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WHY AFRICAN PARENTS NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER PAIN. WHY AFRICAN PARENTS NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER PAIN. In many African traditionsa name was never just a label. It was a story.A prayer.A memory sealed into a personbefore they were old enough to understand it. And nowhere was this more powerfulthan after a difficult birth. When aContinue reading “WHY AFRICAN PARENTS NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER PAIN.”

AFOR FRIDAY: MAY YOUR CHI STAND AWAKE, MAY YOUR OFOR SPEAK TRUTH, AND MAY YOUR DESTINY NEVER LOSE ITS DIRECTION. AFOR FRIDAY: MAY YOUR CHI STAND AWAKE, MAY YOUR OFOR SPEAK TRUTH, AND MAY YOUR DESTINY NEVER LOSE ITS DIRECTION. As the earth receives the footsteps of another morning, I stand with a clear head,Continue reading “AFOR FRIDAY: MAY YOUR CHI STAND AWAKE, MAY YOUR OFOR SPEAK TRUTH, AND MAY YOUR DESTINY NEVER LOSE ITS DIRECTION.”

REDEMPTION SONG — THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG 🎸 REDEMPTION SONG — THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG In 1979, Bob Marley wrote Redemption Song, one of the most powerful freedom songs ever recorded. It became the closing track of his 1980 album Uprising. Unlike much of his reggae work, the best-known version features just Bob,Continue reading “REDEMPTION SONG — THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG”

HE WROTE IT IN SECRET FOR 27 YEARSTHIS LETTER SAVED SOUTH AFRICA HE WROTE IT IN SECRET FOR 27 YEARSTHIS LETTER SAVED SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 While in Robben Island prison, Mandela’s number was 46664. For 27 years he was not allowed to write freely. So he wrote in SECRET. What was in the letter? InContinue reading “HE WROTE IT IN SECRET FOR 27 YEARSTHIS LETTER SAVED SOUTH AFRICA”

THOMAS SANKARA: THE UPRIGHT MAN WHO DARED TO BE DIFFERENT. THOMAS SANKARA: THE UPRIGHT MAN WHO DARED TO BE DIFFERENT. 🇧🇫 He sold off luxury cars, rejected unnecessary privileges, reduced his own salary and challenged the idea that African leaders must live in luxury while their people struggle. His name was Captain Thomas Sankara, theContinue reading “THOMAS SANKARA: THE UPRIGHT MAN WHO DARED TO BE DIFFERENT.”