is MOOR.
The Moors were a predominantly Muslim people originating in North Africa (modern day Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger) and the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Between 711 C.E. and 1492 C.E. Moors ruled over Iberia, which consists of modern-day Spain and Portugal. Our introduction of new scientific techniques and tools to Europe accelerated progress in Moorish Spain and made it flourish in the areas of Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy.
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Channelled message:
Trust in the changing nature of life.
The reality that you perceive today is but an expression of the energy needed to cultivate the transformation of Earth at this time.
Do not cling to notions of “good” and “bad”.
The next phase will always come.
Take a step back and see the circumstances of this lifetime as but a brief moment in the grand lifetime of humanity.
The power scales shall shift again and again.
We have conquered the people who have conquered us.
See the humans around you as reflections and reminders of every possible experience within you;
of every feeling that is also possible within you;
of every action – positive or negative- that is also a possibility for you.
Contribute with compassion to humanity’s ascension to a place where its goal is no longer power, but Love. Inshallah.
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📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba “Hassaniya Love Poem”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is MOOR.
The Moors were a predominantly Muslim people originating in North Africa (modern day Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger) and the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Between 711 C.E. and 1492 C.E. Moors ruled over Iberia, which consists of modern-day Spain and Portugal. Our introduction of new scientific techniques and tools to Europe accelerated progress in Moorish Spain and made it flourish in the areas of Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy.
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Channelled message:
Trust in the changing nature of life.
The reality that you perceive today is but an expression of the energy needed to cultivate the transformation of Earth at this time.
Do not cling to notions of “good” and “bad”.
The next phase will always come.
Take a step back and see the circumstances of this lifetime as but a brief moment in the grand lifetime of humanity.
The power scales shall shift again and again.
We have conquered the people who have conquered us.
See the humans around you as reflections and reminders of every possible experience within you;
of every feeling that is also possible within you;
of every action – positive or negative- that is also a possibility for you.
Contribute with compassion to humanity’s ascension to a place where its goal is no longer power, but Love. Inshallah.
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📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba “Hassaniya Love Poem”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is MOOR.
The Moors were a predominantly Muslim people originating in North Africa (modern day Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger) and the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Between 711 C.E. and 1492 C.E. Moors ruled over Iberia, which consists of modern-day Spain and Portugal. Our introduction of new scientific techniques and tools to Europe accelerated progress in Moorish Spain and made it flourish in the areas of Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy.
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Channelled message:
Trust in the changing nature of life.
The reality that you perceive today is but an expression of the energy needed to cultivate the transformation of Earth at this time.
Do not cling to notions of “good” and “bad”.
The next phase will always come.
Take a step back and see the circumstances of this lifetime as but a brief moment in the grand lifetime of humanity.
The power scales shall shift again and again.
We have conquered the people who have conquered us.
See the humans around you as reflections and reminders of every possible experience within you;
of every feeling that is also possible within you;
of every action – positive or negative- that is also a possibility for you.
Contribute with compassion to humanity’s ascension to a place where its goal is no longer power, but Love. Inshallah.
.
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📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba “Hassaniya Love Poem”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is MOOR.
The Moors were a predominantly Muslim people originating in North Africa (modern day Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger) and the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Between 711 C.E. and 1492 C.E. Moors ruled over Iberia, which consists of modern-day Spain and Portugal. Our introduction of new scientific techniques and tools to Europe accelerated progress in Moorish Spain and made it flourish in the areas of Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy.
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Channelled message:
Trust in the changing nature of life.
The reality that you perceive today is but an expression of the energy needed to cultivate the transformation of Earth at this time.
Do not cling to notions of “good” and “bad”.
The next phase will always come.
Take a step back and see the circumstances of this lifetime as but a brief moment in the grand lifetime of humanity.
The power scales shall shift again and again.
We have conquered the people who have conquered us.
See the humans around you as reflections and reminders of every possible experience within you;
of every feeling that is also possible within you;
of every action – positive or negative- that is also a possibility for you.
Contribute with compassion to humanity’s ascension to a place where its goal is no longer power, but Love. Inshallah.
.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba “Hassaniya Love Poem”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is MBUNDU.
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The Mbundu, traditionally a matrilineal Bantu people, have lived in present-day Angola since the Middle Ages.
We were once head of “The Ambundu Kingdom” called “Ngola” (meaning iron), from which the name “Angola” was derived.
