Nikiwe

Just living, becoming, unlearning and in process.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Poet, academic and anti-apartheid activist Willie Kgotsile performs at the Culture and Resistance festival, 1982. Credit: Paul Weinberg

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

Fidel Castro giving an interview, 1991.

[Mail & Guardian @mailandguardian]

Umbrella of sound and resistance: More than a collective, Septober Energy is a living ecosystem, weaving archival research, DJ sets and experimental performance into South Africa’s sonic landscape.

https://t.co/4vM5QFGJIa

[hooks bot @hooksbot]

bell hooks: "We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.”

[S. Williams @ShakWills]

To hold the multiplicity of all that you are. That's the work. To lean into the knowing that you are never one singular thing.

[Cllr_Welekazi💜🇿🇦 @African_Spring]

This time last year, Senzo Mchunu was busy thinking about drafting the letter for disbanding PKTT..

[Nikiwe @ms_niksta]

After that update… the battery too 😭😭😭

[bonita bandida @kwaneIe_]

there’s an iPhone storage crisis.

[God IS ☥ @777_oya]

Writing is such a powerful portal and passageway for those who are frequently in their heads. Put your thoughts to paper and watch how much lighter you become.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Black Panther Party deputy chairman Fred Hampton was drugged by the FBI then assassinated by local police on this day 56 years ago.

He was only 21 years old.

Listen to his words and see if you can discern why he would be their target.

[Mara🍒 @wydmara]

Can we have this button fuckng everywhere

[Nikiwe @ms_niksta]

@Na833l Spot On. 😭😭🤣🤣🤣😩😩

[Axel Folio, PhD, White Tears Distiller 🪁 @ISASaxonists]

My god, the situation in Sudan does not get the attention it deserves. May Siham rest in power. 😪

[Ms. Lauryn Hill @MsLaurynHill]

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed.
You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

[Africa View Facts @AfricaViewFacts]

Mali 🇲🇱, led by President General Assimi Goïta, has announced that Grade 9 students will no longer study the French Revolution or French history.

The government decided to remove the 1789 French Revolution from the school curriculum to focus more on Malian and African history instead of colonial-era European topics.

[𝙱𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚢’𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚎𝚕 @SalvadorDafti]

The Soul Train dancers doing their thing to Stevie Wonder’s I Wish. As feelgood and satisfying as a bowl of yer granny’s soup.

[Kujenga @KujengaLiveSA]

Kujenga at Daisies. Thanks to everyone that made this a special one 🥹

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