One Drop to Glory
Well, they never expected it to work like this! The one-drop rule wasn’t a celebration of ancestry. It was a containment strategy—an old-world firewall designed to protect the fragile fiction of whiteness....
Trump Blinked
Sun Tzu whispers across twenty-five centuries: “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Miyamoto Musashi nods from the edge of a tatami mat: “Generally speaking, the Way...
The Beast (666) Has a Hype Man
Before I get into this, it’s important that you know that, I’m not writing this to predict dates or declare identities. I’m writing because the world is starting to feel like it’s...
No One Will Announce the End of Democracy—But You’ll Know It When You Feel It
I. AMERICA ON THE BRINK: THE TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY On the day before a nation falls into authoritarianism there won’t be a parade to mark the occasion. There won’t be some grand...
Decolonizing the Afrikan Mind: A Path to Reclaiming Heritage
For Afrikan communities, both on the continent and in the diaspora, a history of enslavement and colonization of the African continent has left profound scars. It’s not just about the kidnapping and...
Decolonizing the Afrikan Mind: A Path to Reclaiming Heritage
For Afrikan communities, both on the continent and in the diaspora, a history of enslavement and colonization of the African continent has left profound scars. It’s not just about the kidnapping and...
Of Leaders …
For Afrikan Americans, the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality has seen the rise of great men and women of vision. And though there have been many such leaders and their ideologies,...
Staying to Fight—For What?
Black folks in America have been fighting for centuries—fighting to be seen, to be heard, to be free. And yet, after all the battles, all the sacrifices, all the so-called “progress,” what...
A New Era of Social Media: The Shifting Currents of Power and Possibility
As a new administration takes its seat in the halls of governance, an undercurrent of transformation flows through the digital landscape. Social media, once the great ungoverned frontier of expression and connection,...
African Futurism: Weaving the Future with Threads of the Ancestors
The griots say a river that forgets its source will dry up. But what of a river that chooses its course—carving new paths through ancient bedrock, nourishing the soil of tomorrow with...
