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27/06/2022

Amerikkka and UK

No one is free until we are all free.

All Power to The People ✊🏾

Words by the divine
🖤

13/05/2022

Friday is flying🔥🔥

Mr Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar

Look, right now I'm on my second listen and I think it's better than the first!

It's marinading in my soul.

Kendrick is back and on his genius prime s**t (in my humble opinion)...can't even discuss right now. Just processing.

Have you or are you listening?!
🔥💫

03/05/2022

I learned to love myself unconditionally,
Because I am a Queen
-

Black Girl Afro 💜👑💫

Art by

Come celebrate our crowns this Friday via the link in bio! 💛

27/04/2022

Celebrate Your Crown 👑
Exploring The Black Girl Afro 👩🏿‍🦱

Join on Fri 6th May at in conversation with the brilliant author of the newly released A Quick Ting On The Black Girl Afro!

With music and vibes courtesy of

Indulge in a powerful celebration of the versatility and diversity of Black women's natural hair: A Quick Ting On The Black Girl Afro explores the rich cultural history of Black Women's Afros, their influence on popular culture and the many ways in which Black women's natural hair is often politicised and judged.

Grab a ticket for you and a friend 🎟️ link in bio

📚 is a groundbreaking first ever non-fiction series dedicated to Black British culture. Created and curated by for . Check out this title and more via their website.

Books will be available to purchase on the night!

25/04/2022

It's Monday. But mentally I'm here. Alexa, play AfroBlue by Robert, Erykah, 9th & Phonte

Beautiful energy in these pieces by the exquisite
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24/04/2022

I have a life to garden.
a multiverse to wake from sleep.

—giants

Nayyirah Waheed

Art by

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22/04/2022

Never forgotten 🧡

This post feels so relevant today, on so many levels..reflecting on some poignant conversations I've had and listened to in the past 24hours.

Acknowledging and honouring the heavy load we carry through our work, and our existence in this society.

Together we can ease that burden.

We all have the power to make a difference.

U B U N T U

Stephen Lawrence Day 22 April 🤍

20/04/2022

New LOC X AQTO Event Alert!!

Join me on Fri 29 April in conversation with Rui Da Silva, author of the newly released A Quick Ting On Plantain from the brilliant series!!

A night of delicious conversation, with music and vibes from at the

Recognised as one of the most beloved fruits of the Black diaspora, Plantain holds profound value within cultures and communities it is a part of.

This concise and insightful book tracing the international history of Plantain, as well as delving into the contemporary issues including inflation, gentrification and it's social media community.

A celebratory look at how food, people and culture intersect.

Congrats excited for this one!

Ticket link is LIVE
7.30pm til late!

📚A Quick Ting On is a ground breaking, first-ever non-fiction series dedicated to Black British culture. Created and curated by for . Check out this title and more via their website.

26/11/2021

Excerpt from "Home" by Warshan Shire

"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well

your neighbours running faster than you
breath bloody in their throats
the boy you went to school with
who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory
is holding a gun bigger than his body
you only leave home
when home won’t let you stay.

no one leaves home unless home chases you
fire under feet
hot blood in your belly
it’s not something you ever thought of doing
until the blade burnt threats into
your neck
and even then you carried the anthem under
your breath
only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets
sobbing as each mouthful of paper
made it clear that you would not be going back.

you have to understand,
that no one would put their children in a boat
unless the sea is safer than the land.."

Art: 'Invisible Man' by
Rawles' painting takes inspiration from Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' book and notes that " Even today, it's very difficult to have that basic element of humanity given to us, of being seen, respected and acknowledged, of being fully human, with brilliance and flaws".

I felt drawn to this image and the words of Shire and Rawles this morning after reflecting on the 30+ humans who drowned trying to get to this land. Trying to find home. Fighting for people to see their humanity. Whilst those in power fight over what name to call them, instead of acknowledging it is their inhumanity that caused this devastation.

May their souls be at peace 🤍

And may Babylon fall

12/11/2021

To the ancestors who gave their lives so that we may live ours,
To those who have been written out of the history books,
To those souls, young and old, who fought for a better future
-Across all nations-

We salute you
We remember you
We honour you
Asé
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Bringing it back up from the archive

11/11/2021

In case you've forgotten
of the worthy in each breath.
In case you've lost sight
of how enough you truly are.
May this be your reminder.

And whenever the critic
tries to convince you of
otherwise, whisper infinite,
back into your existence.

You are infinitely enough.
Darling, the limit does not exist.

-

The limit does not exist 🖤

Photography by

05/11/2021

Art
Alicia is Key

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