July 2011
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“If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don’t think down on...”
– LeonTyne Price (via rastaqueen3000ad)
Jul 28th
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“Anger … it’s a paralyzing emotion … you can’t get anything done. People sort of...”
– Toni Morrison (via straightforwarddedication)
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“You’re not an African because you’re born in Africa. You’re an African because...”
– Marimba Ani (via berealblack4me)
Jul 27th
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“What makes the royal family of a country differ from the peasant? Royalty knows...”
– Malcolm X (via ancientblackcivilizednation)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Stop Trying to 'Save' Africa
enafrique: Uzodinma Iweala Last fall, shortly after I returned from Nigeria, I was accosted by a perky blond college student whose blue eyes seemed to match the “African” beads around her wrists. “Save Darfur!” she shouted from behind a table covered with pamphlets urging students to TAKE ACTION NOW! STOP GENOCIDE IN DARFUR! My aversion to college kids jumping onto fashionable social...
Jul 27th
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alpha-k: Dear Mandela -  A story of the first post-aparthied generation
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“World Governments: You are on notice. I want my planet back. I never chose what...”
– The People (via theredpillpusha)
Jul 26th
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Fulani Creation Story
skyflowers: At the beginning there was a huge drop of milk Then Doondari (God) came and he created the stone. Then the stone created iron; And iron created fire; And fire created water; And water created air. The Doondari descended a second time. And he took the five elements And he shaped them into man. But man was proud. Then Doondari created blindness and blindness defeated man. But when...
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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cogpertinance: Let’s Get East Africa Moving
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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thatblckgrl: To my skin, The sun kissed your ancestors Long before you arrived And created a lineage Of beauty and splendor. You may be stretched May be marked May not even be “Even” throughout But you are lovely You are gorgeous You are dark You are mine. —A.
Jul 22nd
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“They fear you because you are young. They fear you because you are the future....”
– Sarafina (The movie) This is Africa, our Africa (via ourafrica)
Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the...”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu (via kenyanabstract)
Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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“Because you can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can’t hate...”
–  El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (via thesierracan)
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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“Somalia, I cried today. I saw you falling face down, And then dragged away....”
– Original Somalia by K’naan  (via ilorejo)
Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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“Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and...”
–  Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools will Never Dismantle the Master’s House (1984)
Jul 20th
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“Her blackness is fine, the blackness of her skin; the blackness of her mind....”
– Me’shell Ndegéocello (via blklght)
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Lyrics of South Sudan’s New National Anthem
valrain: Lyrics of South Sudan’s New National Anthem Oh God! We praise and glorify you For your grace upon Cush, The land of great warriors And origin of world’s civilization. Oh Cush! Arise, shine, raise your flag with the guiding star And sing songs of freedom with joy, For peace, liberty and justice Shall forever more reign. So Lord bless South Sudan! Oh black warriors! Let’s...
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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“If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.”
– African Proverb (via lettertoafrica)
Jul 19th
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“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African...”
– Nelson Mandela’s statement in the Rivonia Trial, Pretoria Supreme Court (20 April 1964)
Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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The Pride to be an African My Africa My Africa My Africa My Africa of which everybody imitates My Africa of which culture exceed the Greek My Africa of which everyone is jealous of My Africa My Africa My Africa My Africa of enormous natural endowment My Africa of Non-Violence My Africa of Amorous populates My Africa My Africa My Africa My Africa of patriot men and women My Africa of shelter and...
Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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“When the head is too big, it cannot dodge blows.”
– Zambian proverb (via imnotbitching)
Jul 16th
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“Balaa ngaa dundal ña ca mbedd ma nga dundal ña ca kër ga.”
– translation: Before you feed those on the street, feed those in your house, so Charity begins at home. Senegalese Proverb in Wolof. (via africanfashion)
Jul 11th
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