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Reflections

On artists commodifying the revolution and Black power

“Motivate your ass call me Malcolm X” “I’m Malcolm X” “Mansa Musa reincarnated” “I just might be a Black Bill Gates in the making” If you’re a Hive like me, you’ll recognise these Beyoncé’s (and Jay-Z’) lyrics. Her 2016 Superbowl performance was deemed controversial by many: the police and white supremacists who deemed it a […]

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African history Belief Poetry Racism & Anti-Blackness

African Muslimah, it’s litty

I’m never going to justify any of my identities I have a right to exist in every shape I please How you gon introduce yourself to me And question my Africanness because of my Muslim belief And my Islam because of this Black me Child, if you want I can be real petty How you […]