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Call me Punky - He/They - Asexual, Queer, Black/Biracial - Musician, Artist, Curator of Geeky Pursuits - Mental Health Worker - Link to my soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sickfitmusic - I mostly just reblog stuff but I also occasionally release music I make, both on here and on Soundcloud - Otherwise, I'm mostly here for the good times and good people, y'all :) - Profile pic by Bmmbooshoot

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A few resources to help, learn, and promote:

TO HELP AND DONATE:

Black Lives Matter carrd with info, petitions, donation sites they recommend, and readings they suggest

President Obama’s List of orgs to help, things to read, and ways to get engaged

Black-led LGBTQ+ Organizations posted by Alexis Michelle

TO LEARN AND UNLEARN:

5 Ways to Take Action for all non-black people by The Conscious Kid

10-Steps to Non-Optical Allyship by Mireille Cassandra Harper 

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist by Good Good Good Co

Victoria Alexander’s recommendations on Anti-Racist Literature

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE:

Abelle Hayford’s #drawingwhileblack Directory of Black Creatives to hire

Author Oge Mora’s List of Children’s Books by Black Authors - also check out Oge Mora’s beautiful books!

A Twitter Thread from Melissa See on Black YA novels

Karina Yan Glasser’s 100 Must-Read Children’s Books by African-American Authors

10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to buy all these lovely books from!

Bookshop.org’s List of Independent Black-Owned Bookstores 

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Black Trans Women Inc. Black Trans Women, Inc (BTWI) is a national nonprofit organization established to specifically address the urgent concerns facing African American trans women in minority communities.

Black trans man gender affirmation surgery grant

[valtsv]

if you're an adult behaving immaturely i'm not going to "treat you like a child" about it because i have a lot of respect for children as an oppressed and vulnerable class of people. i will however treat you like an embarrassment. which you are being.

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[kianamaiart]

It's been about a year since the last one... (characters listed in order top to bottom, left to right)

Who's your favorite character?

Aika

Zira

Hoshi

Eclipse

Lady DeVoid

Miss

Voting ended onMay 15

[kianamaiart]

congrats zira!

[kianamaiart]

day off

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[sentientsky]

characters going “we were lovers once”: eh, it’s okay i guess. it’s nice enough

characters going “we were friends once”: absolutely devastating. one hit knockout i’m gone

[zoppzoop]

getting violently ill btw

[thegreatgoatby]

go my yuri

[lastvalyrian]

It's amazing how Fellowship of the Ring, a movie released in 2001, has scenes that are in extreme darkness (like the giant squid fight at the gates of Moria) and I can still easily tell what is going on. It's amazing how Fellowship of the Ring, which once again is from the year 2001, has quiet dialogue scenes and loud action scenes and yet I do not constantly have to mess with the volume to hear what is being said and avoid having my ears blown out, respectively. Why is this remarkable again

[affairesasuivre]

Analog Africa No.1 - THE GREEN ARROWS, 4-Track Recording Session Tracks 1 to 10; Part One (1974-75) Chipo Chiroorwa LP. Track 11 to 20; Part Two (1976-79) Waka Waka Selection. All tracks originally recorded and released in Zimbabwe. Undoubtedly the most important musical act to emerge from Zimbabwe in the 1970s, the Green Arrows transmuted the widespread social upheaval of their homeland into hopeful, rhythmic, political, experimental music. This extraordinarily progressive group took the country by storm, fusing the different rhythms of the region into one unique and ebullient sound. The Green Arrows were the first Zimbabwean band to record an LP (released in February 1976) - a milestone in Zimbabwean music history. Also their song ‘Musango Mune Hangaiwa’ still holds the record for the longest stay at number1 in the Zimbabwean charts (4 months).

