Category: African Diaspora
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Matriarchs on My Mind: Cancer Full Moon
Happy Cancer Full Moon! This lunation came in strong. Planets transiting the sign of Cancer often give us an opportunity to dig deeper into our ancestry and family history. For me, this Cancer full moon showed up with many messages from my ancestral matriarchs, and my departed grandmothers and aunties were on my mind extra…
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In Memory of Foremuthaz
Memory & reverence is one of the main ways we invigorate the spirits of those who have walked before us, which also sustains our posterity. The four women discussed in this post, Queen Nanny, Queen Njinga, Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa, & Nehanda Charwe, were all great African warriors whose energy must be remembered, commemorates, and…
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5 Natural Remedies to Boost Your Immunity This Cold Season
Every now and then, especially during the colder months, our body will undergo an immune response with the intention of purifying our system. Instead of only taking medicine that will mask our symptoms for hours at a time, we can support our body by offering it natural materials and remedies that support our immune health…
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Sojourner Truth’s Love Life: What It Tells Us About Enslavement & Black Women’s History
Sojourner Truth was a multi-talented & multi-lingual women’s rights activist, abolitionist, and preacher who escaped slavery with an infant daughter. But, the side of Sojourner Truth rarely mentioned in popularized narratives about black history is her love life and how the lack of bodily autonomy she was subject to affected her ability to experience intimacy.