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Lois is Currently Reading

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Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

by Sudhir Hazareesingh

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A Killer in the Family: A Novel

by Amin Ahmad

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The Newlywed

by Zia Rayyan (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey

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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, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

tags: indigenous, streets

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“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.”
― Victor LaValle, We Travel the Spaceways

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“Men only have it all by being willing to take from others. To ruin lives, to oppress.”
― Adriana Herrera, An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

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“To overcome the need to be productive, as a lot of productivity is destructive.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

tags: peace, productivity, wholeness

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“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, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

tags: africa, peace, slavery

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