Heru
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I watched The Piano Lesson yesterday and its ending had me thinking about Hoodoo, which is a recurring (if unnamed element in films depicting certain periods of African American life. Examples which come to mind include Birth of a Nation, Sankofa, The Color Purple, and of course the masterpiece Daughters of the Dust. What films can you think…
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Join us to learn Capoeira, Calinda, and other Afro-Diasporan combat arts.
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Si madzemadze ame ɖokui ƒe ablɔɖe ɖe woada kluvi ame.
“The freedom that comes from a lack of self-knowledge only makes one a slave.”
-Ewe proverb
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Deep, and this explains our problem.
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No “Thanksgiving Day” holiday today, my mother was born on a Choctaw Reservation to my “negro” grandmother & Choctaw grandfather in Oklahoma. So I know 2 sides of how we have suffered still in the US, today. Whom one is, not only based on biological bloodlines (dna-tracing) but even more so on one’s Soul & Personal Deity (angel). I’ve known who…
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Àńtètè, ó dá yànpọ̀n-yànpọ̀n sílẹ̀.
“The cricket sows confusion among others.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Some people are agents of chaos and confusion.
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Mbote fumbama ka toloka ko.
“Better to bend than to break.”
-Kongo proverb
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