What does natural hair really represent?

Across African societies, hair has long been a form of identity — communicating status, culture, and belonging. But through slavery, colonialism, and global beauty standards, these meanings were reshaped.

In this episode of the Sankofa Pan African Series, we explore the history and meaning of natural hair across Africa and the diaspora.

As part of our International Women’s Month series — African Women: Roots, Resistance & Rising — this episode examines how something deeply personal reflects broader histories of power.

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Melodic Redemption song intro, courtesy of the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, play by Alpha (Ayi)

Gil Noble being honest about his initial thoughts on Nana Omowale Malcolm X and the reason why he had said thoughts -- within the larger context of whitenization .

Nana Frances Cress Welsing explains the role of 'the system of white supremacy' and aamw sexual predation of Black men

⁣SNL- Eddie Murphy - Kill the white people — Video

Patoranking returns with his second official single, “African Soldier,” from his upcoming album, a powerful collaboration with the legendary @bujubanton

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Morocco is literally on the African continent. On the map, there’s no debate. But talk to many Moroccans and you hear stuff like “We’re Arab, we’re Mediterranean, we’re Amazigh” anything but Africa. That gap is evident in how Black people are treated, whether they are Black Moroccans whose families have been there for centuries, or migrants from further south just trying to pass through the Maghreb and stay alive. So what is going on here? Is this just an identity crisis at the edge of the Sahara, or something much deeper, a long history of slavery, Arab supremacy, anti-Black prejudice and European racial thinking all fused into one? How does a country that is physically part of Africa end up with such a persistent rejection of Blackness, and what does that mean for the Black people who have no other home but Morocco itself?


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⁣Komplementarity Kouples and Revolutionary Singles Discussion Series.

- This episode features Ɛna Bobette (@bobette)

In this series we look to explore the journey that Abibifoɔ have taken towards re-KMT-izing (re-blacken-izing). We hope that these videos are more than informative, but transformative. If you would like to participate and share your journey, please reach out in the Abibitumi Komplementarity Kouples and Revolutionary Singles Group.

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Register for today’s comprehensive presentation: https://www.abibitumi.com/crimeagainsthumanity Before today’s presentation, “Ghana’s UN Resolution: Transatlantic Slave Trade a Crime Against Humanity,” this BBC interview with Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon offers important context on the stakes of the moment: the significance of Ghana’s UN resolution, the limits of symbolic recognition alone, the implications for reparations, and why DOOR points toward self-reparations through repatriation and rebuilding. The event page describes today’s session as a discussion of the resolution’s historical, legal, political, and global implications, tied directly to DOOR as a concrete form of self-reparations. In this BBC interview conducted on Thursday, March 26, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon discusses the significance of Ghana’s push for international recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, the limits of UN resolutions, and why self-reparations through repatriation must remain central to the work ahead.This interview explores:• the symbolic and diplomatic importance of the UN resolution• why recognition alone is not enough• the ongoing realities and effects of enslavement• the distinction between state reparations and self-reparations• why repatriation is a practical pathway forward right nowToday’s presentation begins at 7pm GMT / 3pm EST on March 28, 2026 and is presented by Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon through Abibitumi. Register for today’s presentation:https://www.abibitumi.com/crimeagainsthumanityLearn more:https://www.decadeofourrepatri....ation.comhttps://www #door #repatriation #ghana #diaspora #reparations #selfreparations #blackpower #abibitumi

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⁣Sankofa Journey Interest Meeting March 29, 2026

⁣Meeting President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore

Ekpo Ikpe Annang - Se anam fiok utut - Annang dance - Akwa Ibom State

⁣#unitedstatesofafrika #africanunity #panafrican #abibitumitv many do not see what is happening with a united Africa. You will learn that this is just an illusion.
Let's see how.

⁣Sunyani is derived from the Akan word "Sonnwae," which itself comes from "Osono," meaning "elephant". The town was a well-known camping ground for elephant hunters in the late 19th century.

The Truth Unfiltered: Rhonda Sekhmet Ra Unleashes Divine Poetry & Spoken Word #spiritualawakening #liberation #spokenwordpower #revolutionarypoetry #speakyourlight #poetryasresistance #wordasweapon #poetictruth



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TITLE: Tevin

ARTIST: Velvet on Da Beat · LeEric Fountain


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Tonight's discussion will be about Christianity and the Missionaries who brought it to West Africa. Whilst the Origins of Christianity can be found in Africa, what was brought back to us by Europeans was not what was exported to Europe.

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00:00 - 03:46 Intro
03:46 - 06:28 Books the Bible Copied
06:28- 11:22 Is Africa Cursed?
11:22 -16:04 Africa from Hollywood’s Eye
16:04 - 30:50 What Is Christendom?
30:50 - 37:23 Christendom In Africa
37:23 - 55:41 The Impact of Missionaries
55:41 - 01:12:44 Missionaries Prepared Us to Be European
01:12:44 - 01:21:43 Missionary Movement Is About Power
01:21:43 - 01:31:03 Questions & Comments

Mela Caribe x Machel Montano x DJ Private Ryan - Dancing in the Streets
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Song title - Dancing in the Streets
Artists - Mela Caribe, Machel Montano, DJ Private Ryan
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Dr. Ife Williams is an Africologist, an expert in the historical and present experiences of Africans and African Descendants throughout the Diaspora.

In this impactful reasoning, Dr. Ife Williams unpacks the hidden truths of slavery, from Northern and African involvement in the trade to the incredible resilience of the enslaved. She explores how ancestral strength continues to empower, while addressing key moments like the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Act and the roots of policing. Dr. Ife also shares a powerful story of loss, critiques reparations paid to enslavers, and reflects on the disconnect between elders and youth. Highlighting cultural ties between Jamaica and Ghana, she calls for an education system that empowers and introduces her platform, BlackSlaveRevolts.org, as a tool for understanding Black history and progress.

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