At the start of the 1970s the Green Arrows were merely the best bar band in all of Zimbabwe. By decade’s end, they had achieved a level of fame previously unheard of in the country. The band’s mercurial bassist and lead singer, Zexie Manatsa, became the patriarch of a flourishing musical scene in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia. When he got married in 1979, an estimated 60,000 guests showed up for the wedding, held in Rufaro Stadium in Harare, with Oliver Mtukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo amongst the performers.

https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/4-track-recording-session

The Green Arrows, discovered by South African producer West Nkosi, had become the tightest, funkiest band around. The music was branded ‘wha wha (= beer) music’ as it got people to consume vast amounts of beer. The Arrows’ unique sound managed to be intensely danceable and catchy, yet breezy and laid-back at the same time. Guitar riffs sparkle like stars throughout each of these three-minute-long compositions. The rhythm section is flawless and the mellow, stoned vocals perfectly convey the band’s overarching message: ‘Forget your troubles for a little while and dance with your fellow human beings - something great might come of it’. This is music to get lost inside, hypnotic and gently percussive, utterly irresistible and addictive. The twenty tracks on this CD, collected here by Analog Africa’s Samy Ben Redjeb and all painstakingly re-mastered, vividly illustrate the Arrows’ rise to greatness. Divided into two parts, the first of which is culled from the Chipo Chiroorwa LP (1974) and features material from 1974 and 1975, and the second of which, called Waka Waka Selection combines singles recorded between 1976 and 1979. The accompanying 24-page booklet (edited by renowned critic Banning Eyre) frames the music in the proper historical context, with a full detailed discography and numerous rare photographs. 'A treasure.’ - BBC Music Online 'Contagiously danceable CD’ - The Independent on Sunday 'Terrific low-fidelity recordings … dance grooves that set the stage for the future of southern African pop. - Chicago Tribune 'Timeless stuff. - Downbeat **** 'All modern popular music in Zimbabwe owes a certain debt to the first Zimbabwean group to record an LP there, and so this first edition in Analog Africa’s series is particularly timely.’ - AllAboutJazz 'Lost ‘70s Zimbabwean Afro-rock that’ll make you grin. Guitarist Stanley Manatsa’s wah-wah is just plain nasty.’ - Spin **** 'A model compilation with excellent notes that put the music in context and even convey the personalities of the artists.’ - Afropop Worldwide 'A treasure trove of melody, a crucial, lovingly assembled look back at one of the more fascinating and somewhat forgotten groups in African history.’ - Global Rhythm créditsparu le 30 mars 2007 Bass, Lead Vocals - Zexie Manatsa Lead Guitar - Stanley Manatsa Rhythm Guitar - Fulton Chikwati Bass, Rhythm Guitar - Givas Bernard Drums - Raphael Mboweni Guest Vocals - Wilfred Nyomi Original recordings licensed from Gallo Record Company All songs published by Gallo Music Publishers All tracks produced by West Nkosi for Mavuthela Music Division Mastering by Peter Pearson

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Visit Original Link

Oliver Mtukudzi - Right Direction (1989)

One of the greats of Zimbabwean music - this track appeared on the soundtrack to the film Jit, a wonderfully joyous and funny movie from 1990.

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thomas mapfumo – shumba

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Don Letts with Burning Spear and Thomas Mapfumo at Island Records 1990

Adrian Boot 📸

#weaderasta

[ms2253]

"In 1972 black people rarely featured in the country's white-owned official newspapers, unless, perhaps, they were a dead "terrorist". However, Dr Footswitch's performance prompted The Rhodesia Herald to print the picture of their guitar player, Manu Kambani, on the front page along with the screaming sentence "Jimi Hendrix is dead but Manu is alive". With his ability to mimic the mesmerising antics of Jimi Hendrix Manu had impressed everybody and the editor of the paper couldn't resist printing the story. Heavy criticism from conservative whites followed, accusing the Herald of "lowering the standards." But the coverage turned Manu into an emblematic figure in Harare, one of Salisbury's oldest townships, and would influence many youngsters to form their own musical groups. Those bands began fusing Rock music, Congolese Rumba, South African Mbaqanga, soul and traditional beats into an underground music movement that would shape the future of Zimbabwean sound and challenge the colonial establishment."

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

Chiiko Chinotinetsa - Thomas Mapfumo & The Acid Band

Hypnotic chimurenga energy

1970's

A raw blend of Shona rhythms, circular guitar lines and warm percussion — Chiiko Chinotinetsa shows Mapfumo’s sound taking form.

Artist biography on Discogs.

[radiophd]

thomas mapfumo & the blacks unlimited -- hwahwa

[playwrongs]

I think strange horrible things should stop befalling my friends

[catastrophespouse]

I think strange wonderful things should start befalling my friends

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[inefekt]

Milky Way rising at Baladjie Rock, Western Australia