Black thinkers
Wrote "Trials and Tribulations"
Who is Fanon?
Organization started in Oakland, CA in 1966
What is the Black Panther Party?
Nelson Mandela's homeland and most southern African nation
What is South Africa?
The food genre that epitomizes making a dollar out of 15 cents
What is Soul Food?
Would not have given the jail he wrote a letter from a good Yelp review
Who was MLK Jr.?
The entire name for the August 28th 1963 March
What was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Gained independence from France, in large part through violent means
What is Algeria?
The ritual of pouring out a drink in memory of one who has passed
What is a libation?
Not typically considered an intellectual due to time in prison for larceny and accused of murder in 1970s North Carolina
Who is Joan Little?
He wrote one of the first slave narratives, documenting his journey to freedom from Igboland to South Carolina to England
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
This was the 2nd independent republic in the western hemisphere
What is Haiti?
Term for what can be a simplisitc worldview that breaks everything down into good or evil. It also means “duality,” so if you think this way, you see things in black and white. For example: "The colonial world is a ______ world" -The Wretched of the Earth
What is Manichaean?
Who is Nadia Brown?
Who is Imani Perry?
The mother of one of Africa's best known musicians, she was a leading political activist in this country
What is Nigeria?
Author of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Who is Walter Rodney?
Mid-20th century political activist & mother of one of best-known music artists in Africa
Who is Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti?
She was the first Black woman to run for president in the United States
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Siyanda Mohutsiwa, who delivered a 2016 Ted Talk that we watched, argued that social media's has utility for this way to link Africans.
What is Pan-Africanism?
This poet read white folks--while she was still enslaved!
Who is Phyliss Wheatley?