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Look at Lionel Richie’s teeth, as he zigzags across the stage in sequins and shoulder pads singing in broken Kiswahili presented in a bad Jamaican accent. “Jambo nipe centi moja, oooh Jambo Jambo.”
Hallo, hallo, give me one cent, hallo, hallo.
[....]
Now Lionel Richie is Swahili Jamaicanly saying we are going to part-ay, karamu, fiesta, forever. When his mouth is closed, it puffs out with interesting possibilities—to my dentally naturalist eye.
It promises dramatic teeth, tall and craggy-faced Mau Maus on horses galloping along the raw pink highway of Kenya.
They stand in a semicircle at the jawline of the Ngong Hills, looking down at the capital, grimy and determined. They pause for a moment—for the heroic bronze sculpture they hope they will commission to celebrate this hilly revolutionary moment. Teeth facing forward, they gallop down the hill, then storm the city with sharp pointy things heading straight for the biggest-dick building: Kenyatta Cornflakes Center. “Everyone you meet,” calypsos Lionel, “they are partying on the street, all night long.” Yeah. Mouth closed, Lionel Richie promises on-your-mark, get set, go teeth.
Hallo, hallo, give me one cent, hallo, hallo.
[....]
Now Lionel Richie is Swahili Jamaicanly saying we are going to part-ay, karamu, fiesta, forever. When his mouth is closed, it puffs out with interesting possibilities—to my dentally naturalist eye.
It promises dramatic teeth, tall and craggy-faced Mau Maus on horses galloping along the raw pink highway of Kenya.
They stand in a semicircle at the jawline of the Ngong Hills, looking down at the capital, grimy and determined. They pause for a moment—for the heroic bronze sculpture they hope they will commission to celebrate this hilly revolutionary moment. Teeth facing forward, they gallop down the hill, then storm the city with sharp pointy things heading straight for the biggest-dick building: Kenyatta Cornflakes Center. “Everyone you meet,” calypsos Lionel, “they are partying on the street, all night long.” Yeah. Mouth closed, Lionel Richie promises on-your-mark, get set, go teeth.
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wish iDNF'ed it....no critique of the anti-blacknes of main character which definitely reflects onto the authors own anti-blackness
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my favourite stories were the ones that didn't center romantic relationships and unfortunately almost all.of them did and those that didn't center it, somehow including romantic relationship as in important part.
my faves were:
A Women's Memories
Outsids
Various People
my faves were:
A Women's Memories
Outsids
Various People
emotional
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fast-paced
"It was because of this tireless work in the community that J.
Edgar Hoover, the FBI director at that time, declared the Black
Panther Party to be the greatest threat to national security and
sought to destroy it. It was not because we advocated the use
of the gun that the FBI considered the Black Panther Party a threat. It was because of the politics that guided the gun. We had been taught that politics guide the gun; therefore our politics had to be correct and constantly evolving. "
Safiya Bukhari (aun)
"Even after her death, I'd talk to people on the phone and
I heard more than once the refrain, "I've gotta call Safiya-;"
and an embarrassed silence would follow, as realization slowly caught up to reality.But her passing wasn't the only tragedy; the tragedy was that
more people didn't know her, learn from her, or grow from her fund of hard-won wisdom.For many (hopefully the younger folks), this collection of her essays, written almost on the fly (that is, written by Safiya as an activist, engaged daily in social and revolutionary movements, rather than as a writer), is the next best thing. For her heart is here. Besides her beloved daughter, she loved her people with the passion of a mother. She wanted her people free. She wanted her people independent. She wanted her people safe. She wanted her people to be a force for life and love in the world
.She wanted her people free.
May her words preserved here play a part in that long, continuing freedom struggle, and the necessary revolution to come."
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Edgar Hoover, the FBI director at that time, declared the Black
Panther Party to be the greatest threat to national security and
sought to destroy it. It was not because we advocated the use
of the gun that the FBI considered the Black Panther Party a threat. It was because of the politics that guided the gun. We had been taught that politics guide the gun; therefore our politics had to be correct and constantly evolving. "
Safiya Bukhari (aun)
"Even after her death, I'd talk to people on the phone and
I heard more than once the refrain, "I've gotta call Safiya-;"
and an embarrassed silence would follow, as realization slowly caught up to reality.But her passing wasn't the only tragedy; the tragedy was that
more people didn't know her, learn from her, or grow from her fund of hard-won wisdom.For many (hopefully the younger folks), this collection of her essays, written almost on the fly (that is, written by Safiya as an activist, engaged daily in social and revolutionary movements, rather than as a writer), is the next best thing. For her heart is here. Besides her beloved daughter, she loved her people with the passion of a mother. She wanted her people free. She wanted her people independent. She wanted her people safe. She wanted her people to be a force for life and love in the world
.She wanted her people free.
May her words preserved here play a part in that long, continuing freedom struggle, and the necessary revolution to come."
Mumia Abu-Jamal
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i am glad I found out about 2 or 3 Black authors on this series but the series as a whole I would not recommend.
since the race of the 'american woman' wasn't mentioned i kind of knew she would be yt and it would push some palmitagem propaganda. but i wanted to start reading it in case I might be wrong, but i was not. and not only that, the race of Atilla is mentioned so many times in the first pages of the book but that of the ww is not mentioned once.
no thank you!
no thank you!