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Exploring African identity and culture in the diaspora and beyond

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The #OromoProtests are resisting imperialism, colonialism, economic & cultural genocide. All active threats to indigenous life everywhere.

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#BlackVoices | That's our conference! Hope you've enjoyed it.

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#BlackVoices | Gary on love being the answer: It's simplistic hippy nonsense. *crowd cheer*

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#BlackVoices | Gary: Even if constitutional recognition go through. What's it going to do? It's not going stop Indigenous people in custody.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: My great fear is that one day your community is going to be in the same position as us.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: Any reform that has bipartisan support in Parliament for Aboriginal people is not good for Aboriginal people.

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#BlackVoices | Gary on constitutional recognition: Don't get sucked into the bullshit.

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#BlackVoices | Samira: It's all great to make those spaces but we need to make sure we support each other.

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#BlackVoices | Solome: We need to invest in African institutions. Self determination means telling our stories in our sociopolitical context

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#BlackVoices | Solome: For me as an Black African woman working in the development space, self determination is a journey.

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#BlackVoices | Natasha: I see myself sewing the seeds that the next generation have opportunity to see themselves.

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#BlackVoices | Natasha: If I am to make Australia my home, I want my kids watch Neighbours and see an Indigenous doctor or Oromo teacher.

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#BlackVoices | Natasha: Way to find economic independence is investing in local businesses, & publications that have ppl who look like you.

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#BlackVoices | Natasha: Being able to exist in multiple communities. Getting rid of the lie we can't have many identities.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: One of the things you should know as a community, white Australia will try to alienate you from us.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: Some most important leaders r successfully assimilated. You've got to resist & develop your own economic independence.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: It's important to gain strength from your own community. They tried to make us Aboriginal ppl to be more like them.

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#BlackVoices | Akala: Until equality of power of in African, Caribbean & Indigenous states there always be a mythology of white supremacy.

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#BlackVoices | Solome: We need to dismantle boxes of identity. I can be Black, African, Oromo and Women at the same time.

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#BlackVoices | Gary: Having forums like this share our cultural experiences over a period of time it'll strengthen you and us.