“Let us remember we descend from folks who…manifested freedom when everything else said otherwise.”

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Sara Makeba Daise (sah-rah mah-kee-bah dayz)

Cultural History Interpreter

IMAGE SOURCE: Sara Makeba Daise. Facebook. Homepage image. | TEXT SOURCE: Sara Makeba Daise. “Be Here Now: The South is a Portal.” Root Work Journal. Vol. 1, #1.  2020.

IMAGE SOURCE: Sara Makeba Daise. Facebook. Homepage image. | TEXT SOURCE: Sara Makeba Daise. “Be Here Now: The South is a Portal.” Root Work Journal. Vol. 1, #1.  2020.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “I find comfort in the Black Southern wisdom rooted in our lived experiences. As the paradigm shifts and new ways of being are required, let us remember we descend from folks who transmitted spiritual knowledge back and forth across continents and oceans.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What must you remember from your foreparents?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Sara Makeba Daise (top): “I am a Cultural History Interpreter. I am passionate about Africana history and the experiences of the enslaved and their descendants.”

IMAGE QUESTION: Where and with whom do you sit to honor your ancestors?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from the first issue of an online journal published by a collective “representing the bloodlines of Black life.” The photo is from Sara Makeba Daise’s Facebook page.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What sources of new media best serve you and your People?

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