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AAVE

In honor of the 100 year anniversary of Black History Month, I want to give a head nod to AAVE, though I prefer the term Ebonics.

Waist Beads: History, Spirit, and Sacred Continuity in African & African American Culture Waist beads are far more than adornment. Across Africa and throughout the African diaspora, they function as spiritual tools, cultural markers, and living vessels of ancestral veneration. Their history is deeply intertwined with ritual, identity, protection, and power. This post explores theContinue reading “WAISTED”

All About Perspective

The idea of the term #Blakward came to a few years ago. Since then, what it was going to be has taken on many forms through countless ideas and frustrations, doubts, revisions and all the other manic emotions you can think of. When I was trying to mold my idea into something that is absolutelyContinue reading “All About Perspective”