The most well-known Mbundu figure in history was the powerful ruler Queen Nzinga. There are many oral traditions passed down about her polyandry, as well as her advanced military and negotiation tactics that staved off Portuguese invaders and kept them under control through a relationship of trade (ivory, rubber, wax, and humans).
The tradition of resistance permeated Angolan culture so much that, even under Portuguese rule by the 1800s, many Ambundu communities remained sovereign, until the last of them, was defeated by the Portuguese in 1917.
The spirit of revolt stayed with many descendants of this tribe as well, which could be evidenced by the existence of “Quilombos” (a Kimbundu word meaning “war camp”) in Brazil (another previous Portuguese colony), where self-freed people overthrew their captors and set up self-sufficient, independent communities.
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Channeled message:
You have done much much fighting on your feet.
It is time for buoyancy.
For wading in the waters of the creation of the New World.
There are those whose spears, guns, arrows and bombs must speak for them.
There are those whose sharp tongues pierce the minds of the masses from stages larger than we could have ever dreamt possible.
And still,
there are those whose contributions come from a quieter place,
but whose influence is no less effective.
You, my dear, have been tasked with using the gifts you have access to.
In that receptivity, that creativity, that reflection, that mysticism, that magic, that art,
you serve in accordance with the Divine’s plan.
You must do your work from there.
We have been many kinds of warriors.
Now,
Warriors of Peace…
This is your time.
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📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Bonga, “Mona Ki Ngi Xica” (meaning “The Child I Leave Behind” in Kimbundu)
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is MBUNDU.
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The Mbundu, traditionally a matrilineal Bantu people, have lived in present-day Angola since the Middle Ages.
We were once head of “The Ambundu Kingdom” called “Ngola” (meaning iron), from which the name “Angola” was derived.
The most well-known Mbundu figure in history was the powerful ruler Queen Nzinga. There are many oral traditions passed down about her polyandry, as well as her advanced military and negotiation tactics that staved off Portuguese invaders and kept them under control through a relationship of trade (ivory, rubber, wax, and humans).
The tradition of resistance permeated Angolan culture so much that, even under Portuguese rule by the 1800s, many Ambundu communities remained sovereign, until the last of them, was defeated by the Portuguese in 1917.
The spirit of revolt stayed with many descendants of this tribe as well, which could be evidenced by the existence of “Quilombos” (a Kimbundu word meaning “war camp”) in Brazil (another previous Portuguese colony), where self-freed people overthrew their captors and set up self-sufficient, independent communities.
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Channeled message:
You have done much much fighting on your feet.
It is time for buoyancy.
For wading in the waters of the creation of the New World.
There are those whose spears, guns, arrows and bombs must speak for them.
There are those whose sharp tongues pierce the minds of the masses from stages larger than we could have ever dreamt possible.
And still,
there are those whose contributions come from a quieter place,
but whose influence is no less effective.
You, my dear, have been tasked with using the gifts you have access to.
In that receptivity, that creativity, that reflection, that mysticism, that magic, that art,
you serve in accordance with the Divine’s plan.
You must do your work from there.
We have been many kinds of warriors.
Now,
Warriors of Peace…
This is your time.
.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Bonga, “Mona Ki Ngi Xica” (meaning “The Child I Leave Behind” in Kimbundu)
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
@ninasimone
@ninasimone
is MBUNDU.
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The Mbundu, traditionally a matrilineal Bantu people, have lived in present-day Angola since the Middle Ages.
We were once head of “The Ambundu Kingdom” called “Ngola” (meaning iron), from which the name “Angola” was derived.
The most well-known Mbundu figure in history was the powerful ruler Queen Nzinga. There are many oral traditions passed down about her polyandry, as well as her advanced military and negotiation tactics that staved off Portuguese invaders and kept them under control through a relationship of trade (ivory, rubber, wax, and humans).
The tradition of resistance permeated Angolan culture so much that, even under Portuguese rule by the 1800s, many Ambundu communities remained sovereign, until the last of them, was defeated by the Portuguese in 1917.
The spirit of revolt stayed with many descendants of this tribe as well, which could be evidenced by the existence of “Quilombos” (a Kimbundu word meaning “war camp”) in Brazil (another previous Portuguese colony), where self-freed people overthrew their captors and set up self-sufficient, independent communities.
.
Channeled message:
You have done much much fighting on your feet.
