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kacee139 · April 2012

GOAT Thread

PadSuJad · April 2012

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white715 · April 2012

Palmares, was a fugitive community of escaped slaves and others in colonial Brazil that developed from about 1605 until its suppression in 1694. During this time the vast majority of the enslaved Africans who were being brought to Brazil were from Angola. The Africans began building small communities in the inaccessible region of Palmares. There were 9 major settlements and many smaller ones ruled by a king. Accounts tell us that the kingdom was named “Angola Janga” which according to the Portuguese meant “Little Angola. Members of the kings family ruled other settlements, suggesting an incipient royal family. He also had officials and judges as well as a more or less standing army. Angola Janga was legendary for its size and power. An independent self-sustaining kingdom, Palmares was vast and at its height hosted a population of over 30,000 free Black men, women and children. By 1679 the Portuguese were sending military expeditions into Brazil and from 1680 to 1694, the Portuguese and the Africans waged a constant war of greater or lesser violence. The Portuguese government finally brought in the famed Portuguese military commanders Domingos Jorge Velho and Bernardo Vieira de Melo and in 1694 Cerca do Macaco, the main settlement fell. Rather than surrender men,women and children threw themselves from the cliffs.Palmares was ultimately destroyed, the Portuguese were given land grants in the territory of Angola Janga, which they occupied as a means of keeping the kingdom from being reconstituted.

white715 · April 2012

African Heads carved into the mountains of the ancient city of Angkor Thom Cambodia

c1up · April 2012

white715 wrote: »

Palmares, was a fugitive community of escaped slaves and others in colonial Brazil that developed from about 1605 until its suppression in 1694. During this time the vast majority of the enslaved Africans who were being brought to Brazil were from Angola. The Africans began building small communities in the inaccessible region of Palmares. There were 9 major settlements and many smaller ones ruled by a king. Accounts tell us that the kingdom was named “Angola Janga” which according to the Portuguese meant “Little Angola. Members of the kings family ruled other settlements, suggesting an incipient royal family. He also had officials and judges as well as a more or less standing army. Angola Janga was legendary for its size and power. An independent self-sustaining kingdom, Palmares was vast and at its height hosted a population of over 30,000 free Black men, women and children. By 1679 the Portuguese were sending military expeditions into Brazil and from 1680 to 1694, the Portuguese and the Africans waged a constant war of greater or lesser violence. The Portuguese government finally brought in the famed Portuguese military commanders Domingos Jorge Velho and Bernardo Vieira de Melo and in 1694 Cerca do Macaco, the main settlement fell. Rather than surrender men,women and children threw themselves from the cliffs.Palmares was ultimately destroyed, the Portuguese were given land grants in the territory of Angola Janga, which they occupied as a means of keeping the kingdom from being reconstituted.

deep deep shit my dude

white715 · April 2012

Abu Simbed temple in Egypt

They’ve always said that I’m anti-white. I’m for anybody who’s for freedom. I’m for anybody who’s for justice. I’m for anybody who’s for equality. I’m not for anybody who tells me to sit around and wait for mine

Malcolm X

Ancient Kush, modern day Sudan

Empress_ · April 2012

Bob Marley and a young Michael Jackson-Jamaica 1975

R.I.P Bob & Michael

Marcus Garvey- 1920 prophecy "Look to Africa for the crowning of a Black King."

November. 2, 1930-The Coronation of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I & Empress Menen Asfaw

Haile Selassie I University

H.I.M & The Conquering Lion of Judah

Malcolm X & Maya Angelou

Leonard Howell-1st rasta

Leonard Howell & Marcus Garvey