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Courage That Carries Every Virtue
Values need backbone.
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
When values cost us, courage keeps them alive. Save or share this. #Courage #MayaAngelou #Character #Integrity #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #ThoughtOfTheDay
https://stayingalive.in/thought-of-the-day/courage-is-the-backbone-of.html

@stilgherrian let's tell the others too 👉 #MayaAngelou #poems #poetry https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou

“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can’t ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won’t stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you’d be surprised that people say, ‘Can I be of help?'” — #MayaAngelou #BlackHistory

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
-- Maya Angelou

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Dinosaur #Tracks #Colorado

Nothing will work unless you do.
-- Maya Angelou

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Palms #Florida

Writing Our Mothers
Archive on 4

‘Mothers have such a weight of idealisation and expectation landed upon their bodies and their minds and what women writers can do is to take that apart and explore
its underbelly,’ says feminist writer Jacqueline Rose.

Whether worshipped or vilified, treated as lifetime confidantes or rarely trusted, the mothers we meet when we write them are re-inventions. Some may be closer to the
truth than others. Many of them will have roots in the life experiences of the daughter-writer. Virginia Woolf, who lost her mother at the age of 13, said she was obsessed with writing her mother. Eventually she also argued that it was ‘the occupation of the woman writer to kill’ what she called ‘The Angel in the House’ – the perfect, self-sacrificing mother – who may well have been her own maternal influence.

Drawing on interviews with Maya Angelou, we hear how for her to write her mother was to ‘write about a hurricane in its perfect power’. She describes how the influence of a mother who ‘abandoned’ her as a child forced her most urgent examinations of class, race and, importantly love. In another frank interview with Marguerite Duras from 1968, she describes writing as a search for connection with her raging and ‘mad’ mother. For Sylvia Plath, the process of writing about becoming a mother herself in the 1950s produced work of a psychic intensity rarely seen before.

What the archive ultimately reveals is that a mother, whether present or absent, loving or cruel, might be as formative an influence on a writer’s work, as in life. ‘When I read about motherhood, I want to be shaken loose from whatever limitations I have when I think about what that means,’ says the writer Siri Hustvedt.

With contributions from Susie Orbach, Jacqueline Rose, Kit de Waal and Siri Hustvedt, and narration from Amaka Okafor.

Produced by Sarah Cuddon
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Archive sources:
Desert Island Discs with Arundhati Roy (2017)
A Chance to Meet ... Edna O'Brien (1971)
Sylvia Plath, Peter Orr interview (1962)
Audre Lorde, Pacifica Radio Archives and Academy of American Poets www.poets.org
Maya Angelou, BBC News (1985)
Jeannette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (BBC, 1990) and Face To Face (BBC, 1994)
Marguerite Duras, Worn Out With Desire To Write (1985)
Toni Morrison, Brief Encounters (BBC, 2001)
Jackie Kay, Book of the Week (The Waters Company for BBC R4, 2015)
Elena Ferrante, Lying Lives of Adults (BBC, 2020)

Available now

57 minutes

#BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4

#ArundhatiRoy #EdnaOBrien
#SylviaPlath #AudreLorde
#MayaAngelou #JeannetteWinterson
#MargueriteDuras #ToniMorrison
#JackieKay #ElenaFerrante

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k7s1

This Time For the Africa Centre: Why protecting this historic institution matters for all of us

The Bounce Black Team

Some places are more than buildings. They become home…

Since 1964, The Africa Centre has been one of those places.

A space where African culture, heritage, creativity, community and possibility have been able to meet in the heart of London.

At Bounce Black, we know this because we have experienced it ourselves.

The Africa Centre has been a collaborator, a friend and an important part of the ecosystem that has supported our work. It has provided space for conversations, programmes, celebrations and connections, creating opportunities for people across African and Black communities to come together, share ideas and build something bigger than themselves.

That is why its current situation matters.

More than a building

When a cultural institution faces financial difficulty, it can be tempting to think about the problem simply in terms of a building, a venue or an organisation.

But community infrastructure is about much more than bricks and mortar.

It is about what happens inside those spaces.

It is about the young person attending an event and discovering a new possibility for their future.

It is about an artist finding an audience.

It is about a community organisation finding a place to gather.

It is about entrepreneurs, creatives, activists, professionals and community leaders meeting one another, forming relationships that lead to collaborations, opportunities and movements that reverberate years into the future.

