Jade Flint - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:42:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Jade Flint - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 69877606 Carnival!: A Black Diasporic Tradition https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/02/27/carnival-a-black-diasporic-tradition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carnival-a-black-diasporic-tradition Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:00:10 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12567 By Jade Flint, Culture Editor Carnival is a traditionally Catholic celebration but influenced by Pagan traditions with gluttonous days or weeks-long festivities to feast before the Lenten Season. The practice began in largely Catholic Southern European countries where people would host various balls and feasts from Christmas time up to Ash Wednesday. However, through rampant […]

The post Carnival!: A Black Diasporic Tradition first appeared on The Hilltop.

]]> 12567 Essay: Miracles and Mimosa Plants https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/10/the-mimosa-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mimosa-plant Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:00:09 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12185 By Jade Flint, Culture Editor What is your miracle? I pondered this imposing question from my advisor frequently while on my transatlantic journey and was met with multiple answers.  While in Ghana as a Young AfricanA Leadership Initiative (YAALI) Fellow, I was properly introduced to a quiet character omnipresent in the shadows of my life; […]

The post Essay: Miracles and Mimosa Plants first appeared on The Hilltop.

]]> 12185