Oronike Odeleye
@suiteladyoro.bsky.social
Artistic Director - National Black Arts Festival
Festival Coordinator - ONE Musicfest
Co-founder - #MuteRKelly
Festival Coordinator - ONE Musicfest
Co-founder - #MuteRKelly
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
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James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin
An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.
www.newyorker.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
Check out ArtsATL's feature of NBAF's Artistic Director, Oronike Odeleye! 🔊
Cultural producer and arts activist Oronike Odeleye has been Artistic Director of the NBAF since 2022 and has been working in Atlanta’s cultural scene long before that.
www.artsatl.org.
Cultural producer and arts activist Oronike Odeleye has been Artistic Director of the NBAF since 2022 and has been working in Atlanta’s cultural scene long before that.
www.artsatl.org.
December 16, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Check out ArtsATL's feature of NBAF's Artistic Director, Oronike Odeleye! 🔊
Cultural producer and arts activist Oronike Odeleye has been Artistic Director of the NBAF since 2022 and has been working in Atlanta’s cultural scene long before that.
www.artsatl.org.
Cultural producer and arts activist Oronike Odeleye has been Artistic Director of the NBAF since 2022 and has been working in Atlanta’s cultural scene long before that.
www.artsatl.org.
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From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:
December 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:
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it's a great system we have: one party is a snakepit of insane fascist sex creeps. the other is pathologically allergic to wielding power
December 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM
it's a great system we have: one party is a snakepit of insane fascist sex creeps. the other is pathologically allergic to wielding power
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I can hardly wait!
November 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I can hardly wait!
"white" people apparently....
I grossly underestimated the short attention span of the average voter. I thought that all the reason people voted for "not Trump" in 2020 would still apply in 2024, and be amplified by all that followed, but instead people apparently spent four years deciding he wasn't all that bad after all.
One thing that annoys me about social media and politics is that rather than admit that you were wrong about something, people tend to double down and retreat into their own echo-chambers rather than admit that they were mistaken. So my question to you is what were you wrong about politically over
November 28, 2024 at 1:32 PM
"white" people apparently....
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Question for the Blacks: Have you, or any Black person you know, called their grandmother Nana Mama?
November 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Question for the Blacks: Have you, or any Black person you know, called their grandmother Nana Mama?
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Ladies, that fine nigga you been tryin to get at? This the perfect time to “wow this new Kendrick fire” your way into his drawls!
November 22, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Ladies, that fine nigga you been tryin to get at? This the perfect time to “wow this new Kendrick fire” your way into his drawls!
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can't even pay teens for sex then get appointed attorney general anymore on account of woke www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
EXCLUSIVE: Ethics committee told of second sexual encounter between Matt Gaetz and 17-year-old, sources say | CNN Politics
The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at a party in 2017, sources familiar with her testi...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
can't even pay teens for sex then get appointed attorney general anymore on account of woke www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
Know an Atlanta family in need of free rent for a year? Real estate development company Roots is accepting nominations until 11/24. The program includes free rent and other services for up to 25 hardworking families across Atlanta. See freerent.org.
Roots Is Giving Away Free Rent to 25 Deserving Atlanta Families
FreeRentATL: spreading awareness of the widening wealth gap in Atlanta and helping 25 renting families get a much needed leg up going into 2025.
freerent.org
November 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Know an Atlanta family in need of free rent for a year? Real estate development company Roots is accepting nominations until 11/24. The program includes free rent and other services for up to 25 hardworking families across Atlanta. See freerent.org.
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Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?
I came over here to escape Trump, and all y'all wanna do is talk about him.
a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .
ALT: a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I came over here to escape Trump, and all y'all wanna do is talk about him.
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Americans didn’t want another old president so they elected a 78-year-old.
Americans wanted to end crime so they elected a criminal.
Keep it going lol
Americans wanted to end crime so they elected a criminal.
Keep it going lol
November 20, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Americans didn’t want another old president so they elected a 78-year-old.
Americans wanted to end crime so they elected a criminal.
Keep it going lol
Americans wanted to end crime so they elected a criminal.
Keep it going lol
I feel such gratitude to be able to work, learn and grow with this team. #ONEmusicfest is so much more than a festival. It's a family.
Congrats to J. Carter, Moetown Lee, Steve Canal, and Troy Brown on being recognized as an #EbonyPower100. The honor was incredibly well-deserved! Love yall!
Congrats to J. Carter, Moetown Lee, Steve Canal, and Troy Brown on being recognized as an #EbonyPower100. The honor was incredibly well-deserved! Love yall!
November 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I feel such gratitude to be able to work, learn and grow with this team. #ONEmusicfest is so much more than a festival. It's a family.
Congrats to J. Carter, Moetown Lee, Steve Canal, and Troy Brown on being recognized as an #EbonyPower100. The honor was incredibly well-deserved! Love yall!
Congrats to J. Carter, Moetown Lee, Steve Canal, and Troy Brown on being recognized as an #EbonyPower100. The honor was incredibly well-deserved! Love yall!
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It’s hard to be patient and understanding with people who are hellbent on destroying humanity.
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
It’s hard to be patient and understanding with people who are hellbent on destroying humanity.
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
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who you think gone be the first blue sky villain?
November 15, 2024 at 4:36 AM
who you think gone be the first blue sky villain?
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Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
November 15, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.