It is about being able to walk into a space and feel that you belong there.

And for African and Black communities, those spaces matter. Massively.

In a world where our cultural institutions and community organisations are often asked to achieve extraordinary things with limited resources, protecting the infrastructure that enables this work is a collective responsibility.

A place with a legacy

The Africa Centre has been part of London’s cultural landscape for decades.

Its significance extends beyond any single programme or event. It represents a longstanding commitment to creating a platform for African culture, ideas, creativity and community.

That legacy deserves to be recognised, but it also needs to be protected.

Heritage is not simply something we preserve by looking backwards.

Heritage is something we carry forward.

The question, therefore, isn’t only what The Africa Centre has meant to previous generations.

It is what it means to us, now.

And what it could continue to mean to the next generation.

What happens when a young African Londoner walks through those doors ten years from now?

What conversations could happen there?

What businesses could be launched?

What artists could be discovered?

What friendships or romantic relationships could begin?

What ideas could become movements?

What futures could be imagined?

Those possibilities are worth investing in.

Why Bounce Black is showing up

Bounce Black exists because we believe that wellbeing, racial equity and social mobility are interconnected.

Our communities need opportunities to connect, develop, create and thrive. That requires more than individual resilience. It requires healthy ecosystems around people.

And ecosystems need infrastructure.

The Africa Centre has been part of that infrastructure for us.

As a collaborator and friend, we have seen the value of having a physical space where Black communities can gather and where organisations can do meaningful work.

So when we see an institution that has played such an important role facing an urgent financial challenge, we believe it is important to show up.

Not because one organisation can solve everything.

But because collective action starts with recognising what is worth protecting.

This is an invitation to show up

The Africa Centre has launched the “Our Africa Centre. Our Heritage. Our Future.“ fundraising campaign to help secure its future.

This is an opportunity for individuals, organisations, philanthropists, businesses and community members to contribute to the work of sustaining this important institution.

And support doesn’t have to look the same for everyone.

If you are able to donate, donate.

If you cannot donate right now, share the campaign.

If you have a platform, amplify it.

If you are connected to potential funders, philanthropists, businesses or institutions, make the introduction.

If you have benefited from The Africa Centre or from the wider ecosystem of African and Black cultural institutions, tell people why these spaces matter to you.

Sometimes solidarity looks like money.

Sometimes it looks like an introduction.

Sometimes it looks like a repost.

Sometimes it looks like simply refusing to let something important disappear quietly.

Our heritage. Our future.

There is a tendency to think of cultural institutions as something that can be dealt with later, something nice to have once the more urgent needs have been addressed.

But culture, community and belonging aren’t luxuries.

They are part of the infrastructure through which communities survive, connect and thrive.

The spaces we build today shape what becomes possible tomorrow.

That is why protecting The Africa Centre is not only about preserving the past. It is about investing in the future.

At Bounce Black, we are proud to stand with The Africa Centre as a collaborator and friend.

We hope our community will join us.

This is our Africa Centre.
Our heritage.
Our future!

Support the campaign

If you are able to contribute, please consider making a donation to the Our Africa Centre. Our Heritage. Our Future. campaign.

Donate to The Africa Centre’s GoFundMe campaign

And if you can’t donate, sharing the campaign can still make a difference.

Let’s help keep the doors open. For our communities, our culture and the generations still to come.

Become a friend to The Africa Centre

Nothing will work unless you do.
-- Maya Angelou

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Rainbow #MississippiRiver #Iowa

We celebrate the butterfly, but we look away from the cocoon.
Maya Angelou's words cut right to it: we want the beauty without acknowledging the struggle that built it. But transformation doesn't work that way. The breaking down, the darkness, the in-between, that's not the obstacle. That IS the process.
Whatever you're going through right now, you're not stuck. You're changing.
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#MayaAngelou #Wisdom #Transformation #Growth #Philosophy

Lessons that stay with us are often the simplest; know your worth, trust your instincts and never let anyone convince you that you are less than enough. Maya Angelou’s words continue to remind generations of women to walk through life with courage, dignity, and self-respect. #MayaAngelou

PPS – if you can’t watch the documentary on the iPlayer, it’s also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbuCL-Osh8

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #MayaAngelou

PS – the whole of ANGELOU ON BURNS is currently available to watch on the BBC iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013vcs

