I am writing this post to express my gratitude to Ama Ata Aidoo. Ama Ata Aidoo died on May 31, 2023. Gratitude can be grief. I am deeply indebted to Ama Ata Aidoo for how she repurposed the figure of the killjoy. Her novel, Our Sister Killjoy, published in 1977, was the first text to…
— Read on feministkilljoys.com/2023/06/05/a-joyous-killjoy-debt-to-ama-ata-aidoo/
errand #12
All the Black thinkers that have buoyed me.
What is Urgent and Necessary in Haiti – Jafrikayiti
Haiti’s real government did not self-dissolve; It got attacked and was overthrown by a US-led gang of racist imperialists who, subsequently, mobilized cholera-infested UN troops on the island to cover up their odious crime.
— Read on jafrikayiti.com/what-is-urgent-and-necessary-in-haiti/
a partner
a partner is someone you shared risk and reward
with you
with you i i forget
a partner is someone who knows and don’t
know you
with me
with me i i do too.
errand #11
Don’t cry because it happened, smile because it’s over.
i ran away
all i could see was death in my future
with you and your possessions
i was another doll another doll
so pretty and yet so still
talking to the wall
promise me
wake more
take more
shake more
fake more
promise me
to be free
promise me
that
Alum Jada-Amina Named Lead Curator of Black Harvest Film Festival
Alum Jada-Amina Named Lead Curator of Black Harvest Film Festival
— Read on www.saic.edu/news/jada-amina-named-curator-black-harvest-film-festivak
Conservation Protected Areas Are a Disaster for Indigenous People
Conservation Protected Areas Are a Disaster for Indigenous People
— Read on foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/01/western-nonprofits-african-rights-land/
errand #10
What I want is apology.
Aida Rends 