Sacred Hearts Academy  |   Honolulu, Hawaii

Ka Leo

Sacred Hearts Academy  |   Honolulu, Hawaii

Ka Leo

Sacred Hearts Academy  |   Honolulu, Hawaii

Ka Leo

Malaika Ssebayiteko

Malaika Ssebayiteko, Reporter

Malaika Ssebayiteko is a senior at Sacred Hearts Academy and hopes to pursue screen acting with a minor in broadcast Journalism in college. In this class, Malaika hopes to learn how to spread news accurately to help assist others. Malaika would like to be remembered as the girl who persevered and achieved her goals. Fun fact is that she loves cats and has one of her own. 

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Olivia Bruce 19 represents her alma mater and HBCU school, Spelman College. An HBCU is a historically black college/university that promotes black excellence. Bruce is a product of black excellence, as she continues to further her studies at Notre Dame to receive her Ph.D. in physics.

Black Girl Here: Is an HBCU for you?

Malaika Ssebayiteko, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024

Black Girl Here, I grew up in Hawaii as one of few black girls in my school, so for college, I knew that I wanted to go away but not just to any college....

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(From left to right) A before and after of my first time getting braids. Since then, I’ve learned how to prepare my hair for braids and maintain them. Photo courtesy of Marian Redd.

Black Girl Here: Braids for Days

Malaika Ssebayiteko
October 19, 2023

As a black girl, we’ve got braids for days. Our long luscious braids hold a history that goes back many years.  During slavery, many African Americans...

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