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Original drawings from "And the Award goes to..." series by Aya Brown (2022)

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“NDIDI SPACE” by odhara 

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White Chili Chicken Skillet Casserole

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ENDING STEREOTYPES ON AFRICAN CULTURES

Vodun is a culture in which an important part is devoted to the cult of the ancestors. Even if the origin of humanity and the world are explained in Vodun mythology, it is not a centered question of the faith. The followers believe that the answer to such question is beyond human reach.

Priority is given to the ancestors with them interceding on behalf of their families and descendant towards the Almighty. 

While an Almighty creator is recognized in Vodun pantheon, the believers do not address themselves to that particular deity. 

Only the Loas, the messengers with the help of the dead have that access. In order to communicate and pray every clan and sometimes each family root have their own Vodun sometimes called Assanyì as Vodun can also be translated as “The spirit of those who have passed before us”. 

The family Vodun is often associated with a known higher spirit of the standard pantheon, but is distinctive to each family (clan). This distinctiveness is the Clan Vodun is also an assertion of identity and origin with cult and worshiping process specific to a family collective.

THE CULTURE OF VODUN IS AS OLD AS TIME. VODUN CENTERS AROUND NATURE AND FAMILY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0z6zyc2J8

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Tituba (fl. 1680-April 1693) was the first girl to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials. She was enslaved and owned by Samuel Parris of Danvers, Massachusetts. Although her origins are debated, research has suggested that she was a South American native from Tibitó of the Carib tribe and sailed from Barbados to New England with Samuel Parris. Little is known regarding Tituba's life prior to her enslavement. It is said she was named after the tribe or town she came from. She became a pivotal figure in the witch trials when she confessed to witchcraft while also making claims that both Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne participated in said witchcraft. She was imprisoned and later released by Samuel Conklin.

Tituba's husband was John Indian, an Indigenous man whose origins are unknown, but he may have been from Central or South America. Tibitó Colombia to be precise. It is said she was named for her town or tribe. Tituba may have originally been from Barbados. The often unreliable records of the enslaved persons origins makes this information difficult to verify.There are historians such as Samuel Drake who suggest that Tituba was African. Her husband went on to become one of the accusers in the Witch Trials. They appear documented together in Samuel Parris's church record book.

Tituba was the first person to be accused by Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams of witchcraft. It has been theorized that Tituba told the girls tales of voodoo and witchcraft prior to the accusations. She was also the first to confess to witchcraft in Salem Village in March 1692. Initially denying her involvement in witchcraft, Tituba later confessed to making a "witch cake", due to being beaten by Samuel Parris with the intention of getting a confession. When questioned later, she added that she knew about occult techniques from her mistress in Barbados, who taught her how to ward herself from evil powers and how to reveal the cause of witchcraft. Since such knowledge was not meant for harm, Tituba again asserted to Parris she was not a witch, but admitted she had participated in an occult ritual when she made the witch cake in an attempt to help Elizabeth Parris. Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne were sent to jail in Boston to await trial and punishment on March 7, 1692. Despite these confessions, there is no proof that she did the things to which she confessed.

Other women and men from surrounding villages were accused of witchcraft and arrested at the Salem witchcraft trials. Not only did Tituba accuse others in her confession, but she talked about black dogs, hogs, a yellow bird, red and black rats, cats, a fox and a wolf. Tituba talked about riding sticks to different places. She confessed that Sarah Osborne possessed a creature with the head of a woman, two legs, and wings. Since it mixed various perspectives on witchcraft, Tituba's confession confused listeners, and its similarities to certain stock tropes of demonology caused some Salem Village residents to believe that Satan was among them.

After the trials, Tituba remained in jail because Samuel Parris refused to pay her jail fees. In April of 1693, Tituba was sold to an unknown person for the price of her jail fees. In an interview with Robert Calef for his collection of papers on the trials, titled More Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Trials of Several Witches, Lately Executed in New-England, Tituba confirmed that Parris had beaten a confession out of her and then coached her in what to say and how to say when first questioned.

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The indigenous peoples of the Philippines, among which the Agta, Aeta, Ati, Ata and Batak, are collectively referred to as Negritos. They represent the most ancient civilization in the country, going back more than 40,000 years in time.

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Carlota, a slave woman, took up the machete in 1843 to lead a slave uprising at the Triumvirato sugar mill in Matanzas Province and was killed. She was one of the 3 leaders of the rebellion. Her name was later given to Cuba’s 1980’s operation Black Carlota in Southern Africa, which culminated in the battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the defeat of the South African army in pitch battle

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“Thick and fabulous” by Alisha Petrova 

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                                          Let’s rethink this?

1. When Afrakans defeat Europeans “They had to use Withcraft”

A) No maybe you just got your ass beat.

2. First, the Ancient Egyptians,were European, now they admit, there were Afrakan.

B) Hmm! “Aliens must have built the pyramids”

Maybe Afrakans are just smart!

3. Afrakan men in nice cars “ He must have stole it or he sells drugs”

C) Maybe he just brought it!

4. Great Zimbabwe “ The couldn’t have built this Arabs must have did it”

D) No maybe we were just on point!

In order for Afrakans or any race to have achieve anything we must have in some capacity needed Europeans.

Funny thing about this reverse everything!

Europeans called Afrakan men boys? Afrakans are the oldest people on the planet and Europeans are the youngest. Who is the boy?

When the British invaded America did Europeans use witch craft to win. How did these small colonies defeat an army that the sun couldn’t set on??

Maybe it wasn’t witch craft, maybe because God is in you, and we believed in our selves and ancestors?!!!!! Helped us win and the smart thing they did was demonize it. And we now and turn worship them.

Afrakan systems of beliefs express that earth and nature was all apart of us.

Hmm! Now we worship them, and they rape our lands

Afrakans are nothing with out European knowledge!????

Afrakans are once again the oldest people, maybe we just had way more time to analyze nature??!!!!!!

Afrakans blessed the Greeks with knowledge. The Greeks blessed all of Europa.

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So much of the world we live in has been heavy handily shapes by the black community: how we dress, the products we like, the music we listen to. Many of us wouldn’t be who we are today without the influence of black culture in our lives and it’s important to recognize. More than that, we’re all human.

I believe that every living Being deserves life and happiness. Love and compassion. Support and protection. I believe in love. I believe in life. I believe Black Lives Matter. I hope to bring awareness to the dire situation in this country so that we can find solutions and take positive strides in that direction.

I’m praying and meditating on peace, equality and justice being a reality for all 🙏❤️ #blacklivesmatter #love #equality #flojo #flojoforever #nailart

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My heart ❤️

Please let me know who the artist is so I can update the caption!!!

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Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo Jo) on the cover of Nails Magazine (February 1993) 🌹

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Florence Griffin Joyner better know as Flo Jo (1959 - 1998) was an African American sprinter who set world record in the 100 meters and 200 meters that have stood since 1988 becoming the fastest woman in the world 🌹

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IG ; jaydacheaves | Everyday my life go up, it’s hard for me to get mad🖤

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MARY J. BLIGE (8.25.22)