Chiburui

Slap
No more than a breath
the extension of my hand
leaves hearts asunder

Chiburui – “shaking off the blood” in the Japanese martial art of iaidō

Success

“Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama

First Forget Inspiration

“First forget Inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit is persistence in practice.” – Octavia Butler

“To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.” ~ John Henrik Clarke

We Stand On The Shoulders

Benjamin Elijah Mays, an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader, is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the Civil Rights Movement. Mays taught and mentored: Martin Luther King Jr, Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson and others.

BLACK MASSACRES

The brutal and indiscriminate slaughter of people, albeit Black, Lives Matter. Colfax, Louisiana (1873) Wilmington, North Carolina (1898) Atlanta, Georgia (1906) Elaine, Arkansas (1919) Tulsa, Oklahoma (1921) Rosewood, Florida (1923)

African Americans

African Americans are an ethnic group with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. Today, those descendants continue to be treated as thought they are enslaved or part of the “American Economic Chain Gang.”

Bantu Knots

The Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa are believed to have migrated into the region roughly 2,000 years ago from western and central Africa. One of the first major civilizations in southern Africa was the mysterious kingdom of Great Zimbabwe.

Know Better Do Better

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou

1001 Men

“In this series of drawings, I [Ajuan M. Nance] push past entrenched stereotypes to create images of Black men that reflect the wonderful complexity of African American lives.”

Africa

Major Tribes in Africa with their approximate population (in millions).
Arab-100m
Berber-65m
Hausa-30m
Yoruba-30m
Oromo-30m
Igbo-30m
Fula-27m
Akan-20m
Amhara-20m
Somali-15-17m
Hutu-16m
Ijaw-14m
Mandinka-13m
Kongo-10m
Shona-10m
Zulu-10m

Chiburui

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