#afro liberation

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Afro Culture (My culture) 

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[alwaysbewoke]

[blackpantherblog]

Kathleen Cleaver on hair.

[deeplyrooteddread]

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Liberation Farm is a 17-acre Black vegan radical farm in the Catskill mountains of New York. Growing 100% organic produce such as beets, greens, herbs and beet juice. Supporting Black Liberation through skill-building workshops, vegan brunches, group exploration hikes. Liberation Farm explores the Black diaspora's stolen history and forgotten culture through slow and peaceful human transformation

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Sekou Odinga (1944-2024)

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(images: Support New Afrikan Freedom Fighters! Demonstrate. Stop the Attacks on Sekou Odinga, Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters, Brooklyn House of Detention, New York, NY, Friday, June 4. The Freedom Archives, Berkeley, CA)

Free the land! Free 'em all!

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The Wash and Go is so simple yet so beautiful and empowering!

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[afromeda]

If a blan is like "Omg I love black people's hair why can't white ppl have hair like that only curly heads look good omg my hair can't do anything" and start insulting themselves, I agree. I go with the whole thing unwavering. "Damn that's the cards y'all were dealt. Yup it's a shame your hair's flat and you gotta wash it every 2 mins. Damn that's crazy. On my 5th new style this week and I can do cornrows. Be easy now."

Cuz like... Why do you gotta say all that? And I do call them out on it anyway, but what was the initial point? Maybe you thought I'd be kind enough kiss up? Either compliment my hair (or any other afro textured hair) and keep it pushing, or shut up.

[scrollsofhumanlife]

Joan Carol Jones nee Bonner

B. September 26th 1939 in Oakville, Ontario

Joan moved to Halifax, NS in the mid-sixties and began to do community activism with the Black Nova Scotian community. This work included ‘The Nova Scotia Project’, Kwacha House, establishment of the Black United Front (BUF) and the Afro Canadian Caucus and many more. She was also co-owner of the Nile and Blue Nile Boutiques, specializing in handcrafted leather and jewelry. 

Joan was a freelance journalist for The Chronicle Herald and retired from NS legal Aid in 2008. Joan was a founding member of the Afro Canadian Liberation Movement (ACLM), Black History Month Association, Black Community Work Group, Inner-City Initiative, Black Outreach Program, and the Ujamaa Reference Group to name a few. In her retirement, Joan continued to be active in the community as a member of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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The real solution to the environ-mental crisis is the decolonization of the black race. Blacks in the United States number more than 25,000,000 people, comprising a kidnapped and captive nation surpassed in size by only twenty other nations in the entire world. It is necessary for blacks to achieve self-determination acquiring a full black government and a multi-billion dollar budget so that blacks can better solve the more serious environmental crises of blacks. To do so blacks must challenge and confront the very foundations of American society. In so doing we shall correct that majority which appears to believe that the solution lies in decorating the earth's landscape and in shooting at the moon.

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"Black Ecology" by Nathan Hare

(The Black Scholar, April 1970)

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Afro Culture (My Culture)

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My Political Stance...

This is something I just felt like sharing with friends who make their political opinions known, and try to maybe set a better example of what I’m about to say...

I’m not really the political type, but I do come from a Conservative family. At least most of my family are conservatives, and I’m technically a registered Republican. So that would mean I do carry some of those principles on me, but not all of them.

I don’t agree with EVERYTHING about Conservatism, but with that said, this is so much about today’s Liberalism that makes me refuse to be fully left either.

I’m just saying, as someone who lives in a blue state, we constantly have to deal with shitty economies, constant taxes and inflation, and apparently people with disabilities aren’t allowed any special benefits and privileges' that people compared to immigrants. Which I’m just saying, seems to be a common thing in most blue states.

Say what you will about the Right (And I’m sure you do.) but at the very least they seem to have a better idea on how to properly govern and handle our states and country as a whole better. Compared to Democratic Liberals who can’t govern to save their lives and thrive on empty promise after empty promise....

