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For Women and the Nation: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti of Nigeria: I’ve started reading this already but have been interrupted by other reading interludes: A Thousand Splendid Suns; Something Torn and New; I, Alex Cross; The Epic of Askia Mohammed; Our Sister Killjoy. I’ll be discussing some of them in later posts as they do fit the…
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I was going to refuse to cook for him
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Word Press Tags: tichaona chinyelu, ngugi wa thiong’o, linguicide, something torn and new “Africans, in the diaspora and on the continent, were soon to be recipients of this linguistic logic of conquest, with two results: linguicide in the case of the diaspora and linguistic famine, or linguifam, on the continent. Linguicide is the linguistic equivalent of genocide. Genocide involves…
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I was making one of my semi-regular trips through the blogosphere when I came across the Women Unbound challenge at Black-Eyed Susan’s blog. As a womanist, the idea of women unbound is, of course, intriguing. So I visited the source website : Women Unbound and once I read about it, I decided to participate at…
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Word Press Tags: john henrik clarke, african, christopher columbus, africa, pan africanism, humanity, europe, tichaona chinyelu Every so often I come across something inside a book that makes me feel good about being myself…my best self, that is. So I’ve decided that those quotes, concepts, etc are worthy of being shared a la the revolutionary daily thoughts group…
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Don’t hyperventilate, Tichaona. That’s all I kept telling myself. Don’t hyperventilate. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. I started muttering to myself. As the rage began to constrict my vision, I told myself “leave, Tichaona…leave this auditorium, this space where they are attempting to indoctrinate my child. So I did and I…
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It’s morning in America again, and this time a hung over morning. The left, and most of all the black left, is only beginning to rouse itself from the Obamaland stupor and stumble out into daylight. The president after all, is not necessarily an ally in the fight to deliver health care, or education, or…
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authentic art visions: Liberated Muse Kicks Off “How I Freed My Soul”: An Interview with Khadijah Ali Coleman! Love. Sickness. Travel. A one-night stand. Speaking up. Losing a job. Breaking up. Khadijah Ali-Coleman has edited an eclectic assortment of work that is sure to inspire, revive and enthrall readers on the very idea of how…
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Referencing Chapter V: Could Egyptian Civilization Be of Asian Origin? I just finished reading Chapter V: Could Egyptian Civilization Be of Asian Origin. In this blog, I’m going to focus on the Tower of Babel in ancient Babylon. The reason for this is because it provides a clear case of the depth of the lies…
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