In the words of frontwoman Wapajea Walks On Water, "The group was started by my mother...She wanted to [tell the stories of #native & #African people] who protected each other from being colonized. To be sure this relationship did not go unnoticed and un-remembered" www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaIk...

Yoruba. Thanks for correcting me!

Good read about the connection between nature worship & conservation (Writer: Princella Talley):
princellatalley.medium.com/remembering-...
#Blacksky #Writing #Nature

Full album: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

#Hair #Hairstyles #Braids #Beauty #Fashion #Asia #Africa #Tibet #Medieval #Culture

(2/2) Dating back to the 16th century, wall decorating has always been a community project done by the women.

"Magyarab" is a combination of 'Magyar', which is Hungarian for "Hungarian" & 'Ab' - Nubian for "of the people" or "tribe". #Hungary #Sudan #Africa

(2/2) I feel that if history isn't more than a story you tell yourself to feel superior, it's not really history. It's fiction. Real history has nuance. It's a puzzle where all cultures take turns being heroes and villains, prophets and innovators, beautiful and barbaric. #Thoughts #History

(2 of 2) Folk revivalist Odetta's cover of "She Moved Through the Fair" (An Irish song dated to 1909)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-YE...

#Musicsky #Blacksky #Irish