On this day 1816, Bussa’s Rebellion began. Enslaved Africans in Barbados battled against the British for freedom.

Source:-Crimes of Britain    ‏@crimesofbrits    Revolutionary Eye:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussa’s_Rebellion

Do you ever see someone really fine walking down the street and you make brief eye contact and they look away but for the next 10 minutes you play out what your entire potential romance could have been like with‪#‎baewhodidntknowhewasbae‬? Because I do that all of the damn time LOL!‪#‎singlehomegurls‬ ‪#‎nowletsgetinformation‬

The Photography of Malick Sidibé (b. 1935/6)

Malick Sidibé is a Malian photographer and one of the most prominent African photographers of the 20th century. He is known especially well for his photographs of nightlife in Bamako, the capital of Mali, in the 1960s and 70s, and has an extensive catalog of photographs which capture the exuberant life of young Malians in the years after independence. The energy and power captured in Sidibé’s photographs is undeniable. His studio work is also exceptional, and Studio Malick in Bamako was known to be more relaxed, laid back and fun than that of other photographers at the time. That relaxed, young, exuberant air is reflected in how his subjects present in his incredible photographs.

With the increase in international attention for African photography in the 90s, Sidibé’s work- along with that of Seydou Keïta, another giant in Malian photography and African photography at large- rose to international prominence. His work has now been exhibited in The United States, Europe and Japan. In 2005 he won the Hasselblad Award for Photography and has won numerous other prizes as well internationally. A documentary film was made of his life titled, Dolce Vita Africana, and you can view it here. 

His work is constantly touring internationally, so check online and at your local museums for viewing opportunities. He is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, Afronova Gallery in Johannesburg and Fifty One Fine Art Photography in Antwerp. Any opportunity to see his work is highly recommended, as Sidibé has had an incredible impact on many photographers to this day, myself included. 

An Interview (Excerpt) with Malick Sidibé

[Malick Sidibé, Image by antoine tempé via CXNegra]

Bamako nights

At night, from midnight to 4 am or 6 am, I went from one party to another. I could go to four different parties. If there were only two, it was like having a rest. But if there were four, you couldn’t miss any. If you were given four invitations, you had to go. You couldn’t miss them.

I’d leave one place, I’d take 36 shots here, 36 shots there, and then 36 somewhere else, until the morning. Sometimes I would come back to parties where there had been a lot of people.

Afterwards I had to develop the photos and print them out. Sometimes, right up to 6 in the morning, I would be at the enlarger. For the 6 x 6 films there was a contact printer, but the 24 x 36 had to be enlarged.

So you had about 300 or 400 photos to print out. You could work in the morning, but, by Tuesday, the photos had to be ready for display. The proofs were pinned up outside my studio. Lots of people would come and point themselves out. “Look at me there! I danced with so-and-so! Can you see me there?”

Even if they didn’t buy the photo, they would show it to their friends. That was enough for them. They had danced with a certain girl, and that was enough. I wasn’t happy, though. I wanted them to buy these photos!

Source of interview text: Lens Culture via CXNegra : Transcribed from the video produced by Jerome Sother for www.gwinzegal.com. Recorded in Rouen, 2008.

Malick Sidibé passed away this week. We have truly lost a legend. 

Rest in Power

Have you been keeping up with the #LimitlessAfricans takeover of the @dynamicafrica IG feed this week? Look at the beautiful quilt of LGBTQ Africans we’re making :). Tomorrow is the last day of the takeover so follow @dynamicafrica on ~the gram~ if you haven’t already! ✨✨💖💖 #LimitlessAfricans #dynamicafrica

It was such a pleasure cohosting the #DynamicAfrica takeover of the @dynamicafrica IG feed this week! If you haven’t already - follow dynamicafrica on IG to get a recap of the past week and to get plugged into their amazing curated content for a lifetime :) ✨✨✨

So @dynamicafrica is already one of my favorite tumblr blogs and IG feeds so this week was just incredible getting to do a #limitlessafricans takeover of one of the best curated feeds on the web! If you haven’t already definitely follow @dynamicafrica on IG to see the takeover from the past week and to get connected to all of their amazing content from here on out. U won’t regret it ☺️☺️✨💖

How future felt when he heard panda! This hoe is funny🐼

I swore up and down this was future song until my boyfriend told.

I LITERALLY thought this was a Future song until last week.

I was wondering if this would go online. I watched the entire House of Commons committee on Indigenous healthcare crises in Canada by First Nations leaders a few days ago. Dr. Michael Kirlew’s testimony on healthcare for indigenous communities was the most eye opening and chilling speech.

Everyone should listen to this. Its less than 5 minutes.

Because we need it.

Cristina De Middel: This is What Hatred Did (Nigeria)

This is epically beautiful work. See the complete series here.  Also the author of the brilliant Afronaughts series. 