It is time for buoyancy.
For wading in the waters of the creation of the New World.
There are those whose spears, guns, arrows and bombs must speak for them.
There are those whose sharp tongues pierce the minds of the masses from stages larger than we could have ever dreamt possible.
And still,
there are those whose contributions come from a quieter place,
but whose influence is no less effective.
You, my dear, have been tasked with using the gifts you have access to.
In that receptivity, that creativity, that reflection, that mysticism, that magic, that art,
you serve in accordance with the Divine’s plan.
You must do your work from there.
We have been many kinds of warriors.
Now,
Warriors of Peace…
This is your time.
.
.
🎥: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Bonga, “Mona Ki Ngi Xica” (meaning “The Child I Leave Behind” in Kimbundu)
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is IRISH and BRITISH.
The English and Irish lived alongside one another for many centuries. Later, as the first of about 120 colonies around the world, Ireland was where the British imperial project began in the 15th century. The British Empire went on to terrorize more territories around the world than any other colonial entity.
(IG captions are not long enough to fit the exhaustive list of countries). Britain’s arbitrary borders and mandates gave rise to many of the internal wars and conflicts that have plagued the peoples native to those lands, some of which we are obviously still seeing to this day.
Celtic culture thrived in pre-colonial Ireland and England, which evolved around 1200 B.C. Between 1450 and 1750 A.D., we underwent mass hysteria, which led to thousands of so-called witches being hanged and burned for their relationship with the Earth and their pagan rituals.
After “whiteness” was constructed in the 17th century, the Irish and every other group with “white” skin benefitted from white supremacist capitalist society, and from the continued oppression of people of color.
What does it mean to “decolonize ancestry” when one has colonizer ancestry?
What does this lineage have to offer to this work through me?
(continued in next post…)
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: The Chieftains, “The Women of Ireland”
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#AncestryDecolonized
is IRISH and BRITISH.
The English and Irish lived alongside one another for many centuries. Later, as the first of about 120 colonies around the world, Ireland was where the British imperial project began in the 15th century. The British Empire went on to terrorize more territories around the world than any other colonial entity.
(IG captions are not long enough to fit the exhaustive list of countries). Britain’s arbitrary borders and mandates gave rise to many of the internal wars and conflicts that have plagued the peoples native to those lands, some of which we are obviously still seeing to this day.
Celtic culture thrived in pre-colonial Ireland and England, which evolved around 1200 B.C. Between 1450 and 1750 A.D., we underwent mass hysteria, which led to thousands of so-called witches being hanged and burned for their relationship with the Earth and their pagan rituals.
After “whiteness” was constructed in the 17th century, the Irish and every other group with “white” skin benefitted from white supremacist capitalist society, and from the continued oppression of people of color.
What does it mean to “decolonize ancestry” when one has colonizer ancestry?
What does this lineage have to offer to this work through me?
(continued in next post…)
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: The Chieftains, “The Women of Ireland”
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#AncestryDecolonized
is YORUBA.
The Yoruba people of West Africa inhabit parts of present-day Benin and Togo, but are predominately and most famously one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Our origins trace back to at least the 10th century B.C. in Ile-Ife (in present day southwestern Nigeria), where it is believed the orisa Oduduwa descended to Earth to create the world.
While many Yoruba peoples on the continent of Africa are Christian or Muslim, the Yoruba diaspora consists of descendants of kidnapped and enslaved people who were dispersed across South America, The Caribbean, and North America, many of whom still keep traditional Yoruba spiritual practices alive.
The Yoruba are also known for being skilled craftsmen, farmers, and masters of the marketplace.
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Channeled Message:
Greatness.
Why hesitate when you come from greatness?
Why limit yourself when you were born to do a bililion beautiful things?
You, with roots that have stretched across lands for centuries,
You, with the perseverance to uphold countless generations…
The words we have spoken,
The deities we have venerated,
The divination tools we have perfected,
Have had such staying power in every place they arrived,
That even across borders, oceans and seas,
Even cloaked in diverse religious dogma,
We see ourselves.
A change of spelling here,
An alternate interpretation there…
The soul of what sustains us was never lost in translation.
Get to the Essence of everything.
And infuse it with the staying power that runs through your veins.
Blood.
Èjè
Àse
Life force energy.
Excellence.
Creativity.
Rhythm that echoes the pulse of the planet.
