Gigi KhanyeziMay 15, 20202 minMoms of Black Boys - Our Daily AnguishAs Mother's Day comes to a close I wanna give a shout out to all the MOTHERS OF BLACK BOYS. Who fret about what their boys wear because...
Gigi KhanyeziMay 13, 20201 minCommunity Dialogue with Jemar Tisby (With Recording)Twice a week I facilitate an online Book Club with the hope of coming out of this quarantine with a remnant more educated, equipped, and...
Gigi KhanyeziApr 21, 20205 minThe Gun in My Back (I Survived Police Brutality - PART III)The gun was pressed into the right side of my back, just below the rib cage, and the officers hand had a tight grip on my left upper arm...
Gigi KhanyeziApr 10, 20203 minThe Darkness of Good Friday and COVID-19Today is the day when dreams died. The day that everything we had devoted ourselves to, everything we have suffered for, everything we...
Gigi KhanyeziApr 10, 20204 minMy Face Met the Pavement - (I Survived Police Brutality - PART II)Read Part I Here As my face was pressed against the asphault of this Soweto back road, I could feel the loose grit and gravel poking into...
Gigi KhanyeziApr 8, 20204 minI Survived Police Brutality - PART II saw his door open and watched a set of large gloved hands pull him from the driver seat next to me and onto the pavement. I saw his...
Gigi KhanyeziMar 3, 20203 minWhich Jesus Do You Follow - The Historical One or the American One?Beloved tribe, we live in an era where divides are deepening, and that great chasm called RACE undergirds tham all. Some experts call it...
Gigi KhanyeziFeb 25, 20205 minDeep in the Chambers Beyond Words (What's In a Name: PART V)My resolve has been deep to give my boys a Zulu last name; for them to maintain a tangible, kinesthetic connection to the land of their...
Gigi KhanyeziFeb 23, 20203 minStealing the Sacred (What's in a Name: Part IV)For several annoying logistical reasons, when the three of us finally entered the US we all three had different last names. At the time that
Gigi KhanyeziFeb 22, 20204 minThe Names that Held My Pieces Together (What's in a Name: PART III)It was early October, 2016, and catastrophe was brewing. I knew something was coming, but I didn’t know what, exactly. Hard to describe a...
Gigi KhanyeziFeb 21, 20204 minNaming My Adopted Boys (What's In a Name? PART II)The second day he was at home with me I wondered if he would actually comprehend a conversation about his name. At 18 months old, he only...
Gigi KhanyeziFeb 17, 20201 minWhat's In a Name (I'm changing mine): PART IIn most non-western, 2/3 world cultures, names are sacred. They are not chosen for the mere aesthetic of how they roll off the tongue.
Gigi KhanyeziSep 19, 20164 minPolice Brutality - Foundations of a Christian Response (Part 2, Black America: The Hunted)**(Please read Part 1)** People are being hunted down like animals in the street and Christianity is quickly descending into irrelevance....
Gigi KhanyeziJul 9, 20165 minBlack America: THE HUNTED (Part 1)It seems to me the Black Community has earned a (not-so) “new” nickname in America: “THE HUNTED.” The world is watching as the the “Land...
