Sepia

"to impart a warm tone and enhance the qualities of black and white" used literally to describe a particular style of photography...figuratively to impart a more connected engagement of the senses, recognizing beauty throughout the spectrum of black and brown brought to attention by a keen eye.

[modelsof-color]

Essence Taylor by Marco Lessi for Marie Claire Italia Magazine December 2025

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Sudanese Beauty by Leopold Karl Müller (1834 - 1892)

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“No matter how cute you are, a warrior mindset must always exist within you so that you can awaken the solar plexus strength (chi) to not give up during the adversity or resistance that will surely come. In other words, pretty only goes so far. That next level often requires your fierceness.”

— India Ame’ye, Author

[eatmangoesnekkid]

#sekhmet, the melody of love

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Salvador por Djully Badu, 2021

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Três Orixás por Djanira da Motta e Silva, 1966. 

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Iman and Imaan Hammam for Vogue Arabia March 2018 by Patrick Demarchelier

[lamusenoire]

The Legendary Coco Mitchell

[eatmangoesnekkid]

True masculine energy can never be toxic. It can only be deeply loving and deeply supportive and in service to the feminine who pours into it. Masculine energy is service-oriented, pure, and so full of love in deed and action.—India Ame‘ye, Author

[onebluebookworm]

How to Support Your Library in the Wake of Rising Fascism

We are all aware that libraries across the United States are under attack. Here are some ways you can help.

We are all aware that libraries across the United States are under attack. Thanks to groups like Moms for Liberty and other outspoken “concerned citizens,” there has been actual legislative action at multiple levels of government to limit what libraries can do and provide to their communities. Even in the places where there hasn’t been that kind of action, those same concerned citizens have mounted acts of intimidation to instill fear and block access...In light of this, I’ve heard many iterations of the same question: how can we help? What do libraries and library staff need right now?

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㋡🥀

[hoodoogardens]

McLeod Plantation Slave Quarters © Beverly Christ, 2009

Charleston, South Carolina

I used to have an aversion to the Bible and learning about anything that had to do with American slave trade mainly due to HOW we are taught or shown it.

The more i work with my ancestors, the less shame, and frustration i feel. Instead, i feel pure fire to uncover the very many secrets that are the source of our black American culture as well as Hoodoo.

No one can remove the source of Hoodoo, and pretend its something that is not. There is only power within the truth.

[hoodoogardens]

Untitled, Sharecroppers, South Carolina (1965) by Constantine Manos

[hoodoogardens]

Indian Herb Store. Harlem, New York. 1952 by Gordon Parks