Blafrokan Curated
Akachineke AzubuikeThe first-ever official shortage on the Colorado River is expected to be announced on Monday, Aug. 16. A shortage will mean mandatory cutbacks to some users in the Southwest and offers a stark warning of what’s to...
Even if you’re not ready for the day, it cannot always be night.
“I—who have ‘gone the gamut’ from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new Black sun—am qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of...
BLAFROKANIFA or Ifa? Is There a Difference?
IFA is not an acronym as such. It is used in some cases by those who have organizations and recognize the easy association in a case where the language is not indigenous to the region where it may be encountered. Ifa is...
Baba IfaladeThe MindFK: Expected to “Persevere” in a Lifelong Abusive Relationship With Systemic Racism-Sexism
The “poise” & “grace” of Black women like the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson who are expected to “persevere”. Can we talk about this for a moment from a compassionate and mental health point...
Dr. A. Breeze HarperRestore Your African Walk and Posture for Wellbeing
When I returned from Ghana to the United States, I quickly realized how hunched over; and to be candid how much we mimicked cavemen in our walking and sitting. It was bit of an eye sore, until I mentally re-acclimated...
Sexual Intimacy and Pleasure. What Women Want Men to Know.
This is a very sensitive topic and I’m sharing it in hopes that the sexual conversations will become easier for us as a Black Collective without shame nor guilt. These are things that women want men to know but...
Kyra BarrAmerica’s Black Upper Class – Rich, Successful and Empowered
In the United States, African-Americans are more likely to live in poverty than any other ethnic group. But despite the country’s institutional racism, a Black elite has found success, thanks to a combination of...
May Day in Maiduguri. How We Can Help…
According to the Vanguard Newspaper in Nigeria, Internally displaced person camps in Borno State, Nigeria, are centers accommodating Nigerians who had been forced to flee their homes but remain within the...
Dr. Uwa Onyioha Osimiri2 Minutes 28 Seconds, Inspired by dr. YABA BLAY
Dear SiStar Yaba Blay, Inhale, exhale. That felt good; I needed that! We all did! Thank you for being authentic, demonstrating African integrity and Black self respect for the audience and those within your sphere...
Return Nana Yaa Asantewaa to Ghanian Currency. African Nations Honor Our Heroines.
Happy 65th Independence to Ghana! First human, mother of humanity, the African woman. She birthed, nurtured, educated, healed and lead whole nations into civilization. She modeled the fullness of womanhood to the world...
The Bible
The topic of the Bible came up in our Yoga class today. I feel that every individual is entitled to believe whatever they choose but a belief or faith does not equal fact, reality or anything that has actually...
Yirser Ra Hotep LawrenceReclaiming Our Rites to BE
This award-winning documentary from Ivory Coast follows a group of young men who undergo an ancient coming-of-age ceremony in a remote West African forest. Their spiritual tutor is struggling to preserve the tradition...
A Black History Month Dedication
Black History Month! Dedicated to honor people whose culture was taken away, whose spirituality was undermined, whose humanity was compromised. Black History Month, is dedicated to those whose labor was used to build a...
Those Who Practice African Traditional Religions are NOT Devil Worshippers!
In IFA, an ancient African Spiritual System of Belief and Action, we are educated to the fact that in this UnI verse, there are no Absolutes. This is the foundation of my next statement, which is this: IFA...
You Can’t
There's many things as a man you can do, Build mansions and pyramids and empires too. Spout wisdom or foolishness, all up to you. Be a king or a jester, your choice, that's true. But my beliefs are not within your...
ZenNwanyi: From Cursed and Condemned to Divine
You and I were never properly introduced, at least not in the ways of my ancestral Mothers who walked in knowing sacred science. From day one our acquaintance was tainted by “the curse” I inherited being born of you...
Changing My Line Name: My Kujichagulia Thoughts
2022.1.10 LINE NAME CHANGE From Poizon to EliiixZer: My Kujichagulia Thoughts To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) On Moonday, December...
iiiYansaje T. Muse222.9 The Mothership is the Future of Radio! BEAM UP!
I made contact but this was not the usual UFO. It was Unconventional Familiar and Otherworldly. Every so often, exactly what we need has a way of finding us, abducting us from the mundane and weighted reality to...