On Blackness and Belonging Quotes

“ Omo ajanaku ki ya arara, omo ti Erin ba bi Erin lonjo ”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“Home is often a conflicted and fractured idea for the Black Diaspora.
...
Many of us live in fracture and know it, even if we can't put it into words.”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“Maybe our ancestors have already been to space
And back enough times that we can consider ourselves
Celestial beings”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“...Not limitation but celebration, surplus and not lack;
remove all my pieces and still what is left
is black.”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“Black is the reason why I'd die and why I'm breathing/ But above all else, it's just something to believe in.”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“Within her embrace, I find a new circle.
She is my village. ”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth set fire to your movement and find solidarity amongst the ashes.”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging

“Some of us are waltzing to award shows,
Others are running from war.”
― The Reclaim Project, On Blackness and Belonging