Dance to that.
And do not be afraid to shine.
Adorn yourself
And celebrate your existence
Daily.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair , who used a traditional Nigerian wrapping technique to create a family tree with my hair.
🎵: Konkere Beats “ Dundun Instrumental Ensemble”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is YORUBA.
The Yoruba people of West Africa inhabit parts of present-day Benin and Togo, but are predominately and most famously one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Our origins trace back to at least the 10th century B.C. in Ile-Ife (in present day southwestern Nigeria), where it is believed the orisa Oduduwa descended to Earth to create the world.
While many Yoruba peoples on the continent of Africa are Christian or Muslim, the Yoruba diaspora consists of descendants of kidnapped and enslaved people who were dispersed across South America, The Caribbean, and North America, many of whom still keep traditional Yoruba spiritual practices alive.
The Yoruba are also known for being skilled craftsmen, farmers, and masters of the marketplace.
.
Channeled Message:
Greatness.
Why hesitate when you come from greatness?
Why limit yourself when you were born to do a bililion beautiful things?
You, with roots that have stretched across lands for centuries,
You, with the perseverance to uphold countless generations…
The words we have spoken,
The deities we have venerated,
The divination tools we have perfected,
Have had such staying power in every place they arrived,
That even across borders, oceans and seas,
Even cloaked in diverse religious dogma,
We see ourselves.
A change of spelling here,
An alternate interpretation there…
The soul of what sustains us was never lost in translation.
Get to the Essence of everything.
And infuse it with the staying power that runs through your veins.
Blood.
Èjè
Àse
Life force energy.
Excellence.
Creativity.
Rhythm that echoes the pulse of the planet.
Dance to that.
And do not be afraid to shine.
Adorn yourself
And celebrate your existence
Daily.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair who used a traditional Nigerian wrapping technique to create a family tree with my hair.
🎵: Konkere Beats “ Dundun Instrumental Ensemble”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is YORUBA.
The Yoruba people of West Africa inhabit parts of present-day Benin and Togo, but are predominately and most famously one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Our origins trace back to at least the 10th century B.C. in Ile-Ife (in present day southwestern Nigeria), where it is believed the orisa Oduduwa descended to Earth to create the world.
While many Yoruba peoples on the continent of Africa are Christian or Muslim, the Yoruba diaspora consists of descendants of kidnapped and enslaved people who were dispersed across South America, The Caribbean, and North America, many of whom still keep traditional Yoruba spiritual practices alive.
The Yoruba are also known for being skilled craftsmen, farmers, and masters of the marketplace.
.
Channeled Message:
Greatness.
Why hesitate when you come from greatness?
Why limit yourself when you were born to do a bililion beautiful things?
You, with roots that have stretched across lands for centuries,
You, with the perseverance to uphold countless generations…
The words we have spoken,
The deities we have venerated,
The divination tools we have perfected,
Have had such staying power in every place they arrived,
That even across borders, oceans and seas,
Even cloaked in diverse religious dogma,
We see ourselves.
A change of spelling here,
An alternate interpretation there…
The soul of what sustains us was never lost in translation.
Get to the Essence of everything.
And infuse it with the staying power that runs through your veins.
Blood.
Èjè
Àse
Life force energy.
Excellence.
Creativity.
Rhythm that echoes the pulse of the planet.
Dance to that.
And do not be afraid to shine.
Adorn yourself
And celebrate your existence
Daily.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair who used a traditional Nigerian wrapping technique to create a family tree with my hair.
🎵: Konkere Beats “ Dundun Instrumental Ensemble”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is YORUBA.
The Yoruba people of West Africa inhabit parts of present-day Benin and Togo, but are predominately and most famously one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Our origins trace back to at least the 10th century B.C. in Ile-Ife (in present day southwestern Nigeria), where it is believed the orisa Oduduwa descended to Earth to create the world.
While many Yoruba peoples on the continent of Africa are Christian or Muslim, the Yoruba diaspora consists of descendants of kidnapped and enslaved people who were dispersed across South America, The Caribbean, and North America, many of whom still keep traditional Yoruba spiritual practices alive.
The Yoruba are also known for being skilled craftsmen, farmers, and masters of the marketplace.
.
Channeled Message:
Greatness.
Why hesitate when you come from greatness?
Why limit yourself when you were born to do a bililion beautiful things?
