UHURU

  UHURU is an award-winning magazine that aims to promote innovation, creativity, and culture through the voice of marginalized students on the Kent State University campus. Having a history of pan-African teachings and values, UHURU magazine focuses on the plight of all students around the globe.  

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Students stood outside the Kiva on Tuesday evening to protest the well know speaker, Dr. Umar Johnson, as some of his widely known opinions offends both women and people of the LGBTQ community.

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"The problem is, with Black people, when we love ourselves so much, they call it hate," Dr. Umar Johnson. The Kent State Locs Organization brought Dr. Umar Johnson, well known for his appearance in the documentary sequel Hidden Colors, to speak Tuesday evening in the Kiva.

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Students of Kent State gathered together yesterday afternoon for a peaceful March and sit-in to stand in solidarity with the students in Missouri. #kent2mizzou

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Focus On the Future stands in solidarity with the students of Missouri after their event on Wednesday.

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The Queen of the 47th Annual Renaissance Ball, Kiara White, a Senior pan african studies major.

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Last night, at the 47th Annual Renaissance Ball JayLynn Harriston (on right), a Freshman sports administration major, was crowned princess! 

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Facade, visage, the veil

You’re the same book. The same pages. When I tried to read you I could not understand Read the same passages over and over Tried to make sense of you You’re the same book. You just have a different cover

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The face of last years edition, Young Troubled Minds, is putting out yet another project called “Short Daze Long Nights” (hence the title of the S.D.L.N. track on One Big Session). Yesterday they released the bonus track of the EP, called “6IX”. To no surprise, fans worldwide are already tuning in. The EP is set to release later this month.

Check out youngtroubledminds.com to stay updated.

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This weekend, we tagged along Mrs. Traci William's Fall 2015 class on their Michigan trip. We went to the Jim Crow Museum, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the Motown museum. This weekend was moving, inspiring, life-changing, and eye-opening to say the least.

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Oscar Ritchie Poetry Slam. Next one this Tuesday!

Photos by Doneisha Hawkins.

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Oscar Ritchie Poetry Slam. Next one this Tuesday!

Photos by Doneisha Hawkins.

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"Sojourneyed Da Truth" Poetry Slam in Oscar Ritchie. From top to bottom: Jakim, Alamad, Kahzar, Ephraim.

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Uhuru is very excited for the upcoming year!

Last year was a huge success for us! We put out a great magazine with amazing art, stories, and features that easily made its way around the entire campus. This year we have a new staff with a few returning members and from the looks of it, we can already tell that this year will be better than ever. We're so excited to see what this collective of minds is going to manifest in the near future. We have many goals for the 2015-2016 year starting with revamping our tumblr blog :)! We are also in the process of launching our online magazine/revamped website. We are SO excited for this!!! Along with the mentioned, without a doubt- we're working on our paper magazine as well that will be released at a later date. With the social and political movements of people of color, the cultural and cognitive expansion of collective consciousness, as well as the massive artistic wave sweeping our community as of right now, we are already overloaded with so many ranging story ideas that we can't wait to put out. Stay tuned :) this year is going to be one for the books... ....or magazines. Peace.

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Calling all of the Jazzed Up musicians, poets and artists of all sorts! TONIGHT! J-train auditions going on in room 114 in Oscar Ritchie right now til 9pm! #jtrain #UhuruHappenings #kentstate

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Hey Jazzy with Uhuru Mag! It's time to experience a new vibe at Kent! You got soul? Showcase your vibiest talent at our J Train event and audition MONDAY 10/20 7pm til 9pm in the Uhuru Magazine office rm 114 in Oscar Ritchie! #KentHC #UhuruHappenings

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Catch @sistercircleksu & @menkentstate downstairs on the 1st floor for the #KentHC! Are you coming to the tailgate?! Meet us at Dix stadium at tomorrow 12:30pm til 2pm #kentstate

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Get Jazzy with Uhuru Magazine at our #JTrain event! Sign ups are TOMORROW 7pm til 9pm We're looking for poets and singers to partake in a Jazz themed event. Want to participate? Contact us ASAP! #Uhurumag2015