....Then again, I’m fully aware of the constant pattern of homophobic, transphobic, and all around problematic things most conservatives say on Fox News on a regular basis. Painting this stigma that Right leaning people are intolerant, bigoted jackasses who view giving rights and representation to  marginalized people as an outright “Sin” that’s poisoning America with “Wokeness”....even though I think there’s a wrong way of being “Woke”, but I digress.

That’s the worst thing about being in a Conservative background, and seeing the people representing your party say and do. There’s a part of me that feels that the Liberals have a point...Like not drinking the Liberal kool-aid and trying to say that both parties can be equally toxic can be considered illegal. As if being Conservative, Libertarian, or any other party that’s not the Left is objectively wrong. Even though people like AniMat and Tony Goldmark give the party a bad name in my eyes....

I just want to end this Take by saying this. To any of my friends that are Liberals ( @eropandasennin and...maybe @darkwee009), I don’t want any political differences between us to get in the way of our friendships or cause any tension. But rather, take what I’ve said here into consideration, and that I’m not the type of Conservatives that you would mock and detest.

I’m just waiting for the day a legit third party comes in that pleases mostly everyone, and blows both Left and Right out of the water. But until then...I’ll just have to settle with Libertarianism. 

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°..i am madly in love with Gabriella Wilson. She is °E V E R Y T H I N G❕️

[fairuzfan]

Please consider spending time to learn more about Afro-Palestinian experiences and living under occupation while Black and Palestinian, along with Afro-Palestinian resistance efforts throughout the years. Here are some valuable articles and resources:

Articles:

In the heart of the Old City, generations of Afro-Palestinians persevere in the face of occupation by Mousa Qous

Putting the pieces together: Fragments of oral history in exile by Samah Fadil

‘Afro-Palestinians’ forge a unique identity in Israel by Isma'il Kushkush

The Africans of Jerusalem by Mousa Qous

The History Of Afro-Palestinians, Past And Present by Fayida Jailler

African-Palestinian community’s deep roots in liberation struggle by Electronic Intifada

Remembering Fatima Bernawi: Historic Palestinian fighter and liberated prisoner (1939-2022) on Samidoun

Fatima Barnawi, founder of Palestinian Women's Police and veteran prisoner, dies at 83 by Middle East Eye

On Fatima Bernawi, Women's Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo

Afro Palestine: the African Diaspora in Palestine (not an article but a quick video summary of Afro-Palestinian history)

Note: highly recommend checking out Mousa Qous, the founder of the African Community Society, for his writings above all!

African Community Society of Jerusalem:

Their website— organization centered around the Afro-Palestinian community in Jerusalem.

General info about the group

ACS's instagram to learn more about Afro-Palestinian history.

Here is a write-up about the African Community Society, their impact within Palestinian society, and Afro-Palestinian history in Jerusalem specifically. Highly recommend taking the time to read this if you can.

Please take the time to watch this Documentary by Stephen Graham about former Israeli prisoner Ali Jiddah where he takes the viewer on a tour throughout Jerusalem and describes the unique struggles the Afro-Palestinian community face. He is quite a friendly guy and very funny:

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The Story Behind the Books

Prior to Georgie and Gracie Eat Your Peas being developed, I decided the colors of the book would represent the UNIA flag, the Afro-American flag, and the Black Liberation flag. “The Pan-African/Marcus Garvey flag was created in 1920 to represent people of the African Diaspora and to symbolize black liberation in the United States. As flags symbolize the union of governance, people, and…

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New Video: Nite Bjuti Shares Woozy Contemplation of Black Girlhood and Womanhood

New Video: Nite Bjuti Shares Woozy Contemplation of Black Girlhood and Womanhood @candicehoyes @Val_Inc @WhirlwindRecord @MoraMayAgency @mimijonesmusic

Nite Bjuti (pronounced as Night Beauty) — Candice Hoyes, Val Jeanty, and Mimi Jones — is an an acclaimed trio of Afro Caribbean improvisational artists, who use electronics, vocalism, bass, Haitian rhythms, sampling and spoken word to cultivate their narrative journey. The trio draw inspiration from a a centuries’ old Hatian folk tale called “Night Beauty,” about a girl whose bones begin to sing…