You, with roots that have stretched across lands for centuries,
You, with the perseverance to uphold countless generations…
The words we have spoken,
The deities we have venerated,
The divination tools we have perfected,
Have had such staying power in every place they arrived,
That even across borders, oceans and seas,
Even cloaked in diverse religious dogma,
We see ourselves.
A change of spelling here,
An alternate interpretation there…
The soul of what sustains us was never lost in translation.
Get to the Essence of everything.
And infuse it with the staying power that runs through your veins.
Blood.
Èjè
Àse
Life force energy.
Excellence.
Creativity.
Rhythm that echoes the pulse of the planet.
Dance to that.
And do not be afraid to shine.
Adorn yourself
And celebrate your existence
Daily.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair who used a traditional Nigerian wrapping technique to create a family tree with my hair.
🎵: Konkere Beats “ Dundun Instrumental Ensemble”
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
is CHEROKEE.
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For thousands of years, at least as far back as 10,000 BCE, The Cherokee Nation’s (originally called Ani’-Yun’wiya) ancestral lands were located in what is now the southeastern United States (including parts of present day Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri). We were an agricultural people organized into matrilineal clans, with a deep connection to Nature, reflected in our spiritual beliefs, ceremonies, and art. Despite centuries of imperialist efforts, we remain the largest surviving indigenous American population to this day, with the majority residing in Oklahoma, as a result of the U.S. government’s “Indian Removal Act” and subsequent “Trail of Tears” in the 1830s.
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Channeled message from a Cherokee ancestor:
They tried to erase us,
But we were not made of such fickle matter.
We were made of earth, of water, of breath, of light…
In order to survive many of us changed names, identities, communities…
But society’s refusal to see us does not mean we don’t exist.
You don’t have to know my name to feel me in your veins.
We do not require that you speak Tsalagi, the old language, because we see
the way you acknowledge the Four Directions,
the way you’ve danced to our heartbeats through drums at pows wows your whole life,
the beaded earrings you made and sold as a teenager,
the way you translated the message we sent you through the Crow when your brother joined us,
the way you connect with the lands you’ve lived on…
We see you.
This land asks only that you protect it.
That you show up for it the way it has shown up for you, generation after generation,
Through conditions that were impossible to survive.
Yet here you are.
Still.
That you remain, and that you claim us
out loud, gives others permission to do the same.
We were here.
We were here.
We have always been here.
.
🎥: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair *who plaited my hair in a pattern resembling a DNA chain, representing the links of lineage
🎵: Walela- Cherokee Morning Song
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is CHEROKEE.
.
For thousands of years, at least as far back as 10,000 BCE, The Cherokee Nation’s (originally called Ani’-Yun’wiya) ancestral lands were located in what is now the southeastern United States (including parts of present day Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri). We were an agricultural people organized into matrilineal clans, with a deep connection to Nature, reflected in our spiritual beliefs, ceremonies, and art. Despite centuries of imperialist efforts, we remain the largest surviving indigenous American population to this day, with the majority residing in Oklahoma, as a result of the U.S. government’s “Indian Removal Act” and subsequent “Trail of Tears” in the 1830s.
.
Channeled message from a Cherokee ancestor:
They tried to erase us,
But we were not made of such fickle matter.
We were made of earth, of water, of breath, of light…
In order to survive many of us changed names, identities, communities…
But society’s refusal to see us does not mean we don’t exist.
You don’t have to know my name to feel me in your veins.
We do not require that you speak Tsalagi, the old language, because we see
the way you acknowledge the Four Directions,
the way you’ve danced to our heartbeats through drums at pows wows your whole life,
the beaded earrings you made and sold as a teenager,
the way you translated the message we sent you through the Crow when your brother joined us,
the way you connect with the lands you’ve lived on…
We see you.
This land asks only that you protect it.
That you show up for it the way it has shown up for you, generation after generation,
Through conditions that were impossible to survive.
Yet here you are.
Still.
That you remain, and that you claim us
out loud, gives others permission to do the same.
We were here.
We were here.
We have always been here.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair *who plaited my hair in a pattern resembling a DNA chain, representing the links of lineage
🎵: Walela- Cherokee Morning Song
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is CHEROKEE.
.
