by the Seven Foot Poet
In the coming year, we expect to hear a lot more from the Seven Foot Poet, who here conveys to our readership his holiday greetings.
A Kwanzaa Poem
by the Seven Foot Poet
Itās about love
Itās about life
Itās about our culture
Our family our community
Our genius our birthright
Itās about love
Itās about life
Itās about our culture
Our family our community
Our genius our birthright
We remember our glory our stories
Yesterdays yesterday
Those that came before me
Todayās today
Rebuilding our way
Tomorrows tomorrow
Sunshine good times
And learning from our sorrows
Itās about love
Itās about life
Itās about our culture
Our family our community
Our genius our birthright
Umoja ā Unity
Kujichagulia ā Self-determination
Ujima ā Collective work/collective responsibility
Ujamma ā Cooperative Economics
Nia ā Purpose
Kuumba ā Creativity
Imani ā Faith
Itās about love
Itās about life
Itās about our culture
Our family our community
Our genius our birthright
Umoja Kujichagulia Ujima
Ujamma Nia Kuumba Imani
There was no way to make light of this daunting book and its effects on me, no matter how much I thought I knew it.
The author explores various social, political, and cultural sites that explore and highlight the Black pastoral experience.
In the past year or two, the proposition of defunding or abolishing police and prisons has travelled from incarcerated-activist networks into mainstream conversations.
Biden promises popular progressive policies, then quietly reneges while the corporate press turns a blind eye and falls silent.
The corporate media is second only to the police in spreading falsehoods about the nationās best known political prisoner.
