Abasi Malûngu

African-American, Archivist, Black Nationalist instagram.com/soulpeopleroots

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Eliot Elisofon, Mystic Art of Tribal Africa. (1952)

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Throughout Georgia’s Sea Islands, there are several different “Ibo Landings.” Although most of the stories originate from Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, just about every surrounding island has a little inlet that the locals call “Ibo Landing.” This is less the result of historical confusion as much as it is an indication of how this story has been embraced and mythologized by African-Americans in this region.

This story is one of many versions of this popular legend. No one is quite sure who these Ibo (also spelled “Ebo” and “Igbo”) captives were, where they came from, or if they committed suicide at all. Records from the period are sketchy concerning this incident. But it doesn’t really matter whether the incident happened or not, for over time it became a myth that gave pride to thousands of Africans forced into slavery on the vast Sea Island plantations that once controlled the area. […]

— The Moonlit Road [+]

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John Brown (c.1810 – 1876), born in Virginia as ‘Fed’, escaped slavery in Georgia and eventually settled in England where his narrative Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England was published in 1855, another man of ‘Eboe’ (Igbo) descent to write a so called ‘slave narrative’ (see Olaudah Equiano).

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Republic of New Afrika

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UNITE OR PERISH

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Marcus Garvey in 1920 (Photo by Potter and Potter Auctions/Gado/)

He was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) (commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. Garvey was ideologically a black nationalist and Pan-Africanist. His ideas came to be known as Garveyism.

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"We must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs, and elevate positions of leadership in our own image. We must inspire literature and promulgate a doctrine of our own without any apologies to the powers that be. That is our divine responsibility."

The Honourable Marcus Garvey

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How clingy I need my shorty 😩

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Yorúbà Hairstyles

1. Ṣuku

2. Patewo (Clap your hands)

3. Koroba (Basket)

4. Moremi

5. Ojokopeti (Rain is not beating the ears)

6. Kolese (Legless)

7. Panumo (Keep shut)

8. Ipako elede (Pig Shape)

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People like Corey Harris is keeping our southern music traditions alive.

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Hand-colored tintype portrait of three unidentified African American women, c. 1856.

Source: Harvard Library.

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[caribbeanangel]

will always pour one for the dead homies / ancestors.

[nzamberoots]

We know so much about civilization along the Nile river, but not enough about civilizations along the Niger river. Hell, even less about civilizations along the Congo river.

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Fulani Boys, Jos, Nigeria in the early 90’s by Mike Blyth