Freddy Will's Notebook

The mind of an Intricate Wordsmith

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African Black: The Unreleased Anthems & Ballads

There are fifteen tracks. The new Krio records, “Tonight feat. Reebz, & Specikinging,” “IV U feat. Tru Raw & King Boss L.A,” and”Superstar feat. Nes Mburu & Afrikan Diamond.” There are Calypso and Soca crossovers, “Oh La La & Maria feat. Delee,” as well as Zimba, Calypso, and Rap versions of my song “City Boy feat. Winnie Culture.” The Rock and Roll Crossover, “Demodogs feat. T. I. M. & Rene Guillot.”

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Adventitious Breonna Taylor Thoughts Sires a Miriam Makeba Repercuss

At a Saturday brunch with three of my best friends in Berlin, a German, a Brit, and a South African of Scottish descent, we talked about my Sandmann’s book series. I told them how it started as a blog I published to express my outlook on various contemporary topics. I pondered on the social, and psychological changes in today’s world response concerning religion, politics, gender, race, and sexuality.

Saying No to the Readily Available Pornography on the Internet

Our civilization has gone through more than twenty years with instantly accessible [free] pornography on the web. In these twenty years, we have experienced a pioneering mobile phone revolution that has put the Internet in our pockets, twenty-four hours, and seven days all year long. That is at the same time when the genetic coding of most men dictates that every attractive woman we meet for the first time will arouse us sexually.

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How I Spent My 2020 Men’s Day in Berlin

I woke up to a lovely 21st day of May 2020. As usual, I could hear the early birds chirruping in the woods outside. Through my bedroom’s window wall, the morning sun stood cloudless in the blue skies of Berlin. My first text message read, “Happy Men’s day! Are you going to meet your friends and get drunk?” They call it “Himmelfahrt” in German.