Malaika Adero

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Here Today Alicia Hall Moran and here family of divine music. Thank you.

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Christmas on my Convent Ave block. Amen Harlem.

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Christmas time in the City

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Ogun

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Rhumba and Otis’s dance in Havana’s Callejon del Hamel was fantastic.

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Salim Keita's soaring voice in SOB's NYC.

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Sister cousin brought me lavender from her yard. I planted some and left some with sister friend who will tend to the new sprouts. That is how we grow a garden. Love.

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Working it.

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Working land.

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A little bit country, a little bit funk & soul,

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Work in progress. Lyons View Summer 2017.

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Work in progress. (at Knoxville, Tennessee)

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Shady in a good way: our yard at high noon. Summer '17

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Running an institutional kitchen is warrior work. Found my grandfather's meat cleaver. He was a butcher and baker. Tough and tender. Balance. (This thing must weigh 5lbs or more).

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Uncle's golf clubs remind me of all the men in my family who played. My dad was member of Green Turf Golf club--a group by Black men for them. They were way more than caddies.

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The old pear tree that fed generations has fallen, but this is not the end of its life. You can break but leave enough of you to grow some more. (at Knoxville, Tennessee)

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Communing with cornbread. #magicinfusion