#African Pride Afro

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Butterfly Juneteenth: A Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Fashion

Juneteenth, a celebration of freedom and African American culture, finds a poignant symbol in the butterfly. This pairing of Juneteenth and the butterfly creates a powerful metaphor for transformation, resilience, and hope.

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The butterfly's journey from caterpillar to chrysalis to winged beauty parallels the African American experience of moving from bondage to emancipation. Just as a butterfly emerges from its cocoon, Juneteenth commemorates the emergence of a people from the constraints of slavery into the light of freedom.

In Juneteenth celebrations, butterfly imagery might be incorporated into decorations, artwork, or even as a theme for community events. The vibrant colors of butterflies can reflect the joy and vitality of the holiday, while their delicate nature reminds us of the fragility and preciousness of freedom.

Butterflies also symbolize endurance and adaptability, qualities deeply ingrained in African American history and culture. Their ability to migrate vast distances resonates with the journeys many African Americans undertook in search of liberty and opportunity.

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Moreover, like butterflies pollinating flowers and contributing to the ecosystem, Juneteenth celebrates the numerous contributions African Americans have made to society, culture, and the nation as a whole. The butterfly in the context of Juneteenth thus becomes a multifaceted symbol of liberation, transformation, and the ongoing journey toward equality and justice.

African Pride Afro Black Women embody strength, beauty, and resilience. These women celebrate their heritage and natural features, particularly their iconic afro hairstyles, which have become powerful symbols of cultural identity and self-love.

Their pride is rooted in a rich history of overcoming adversity and challenging beauty standards that often excluded them. By embracing their natural hair texture and African features, they make a bold statement about self-acceptance and cultural affirmation.

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These women are diverse, representing various shades, sizes, and backgrounds within the African diaspora. They are leaders, innovators, artists, and changemakers who continue to break barriers and inspire future generations.

African Pride Afro Black Women are not just defining beauty on their own terms; they're reshaping societal norms, advocating for representation, and fostering a sense of community and empowerment among Black women worldwide.

Butterfly remembrance gifts offer a gentle way to honor departed loved ones. These thoughtful items often feature delicate butterfly motifs symbolizing transformation and hope. From personalized jewelry to garden sculptures, these gifts provide comfort to those grieving. They serve as beautiful reminders of cherished memories

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and the enduring nature of love. Butterfly-themed candle holders, wind chimes, or memorial stones can create peaceful spaces for reflection. These gifts embody the idea that, like a butterfly's metamorphosis, our loved ones have transformed but live on in our hearts.

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Soul ‘Fro

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[oshun67]

Alive and well! It’s a nice day in NYC today - 8/20/24

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tapping in confirming the fro is growing 🫣🔒🫶🏽

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Name help!

There I was, thinking it was a good time to look for a new name, and then I asked my mom, what name she would give me if it has to be neutral. She told me she didn't know, but she would definitively look for something african.

This made me think, and I really liked the idea of looking for neutral african names for myself.

So, I made a research, and decided to post here some of my favorite names. If you guys are looking for something alike, this may help!

Most of this names are neutral but not all

Ada

This name means first daughter and I think it's very pretty

Baakir

This one means first son

Baako

Baako means "firstborn" and is unisex/neutral

Jameela

Unisex, this one and all its variarions. Usually means "beautiful" when used for girls or "virgin" if used for boys. But there's no problem if we keep the two meanings, I guess. You can use it as a very sexy ace

Lali

This is a masculine name and means "flexible"

Maha

"Beautiful eyes". This name is feminine

Nala, or Naliah (You may remember this one from The Lion King)

Is feminine and means "sucessful"

Taj

"The exalted". Masculine. Also, the way it is written in sanscrit also stands for "crown"

Tanishia

Born in a monday. Neutral. (Some names I found means things like "born in a saturday" "youngest twin" or "first born" and things like that and I think it's pretty cool)

Ayo

Neutral. Means "hapiness"

Eno

Neutral too. Means "gift"

Ode

"Born on a road". Also neutral but is more used for girls.

Abayomi

"Born to bring huge hapiness". Unisex

Lueji

"Monarch". For what I've get, it's more used for girls

Dyami

Means "eagle", and is neutral

Kieza

This one is a girl's. It means "the one who comes"

Imani

"Faith". Neutral

Bahati

I love this one. It means "luck" (Also neutral)

Rutendo

This one sounds really strong for me. Neither exactly for girls nor boys. Also means "faith"

Amahle

"Among the beautiest". This is usually used for girls but is actually unisex

Dayo

"Hapiness has come". Neutral

Adisa

And a really graceful one, Adisa. This here is masculine and stands for "the one who will teach us"

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(via THE BLACK CULUTRE Throw Pillow by KappaCityDesign)

[shawnthewonder]

Black as fuck!

