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“The first nation to actually abolish slavery was Haiti in the Haitian revolutionary war in 1804.”
“The Haitian Revolution was a successful insurrection led by Toussaint Louverture. It was the only revolution or rebellion that led Haiti to be free from slavery. It was against white supremacy.
Mrs. Empress Bonclair. As in the Bonclair Student Union? Head of the Kwasan tribe.”
“Voodoo, which is from the original word Vodun, is a religious belief system originating in Africa. The motherland. Whereas Hoodoo is a derivative of the teachings of Vodun. Enslaved folks and their descendants took what they learned in their native ways and modernized it and mixed it with Christian ideology. The origins being from Kongo/Igbo.”
“The power of influencin’ the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.”
“Bane magic—using your powers to tap into dark, sinister forces for your own will. Hexing someone just because. Taking life away, and in some cases, giving it back. With this dark magic, one key spell is using your precious memories to tap in and conjure dangerous and sometimes deadly hexes. You can alter people’s perception, their whole lives, by tapping into their memories and channeling
Tapping into their very souls. Bend the will of nature for evil. Even the ancestors themselves.”
Black folks and watermelon actually have a positive relationship. Back in the Reconstruction era, Black farmers
sold watermelon as a means of income. Profited greatly because of it. Some even became millionaires. White people grew jealous of this self-sufficiency, Malik, and deemed watermelon as this stereotypical and uncouth thing that Black people eat. But in the magical community, watermelon is beneficial for our magic. It’s an elixir. The real natural fruit sustains life and has all the nutrients we need. It’s been that way for our ancestors for thousands of years.”
Sankofa,” she answers. “It means to the Akan tribe, ‘Go back and get it,’ or ‘To retrieve what’s been left in the past.’ It’s our memories,
“Dear Black girl, you are wrapped in gold. Your hair twists down your head like roots from a tree—you are wonderfully and fearfully made. You are the living image of God herself. Dipped in honey and mahogany. The standard, even when they try to tell you you’re not. Black girl, you are the foundation. The lineage that holds a million generations.”
“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”
matter is neither created nor destroyed. Just transferred.
Laissez les bons temps rouler.”
Because this magical revolution that’s comin’…will not be televised.”