Project Description by Artist:

In the sixities a 5 year old Nigerian kid´s village was attacked by soldiers. His mother had left him home alone and he had to run away   escaping the bombs and the fire. He saved his life entering the Bush, this magical territory where no humans are allowed and where all the Yoruba spirits live and fight. Our kid spent  30 years lost in the Bush trying to find his way back home  amongst the spirits and the dead. He got married two times, became a king, a god and a slave, a cow,  a jar, a horse, a goat, ate gold, silver and bronze, snakes and snails, he fought 2 wars and was sentenced to death half a dozen times… all that  in just 100 pages. Amos Tutuola wrote “ My life in the bush of ghosts” in 1964 and then had to leave the country to escape the violent reactions to a book that would open in the exilium, a new path for contemporary African narrative. The story is told by the 5 year old kid in a very basic, direct, naive and repetitive style that only children master, but manages to convey the magical and absurd reality that war and religion added to the Nigerian reality. The series  “ This is what hatred did” (Mysterious last sentence of the book) aims to provide an illustrated contemporary version of this story adapting the characters, the space and the ambient to the actual situation of the country. The Bush is  now the Lagosian neighborhood of Makoko, a floating slum with its own rules, commanded by Kings and community leaders. A place where no logic seems to prevail and that is equally forbidden for those who do not belong. With the conviction that contemporary issues should be described in a way that includes the agent´s traditions, perspectivas, fears and hopes, this series documents the enhanced reality of one of the most iconic places in Nigeria according to the always dramatic media.

Help Angel Survive

Hola, My name is Angel-Gabrielle Amado I am 19 years of age undocuqueer southern revolutionary grassroots abolitionist and in need of emergency survival assistance because capatalism has taken everything from me housing, transportation, food and I won’t allow it to take my peace of mind . I currently reside in Atlanta Georgia with constant unstable housing and unstable work due. I suffer from bipolar disorder and severe depression as a result of many intersections of my life which makes it hard for me to have stable housing and income because sometimes I’m just not able to do it. This fundraiser will go towards food, permenant shelter, mental health care and other basic needs until I am able to support myself fully. I also am dedicated to sharing my funds with other queer black undocumented comrades in the same struggle as me because Ubuntu I am because we are. Also I am also accepting non money donations such as food and toiliteries if you are in the Atlanta area. Thank you so much for everything and without each one of you I couldn’t make it. Muchas Gracias

Any help goes a long way, stand in solidarity with Angel https://www.youcaring.com/angel-amado-554760#.Vw6imMv94Rc.facebook

United we rise, Divided we fall.

Come Watch With Me: Ibeyi delivers an outstanding performance in the video for their spiritual song “Barasu Ayo.”

Shout out to my sister Audre for bringing this beautiful and powerful performance to my attention.

If you got your life from “Barasu Ayo” be sure to read “10 Small Steps You Can Take Today to Start Creating a Pro-Black Latinx Culture” bi Prof. Alan Lopez (PBUD) and get your life x 2. 

Stay blessed.

Was 17 years old, 1st Black Panther Party recruit as well as the 1st Panther assassinated by the cops.

oo my gawd

Xxx ghchjbbvv

#OurThreeBrothers : Taha Omar, Adam Mekki and Muhannad Tairab

As you all know, on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016  these boys were tragically and gruesomely murdered execution style in their hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

As expected the cops do not think they were victims of a hate crime (even though these boys were African immigrants and Muslims). There hasn’t been any updates on their murder.

A message from their cousin @hanzahara   

Hello, My name is Zaharah Izadine Idriss. I have been following you for a very long and I noticed that sometimes you share things to bring awareness. I never thought I will be asking this but recently two of my cousins and their friend were killed for no apparent reason. My cousins did not have any enemies, they were good people but they were killed in the most brutal fashion. I started a gofundme.com campaign for them and also a launchgood.com campaign. I ask you to please share these links with your many followers. It has been a week since they were killed yet they received little to no attention. I am including some links to news articles so you are not blindly sharing something.

  http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Sister-of-Fort-Wayne-shooting-victim-speaks-out-about-her-brother-s-life2016-03-01T05-58-38

http://wane.com/2016/02/26/3-victims-found-in-lewis-street-home-killed-execution-style/       http://wane.com/2016/02/26/former-youth-center-worker-remembers-two-murder-victims/

Family support & a youth center

A portion of your donations will help Taha, Adam, and Muhannad’s family and a portion will help fund a youth safe community service center and gathering place dedicated to Taha, Adam and Muhannad. Nothing we do can bring them back, but it is our hope that if we can create a safe gathering place for the youth we can prevent similar future tragedies.

To help and learn more, CLICK HERE

What They Did Yesterday Afternoon

by Warsan Shire

they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who use to love me tried to ‘okay’ my voice i said hello he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened? i’ve been praying, and these are what my prayers look like; dear god i come from two countries one is thirsty the other is on fire both need water. later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere.

i spent part of today covered in gold glitter and i felt like a ray of sunshine ✨

Fuck it up

BITCH YES! YASSSSSSSS!!!! SLAY ME! KILL ME!! RIP MY SILK BONNET!!!! POUR MY JOJOBA OIL IN THE SEWER!! 

LMAOOOO i sweatergawd this is the best compliment i’ve ever received

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