Nnedi Okorafor defines Africanfuturism as “a sub-category of science fiction that is similar to ‘Afrofuturism’ but more deeply rooted in African culture, history, mythology, and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West.” Here at TVO TRIBE, We believe Africanfuturism transcends science fiction. We […]
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SUGAR CUBES || Ibiteye Overcomer Ballot boxes are metaphors for sugar cubes: Dazzling, inviting, brides of anthills. Glazed cartons holding frail fragments of truth, justice, sweetness, of anthills. Brazen walls of power that makes their builders vulnerable, or is it the builders that make themselves vulnerable? Could it be that between the petulant layers of
by Damola Oluwemimo We would be looking at a few people who fought for the lives of blacks and helped to bring peace to oppressed African countries. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Was born on October 29, 1938, in Monrovia, Liberia. She married in the year 1956 to James Sirleaf and was 17 at that time. She
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Of Greek origin, the term ‘diaspora’ translates to ‘scattering’ or ‘dispersal.’ The African diaspora may therefore be used to encapsulate people of African ancestry dispersed or scattered from their home continent to other parts of the world either through forced removal or voluntary migration, and the progeny of the dispersed born in their new places of settlement. In essence, the African diaspora is made up of the offspring of those who were forcefully removed from their home and taken to other places as slaves centuries ago – historical diaspora – and those who have migrated from Africa in search of better opportunities – contemporary or new diaspora.
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The pursuit of happiness involves wealth. Wealth is the backbone of society, it is the curse of men, and the nerve of war. Wealth is..
by Abdulrahman M. Abu-Yaman BLACK QUESTIONS Adam planted his right foot on face of the globe and created Africa he spewed on the spot and we grew from the crust we sprouted robust just like the locust boisterous and burly with biceps and triceps blossoming and blooming and they keep wondering how. how? the darker