Soulaani Miku for the culture ‼️‼️🖤❤️⚜️

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Na’Luzia Rio Garcia-Naruto

Aliases: Luz, Lu, Clover, Cloverleaf, Cloves, Clovis, Clovie, Mija by her mother and her maternal grandmothers, Mixed Girl by Lori Anderson

Abilities: Earth Bending, Lava Bending, Metal Bending, Glass Bending, Sun Breathing, Stone Breathing, Seismic Sense

Elements: Earth, Lava, Metal

Occupation: Student At Titan City School, Employee At Claymore’s Blacksmith Metal Shop (Part Time)

Dates of Birth: April 24th, 2007

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Height: 4’10

Ethnicity: Afro Asian Latina (Afro Puerto Rican, Chinese Jamaican, Indo Trinidadian)

Hair Color: Dark Auburn/Golden Dirty Blonde

Eyes Color: Hazel Brown

Skin Color: Dark Golden Bronze Tan

Skin Types: Olive Brown Freckled, Honey Beige Vitiligo

Family Members: Na’Coda Naruto (Father), Stella Mia Garcia-Naruto (Mother), Niagara Naruto (Partial Aunt), Blaze of Domino (Partial Uncle), Na’Kai Naruto/Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/New Limbonar (Older Cousin), Navajo Naruto (Partial Grandfather), Novae Naruto (Partial Grandmother), Unnamed Partial Great Grandmother✝️, Unnamed Partial Great Great Grandmother✝️, Kumora Naruto✝️ (Ancestor), Naruto Ancestors✝️, Karen Sara Garcia-Clark, Trudy Ana Garcia (Maternal Aunts), Calvin Lucas Clark (Maternal Uncle), Leonardo Santiago, Marcus Carlos, Megan Paola and Antonio Clark (Younger Maternal Cousins), Savannah Azan-Garcia and Gloria Garcia (Maternal Grandmothers), Mr. And Mrs. Garcia✝️ (Maternal Great Grandparents) Mrs. Azan✝️ (Maternal Great Grandmother) Garcia Ancestors✝️

Love Interest: Jennifer May O’Neil (Girlfriend)

Voiced By: Olivia Olson

Appearance:

Na’Luzia Rio Garcia-Naruto is an athletic dark bronze tan skinned Afro Puerto Rican, Chinese Jamaican and Indo Trinidadian pre teenage girl (later teenage girl to young woman, she was born as half Dougla and half Hakka), with shoulder length texture dark auburn and golden dirty blonde ombré dyed hair with right sides bangs kept in a low back ponytail bun with a burgundy hair tie, thick narrow dark auburn brown eyebrows, short eyelashes, hazel brown eyes, olive brown freckles on her cheeks, honey beige vitiligo on her forearms and legs reddish orange lava kanji symbol on her right wrist, and round natural tan lips. Her attire consists, few accessories, she wears two ebony black metallic ear hoop ear piercings on her right ear, pair of blue diamond star shaped earrings, a Creature Slayer sliver metal chain necklace with light blue wave and dark blue, navy bluish black checkered yin yang charm around her neck (Parody of Demon Slayer) and a black leather braided bracelet with orange topaz and emerald green charms on her left wrist. She wore a mid cropped burgundy graphic fit tank top with a white jaguar print on it front, a red leather jacket with 3/4 sleeves, dark red Japanese textured and Ghosted Away Haru print on its back (parody of Spirited Away Haku) a pair of black torn capri mid rise jeans with a lesbian pride flag and a poke ball patches on its right side front and left side back pockets, a reddish brown leather belt with a silver buckle around her waist, a dark red mini leggings underneath, red crew socks with black stripes and burgundy and black checkered combat boots with dark gray laces, and ebony black soles.

Personality:

Clover is thoughtful, kind, generous, and supportive tomboy.

Trivia:

Clover’s Ethnicity from American descent to Afro Asian Caribbean descent.

She is mixed race as half Dougla and half Hakka, her mother Stella is an Afro Puerto Rican and Afro Jamaican and her father Na’Coda is Chinese Trinidadian and Indo Trinidadian. She is an Afro Pueto Rican, Chinese Jamaican and Indo Trinidadian.

