Ten Empowering Quotes by Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba, lovingly known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, freedom fighter, and cultural worker who turned her entire life into a testimony against apartheid...
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Ten “Yurugu” Quotes by Marimba Ani
Marimba Ani stands as one of the most incisive and fearless architects of African-centered thought. As a scholar-activist, she transformed anthropology from a weapon of...
An Afrikan Story of Self-Love and Integrity
This “Afrikan” story is taken from the novel, Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by Nozipo Maraire. My father once took me aside as a...
The War on Men Through the Degradation of Woman by Jada Pinkett-Smith
“How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eyes of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of...
The Inward Sea
There is in every person an inward sea, And in that sea there is an island And on that island there is an altar And...
Say it loud, “I am Black and I am Proud” Quotes
You so black You so black When you smile, the stars come out You so black When you born the God come out black as...
Quotes from Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi
About eight years ago, I discovered Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi during a visit to the library. The novel’s beauty and wisdom captivated...
Quotes on Riots
“All you need to understand is that the officer carries with him the power of the American state and the weight of an American legacy,...
7 Things You Would Have Learned if you read “Message to the People” by Marcus Garvey
“In your desire to accomplish greatness, you must first decide in your mind in what direction you desire to seek that greatness, and when you...
Magical quotes from ‘The Famished Road’ by Ben Okri
The Famished Road by Ben Okri, won the 1991 Man Booker Prize. The novel has the most beautiful beginning of any novel I have ever...