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[doronjosama]

Day 29 of #29DaysOfBlackCosplay2024

features Mythril_Arts absolutely stunning Yuna! Just incredible, meaningful work, the perfect note to end the month. #CosplayIsForEveryone

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Who here is a #FinalFantasyX fan? In 2018, I designed a west African version of Yuna, which is perfect for #29daysofblackcosplay. Her obi became a headscarf, and her kimono sleeves became a shawl. I used cowrie shells and wooden beads to make a hair adornment, necklace and bracelet. And the fishtail skirt was painted and hand stamped with adinkra symbols from Ghana that represent the aspects of Yuna's character.

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The origin of anklets. Dear uneducated African culture promoter and morality police: Anklet or Ankle chain is deeply rooted in African culture before becoming a fashion piece in modern times. It doesn’t portray indecency sometimes a simple research would help you. Ankle chain wearing is dated far back to ancient Egypt it was worn to show a woman’s social status in society or symbol of wealth. Ankle chains determine the marital or social status of the wearer. And it also determines the wealth of the family to which one belongs. In Ivory Coast Among the Senoufous, this jewel is worn during initiatory rites, funerals or certain festivals. It is made mostly of bronze, lost wax, brass. In Burkina Faso or Congo it is use as a wedding gift. When a young woman is going to get married, ankle bracelets are offered to her as a dowry. For example, in the Congo, the bridegroom gives his future wife several pairs of bracelets to the feet (about 5) before he can discuss the marriage. In Liberia and Ghana is worn by the traditional cultural dancers. It’s is also use as a beauty statement piece for women to wear beads around their necks, arms, wrist, waist, and ankles. While you using wearing ankle chain as a measurement for bad parenting and indecency. Let it be known wearing these carefully selected African beads around my ankle is a symbol of my African Heritage. It’s me reclaiming my African culture, showing off the queen that I am. A lot of you are fed watered down history influence by western culture to have you feeling your own culture is barbaric and lose your African identity. In some cases it was worn as an identity of your ethnicity which was stripped of Africans as they were captured as slaves. Knowledge is free Ignorance is expensive Credit: Kobe Akosah https://www.instagram.com/p/CpN6p0tDCShOv8xX1_arVbgc9tdpN3j9okRqVU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mdafricanart]

Ceremonial beaded Bracelet Africa

The Baga Stool from Guinea is a traditional, hand-carved wooden seat used by the Baga people. Known for its intricate designs and cultural significance, this stool often features geometric patterns and symbolic carvings. It serves both functional and ceremonial purposes, reflecting the rich artistry and heritage of the Baga community. Complementary items include a glass bead necklace, Mamadi Doumbouya artworks, baskets, Lega masks, and shields, all embodying the diverse craftsmanship of West African artisans. The hand-carved Baga stool stands out as a distinctive piece, celebrating the unique cultural identity of Guinea.

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[found-objects-crwr]

Lenses that look like keepsakes

To be honest, I never really knew my grandmother. She lived a little too far away and seemed a little too… Unique. Not the baking you cookies kind of grandma. If she was a dog, she would have been a borzoi. That is to say, grandma used a cigarette holder, always had her hair down and wore her collection of silk robes with pride and sandals. At least that’s what I remember from the only time we actually visited her, a little over ten years ago. I remember her being different to everything I knew. 

 In our house, the walls were painted beige, sage green or greyish blue. Our house had sunlight coming through the windows, but not a lot of air: mom didn’t want drafts to make me cold and sick. The only decor I could remember in our house was a solid-colour rug and a framed picture here and there. These pictures are what made this place ours: the house was furnished when my parents bought it. It took them years to paint over the deep blue colour of their bedroom walls, even though they hated it from the very beginning. They settled on a beige paint instead.

Having only experienced this house, my younger self entered the flat that grandma rented. My eyes wandered the peculiar pattern on her dark teal wallpapers, my nose smelled patchouli and tobacco, my feet went from a red Persian rug to a Turkish one, and then the fluffy yellow one that reminded me of a little chick. I tried to look out the window, intrigued by the idea of living so high, but I couldn’t see past the bead curtains. And wherever I looked, I saw something new. 

