Abyssinia

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Abyssinia is Currently Reading

Abyssinia is currently reading

Their Vicious Games

by Joelle Wellington (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: thriller, young-adult, currently-reading

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Jan 02, 2024 04:56PM

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Build Yourself a Boat

by Camonghne Felix

bookshelves: poetry, currently-reading

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Jan 28, 2023 03:16PM

Abyssinia’s Quotes

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

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“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
― Octavia E. Butler

175 likes

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

tags: qotd

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“Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

tags: humor, race

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