Her hair is dark auburn with golden dirty blonde hair dye, it’s wavy/curly texture.

She worked at Claymore’s Blacksmith Metal Shop.

She is a tomboy instead of girly girl.

She is a lesbian.

She had fear of water, she had a fear scary dolls.

She likes spending time with her girlfriend Jenny.

[saturngalore]

paraíso afro puff 🍹

hi im back with my first afro puff in months! it was inspired by this cute hairstyle i saw worn by ginger (khanya mkhize) from the tv show, one on one! it comes with front (v2) and side (v3) braids that has brown multicolor beads since i always wanted to have/make a hairstyle with that bead combination!! the beads also comes in 29 additional swatches located in the left lip ring piercing section. v1 of the bead accessory goes with v2 hair and v2 goes with v3 hair. 2 bead swatches are inspired by the pan african flag and several more are inspired by different pride flags: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary, asexual, genderfluid, genderqueer, intersex, and agender. please note that the hair only has 4 beads so i tried making the beads as close as the different flags as i could (i tried an ombré rainbow one and it looked terrible so im sorry!) but please let me know if anything is weird or incorrect! happy (late) juneteenth, happy african american music month, and of course, happy pride yall!!! i hope y’all enjoy! 🫶🏾🏳️‍🌈

base game compatible (bgc)

maxis palette (24 swatches)

teen-elder

both frames (the hairline is a little glitchy for the masc frame)

not hat compatible (some accessories can fit!)

2 versions of bead accessories (29 swatches)

custom thumbnails

disallowed for random

all lods

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download via simsharefile (sfs) or on my patreon - ALWAYS FREE!

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PRIDE is timeless

New images for 2024. See previous years here.

sources for photographs:

Axolotls - Photograph from Trent Kelley’s Flickr stream “Hidden in the Open: Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Affections.” Source for image.

Bears - Bearded men together. Source for image.

Chipmunks - Unknown photographer, Wikimedia commons. Source for image.

Dogs - Aunty Mary and her “friend” Ruth (1910) by imgur user izgs. Source for Image.

Ducks - Photograph by David Deitcher, from his book “Dear Friends, American Photographs of Men, 1840–1918.” Source for image.

Mice - Lily Elise and Adrienne Augarde (1907). Source for image.

Snails - Nana & Jacky, Métro Blanche (1961), by Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm. Source for image.

Unicorns - Two African American women, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing each other (1900). From the African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition. Source for image.

The Affectionate Animal series is a project I have worked on for years, illustrating vintage photographs as queer couples. All paintings are by me, Erin Darling. Here is a link to the series on my site.

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Art by @lehuckbadu

African Hair Threading

Hair Threading has been part of the Black hair scene for many generations. It consists of wrapping sectioned hair in thread. This method of wrapping the hair in thread strengthens the hair without excessive manipulation, which is beneficial for your strands. Not only does the style strengthen the hair, but it also promotes growth.

The style comes from Sub-Saharan African countries and grew its popularity in West Africa, particularly, South Nigeria. Learn more here

Art by Izzakko via @blacklacerabbit

Bantu Knots and Hi-Top Fades

The Zulu people of southern Africa originated Bantu knots, a hairstyle where the hair is sectioned off, twisted, and wrapped in such a way that the hair stacks upon itself to form a spiraled knot (Source). Learn the history of Bantu Knots

The hi-top fade or flattop originated in the U.S. military around the ‘40s and ‘50s. By the mid-eighties, Black barbers began to reimagine the hairstyle, and due to its resemblance to Queen Nefertiti’s Empress headpiece, some speculated the hairstyle's origin. The hairstyle grew as a trend when worn by the like of Grace Jones, Doug E. Fresh, and Salt-N-Peppa.

Art by LaQuecya Allen via @nappy-by-nature

Afro

As far as hairstyles go, there's nothing Blacker than the Afro. In the 1960s, after decades of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, Black folks decided to take back their hair. This newfound self-acceptance was widely known as the Black Is Beautiful movement, which sprang from the Black Power movement. The 'fro was rocked by Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, and Jesse Jackson while fighting oppression; the hairstyle quickly emerged as a symbol of Black beauty, liberation, and pride.

Remember: tag your Black hair art with #BlackExcellence365 for a chance to be featured!

And keep your eyes out for next month's theme... 👀

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Jab Jab, rooted in Grenada and Trinidad as Jab Molassie, is a cultural phenomenon with deep historical significance. 