Now, here I am. Picking those new things out of the box and spreading them across the floor around me. I have seen these things before, those years ago, but part of me is still surprised to see vintage fruit-shaped magnets, a photo frame with a toucan, a cabaret poster that, I believe, used to hang above grandma’s floor mirror. When arranging all these things on the floor, I try to recreate a world map in my mind and place those keepsakes to where they were from. A bracelet from Ghana, a Buddha figurine from Thailand, an intricate painted bowl from Uzbekistan. I remember eating grapes from this bowl and learning to swallow seeds, while adults were arguing in the next room. And now I just… Have it. Now I hold them in my hands and see them for both the first and second time. And, with them, I see her for the first and second time. While I could only see her knees the first time we met, now I felt as if I finally saw past the image of eccentric bold woman she had. Not to imply that she wasn’t that, but she wasn’t just that. And now, holding her belongings, I finally saw that.

[unleashed-passion]

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New Title Tuesday: Fiction

Ada’s Room by Sharon Dodua Otoo

A woman in 15th century Ghana named Ada buries her child and confronts a Portuguese enslaver. A woman in Victorian England named Ada Lovelace, a mathematical genius based on the only child of Lord Byron, tries to hide her affair with Charles Dickens from her husband. A woman named Ada, imprisoned in a camp brothel at Buchenwald in 1945, will survive one more day. Connected by an unknown but sentient spirit, and a bracelet of fertility beads that each Ada encounters at a pivotal moment in her life, these women share a name and a fight.

As their interwoven narratives converge on a modern day Ada, a young Ghanian woman who finds herself pregnant, alone, in Berlin, searching for a home before her baby arrives, their shared spirit will find a way to help her break the vicious cycle of injustice.

This novel is a feat of imagination and breaks down simplistic notions of history as a straight line; one woman's experience matters to another's 400 years later, on a different continent. In this deeply moving, at times mordantly funny, ultimately hopeful book, there is a connection between all those fighting for love, for family, for justice, for a home.

River Spirit by Leila Aboulela

Leila Aboulela, hailed as “a versatile prose stylist” (New York Times) has also been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, and Ben Okri, among others, for her rich and nuanced novels depicting Islamic spiritual and political life. Her new novel is an enchanting narrative of the years leading up to the British conquest of Sudan in 1898, and a deeply human look at the tensions between Britain and Sudan, Christianity and Islam, colonizer and colonized. In River Spirit, Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who—against the odds and for a brief time—gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge, and sacrifice.

When Akuany and her brother Bol are orphaned in a village raid in South Sudan, they’re taken in by a young merchant Yaseen who promises to care for them, a vow that tethers him to Akuany through their adulthood. As a revolutionary leader rises to power – the self-proclaimed Mahdi, prophesied redeemer of Islam – Sudan begins to slip from the grasp of Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side. A scholar of the Qur’an, Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, even as his choice splinters his family. Meanwhile, Akuany moves through her young adulthood and across the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with Yaseen as her inconsistent lifeline. Everything each of them is striving for – love, freedom, safety – is all on the line in the fight for Sudan.

Through the voices of seven men and women whose fates grow inextricably linked, Aboulela’s latest novel illuminates a fraught and bloody reckoning with the history of a people caught in the crosshairs of imperialism. River Spirit is a powerful tale of corruption, coming of age, and unshakeable devotion – to a cause, to one’s faith, and to the people who become family.

Wolf Trap by Connor Sullivan 

Under the direction of the Special Activities Center in the Operations Directorate of the CIA, over three hundred highly trained agents operate in the darkest shadows of the country’s covert wars. Plucked from the highest echelons of America’s special mission units, these individuals go through rigorous training by the Agency to perfect the arts of assassination, sabotage, infiltration, and guerrilla warfare.

According to the United States government, this Ground Branch of the CIA does not exist. But when diplomacy and military intervention fails, the President of the United States calls upon it to solve America’s most dangerous crises.

Brian Rhome, a former Ground Branch paramilitary officer, thought his time within this elite group was over. But now, he’s on a desperate race against time around the globe as he confronts the traumas of his past and unravels a deadly conspiracy that threatens the highest levels of American democracy.

