Blafrokan Curated
Akachineke Azubuike
Looking for a one-pot meal you can serve with greens over rice, or perhaps eat with injera? This meal is worth making and it serves up to 8. If that’s too much you can freeze some of it for a future leftover meal...
Category - Lifestyle
BLAFROKAN
Liberation Prayer
1. PRAYER OF LIBERATION: For anyone whom I have knowingly or unknowingly hurt in my lifetime. I sincerely pray for all the individuals whom I have knowingly or unknowingly hurt in my life. I ask that the content and...
View The Right Thing: June 15th Screening
Erik Killmonger, tragic villain or hero gone rogue? Black Panther, lost revolutionary or hero? “Black Panther” speaks to our global African reality and fantasies of possibility: Wakanda. The...
From Slave Food To Soul Enriching Food
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Pan Africa Food Festival
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Reality Check: Black Men & Depression
Black Ink Chicago may be a TV show, however things got real on lasts night’s episode with cast member Phor who viewers may be shocked to find out is battling deep depression. Usually the show is filled with organized...
AKOBEN INSTITUTE Celebrates 20 Academic Years!
In August 1999 Ena Yaa and Mwalimu Baruti began homeschooling their daughter because there was not an Afrikan centered high school in their area. Little did they know that this would be the beginning of Akoben...
Mwalimu K. Bomani Baruti
Embracing Grief
Surrendering to your sorrow has the power to heal the deepest of wounds For many people, grief is an option. Looking at my own life, I realized it is a matter of life and death. In fact, throughout my life, grief has...
I’m Still A Woman
According to reliable sources, Black Women are more likely to have abortions, more so than any other American women. Is there a reason why Black women are more likely to find themselves unwilling and ‘unable’ to have...
Carol Cummings, Ph.D.
Kebuka! International Day Of Remembrance
Greetings Family, As a people, no one should ever be more important to us than Our Ancestors. They are our heart and soul, our timeless wisdom, our divine connection, the very center of our existence. They reflect the...