Samora Machel--hero of Mozambique's liberation--died in a plane crash on 19 October 1986. Here's an emotional Kenneth Kaunda speaking about his friend Machel the day following his death, remembering their shared struggle. 1/

Revisiting Cauleen Smith's 'Drylongso' (1999) has been my obsession today: "Alarmed at the number of young Black men around her dying, brash Oakland art student Pica begins taking photographs to preserve their existence"

.Global Black Studies at Duke's Mark Anthony Neal on 'The Art and Politics of Legendary Cartoonist Ollie Harrington' | LEVEL 'Long before Aaron McGruder's brilliant 'Boondocks' there was an American Master that refused to stay within the lines with his Black art' levelman.com/the-art-and-po…

"If I were forced to, I believe I would say that Okot p'Bitek is my favourite poet. If I had to say that." —Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks

I can watch Gwendolyn Brooks read this all day. I think it’s important to hear poets read their work in their own voice.

I will leave you with this note from Bruce Boyer, one of my favorite men's style writers. Whichever you choose, at least now you know a bit about these style's social histories and why they're called what they're called.

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Comandante Samora Machel of FRELIMO 🌺 One of the greatest architects of a socialist state and class struggle, he led Mozambique to freedom with some of the best synthesis of Marxist theory and military strategy this world has ever seen. A Luta Continua!

On this day in 1986, the apartheid regime in South Africa assassinated Samora Machel by tampering with the navigation beacon of his plane, causing it to crash in South Africa. Samora Machel was a real leader, a thinker, and a revolutionary who did not run with the wind. Take a

"Colonialism tried to make us despise who we are. Our duty is to love ourselves. our languages, our dances, our music, our history. - Samora Moisés Machel.

Scary movie 🎥 🍿

Ghostly pace run on this fine Halloween morning.

The Wire really just a story about men with principles.

Study defeat as much, perhaps even more than you would study victory.

Max Dowman wow 🤩

I need a sky blue denim 😫

Izikhotane have grown up and they are now teachers 😂🔥🔥🔥

Working in a hun-centric environment is a bespoke education.

Hard defeat to take 😔

I want my revenge.

Does anyone on this platform know if Supersport will be broadcasting the Chris Eubank Jr. and Connor Benn fight this coming Saturday?