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer

Sisters Zora and Sasha Porter are drifting apart. Bearing witness to their father’s violence and their mother’s worsening illness, an unsettled Zora escapes into her journal, dreaming of being a writer, while Sasha discovers sex and chest binding, spending more time with her new girlfriend than at home.

But the sisters, like their parents, must come together to answer to beings greater than themselves, and reckon with a family secret buried in the past. A tale told from the perspective of a mischievous narrator, featuring the Rolling Calf who haunts butchers, Mama Dglo who lives in the ocean, a vain tiger, and an outsmarted snake, The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter & Other Essential Ghosts is set in a world as alive and unpredictable as Helen Oyeyemi’s.

Telling of the love between sisters who don’t always see eye to eye, this extraordinary debut novel is a celebration of the power of stories, asking, what happens to us when our stories are erased? Do we disappear? Or do we come back haunting?

[lenagrace-designs]

The History of African Jewelry

There is a rich history of jewelry in Africa, with each region and culture having its own unique styles and traditions. Here are a few examples of jewelry that were worn in Africa before the slave trade:

Gold and silver jewelry - Many African civilizations, such as the ancient Egyptians, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires, used gold and silver to create intricate jewelry. These metals were highly valued and often used in trade.

Beadwork - Beads were used by many African tribes to create jewelry. These beads were made from materials such as clay, glass, ivory, and bone, and were often used to create intricate patterns and designs.

Cowrie shells - Cowrie shells were widely used in Africa as a form of currency and were also used to create jewelry. They were often strung together to create necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.

Leather and animal hide - In some parts of Africa, jewelry was made from leather and animal hide. These materials were often decorated with beads, shells, or bones to create unique and intricate designs.

Ivory and bone - Ivory and bone were often used to create jewelry, particularly in West and Central Africa. These materials were carved into intricate shapes and designs, and were often used to create pendants, bracelets, and earrings.

These are just a few examples of the types of jewelry worn in Africa before the slave trade. Each region and culture had its own unique styles and traditions, and jewelry played an important role in expressing one's identity, social status, and cultural heritage.

[nopoku]

Top 6 African Trade Bead Jewelry

Top 6 African Trade Bead Jewelry

Utmost wonder ? Stunning beauty ? These phrases are frequently heard whenever an exquisitely dressed lady makes an appearance. I tend to wonder if these women happen to be in on a secret that some of us are not privy to. This notwithstanding, I embarked on a mini quest to discover this secret. It turns out that, accessories ( yes, you read that right!) can either “make” or “unmake” an outfit.

Wit…

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Waist beads are dated back as far as the 15th century and it is believed to be originated in ancient Egypt as part of their noticeable culture. Waist beads were worn by women with status, it was then called “girdle”. In West Africa, the waist bead tradition was popularised by the Yoruba tribe, Ghana, and Senegal which connotes femininity and affluence. It has been adopted in countries like Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone. A waist bead is a set of beads strung on a cotton cord. The beads are made from crystals, bone, glass, metal, wooden beads.

Waist beads has its origin traced to Africa that is why it is called African waist bead. Waist beads are called different names in West Africa, the Yoruba people call it “Bebedi”, the Igbo people call it “Mgbaji” and the Hausa people call it “Jigida”.

Waist beads are worn by Yoruba women to celebrate womanhood, fertility, healing, body shape, sexuality, protection, and status. It is considered as “African Lingerie”. It is majorly used for seduction, it has a way of catching attention and it is irresistible to the opposite sex.

Ghana’s tradition mandates it for a man to buy his bride tsets of beads which includes the bracelet, anklets, necklace, and most importantly the waist beads as part of her dowry and her first property. It is only the husband that is allowed to remove it or see it clearly on their wedding night to mean that she’s off the market.

Multiple waist beads are worn to keep women in shape as it helps maintain weight and keep one in shape. It keeps the waist small and makes the hips more pronounced. The waist bead goes up when weight is gained and goes down when weight is lost. Waist beads appreciate women’s beauty no matter the size of the woman. It corrects bad posture (slouching).

Most Africans put it on because their culture demands them to wear it. They are raised like that and passed on to the next generation. At times, some cultures use waist beads to distinguish the ladies, children, and women. A bell is added to the waist bead for ladies looking for suitors so it will find and make noise as she moves and she intends to get the attention of possible suitors and they get the message that she’s old enough to get married.

