National Ancestors Day: 7 Ways to Honor It
September 27th is National Ancestors Day. I’ont get behind all holidays, because most are just meant to get us spending money, but I like these kinds. A day to honor
Quotes and Readings In Honor of Margaret Walker
Alice Walker (and there’s no relation there, that I know of) mentioned in Temple of My Familiar, that one of the characters would have these odd moments of serendipity. Like,
7 Books on Gullah Geechee Culture
Krak Teet by Trelani Michelle The first-hand accounts in this book are transcribed directly from the grandchildren of the enslaved who laid the city’s treasured cobblestone roads and introduced its
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1948 arrest taught me some thangs
In September 1948, Zora was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy. He said Zora and two other adults would pay him 50 cents to violate him and
Lost Ships Can Still Be Guided Home with a Lil Imani
Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle “Affirmation” by Assata Shakur I believe in living.I believe in the
Kuumba-yah and Polish Yo Hood
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it Tomorrow is the first day of 2023. You
(Re)Rooted in Nia with Hoodoo
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness “True greatness and growth never occur
Ujamaa Got Dem Dey 40 Acres and a Mule
:: To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together We know about Black Wall Street, and I hope we know there
Ujima Told Me To Tell You We Gon Be Aight
Ujima: to build and maintain our community together and make our community’s problems our problems and to solve them together According to the official Kwanzaa website (That’s the actual name
Recognize Dat Kujichagulia
:: To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves Zora Neale Hurston, describing her childhood, said “My soul was with the gods and my body in