Music	fela&femi kuti, gil scott-heron, nina simone. otis redding, a tribe called quest, regina spektor, cat power, the blow, fiona apple, coldplay, atmosphere, jamiroquai, georgia ann muldrow, m.i.a, third wave, foreign exchange, pete rock, little brother, brother ali, talib kweli, mos def, jack johnson, zion i, sufjan stevens, billie holiday, john coltrane. good stuff: see lion woman- nina simone water get no enemy- fela kuti li ma weesu- youssou ndour be ready- jill scott soul meets body- death cab for cutie .
Favorite Books	quran. (& stuff by rumi, haryette mullen, paul beatty, ngugi wa thiongo) + white boy shuffle. + kiss of the spider woman. + 100 years of solitude. + petals of blood (and most by ngugi wa thiongo) + sleeping with the dictionary. + medical apartheid: the dark history of medical experimentation on black americans from colonial times to the present. + the soul of rumi: a new collection of ecstatic poems .