For thousands of years, at least as far back as 10,000 BCE, The Cherokee Nation’s (originally called Ani’-Yun’wiya) ancestral lands were located in what is now the southeastern United States (including parts of present day Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri). We were an agricultural people organized into matrilineal clans, with a deep connection to Nature, reflected in our spiritual beliefs, ceremonies, and art. Despite centuries of imperialist efforts, we remain the largest surviving indigenous American population to this day, with the majority residing in Oklahoma, as a result of the U.S. government’s “Indian Removal Act” and subsequent “Trail of Tears” in the 1830s.
.
Channeled message from a Cherokee ancestor:
They tried to erase us,
But we were not made of such fickle matter.
We were made of earth, of water, of breath, of light…
In order to survive many of us changed names, identities, communities…
But society’s refusal to see us does not mean we don’t exist.
You don’t have to know my name to feel me in your veins.
We do not require that you speak Tsalagi, the old language, because we see
the way you acknowledge the Four Directions,
the way you’ve danced to our heartbeats through drums at pows wows your whole life,
the beaded earrings you made and sold as a teenager,
the way you translated the message we sent you through the Crow when your brother joined us,
the way you connect with the lands you’ve lived on…
We see you.
This land asks only that you protect it.
That you show up for it the way it has shown up for you, generation after generation,
Through conditions that were impossible to survive.
Yet here you are.
Still.
That you remain, and that you claim us
out loud, gives others permission to do the same.
We were here.
We were here.
We have always been here.
.
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair *who plaited my hair in a pattern resembling a DNA chain, representing the links of lineage
🎵: Walela- Cherokee Morning Song
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is CHEROKEE.
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For thousands of years, at least as far back as 10,000 BCE, The Cherokee Nation’s (originally called Ani’-Yun’wiya) ancestral lands were located in what is now the southeastern United States (including parts of present day Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri). We were an agricultural people organized into matrilineal clans, with a deep connection to Nature, reflected in our spiritual beliefs, ceremonies, and art. Despite centuries of imperialist efforts, we remain the largest surviving indigenous American population to this day, with the majority residing in Oklahoma, as a result of the U.S. government’s “Indian Removal Act” and subsequent “Trail of Tears” in the 1830s.
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Channeled message from a Cherokee ancestor:
They tried to erase us,
But we were not made of such fickle matter.
We were made of earth, of water, of breath, of light…
In order to survive many of us changed names, identities, communities…
But society’s refusal to see us does not mean we don’t exist.
You don’t have to know my name to feel me in your veins.
We do not require that you speak Tsalagi, the old language, because we see
the way you acknowledge the Four Directions,
the way you’ve danced to our heartbeats through drums at pows wows your whole life,
the beaded earrings you made and sold as a teenager,
the way you translated the message we sent you through the Crow when your brother joined us,
the way you connect with the lands you’ve lived on…
We see you.
This land asks only that you protect it.
That you show up for it the way it has shown up for you, generation after generation,
Through conditions that were impossible to survive.
Yet here you are.
Still.
That you remain, and that you claim us
out loud, gives others permission to do the same.
We were here.
We were here.
We have always been here.
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📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair *who plaited my hair in a pattern resembling a DNA chain, representing the links of lineage
🎵: Walela- Cherokee Morning Song
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#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is FULANI
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Generally nomadic pastoralists who practice transhumance, the Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent of Africa. Some historians trace our pre-biblical migrations to at least the 5th century, originating in present day Morocco and Mauritania, while archaeologists have traced Fula presence in Algeria back to at least the fourth millennium BC.
There are many theories about Fulani means of migration (including roaming with herds of cattle, or more recently, jihads), but Fula roots can be found in many different current day expressions across Northern and Western Africa, including Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Gambia, and Senegal.
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Channeled Message from a Fulani Ancestor:
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“We do not do stagnancy.
We are obedient to the paths behind and ahead of us.
We trust in the Divine Plan.
We trust where we land.
When you hear that it is time, go.
Survey your harvest.
Know what you know.
It doesn’t take too long if it arrives on time.
When mind and heart remain open, so too, do your channels of receiving.
You are so beautiful.
You look just like me.
Especially when you laugh.
So laugh. At every opportunity.
Stretch every chance you get.
Reach.
Carry your tools.
Know what is essential in life.
And leave the rest behind, whenever necessary.
Because what comes to replace it will always be a closer match to the you that you are becoming.
To the new places you are arriving at.
To the people you are creating family with.
Be free, beautiful.
Listen.
Follow.
Be free.”
