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help who’s this couple

Untitled (Korea), Photo by Dave Heath, 1956

Gloria Richardson then and now

“Gloria was a different type of strength. Nobody was going to stop her or her community from getting her basic human rights”

Eid Mubarak ☪️🕋🕌

I knew the “I hate Drake” campaign wouldn’t last long because “Nokia” is going UP in numbers on Tik Tok right now.

You can’t keep a Scorpio down for long at all. 😭

!! For better or worse with Scorpio, sometimes hate really is what keeps things in motion 🧲

It’s the squares (difficulties, tension) to Aquarius + from Leo that counteract it (to ignore/separate from it/not pay it any special attention)

Tomorrow will mark Trinidad & Tobago’s 50th year of independence.

This is a picture of the first issue released by the only newspaper in Trinidad at the time

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www.ttconnect.gov.tt

(via dreamsofinkandlies)

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Zahra explains perfectly the influence of the Rastafarian movement on Eastern Europe as a symbol of change and freedom after the fall of the USSR. The music and culture of Jamaica has touched this part of the world in a profound way!

Many Eastern Europeans grew up with ska and reggae music, picking up the culture that came with it, along with the style (colors, clothes, hair, jewelry, lifestyle) of the famous raggae musicians at the time. They know about the history of Jamaica and Reggae and the message behind it, which became important to their lives in a time of political change.

Rastafarianism mixed with the local culture, creating subcultures. Since music has a global reach, many Eastern Europeans created their own raggae bands and sung in their own language, sometimes mixing raggae with their local folk music. As Zahra explained, Jamaicans are excited and welcoming to people who have adopted this style around the world and who have their own ska and raggae subculture (like Polish reggae, since reggae there is mainstream).

The movement also touched the Balkans and it's been going on for decades now, although it's not very popular today. One person in the comments wrote "There's a Bob Marley statue in my small serbian village, that should tell you everything lol" 😂

I know in Greece there are still shops that sell clothes and jewelry of this style and some even braid or mat your hair. (Or sell hair extensions) There's still Greek raggae music played in beach bars sometimes. But in Cyprus raggae has grown roots because political change was also strong there during the last decades and people adopted the culture quickly.

Note: Some people dressing like this follow the Hippie subculture which has roots in Rastafarian subculture.

this baby looks like me…I pray my future baby will resemble him or her.

steady rebuilding a world that was harmed by those I invited.