Wow.Β
β‘οΈ
Educated, entertained, enlightened. My mind is blown, and Iβm still processing all the incredible learnings.Β
β‘οΈ
About Tuesday night: As I grow through discomfort IN PUBLIC so WE can progress together, my dear friend Lydia Amoah and I attended the THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF A VISIBLE #AFRICAN #HERITAGE lecture with the #BlackHistoryMan himself MR #RobinWalker via A Tribe Called Progress! It was an enriching, educating, transformational experience for me. β‘οΈ As well as growing through discomfort, I learnt new things about #Africa, met new friends, and destabilised my accepted narratives of #AfricanHeritage. It was important for me to attend too because I need to constantly unlearn and relearn my assumptions of people to better support them (andβas a disabled, active intersectional feminist-in-progress, creative, entrepreneur, South Asian manβthat I always fight against my own privileges), and develop myself that I donβt accept the South Asian communityβs (and my ancestorsβ past beliefs) of hostile, wrong, irrelevant anti-blackness that passes generations. I will not accept this, and I will change for the better. It is also vital for all of us to control our narratives or others will own us. β‘οΈ I am bigger than my body (and the world) gives me credit for. I can only be so if I continue adding βrichnessβ into my life by meeting new people, going to extraordinary events, and have an insatiable appetite to always learn and grow without limitations. β‘οΈ To learn more from Robin (and his 26+ years of knowledge), you can attend his Black Studies in The City course that starts on 26 March, and you can book your place here: https://www.atcp.co/ Iβve booked my place as well! β‘οΈ Thank you, Mr Walker, for an incredible, insightful evening that I thoroughly enjoyed and Iβll never forget. See you again soon! β‘οΈ Big shoutout to my ew friend new friend Michael Lutterodt Quarcoo Amaning for astonishingly creating and hosting an awesome event. You are an extraordinary human! Medaase.Β β‘οΈ Also, as yesterday was is the #GhanaIndependenceDay (#GhanaAt62β#HappyGhanaIndependence!) and since Iβm visiting #Ghana for the first time later this year, for the event, I wore my new #Kente scarf. π¬π β‘οΈ An amazing event shared with amazing people.Β β‘οΈ βDo not follow the path. Go where there is no path to begin the trail.β β #Ashanti #proverb (#Ghana). β‘οΈ β‘οΈ #community #humanity #BlackHistory #LearnMore #GrowMore #Growth #BeBoldBeWildBeFearlessΒ











