I’m Just Going to Write
Posted April 7th, 2023 by Lolade in 30 minute series, Divine Feminine, Race, Spirituality
We’re honestly so stupid. I’ll look up the meaning of stupid later. I don’t subscribe to the respectability of not calling us names any more. Sometimes the people of violence must take by force. I’m enraged in my body as I sit here watching the only Black owned media platform with an infinite reach across […]
Black, Radical and Christian. But How?
Posted January 4th, 2019 by Lolade in Spirituality
When I became politicized by the stories and writings of Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela, Patrice Lumumba, Thomas Sankara, Assata Shakur, Marcus Garvey and so many others, Christianity began to feel like a polarizing religion of colonization and Black oppression.
This is My Testimony
Posted October 15th, 2015 by Lolade in Spirituality
Haba! I haven’t written on this site in so long, I’m surprised it’s still here. No tumbleweeds blowing through. That’s amazing. Anywhooo, I have a testimony. Right now I’m that kid in class when it’s show and tell time and the teacher asks, “Does anyone have any testimonies?” My six year old self puts her hand […]
Christians are Hypocrites
Posted March 16th, 2014 by Lolade in Articles, Blog, Culture, Spirituality
They teach from their soapbox, and then they sleep with their followers. They take your money and buy private jets and gold watches, while you struggle and toil to exit your sufferation. They make you feel uncomfortable in your clothes, telling you to change the way you dress, while they’re having extramarital affairs. They purport […]
The 256-Year-Old Herbalist
Posted July 11th, 2013 by Lolade in Articles, Health & Vitality, Spirituality
Source: virsmai.com According to the official records, herbalist Li Ching-Yuen was born in China in 1677 (although he himself claimed that he was born in 1736). Throughout his long life, he constantly practiced herbalism and martial arts. In 1930, the New York Times newspaper printed an article in which they published official Chinese government documents […]
Let the Church Say Amen. This is My Initiation into the Church of Lauryn Hill.
Posted July 1st, 2013 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Musik, Race, Spirituality, Womanism
Every time this woman speaks. My love for her deepens. She is a goddess. Period. The boldness it takes to speak such truth from such a high platform is Divine. Many may disagree with her choice to not pay taxes, but I see her using it as a form of protest. I do wish […]
The Christian Lil Wayne and Non-Illuminati Hip Hop
Posted June 15th, 2013 by Lolade in Blog, Celevolution, Musik, Spirituality
After working on my Rihanna re-writes, I stumbled upon a bunch of artists who were already doing what I wanted to do. Rewriting the lyrics of “hard” contemporary hip hop to something more positive…ie Black power and/or Christian. I’m late! Some of this stuff has been on YouTube for years. This is probably the stuff […]
Why You Shouldn’t Worship this “Christ”
Posted June 12th, 2013 by Lolade in Articles, Blog, Culture, Race, Spirituality
Many people ask me why it matters what color Christ was. Some just would rather leave the subject alone (read: are scared to find out the truth and have their paradigm shattered), others don’t believe He ever existed (read: are fed up of media lies and don’t know what to believe in). There are so […]
When God Left the Room
Posted May 31st, 2013 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Spirituality
As a young Yoruba adult—in a world in which Parents were without a roadmap for teaching culture to American-raised children—I struggled with the slippery slope of finding my roots. For me, that meant curiosity about Ifa and other African traditional religions. I didn’t give my parents much credit back then, thinking them clueless and all, […]
The Afropolitan Fear of Traditional Religion
Posted May 22nd, 2013 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Spirituality
Available for sale in certain parts of Lagos are human body parts. They may be sold from the back of a car or in more remote parts of neighboring towns. They are used most often for rituals requiring human sacrifice for gaining riches. The demand for these body parts is so high that Nigeria especially […]