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Today, HEPICAT, a new clothing line of radical Afrofuturist streetwear launched its official website. Hepicat is the creation of New Orleans based artist-educator Dane Verret, and it’s sooo much mo…

Heyyo! My clothing line, Hepicat got featured by international music & arts blog Ignite the Sound! Peep the story here. Spread the word!

Gola Glyph: Hepicat/Hipi

"One who stays woke."

"This Soul, Body, Mind is woke to the world."

Hepicat represents a conscious, active individual or community. In this sense, consciousness is an awareness of the individual/communities reality. This person is woke to their political/cultural/economic conditions but not broken by them.

Hepicat is an aware state of mind, that is not easily overwhelmed or broken.

Hepicat is a sharp state of mind, that brings a calm, levelheaded approach when taking action.

Hepicat is the Warrior's mentality.

Pictured in the photo: The Treme Brass Band in the French Quarter Market.

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Gola Glyph: Griot/Jeg-na/Jali The symbol has two interpretations: 1. This is a teacher dressed in the robes and mask of a mystic 2. This is the house of an oracle/teacher/guide projecting light from the top of a mountain. Griot symbolizes someone who leads you into a period of transformation and self-actualization. Griot represents the master educator, not the expert--so people who have mastered the act of teaching/mentoring/transferring knowledge. Pictured in the photo: A Scribe Called Quess, a young Griot from New Orleans, LA. Stay Woke. Learn more here: We Hepicat

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Gola Glyph: 'Huru - "This presence liberates/The Big Spirit Liberates" Huru is The Big Spirit, your soul at its most vulnerable and generous--thus, free and iberated. Huru represents our transformation into culture warriors, who protect and promote community uplift. Huru represents a union between a liberating presence and creative mind. Pictured in the photo: The African Spirit Fi Yi Yi riding the shoulders of the Chief of the Mandingo Warriors, New Orleans, LA Help me launch Hepicat! Spread the word about my project! Pre-order your shirt or a print here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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I decided to re-imagine maps through my own African aesthetic. This is one of the prints you could receive for Ssupporting Hepicat's start-up. I really want to make this company take flight. Pre-order your shirt or print here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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In case you wanted some clues about where your story could begin.

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What's the language on the Scroll? Gola, an Afro-Diasporic language that will express the proverbs and memory of African people in Louisiana. These are the symbols you see on Hepicat designs. The Gola Language is Afrofuturist: it proposes a new language for African-descended people to write in as an alternative to those of Europe. The Gola Language is Pan-African in its origin and genealogy. I'm creating this language to openly defy the violence of the many African slave trades, colonization, and Black miseducation in the diaspora. Where Black folk were once robbed of languages, we created our own. Patois, Creole, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop. Through Gola I'm building on that history. Stay Woke.

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Me. Hepicat = Know. Learn. Do. Help us launch! Pre-order your shirt here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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Queen - Downtown New Orleans, LA. Hepicat. Pan-African streetwear imported from New Orleans. Help us launch! Pre-order your shirt here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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Brandon - Downtown New Orleans, LA. Hepicat, a pan-African, Afrofuturist Streetwear Company. Imported from New Orleans Help us launch! Pre-order your shirt here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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A Scribe Called Quess - Congo Square, New Orleans, LA. Hepicat. Stay Woke. Help us launch! Pre-order your shirt here: http://www.gofundme.com/hepicat

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Rhyme from goree island to gulf coasts and beyond write poems on a shield cause a war is on and my chorus the sea cause thats where i was born c-section from a raincloud imma lightning baby stared into the sun, saw that his eye was lazy hit a growth spurt, now i pick skyscrapers like daises

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