Month: May 2019

The achievements of the Black man in the fields of science and technology will remain a testament to the ingenuity of the Black race. Our contributions to the betterment of humanity are our defense when others refer to us as “burdens”.

Source: Black Man Who Invented The Telegraphone, Artificial Incubator & 50 Other Inventions [Grandville Woods]

Celia Cruz is the legend of all legends; the Queen of Salsa, La Guarachera de Cuba, an icon of Afro-Latinidad. We all know her for classic hits like “La Vida es Un Carnaval” and “Guantanamera” but she’s the icon we inherited from the last generation.

Source: we are mitú

Society is made of narrative like the Matrix is made of code. Identity, language, etiquette, social roles, opinions, ideology, religion, ethnicity, philosophy, agendas, rules, laws, money, economics, jobs, hierarchies, politics, government, they’re all purely mental constructs which exist nowhere outside of the mental noises in our heads. If I asked you to point to your knee you could do so instantly and wordlessly, but if I asked you to point to the economy, for example, the closest you could come is using a bunch of linguistic symbols to point to a group of concepts. To show me the economy, you’d have to tell me a story.

Source: Society Is Made Of Narrative. Realizing This Is Awakening From The Matrix. – Sustainable Human

In Washington, the police will stand around and watch you beat somebody up and they can’t arrest you.

Source: Mutual Combat Law Lets People Have Consensual fights Cops Referee

Detroit’s all male Loyola High School recently announced that every 2019 graduating senior has been accepted into a two-year or four-year college. The high school, which is a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, nurtures a culture of hope and academic success for young men challenged by an urban environment and prepares them to be…

Source: Detroit male high school maintains 100% college acceptance for 9 years in a row – Rolling Out

New Haven, CT — Lolade Siyonbola, a Yale student who was questioned by police for ‘sleeping while Black’ in her dorm, has recently earned her master’s degree in African studies with a discipline area of sociology. She is set to continue her doctoral studies at Cambridge University in the UK.

Source: Yale Student Guilty of ‘Sleeping While Black’ Graduates and Heads To Another Prestigious University

In honor of Malcolm X’s legacy, his daughters Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz and Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz are launching a new retail line and online site. The line currently includes sweatshirts, sweatpants, hoodies, t-shirts, athletic slippers, hats and pillows with artwork being added soon.

Source: Malcolm X’s Daughters Launched A New Clothing Line In His Honor – BOTWC

A former member of a South African-based mercenary group revealed in a not-so-shocking confession that he and the group tried to purposely infect Black South Africans with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s.

The claims were made known via a new documentary entitled Cold Case Hammarskjöld, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in the US. Jones said he worked as an intelligence officer with the SA Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR) which orchestrated coups and violence in Africa.

According to The Guardian, Jones claims that SAIMR leader Keith Maxwell had a “racist, apocalyptic obsession with HIV/Aids.”

Source: Post | A Guide to what is happening in Africa | KiAfriqa