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Vinyl Sessions x Africa Day: Nombuso Mathibela.

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me to me: don’t worry baby

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“Bambulele Uyinene eyothatha iphasela” 💔

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Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it. Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished.

—Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

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She gather me, man.

The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order." ~ Toni Morrison (Beloved)

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𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘕𝘵𝘻𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥." (𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺)

"...And there is a wonderful photograph that someone took of us gathered around a large photograph of Bessie Smith, because Bessie Smith best expressed our feeling of being women who were free and women who intended to stay that way." - Alice Walker

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Knowing is an unequivocal thing.

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How fortunate 🖤

how lucky do two people have to be in order to fall for each other at exactly the right time in exactly the right way

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A Sagittarius Woman.

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Carefully selecting the lessons I will master

Lulama Wolf

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“Repeat after me: I am the woman of my own dreams. I require no validation. My wish is my command. My life is my own. I build it. My voice is my own. I use it. I am relentless in my dedication to trusting myself. I am insatiable in my thirst for the extraordinary, and I do not settle for the mediocre…”

— Robin Lee