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Oya is often wearing a mask. Some even believe that humans are unable to look on her true face.
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“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Each of us gets the job that suits us. You have been used to hearing the voices others can’t hear. They called you crazy for it, but you were just more aware.”
― We Travel the Spaceways
― We Travel the Spaceways
“Men only have it all by being willing to take from others. To ruin lives, to oppress.”
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
“To overcome the need to be productive, as a lot of productivity is destructive.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Just because some Africans enslaved rival tribes before European arrival, doesn't mean all Africans enslaved. Buying/selling humans was unthinkable to peaceful tribes like our Lenape, and the San of Africa.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
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