“If you chop that branch, it’s filled with water that the Maroons would drink…This is why, when we cut a tree, we plant another one to replace it.”

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Mar 18

Lloyd Wilks (loyd wilks)

Jamaica's consul general at Toronto

IMAGE SOURCE: Neil Armstrong. “Marcus Garvey Celebration Focuses on Economic Self-Reliance.” Angles Covered. 20 Aug. 2017. | TEXT SOURCE: Kareem LaTouche. “Ambassabeth Eco Lodge – Nature at its finest.” The Gleaner. 5 Feb. 2021.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “We went to the river, with the trail taking us down a 30-degree-gradient hill. Wilks was quick to show me vines that the Maroons would wrap themselves with, to hide from the British, during the 18th century civil wars, which the Maroons won.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What have you been instructed to do when you cut a tree?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “Speaking at “Garvey: Full 100,” an opportunity to reflect critically on the contributions of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association) and Marcus Garvey but also to remember that the movement was more than only Garvey.”

IMAGE QUESTION: Whose memory do you stand and take the mike to recall?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a Jamaican newspaper and the photo is from a blog devoted to African communities in the diaspora.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: Who helps to guide your decision-making about which media sources are the best channels for your People’s stories?

“If you chop that branch, it’s filled with water that the Maroons would drink…This is why, when we cut a tree, we plant another one to replace it.”

Lloyd Wilks (loyd wilks)

“How can we preserve our culture and maintain our future? That's the first question we all need to ask ourselves.”

“We make drums the same way our ancestors did 200-300 years ago. We play the same rhythms, the same songs that record the history of our ancestors.”