Akhona Luthuli

A wannabe philosopher™

[ɠɧıʂɧ @rirokpik]

Black inventors, scholars, soldiers, and activists often received less recognition than they deserve. Figures such as Arturo Alfonso Schomburg dedicated their lives to preserving Black history because so much of it was being ignored or lost or hidden from black people.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for ‘RIDE OR DIE’, starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer.

The comedy series follows 2 best friends who thought they knew everything about each-other until one turns out to be an international assassin.

Releasing July 15 on Prime Video.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Carl Jones (‘The Boondocks’) and his studio Martian Blueberry are developing ‘Junichiro Jackson,’ a new adult animated series co-produced with French animation studio TeamTO.

[mayor of tingeting @seibarosario]

from Le Guin's "Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" (1974)

[Electra @Electrarythm]

Most people don't know this, but Salvador Dalí built his entire career on tapping into his unconscious mind on purpose.

Dalí's most famous trick was a micro-nap he called "slumber with a key." He'd sit in a heavy Spanish-style armchair, head tilted back against the leather, both arms hanging completely limp off the armrests, and in his left hand he'd hold a heavy metal key pinched lightly between his thumb and forefinger.

Directly under that hand, on the floor, he'd place an upside-down plate. He'd then let himself drift into sleep. The instant he actually fell asleep, his muscles would go slack, the key would slip out of his fingers, hit the upside-down plate, and the clang would jolt him awake.

The whole nap was meant to last less than a quarter of a second. He called that half-second window the "taut and invisible wire which separates sleeping from waking," and he'd immediately sketch the hallucinations he saw in that flash.

The melting clocks, the elephants on stilts, the burning giraffes, a lot of that came straight out of those quarter-second naps. He picked the trick up from Capuchin monks and wrote it down as one of his "50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship."

[Black AnarchyⒶ🏳️‍⚧️Ⓥ @AllStatesAreBad]

That's why he accepted the knighthood and other honours.

Benjamin Zephaniah declined OBE because it literally says "British empire" in the name and felt it would be disrespectful to his ancestors.

They award these to make you accept the system.

[Rihanna @rihanna]

back at it with @Edward_Enninful 🧡

#EE72

[Mayowa @Mayoveli]

We can discuss the external influences on this phenomenon just as legitimately as we can examine its ideological dimensions.
This intersection of faith and extreme violence is deeply disturbing.

The idea that a widely accepted religion can be invoked to mobilize people to kill, and that they can regard their actions as being fully aligned with the doctrines they profess, is profoundly troubling.

[Kay @_KayTheLame_]

Bro like...

[Frank @frankonX_]

I’m dying to see the interior of many of these buildings

[war._crzy @JonnyLongbapz]

The “animalistic depictions” in question

[Princess♡ྀི🎀🌺 @imsoprettyylike]

We don’t need outside inspiration. The clothing and jewelry shown in the film reflect Sudanese traditions that have developed in this region for centuries 🇸🇩🩷

[l9dt @josefec]

African symbolism is a goldmine for fantasy. Every time I see African symbols I think fantasy writers are leaving money on the table. They already look like magical sigils, clan crests, spirit seals, and spell circles. Entire power systems could be built from their meanings alone

[Frank @frankonX_]

For my Somali mutuals or any Somali person, what is this dress called?

[gha*da 𓋹 @ghayo0da]

Desi people claiming that Sudanese cultural attire is a “rip off” of theirs… 🙂 Sudanese cultural attire is rooted in the ancient Kingdom of Kush and Nubian civilization. We don’t need to look outside our borders for inspiration, our ancestors already created the blueprint..

[James Hall @hallaboutafrica]

How the world saw Africa through foreign eyes. Today in 1931 "Tintin in Congo" by cartoonist Hergé began serialisation in the French press. Set in Belgian Congo (DRC today), the story of a young white reporter and his dog Snowy (white, get it?) was a huge hit, and established Tintin as a cartoon institution in Europe. However, the story did not age well, and by the 1970s would be criticised for its racist depiction of the Congolese and its colonial viewpoint.

[Corn ✧⍣ @cornski]

they needa hang that Zack Fox tweet in a museum

[⋆☼ Ruawny 𓋹 ⲣⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ⋆☼𓂀⋆𖤓 @NileSiren]

This obsession with crediting India for every culture from the Nile to the Atlantic needs to be studied. Sudanese people can’t even wear Sudanese clothes anymore without some mentally ill h!ndo yelling “Bollywood influence!” from 3,000 km away.

[محمد الساهو @saho_eritrea]

@oliveegirl

[Olive 🌿 @oliveegirl]

A 16th century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting a Nubian couple. The inscription reads: "Nubians that inhabit the Strait of Mecca on the side of Ethiopia".