Ta Ankh's World

[blackbarbiedollxo]

Angel energy ✨

[nappy-by-nature]

Bubble Pony Tails

[josefadamu]

OBAASIMA (2020) 

Accra, Ghana 

A Sunday School narrative.

Featuring Christel Kattlestroth

Photography by Carlos Idun-Tawiah

Directed by Josef Adamu

Produced by Ekow Barnes

Styled by Akweah

[taankhsrealhoodoo]

[ithelpstodream]

“You might think that your hair looks pretty fly, but chances are it’s nothing compared to the Amasunzu. It’s a traditionally Rwandan hairstyle that was once worn by men, as well as by unmarried women in order to indicate to potential suitors that they were single and of marriageable age.”

[ifaabeyo]

at Queens, New York https://www.instagram.com/p/CEB-lGyJ04z/?igshid=hqjpygy5hkb

[fyblackwomenart]

“Gap-Tooth Psychedelic” by Karl SchulschenkT

[thrdnarrative]

UGANDA. Fort Portal. 2019. A piece of everyday life for shoemakers stationed on a dark road. © Random Institute

[janeforest]

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[hagjul]

Oluchi Onweagba

[modelsof-color]

Adut Akech at British Fashion Awards 2019

[sridevi]

BLACK IS KING (2020), dir. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

[basedskin]

[chrissongzzz]

Guys this is Really Really Important….

Keep your Stick in your Pants….

Not all that Glitters is Gold….

[igotthemusic]

They exist in Haiti. Thats how my great great great grandfather died.

[11-11-1992]

Wait hold on someone explain this to me I’m so lost lol

[smilephia]

The belief is Haiti is that certain women can live under water and will lived there for years… These women are extremely beautiful and men being men can’t stay away from a good looking women are seduce and then dragged under water and are never to be seen again… My great grandmother was one of these women… One day her mother sent her to go get water from the river and she never came back 10 years later they see her come up the road in all white with beautiful jewelry all around her body sing up a storm.. When her family asked her where she was she told them she was under water… thats the story my grandma always use to tell me growing up

[smilephia]

11-11-1992

[boihedonist-deactivated20171216]

Wow

[sharea]

Sounds like daughters of Yoruba goddess

[lonewolfchick420]

I love African and African Diasporan mythology.

[thepinkcornmoon-deactivated2018]

we call them “river mumma” in Jamaica

[black-stoners]

I NEED MORE MYTHOLOGY INVOLVING BLACK CULTURES IN THE DIASPORA.

[everythingwealwayswere]

We call the “mammi water” in Nigeria

[taankh]

[alwaysbewoke]

How so? For starters.

American finance grew on the back of slaves

Economic Consequences of Segregation

GI Bill: White male affirmative action program

Predatory Lending in Black Communities and Black Wealth

African-Americans With College Degrees Are Twice As Likely to Be Unemployed as Other Graduates

America’s giant wealth disparity is driven by a history of racist redlining

Black Graduates From Top Colleges Face Discrimination In Job Search, Salaries

A Black College Student Has The Same Chances Of Getting A Job As A White High School Dropout

40 Acres and a Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 Trillion Today—What the U.S. Really Owes Black America

Racial Bias and Interstate Highway Planning

Race, Opportunity and Uneven Development in Urban America

Racial Bias in Hiring: Black Sounding Names vs White Sounding Names but please white people, tell me how you’re the true targets of racism.

[perfectlyimp3rf3ct]

This is real. I’m telling you.

[wildlyunlikelybabe]

“But you guys get affirmative action” - white people. Affirmative action still ain’t better than your white privilege.

[alwaysbewoke]

white people want to talk about affirmative action? let’s talk about it then. 

so please…

[ephemeraldesiderata]

You just think it’s a coincidence that POC all across the nation just happen to live in under funded and ignored communities? White people are just naturally what, better at making money? Lol bye. Educate yourself. Re blogging for all those dope ass sources.

[mymilkprince]

All these links are broken.

Can someone please relink them?

[alwaysbewoke]

American finance grew on the back of slaves https://norbertobarreto.blog/2014/03/14/american-finance-grew-on-the-back-of-slaves/

African-Americans With College Degrees Are Twice As Likely to Be Unemployed as Other Graduates https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/african-americans-with-college-degrees-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-unemployed-as-other-graduates/430971/

A Black College Student Has The Same Chances Of Getting A Job As A White High School Dropout https://archive.thinkprogress.org/a-black-college-student-has-the-same-chances-of-getting-a-job-as-a-white-high-school-dropout-b7639607fdf1/

all the other links are working just fine. carry on. 

[hip-hop4real-blog1]