The cultures of people of color are either packaged for consumption or called upon to fill cultural and spiritual voids of Eurocentrism.
Michael Vavrus
I just read this on one of my favourite blogs The Educated Field Negro and to be honest it blew my mind, becuase it explained what I have been thinking for years
“If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
— James Baldwin
Instructions: 26 Characteristics of Great Leaders
By Zion – University of KMT
1) Study, master the fundamentals of every area of life and living.
2) Be clear on principles. Never straddle the fence. Never sell your soul. Set high standards. In doing so, you will be better able to know how to deal with others, various people and in various situations.
3) Seriously understand what you are up against. Know what time it is, what conditions you face, what you have and what they have. Prepare meticulously. African people have generally not taken revolution seriously, nor have we taken seriously what must be done to correct our historic problem.
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The Odu Ifa teaches that the point of life is to become God; we only become God through sharing.
(below is a medieval bronze plaque from the Benin Empire in modern Nigeria. The Benin Empire (who referred to themselves as Edo) was a sister civilization to the Yoruba. This plaque depicts the Oba (king) and citizens sharing food brought back by the hunters. While the Oba holds on to the dangerous horns, the citizens hold on to various parts of the animal)
via https://www.facebook.com/pages/IFA-Yoruba-Scientific-Spirituality
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