The United States of an African

The United States of an African

A Nigerian woman in America living, exploring and learning

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  • Quarantine Chronicles: Sunset at Grand Haven

    I need to go back to Grand Haven! I need to go back when it’s not crowded with 4th of July vacationers. I need to go back when it’s not during a pandemic. I’m glad I went but to be honest, traveling to a popular destination during its peak season in the middle of a […]

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    July 8, 2020
    michigan, North America, Quarantine Chronicles
    grand haven, grand haven lighthouse, grand haven south pierhead inner light, grand haven state park, lake michigan, local travel, michigan, pure michigan, summer, summer activities, the great lakes, theusafrican, travel, travel blog, vacation
  • Quarantine Chronicles: 4th of July 2020

    Below is from my observations and opinions based on my social media circle of influence. Imagine me thinking out loud: This past weekend the “United” States of America celebrated it’s independence day. With the current climate of racial tension and societal injustice, this year’s celebration was…interesting. In the 21st century, America being a melting pot […]

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    July 6, 2020
    michigan, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, USA
    4th of july, america, black in america, freedom, independence day, summer, theusafrican
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Throwback to Dauphin Island, Alabama

    Sweet home Alabama!! Here’s an easy breezy read for you. I talk a lot a crap about Alabama, but in all actuality, the state has beautiful hidden gems. I remember when I announced that I was moving to Alabama, most responses alluded to racism, lynching etc. I’m grateful such talk did not dissuade me because […]

    Tambari Wikina

    June 29, 2020
    alabama, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, USA
    alabama, beach, beach vacation, dauphin island, Quarantine Chronicles, theusafrican, things to do in mobile, travel, travel blog, united states of an african
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Conversations With A Friend

    Relationships are a sensitive subject for me. I find relationships to be extremely important in my life. When it comes to family, they pretty much are my lifeline. As far as romantic relationships, I’ve only had one boyfriend in my adult life. It technically only lasted a couple months. But we had a complicated friendship […]

    Tambari Wikina

    June 14, 2020
    Georgia, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, USA
    bamboo forest, chattahoochee river, east palisades unit indian trail, Explore Georgia, friendships, local travel, nature, nature hikes, pandemic, Quarantine Chronicles, relationships, theusafrican, things to do in atlanta
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Journey To The Past

    Singing “Journey to the paaaaast“. Such an awesome song from an awesome movie; Dreamwork’s Anastacia. Since being home, I have taken it upon myself to de-clutter the entire house, from the bottom up. In doing so, I have found myself through a portal to a past life. An escape from the statistics being fed by […]

    Tambari Wikina

    May 17, 2020
    Quarantine Chronicles
    inspiration, international travel, photographs, Quarantine Chronicles, theusafrican, travel, travel blog, vintage
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Cooking to bridge cultures

    So, we’re still staying at home. Insert unenthusiastic yay! While I’ve been at home I’ve been cooking more than ever. Mostly because I can’t afford to occasionally order from DoorDash or GrubHub. I can’t even be mad because it’s been great for my diet and body. I adopted a flexitarian diet which basically means majority […]

    Tambari Wikina

    May 11, 2020
    Quarantine Chronicles, Uncategorized
    american cuisine, culture, ethnicity, food and drink, food post, foodie, french cuisine, kitchen, mexican cuisine, nigerian cooking, nigerian cuisine, quarantine, Quarantine Chronicles, theusafrican, travel blog
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Community

    As I mentioned in my last blog post, I ran away to Atlanta for the sake of my sanity. I was struggling mentally and spiritually while living alone during the Stay At Home Order in Michigan. Not only was I missing face to face interaction, I felt like my purpose had been taken away from […]

    Tambari Wikina

    May 4, 2020
    Georgia, Inspirational Posts, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, Uncategorized, USA
    community outreach, covid-19, firefighters, homeless outreach, love thy neighbor, non profit, pandemic, Quarantine Chronicles, theusafrican, volunteer, volunteer work
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Future Plans

    Ah, future plans. Another grammatical faux pas; redundancy. But I had to keep the consistencies in the post titles of this series. So what does the future hold? Are everyday people making actual plans these days? I understand the lack of desire to not, but I hope so. This current situation is temporary. Everyone should […]

    Tambari Wikina

    April 27, 2020
    Inspirational Posts, michigan, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, USA
    adventure, covid-19, explore, lake eerie, lunar pier, michigan, quarantine, road trip, social distancing, the great lakes, theusafrican, travel, travel blog, USA
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Present Plans

    Present plans…a bit of an oxymoron isn’t it? By nature I am an explorer. I’ve always been curious, always been adventurous, always been a bit of a busy body. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve also become a homebody, can be a bit of couch potato; a loner. I’ve realized that I’m the type of person […]

    Tambari Wikina

    April 20, 2020
    Inspirational Posts, michigan, North America, Quarantine Chronicles, USA
    adventure, covid-19, explore, explorer, pandemic, places to go, pure michigan, silver lake sand dunes, social distancing, theusafrican, things to do, travel, travel blog, USA
  • Quarantine Chronicles: Past Plans

    In the words of Alanis Morissette, “life has a funny way of sneaking up on you…life has a funny way of helping you out”. Her song Ironic has been one of the songs on replay in my head. Majority of last year I was unemployed and couldn’t really afford to travel anywhere. I was even […]

    Tambari Wikina

    April 14, 2020
    Inspirational Posts
    inspiration, quarantine, stay at home, theusafrican, travel, travel blog
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