Thoughts & Tea

We celebrate so much and just as much fight so much. It is nearing the time of the year for celebration but let's not forget that many celebrations have histories of pain and blood underneath them... mostly as a result of the colonial encounter. I do not mean to scare you I only implore you.. implore us to not go b broke while celebrating lol but also how to fix the colonial disease that cause us to fight so many things in our lives.

Music by: Stoneboy - Putuu , Lucas King- Dark piano (sociopath)

I am back after a life induced hiatus to first say thank you… for sticking it out with me. Lets talk about surviving an apocalypse… lmao. Anyway, dont take yourself or life too seriously.. eat some good food, drink a cup of tea or wine, dance off beat, sing off key (just not next to me 👀) …inhale, watch the sunset through the hole in your roof, exhale. Life can be beautiful if we take time to revel the sensations around us.
Photo: Eye for Ebony

Music: The cavemen

It is so unsettling that the year 2020 has brought a lot of abuse to light. SARS...SARS..SARS.. The so called Special Anti-Robery Unit of Nigeria is more of a civilian harassing organization that uses the uniforms it dons to torment, abuse and even kill our brothers and sisters.

The only difference between this brutality and what happens in the USA is that these are own people. Please Black lives EVERYWHERE matter, lets speak up and stand with our brothers and sisters in Nigeria.

Music: Michaels Jackson - They don't care about us (I do not own the rights to this song)

We continue our conversation with our mature men to get a better understanding of what it means to be a man. We continue our community series to get perspective on each other so we can get a better understanding of ourselves...holistically. The only way we truly grow is when we do it together.

Music by: The Cavemen-Obiageli, James Brown- It is a mans world.

I do not own the rights to the music.

Today we speak with our more mature men and I call the episode "Da Spice" because as Black people we KNOW food does not taste good without some good spice, It with this maturity that these gentlemen spice our minds. They are sharing their perspective of manhood through their lens and we ought to hear them. I know I am eager to learn something. Are you?

I do not own rights to music used

The Heavy - What makes a good man, Angie Stone - Brotha

This episode is a continuation of the first full episode of our Men Series with our young men ages 25-35 telling us what it means to be a man from their perspective.

Remember, the purpose of this is to hear our men as they speak to us. It is my hope that we learn somethings from them about them.

I do not own the rights to any of the music used.

Music by Buju Banton- Untold stories & Yvonne Chaka Chaka- Umqombothi

As promised, this is the first episode in our community series which is starting with our men. Join me on the first part of this conversation with our young black men as they talk to us about the concept of manhood.

Guys this is all about perspective. No judgements… just a way to facilitate conversation to get perspective on their experiences. Enjoy

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Music: Mannish by Muddy waters & To be a man Na wa by Amakye Dede Image by: Olu Famule

There is no one formula for development but a good place to start is with understanding each other. Too many of the problems we face are because people do not listen to other people who are not like them.

The community series will be an ongoing conversation with different groups within our Black communities globally to get perspective on the lens through which they see and the nerves through which they experience life.

Open-mindedness is essential to considering other people when making decisions. We are individual stars in our own "life-show" collectively though, we can create a blockbuster!

I do not own the rights to the music used.

Music by @m.anisfest - No long talk, no where cool.

Too often we take our men for granted yet exert too much pressure on them as a society. Being especially a black man in this world is not easy at all and so we ought to publicly acknowledge our men who are trying and holding us down. The fathers and father figures out there deserve all our love. THANK YOU to you all. We love and appreciate you! (I do not own the rights to the music used) Song: Will Smith- Just the two of us, Beyonce- Daddys lessons

Many things can drive us to do lots of unthinkable things and the state of the world right now is not the healthiest for much , least to say the mental health of Black people. In this continuation of Dr. Kamesha Spates' session on Suicide in Black communities, we are further educated on this grim subject to equip us with knowledge which we should implement. Lasts forever and even this madness going on too, shall pass! AMANDLA!!! Music by: Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Go well and peace be with you, Bob Marley - Crazy baldheads