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Nigeria

Adire Cloth Market

The Adire Cloth Market is near the city of Abeokuta, which is a major city in Nigeria. Abeokuta is known for its rich cultural heritage and is located in Ogun State.

The Nigeria Adire Cloth Market is renowned for showcasing traditional Nigerian textiles, particularly "Adire," which refers to indigo-dyed cloth made using resist-dye techniques. Adire is a unique art form, often featuring intricate patterns and designs.

The cloth is typically handcrafted by skilled artisans who apply wax or paste to create intricate patterns before dyeing the fabric. This market is not just a hub for purchasing these vibrant textiles but also a cultural center where traditional practices are sustained and celebrated.

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The Creative Genius Of Africans Living In America Via Our Culture And Communication!

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10 Ways You Can Support Black Women

1. Stop slandering our natural features. Stop with the dark skin jokes. Stop with the natural hair jokes. Stop dehumanizing black women for our features. Black women–especially young black girls–internalize these “jokes” and grow to sincerely hate their blackness. Cut it out.

2. Respect our choices. All of them. You don’t have to like it but you need to respect it. If we choose to wear our natural hair, respect it. If we choose to wear weave, respect it. Stop chastising us for the choices we make for ourselves. Stop policing how we choose to live our lives. Let us be great. Gahdamn.

3. Stop with the respectability politics. You can’t say you love black women and then pick and choose which black women you’ll respect based on your standards. You still give a black woman respect regardless of how she chooses to live her life. You respect all black women because we are human just like you, not just the ones who wear natural hair, listen to erykah badu and shit.

4. No means no. If you approach a black woman and she says she’s not interested, oh my fucking god, my nigga, just leave her alone. Move on. Let it go. Please do not persist. Take the rejection gracefully. Don’t call her out name, don’t follow her, don’t assault her. Let her be. She doesn’t owe you an explanation. Her “no” is enough and you will deal my friend. 

5. LISTEN. Bruh, when black women are telling you something you’re doing is harming them, can you put your ego aside and just L I S T E N. Why is that your first reaction is to get defensive? If you love black women like you say you do, wouldn’t you want to know when you’re doing something harmful to them? Stop getting defensive every time a black woman calls out your misogynoir. Stop brushing that off as “bashing black men.” Stop calling black women “shea butter bitches” for calling out how you harm black women. Black women are just asking for empathy at the end of the day. That’s the least you can do.

6. Stop slut-shaming. Stop shaming black women for their sexuality. Stop calling black women “thots” and all kinds of hoes because her sex life is something YOU disagree with or because she presents herself in a way that conflicts with YOUR standards. Someone’s sexuality has nothing to do with you and you don’t have the right to police what a woman does with her body. Stop reducing a black woman’s worth because you don’t like what she does with HER body.

7. Understand that our identity intersects. Stop telling black women they have to “pick a side.” Black women aren’t black men or white women’s “side kicks.” We are our own people with our own unique struggle that, yes, may have similarities to BM’s and WW’s struggles, but is not identical to theirs. We are black and we are women. You can’t be an ally to black women and not be intersectional when our existence is the epitome of intersectionality. Black women don’t just experience racial violence, we experience gender violence as well. Stop insisting that we have to divide our identity down the middle to suit you.

8. Say something when you see black women being attacked. When you see black women being harassed online and offline, do something. Ya’ll gotta start holding each other accountable. Stop @-ing me telling me how terrible it is that I’m being attacked. @ ole dude who’s attacking me. Tell them to stop. Have my back. Intervene in the best possible way you can. Stop allowing the violence against black women to persist right in front of your eyes.

9. Please kill the “strong black woman” narrative. Placing this title on us constantly, denies us humanity. Black women aren’t allowed to be vulnerable like everyone else. We’re constantly told be strong or we’re written off as only angry and bitter. We’re told how we’re suppose to feel and how to respond to violence against us. Black women are humans. We laugh, we cry, we smile. We can’t be your idea of “strong” all the time.

10. Show up for black women. Black women consistently show up for everyone else but when it comes time for us, hardly anyone is there to be found. Police brutality doesn’t just happen to black men. Recognize it. Know the names of the many black female victims of state violence. Know their stories. Share their stories. Fight for them like you fight for Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Sean Bell. Fight for black women like black women fight for you. Organize and show up for black women. Stop leaving us hanging. Stop expecting our support and giving us little to none in return.

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Elder drop knowledge

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Old school Afrofuturism by the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire!

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Roasted Potatoes

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From The Richard Pryor Show. A segment about the beauty of African-American women, narrator Glynn Turman reads the Langston Hughes poem 'Harlem Sweeties'.

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The 16th-17th century Roman sculptures, ornamentals and busts of Moorish Kings of German cities. July•2025

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We are the Super gene to all colors! <3 Self

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Sonya Massey. Alton Sterling. Philando Castile.

Today marks one year since Sonya Massey was killed in her own home by police after calling them for help in Springfield, Illinois.

This weekend marks nine years since both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and St. Paul, Minnesota, respectively.

Too many Black mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends and neighbors have been taken from our families and communities way too soon. Our hearts are with their families today and always.

We will continue to fight for a future where Black people can call for help, drive our cars, walk home, listen to music, play in public parks, make harmless mistakes — and just live — without fear.

#blacklivesmatter #sonyamassey #altonsterling #philandocastile #BLM 🕊️🙏🏿