Waist beads are also used for spiritual purposes, healing, and rejuvenation purposes. It is worn when some are trying to conceive, some wear it to tie their men up somehow spiritually. Some use it also as a love charm. This is no longer popular because some men nowadays detest women that wear waist beads. Some use it as a means of protection especially for pregnant women, it protects the foetus and the mother. It can also be used to cure some ailments and it works as an enhancer.

The African waist beads have a way of making lovers grow intimate during sex. The presence of a waist bead gives an erotic pleasure due to the enhancement it gives to a woman’s physique and also the sound it makes while making out. The waist beads make the partner more attracted to the woman’s body. It gives women the medium of being versatile which requires them to switch waist beads made of different designs and colours to stimulate their men.

Colour plays a significant role and cannot be looked down on when choosing a waist bead as they are intertwined and each colour has its meaning. Here are the colours and their meaning;

White – light, purity

Black – power, protection

Purple – royalty, spirituality, wisdom

Orange – courage, vitality

Blue – truth, loyalty

Green – nature, fertility, prosperity

Yellow – energy, happiness

Gold – wealth, power

Brown – earth

Red – confidence

The African waist bead is used to celebrate African aesthetics. It is used to promote cultural appreciation by African women. African women in the diaspora also wear it to remind them of the root they got separated from as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The African waist bead is made by African women for African women to celebrate culture and oneness.

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Badagry, situated in the western tip of Lagos city and about an hour drive from Lagos fundamental land, is the second biggest business town in Lagos State.

The beginning of Badagry could be followed back to the period when individuals lived along the Bank of Gberefu that later brought forth the town of Badagry.

Badagry has a momentous spot throughout the entire existence of Nigeria's excursion to freedom, consequently its well known epithet - the old city. The town, established in the fifteenth 100 years - on a tidal pond, was a critical port in the product of captives to America, during the time of slave exchange Nigeria.

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African Traditional Tools

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Glass bead necklace from Ghana  

Bronze Statue Nigeria

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Ceremonial cache sexe from nigeria 

Dan Guere Mask from Liberia 

Gouro Mask from Ivory Coast

Badagry is situated in a quiet climate to a great extent encompassed by the sea and near Seme line. The town gets bunches of visits, from sightseers to understudies and history darlings who need to investigate the gallery, fascination focuses, and find out about Nigeria's set of experiences.

Vacation destination Focuses IN BADAGRY

A famous hotel community in Badagry is the Murmuring Palms Resort. Possessing 8 sections of land of land, Murmuring Palms Resort is situated in Iworo, Badagry and lies on the Tidal pond, providing you with an ideal perspective on nature. The cool Atlantic breeze, silica sands, palms trees and tweeting birds recognizes it from clamoring urban communities, as it is a spot away from the standard commotion of traffic and raving residents.

It harbors a smaller than usual zoo, pool, various scaled down nurseries and Nigerian carvings and works of art (counting bronze heads of different Yoruba divinities).

There are basic and extravagance facilities for visitors to pick from. The hotel likewise offers nearby and intercontinental foods - Ogbono flavored with Ugu and severe leaf, Spanish paella, coconut shrimps, Cantonese chicken among others.

Very much like other significant vacation spot focuses, it draws in loads of individuals yearly who need some time away to unwind and appreciate nature. What procured Murmuring Palms Resort its notoriety is its closeness to significant vacation spot focus like the slave historical centers, which takes around 20 to 30 minutes' drive.

Past that, another element is the presence of a small exhibition hall called the Legacy room. The scaled down exhibition hall houses relics of slave exchange, for example, - slave chains and pictures of generally significant areas (like the site where Christianity was first taught in Nigeria in 1842).

The Primary designs in Nigeria.

The main essential and optional schooling systems in Nigeria are St Thomas Anglican Elementary School and Badagry Punctuation School.

Fabricated millennia after the principal story building was developed in Nigeria, the structure sitting above the Marina waterfront, worked in 1842 by Fire up Bernard Freeman and different ministers, is frequently alluded to as the main story working in Nigeria.