🎥: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Fulani singer Oumou Sangare @youmisang
#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is FULANI
.
Generally nomadic pastoralists who practice transhumance, the Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent of Africa. Some historians trace our pre-biblical migrations to at least the 5th century, originating in present day Morocco and Mauritania, while archaeologists have traced Fula presence in Algeria back to at least the fourth millennium BC.
There are many theories about Fulani means of migration (including roaming with herds of cattle, or more recently, jihads), but Fula roots can be found in many different current day expressions across Northern and Western Africa, including Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Gambia, and Senegal.
.
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Channeled Message from a Fulani Ancestor:
.
“We do not do stagnancy.
We are obedient to the paths behind and ahead of us.
We trust in the Divine Plan.
We trust where we land.
When you hear that it is time, go.
Survey your harvest.
Know what you know.
It doesn’t take too long if it arrives on time.
When mind and heart remain open, so too, do your channels of receiving.
You are so beautiful.
You look just like me.
Especially when you laugh.
So laugh. At every opportunity.
Stretch every chance you get.
Reach.
Carry your tools.
Know what is essential in life.
And leave the rest behind, whenever necessary.
Because what comes to replace it will always be a closer match to the you that you are becoming.
To the new places you are arriving at.
To the people you are creating family with.
Be free, beautiful.
Listen.
Follow.
Be free.”
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Fulani singer Oumou Sangare @youmisang
#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is FULANI
.
Generally nomadic pastoralists who practice transhumance, the Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent of Africa. Some historians trace our pre-biblical migrations to at least the 5th century, originating in present day Morocco and Mauritania, while archaeologists have traced Fula presence in Algeria back to at least the fourth millennium BC.
There are many theories about Fulani means of migration (including roaming with herds of cattle, or more recently, jihads), but Fula roots can be found in many different current day expressions across Northern and Western Africa, including Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Gambia, and Senegal.
.
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Channeled Message from a Fulani Ancestor:
.
“We do not do stagnancy.
We are obedient to the paths behind and ahead of us.
We trust in the Divine Plan.
We trust where we land.
When you hear that it is time, go.
Survey your harvest.
Know what you know.
It doesn’t take too long if it arrives on time.
When mind and heart remain open, so too, do your channels of receiving.
You are so beautiful.
You look just like me.
Especially when you laugh.
So laugh. At every opportunity.
Stretch every chance you get.
Reach.
Carry your tools.
Know what is essential in life.
And leave the rest behind, whenever necessary.
Because what comes to replace it will always be a closer match to the you that you are becoming.
To the new places you are arriving at.
To the people you are creating family with.
Be free, beautiful.
Listen.
Follow.
Be free.”
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Fulani singer Oumou Sangare @youmisang
#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
is FULANI
.
Generally nomadic pastoralists who practice transhumance, the Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent of Africa. Some historians trace our pre-biblical migrations to at least the 5th century, originating in present day Morocco and Mauritania, while archaeologists have traced Fula presence in Algeria back to at least the fourth millennium BC.
There are many theories about Fulani means of migration (including roaming with herds of cattle, or more recently, jihads), but Fula roots can be found in many different current day expressions across Northern and Western Africa, including Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Gambia, and Senegal.
.
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Channeled Message from a Fulani Ancestor:
.
“We do not do stagnancy.
We are obedient to the paths behind and ahead of us.
We trust in the Divine Plan.
We trust where we land.
When you hear that it is time, go.
Survey your harvest.
Know what you know.
It doesn’t take too long if it arrives on time.
When mind and heart remain open, so too, do your channels of receiving.
You are so beautiful.
You look just like me.
Especially when you laugh.
So laugh. At every opportunity.
Stretch every chance you get.
Reach.
Carry your tools.
Know what is essential in life.
And leave the rest behind, whenever necessary.
Because what comes to replace it will always be a closer match to the you that you are becoming.
To the new places you are arriving at.
To the people you are creating family with.
Be free, beautiful.
Listen.
Follow.
Be free.”
📸: @thaisaquinophotography
💇🏾♀️: @chiomanvhair
🎵: Fulani singer Oumou Sangare @youmisang
#AncestryDecolonized
#BlackFuturism
#IndigenousFuturism
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHerstoryMonth
#BlackFutureMonth
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Those of us who continue to bear witness must hold onto our humanity with everything we have.
Decolonization & Liberation are the balm to oppression everywhere.
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