“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
- James Baldwin.
1. 123 years ago, French colonizers in Central Africa murdered a Black man by inserting dynamite into his 🍑 & blowing him apart to terrorize the population. They bragged about it.
Colonialism was not “civilizing.” It was genocide, torture, theft, & racial terror. Never forget.
He’s singing the Kumina Prayer. A song first sung by Kumina Queen, Queenie Imogene Kennedy, who was taught the song when her spirit journeyed to Africa in Myal. The song, sung in the Kikongo language, can be loosely translated as the Our Father Prayer.
I have no plans for the holiday weekend. I've been chilling in my loft since Thursday. Left around 6p to run a few errands and EVERYBODY AND THEY MAMA ARE OUTSIDE AND I NEED TO KNOW WHY???????
@SebastianAvenue Morris Brown has consistently been a member of the AUC, even when they were unaccredited. The school's accreditation has been restored! Also, the ITC is a part of the AUC as well! I love seeing this info come across my feed ☺️
For the first time, a series of Toni Morrison's Princeton lectures has been compiled into a book. Now, readers can engage with Morrison, not only through the lens of her fiction or essays, but through her role as a teacher. https://t.co/cC0eBWLuhK
How Raoul Peck Became a Cinematic Griot | Lovia Gyarkye
The Haitian filmmaker has spent 40 years using the archives to combat historical erasure and to highlight the people’s version of the past.
https://t.co/YqrcZ2uf71 | @HammerandHope