Ngozi Fulani's charity now under investigation.

 

Ngozi Fulani - Director of Sistah Space

According to reports, it seems that Ngozi Fulani's charity 'Sistah Space' is now under investigation. Fulani, who was originally called Marlene Headley, has also become the focus of much media scrutiny.

The charity organizer came to public attention when she divulged that one of the Queen's Ladies in Waiting, Lady Susan Hussey, quizzed her at a Bucking Palace reception about where she came from. This caused Fulani some embarrassment and it was suggested that racism played a part in the incident. Fulani claimed that she was "traumatised" by Lady Hussey, who later resigned and apologised for her actions. Its now transpired that Ngozi Fulani's heritage is not African but British/Barbadian, and she's now being accused of "cultural appropriation."

Its not clear to me if Ms Fulani has ever tried to pass herself off as being of African descent. When she was asked at the Bucking Palace reception where she was from, I understand that she said 'Hackney', which is borough of London. Moreover, Barbados is associated with slavery which was both white and Black. Black slaves were used to work on the sugar plantations and in the 17th century, Cromwell, had the Irish sent to Barbados as "indentured slaves." Many of the descendants of black slaves living in Barbados will not know with any degree of certainty where they actually originate from. But it's a fair guess that many of their ancestors originated from the African continent.