Happy 75th Birthday, @octaviaebutler. Your gifts, wisdom, and undeniable practice of Kujichagulia (self-determination) continue to guide our daily actions. May you rest in power. Portrait reposted from @seanbodley Swipe to explore Octavia E. Butler's Parable of The Sower, Parable of the Talents, Wild Seed, and the rest of the Patternist series. Graphics reposted from @theportalist. #octaviabutler #juneteenth #godischange #ParableoftheSower #ParableOfTheTalents #Wildseed #ThePatternistSeries #Fledgling #Kindred #BookTVAdaptions #OctaviaEButler #ancestors #ancestorwisdom #Kujichagulia #octaviatried#Afrofuturism #SistahScifi // @hachetteus @orbitbooks_us @grandcentralpub @penguinrandomhouse @librofm (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfG8dKjLWv7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=