Lin Ming

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Helen Mmapula Mmakgoba Sibidi is a South African artist. Sebidi's work has been represented in private and public collections, including at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington and New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, New York, and the World Bank. Her work has been recognised internationally and locally. In 1989, she won the Standard Bank Young Artist award, becoming the first black woman to win the award. Image Source: The Artist Press

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Slavery was Legal.

Colonialism was Legal.

Jim Crow was Legal.

Apartheid was Legal.

Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice.

[MAPS 🇿🇦 @Maps_rza]

1. Only a few activits were in exile
2. They didn't seek citizenship
3. They didn't seek jobs
4. They didn't run illicit businesses
4. They didn't commit crimes
5. They weren't illegally there
6. They stayed in camps

In a nutshell you are crazy. Shut up

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Founded in 1964, The Deacons for Defense & Justice was an armed Black self defense group who stood up against the KKK & discriminatory treatment by police in the Jim Crow South

Though they supported the values of MLK, they didn’t subscribe to his nonviolent philosophy

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[𝑺𝒅𝒖 @shufflesdu]

Elsewhere, Don Mattera says Memory is the weapon...

[Don Khulio @Khulaniii]

Pretends to be shocked

[Mbuyiseni Ndlozi @MbuyiseniNdlozi]

Remember Marikana

[ChrisExcel @ChrisExcel102]

My Brother Steve is very quiet about those Nigerian moering Jollofina

He’s waiting for mistake in the podcasts so he can speak 😭😭

[Qhawe @Qhawe___L]

The reason being thanks to Ruto,Kenya is available for them to run as an experimental lab.

[Natalie Malgas @nataliemalgas]

Since Nhlanhla Mkwanazi’s explosive presser, I can’t help but think of the late Charl Kinnear. Kinnear was an acclaimed lieutenant-colonel in the Anti-Gang Unit. Detective Kinnear also uncovered “rogue units” in SAPS ranks & underworld syndicates infiltrated the police.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Alfred Hutchinson (1924-1972) was a South African author, teacher and political activist. One of the leading Black writers of his time, he earned a BA from Fort Hare & worked as a teacher while being active in the ANC. In 1952 he was sacked from his job & imprisoned for two weeks for his activism. He was charged with high treason in 1956 & went into exile. He published his autobiography in 1960.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Lewis Nkosi, South African journalist, author, professor and poet.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

1985: ANC President in Harlem Cannan Baptist Church, New York.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Writer, actor and Drum Magazine Journalist William Bloke Modisane interviewed after the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Teboho "Tsietsi" Mashinini (1957-1990) #June16

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

Hmmmmmm kicking in someone’s door at 3am in the morning is considered a “prank” when certain demographics are present huh ?

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Sol T Plaatje sings 'Nkosi Sikeleli Africa', October 1923. This is considered the earliest recording of Nkosi Sikeleli Africa

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

34 years ago today, Latasha Harlins,15, was fatally shot by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, over a bottle of orange juice, it became a major spark for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

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[Anunaki @Anunakin]

This is why I tell folks there’s nothing for us and white people to discuss. Just implement laws and programs. Arrest anyone who wants to bring that shit back. Simple.