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“This Bitter Earth” from Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep (1977)
On May 25th, 1963, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The OAU was disbanded in 2002 in favor of the African Union, by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki. Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie I served as the OAU’s first chairperson. The OAU was founded by 32 independent African countries.
To mark the 50th anniversary of this organization, African and international leaders and heads of state will convene in the newly built AU headquarters (built by China) in the Ethiopian capital where the AU’s golden jubilee is being commemorated on the theme: “’Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance”.
Read a more in-depth analysis of the birth of the OAU by Cameron Duodu.
"So you protected yourself and loved small. Picked the tiniest stars out of the sky to own; lay down with head twisted in order to see the loved one over the rim of the trench before you slept. Stole shy glances at her between the trees at chain-up. Grass blades, salamanders, spiders, woodpeckers, beetles, a kingdom of ants. Anything bigger wouldn’t do. A woman, a child, a brother - a big love like that would split you wide open in Alfred, Georgia. He knew exactly what she meant: to get a place where you could love anything you chose - not to need permission for desire - well now, that was freedom."
Toni Morrison, Beloved (via whateveryourcuoredesires)
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guerrilla mama medicine: a form of meditation for those who have a problem sitting down and breathing and watching your thoughts
i have this practice that i do. where i write by hand whatever thoughts come to my mind. i write fast. and i dont censor. i write to do lists, and really horrible judgements about others, and a bunch of whiny stuff, and anger and sadness and self pity and the light in the bedroom, and the sound of…
Director Euzhan Palcy from Martinique.
Roots (1987) Elizabeth Catlett
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Trailer from the 1920 silent film, Within Our Gates, directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the hardships blacks faced in Jim Crow America. The subject matter was so controversial at the time, that the film was severely edited. Most prints were destroyed, and the film was considered lost for 70 years until a lone print was discovered in a Spanish archive. Within Our Gates is believed to be the earliest surviving film directed by an African-American filmmaker. The full version of the film is available online.
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