Jab Jab has ties to the pre-Lenten festivities in the French colonies, where the bourgeoisie donned lavish costumes and danced to the melodies of well-tuned orchestras. In stark contrast, the enslaved engaged in their own interpretation. They adorned themselves with cane ashes, oil, or grease and created music using improvised instruments like biscuit tins, oil drums, and conch shells. This was a form of satirical commentary.

The term "Jab" traces its origins to the French word "diable," meaning "devil." This signifies the subversive nature of Jab Jab culture, with masqueraders symbolically assuming the role of the devil, offering poignant commentary on colonial oppression.

Jab Jab, represented by individuals of African or Afro-Caribbean descent, features too distinct costumes with goat horns, thick chains, and symbolic artifacts. At the Notting Hill Carnival, these vibrant costumes come alive, celebrating the resilience and cultural pride of the Caribbean diaspora.

It's essential to note that Jab Jab's historical and cultural context has sometimes been misunderstood, leading to misinterpretations by right wing fanatics on Twitter (where else?). The complex themes and symbolism within Jab Jab culture provide a unique lens through which to view the Caribbean's rich history and heritage.

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Let's talk about Jessica Drew - Character Analyzation/Rant (People don't like powerful women)

LOOK AT HER.

This magnificent woman sports a luscious afro while wearing 80s style clothing. Afros and natural hair in general are symbols of African American pride and embracing your African heritage. Her clothing style is very similar to the clothing style and fashion that African American women wore in the 80s.

I couldn't find a better picture, but do you see my vision? Also they are serving 🤩

She oozes culture and black power. She's a pregnant, yet badass black woman who drives a motorcycle and is proud of her heritage. Yet people dislike her. Why?

Because she's an aggressive, no-nonsense, black female character

One of the reasons people dislike Jessica Drew is because we see her reprimanding Gwen for visiting Miles, and telling her that she can't see him again. However, controversially, I think Jess was right about this. Gwen disobeyed direct orders and let her heart get in front of her head. She ignored her mission and the result of that was Spot's escape and a possibility of interdimensional unraveling. Jess had all the right to reprimand Gwen for this, because in her perspective, Gwen messed up. But even though Gwen messed up, Jess was still willing to give her another chance. She agreed not to tell Miguel, because she knew Gwen would be sent home, proving that she still had Gwen's best interests at heart and didn't want Gwen to have to go back to deal with her dad and the possibility of being arrested.

The second reason people dislike her is because she allowed Gwen to be sent back to her universe. However, people are completely forgetting the fact that she wasn't the person sending Gwen back to Earth-65. Miguel was. Jess did her best to protect Gwen, and gave Gwen numerous chances, but in the end, Gwen failed her mission and disobeyed orders, causing her to be sent home. This is not Jess's fault. People are also ignoring the fact that Peter B. Parker, a man that knew Gwen way before Jess did absolutely nothing to save Gwen from Miguel's rage. What did he do instead? He stood there and made jokes. Instead of actually addressing the situation and a girl who considered him her friend, he decided to crack a joke. Not even a funny joke. But people are blaming Jess for this. Why?

Because people don't like seeing strong, aggressive female characters. Jessica oozes confidence. She's confident in her heritage, she's confident in her capabilities and she's confident in herself. Her tone is sharp, she doesn't mess around and she doesn't put up with people's bullshit. Ex. her telling Peter B to "stop talking" and her telling Hobie he's "not helping". People don't like seeing aggressive black female leads, because it makes them uncomfortable. People are quick to label a woman who's aggressive as "harsh" and "argumentative" but proceed to label Miguel, the person who sent a homeless teenager back to her dimension, as someone who's "doing what he has to". I'm not saying Miguel is a bad person. I'm saying Jessica isn't a bad person.

Jess is also most definitely going to get a character development arc considering how she was obviously doubting her loyalty to Miguel in the last 30ish minutes of the movie right after Gwen was sent-home and during Gwen's speech with Miles' parents when Jess was listening.

Jess Drew was slightly harsh on Gwen, and didn't object to her being sent back to her dimension. Was this wrong of her? Yes. But does that make her a bad person? No. People are misinterpreting her character. She is not a bad person and she does not deserve the hate people are spewing against her. She is a strong black female character and we need more people like her in the media to look up to.

BTW, I'm not black but I tried to be as accurate in my description of how Jess embraces her heritage as I could, so if you see any inaccuracies or have any comments, please correct me <3