KemetLeadsTheir words
“I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful.”
Source: “My Last Will and Testament”, Ebony, August 1955
Context Written in her last years and published in August 1955, three months after her death, the essay set out what she hoped to pass on to Black Americans.
Pick the card background
More words from Culture & Ideas
“Emotion is Black, as reason is Hellenic.”
Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal♥ 0
“With my music I create a change. I see it. So really I am using my music as a weapon.”
Fela Kuti Nigeria♥ 0
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Desmond Tutu South Africa♥ 0
Newsletter
Get the briefing. It's free.
Every week, our take on the leaders and forces shaping Africa and its diaspora — straight to your inbox.