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And Still We Rise!: Amanda Gorman and the People’s Inauguration
Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet Laureate, read her “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Dr. Joseph Biden, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Now 22-years-old, West LA raised Gorman was named Youth Poet … Continue reading
I’m Calling It! Person of the Year: Ms. Stacey Abrams!!
We’ve had a heck of a year—the dying dinosaur continues to roar. But civilization, true civilization, forges ahead. And Black women are leading the way. Case in point: Ms. Stacey Abrams, a beacon of a civil democratic society in which … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, black women, culture, film, history
Tagged Ella Fitzgerald, Fair Fight, Georgia, Person of the Year, Stacey Abrams
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Just in Case You Don’t Already Know The Truth…
Here are two eargasms for you!! Enjoy! I play these on repeat when I need to tap into the magnificence of living on the same Earth as these Masters!! Yaaaaaaaasssss!!!!! Walk beautifully! Toni
Posted in Africa, African-American
Tagged Bobby Hutcherson, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, music, musician
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Nnedi Okorafor’s “Mother in Invention” and the Power of Woman
*Illustration by Shyama Golden I have recently found two short stories that brought back some hard memories. They were both cathartic, gifting me with the ability to remember and, with a renewed conviction, reject the stories that I was told … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, artwork, black women, culture, literature, posters, review, Speculative Fiction, Writer
Tagged Mother of Invention, Nnedi Okorafor, review, short story, Winds of Harmattan
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Review of BaddDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
So, I’ve been taking guitar lessons for a little over a month. I’m a terrible student, easily moving from one Saturday to the next without so much as looking in the direction of my instrument, propped up in the living … Continue reading
Trois Machetes Review
I mentioned last week that the Clintons have done some real harm in Haiti. In the name of transparency I will provide evidence of the most obvious and egregious ways that the pair has compounded Haitian suffering, rather than alleviate … Continue reading
ADIFF’s A Taste of Our Land and the New Colonization of Africa
I’m not a fan of Hillary Clinton or her husband. I know too much about the harm they’ve repeatedly brought to Haiti. But even the Devil tells the truth sometimes. Several years ago, in 2011, then U.S. Secretary of State … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, artwork, film, review
Tagged A Taste of Our Land, Africa, Chinese, film, NYADIFF, review
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Review of Walter Mosley’s Killing Johnny Fry
An origins story: As a college student I majored in Comparative Literature. It wasn’t until the very last year of my four-year tenure that I came to know that black women writers existed around the world when a black woman … Continue reading
Celebrating the Remarkable Life of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo
It strikes me as truly tragic when someone who is doing extraordinary things in the world only becomes widely known when something tragic happens. One such tragedy is that of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, a young, beautiful Ugandan woman. The youth … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, black women, culture
Tagged Esther "Essie" Nakajjigo, girl's activist, Uganda, women's activist
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We Are the Earth Body
While taking a walk in my favorite park a few days ago I listened to the ecophilosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy being interviewed by Tammy Simon on Sounds True podcast. Of the many gems that Macy dropped, one that … Continue reading