[pbandjesse]

Today was a very important day and it is important that I document it properly. 

I slept pretty good last night. I got woken up by James's alarm at 530 though. I thought it was the doorbell and that they had locked themselves outside. But they were alright and I was able to go back to sleep pretty soon after. 

I was excited about going out, but also my belly hurt. And it was very hot. It has cooled down a little bit now but jeez was I uncomfortable for a lot of the day. 

I loved my dress I wore. It was a good pick. I felt really cute. And James looked cute too. 

James made us crepes.. And despite my belly ache, the food was good. nd soon James was helping me carry my bags to the car. I kissed sweetP goodbye. And we were off.

The car smelt weird from the compost in the trunk. And JAmes would end up getting the gross juices on them. So we had to wash their hands with my water. It was very silly. 

They bought me a bracelet made of recycled glass beads from Ghana and some beautiful sunflowers. And after we walked around for a bit we headed back to the car. James had suggested walking but it was so hot I didn't want to walk to the harbor and also walk in the harbor. 

But I ended up messing up their plans a little bit. We went to sit by Connie. And it was nice. But I was hot. And I didn't want to go in. I felt weird about going in. But that was dumb. 

Instead we walked around the harbor and went to sit by the water near torsk. I took pictures of James and we talked. 

And then they went to take a picture of me. And knelt in front of me and said they wanted to take a picture of me in the last second I was their girlfriend. It was so sweet. The ring had slightly fallen out of the box but that was fine. I went to my bag and grabbed the ring  got them and gave it to James. We kissed and I was just so happy. But also very sweaty. We joked that that's how our love started. Very very sweaty. So it was fitting. 

But James had wanted to propose on Connie. Oops. So we went back. Because they had made the cupcakes they gave me on the first day we met and had them on the ship. And so we went back and had a cupcake with our friend Stephine. And then James showed up a secret on ships and Stephine took pictures for us. I was so happy. I love James so much. And while I have some weird feelings about how close this is to my sister's passing. I think we all needed the joy. 

We started walking back to the car and a homeless man asked if James had gotten me the flowers. And I was like. Yes! Because they just proposed!! And they were like !!! WHA!!! And were very sweet. I wish we had something to give him but he wished us happiness and we wished him luck. 

But it was still time to go to camp! James drove us our here. Helped me unpack. And while I was sad to see them go. I was excited to share the news with people. I texted my family. And Jess. And Im glad I was able to bring to joy to my parents in such a hard time. Dad would call me and we would talk about the engagement and the funeral. Honeslty I don't even know what the genre of this story is anymore. But I am trying to project love in any way I can. 

After James left I went to find out what I should do. Started telling people. And its been lots of hugs and congrats and people are so happy and it feels good. I 

I helped with the nurse for a bit. It was very very hot. But then I went to help run kids to their cabin. Which made my feet hurt. But I got to meet a lot of the little kids and that was fun. 

There ended up being a crash of the golf cart after the last kid was dropped off. Went right over a hill. Thankfully everyone was okay but man was it scary. 

Once the last kid was settled I went up to the arts building for a bit. Did some prep. 

And then went to sit in the nurses office to cool off. I then decided to go bother the Tipis camp and tell CJ the news. But then as I walked over there I stepped on a bee and absolutely paniced. I didn't know what was hurting me I just knew It hurt and I needed it to stop. I was very lucky that the venom sack stayed intact. But it was scary! 

I sat with an ice pack for a bit. But once I was calm it didn't hurt so much anymore. The bottoms of my feet already hurt from all the walking. I headed up to see CJ and she absolutely screamed and it made me feel so nice. Im glad I could tell her and her not find out from someone else. 

I was very excited for dinner. And after flag we headed there. I helped get people seated. And we had a thanksgiving style dinner and it was great. But man I am still hungry. Im going to go have a snack I think. 

After dinner I took a great shower. Washed my hair. And laid in my hammock and read for a while. And now I am at the dining hall. Sitting in a rocking chair. Enjoying myself. I am super tired but also in a great mood. I miss James but I know they miss and love me and now I have this lovely little reminder. It feels good. 

I hope you are all loving each other. Taking care of each other. Goodnight everyone. 

[unleashed-passion]

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