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #MayaAngelou

Here is Dick Gaughan performing “Scots Wha Hae”, to an audience that includes Dr Maya Angelou – from the documentary ANGELOU ON BURNS (first shown on BBC2, 1996)

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hEoJNVdM

#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song #folksong #MayaAngelou

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

- #MayaAngelou

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"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." Maya Angelou When we ignore the plight of others, it diminishes us as a whole. People are people... #resist #lgbtq+ #mayaangelou #wematter #universalhealthcare #equality

"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." Maya Angelou When we ignore the plight of others, it diminishes us as a whole. People are people... #resist #lgbtq+ #mayaangelou #wematter #universalhealthcare #equality

#Quotes #Memes #MayaAngelou #Love #Life
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#zitate #buergerrecht #againsthate #againsthatespeech #mayaangelou

Maya Angelou: Una Voz Poderosa

La muerte de Maya Angelou en 2014 marcó el fin de una era para la literatura y la lucha por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos. Como poeta, autora y activista, Angelou dejó un legado indeleble en la historia de su país y del mundo. Nacida en 1928, Marguerite Annie Johnson, más conocida como Maya Angelou, creció en un entorno marcado por la s…

#Akerix #MayaAngelou #LiteraturaAfroamericana #DerechosCiviles
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/05-28-maya-angelou-2014

💥 Aujourd'hui en librairie : l'album réunissant #MayaAngelou et #Basquiat traduit par Lisette Lombé, Julie Lombe et Joëlle Sambi ! 💥

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Nothing will work unless you do.
-- Maya Angelou

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Graffiti

I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
-- Maya Angelou

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.

— Maya Angelou

#Stoic #Stoicism #MayaAngelou

Make every animal feel good - live vegan. 💚 #mayaangelou #quotes #quoteoftheday

Today I instructed a free senior #fitness class in Spanish (more like Span-English) at La Alianza Hispana in #Boston.

The room was filled with joy, 😅teamwork, and movement for all abilities.

📌The takeaway I want to share comes from Maya Angelou’s poem “Human Family”:

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
“Somos más parecidos, mis amigos, de lo que somos diferentes.”❤️

¡Pa’Lante!💪🏾

#quotes #mayaangelou #poetry #latinos #hispanic #health #community #immigrants #unity #America

“You can kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise.”

Woorden van Maya Angelou (1928–2014), die blijven resoneren.
Hoe hard sommigen ook proberen om het goede, het mooie, het kwetsbare te verpletteren — het blijft groeien. Net als in de natuur.

Het leven zoekt altijd een weg.
Het goede zoekt altijd een weg.

En dus: blijf opstaan.
Blijf groeien.
Blijf bloeien.

#Hoop #MayaAngelou #ZoalsDeNatuur #VeelKracht #RisingTogether

Image by M_wie_Moehre from Pixabay

#NewInkDay: Diamine Hope Pink in the Lamy 2000. Went for "Still I Rise" by Mary Angelou.

An unapologetic poem, vibrant with life, to go with a audaciously pink ink.

I think the world would be a better place if we all learned to laugh like we've got gold mines diggin' in our own backyards.

#Fountainpens #Ink #Handwriting #Poetry #MayaAngelou

“Phenomenal Woman” through Maya Angelou is extra than a poem approximately beauty. It is a party of self-worth, the strength of self belief, and the significance of redefining societal standards.
#MayaAngelou #wolink #nevermorepoem
https://www.nevermorepoem.com/archives/24768

"When people show you who they are the first time? Believe them." - #MayaAngelou

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In the words of #MayaAngelou “when they show you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Angelou on Burns:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013vcs

#BurnsNight #RobertBurns #MayaAngelou #Poetry

“Angelou on Burns” is also available on YouTube, if you can’t watch on the iPlayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbuCL-Osh8

#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #MayaAngelou #BurnsNight #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury

“On the dirt roads of Arkansas I first met Robert Burns…”

Currently on the BBC iPlayer: writer, poet, & activist Dr Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to the home of Robert Burns (originally broadcast in 1996 to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013vcs

#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #MayaAngelou #BurnsNight #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
-- Maya Angelou

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MayaAngelou #Attitude #Change

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology

"Equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air; we all have it or none of us has it." – #MayaAngelou #BlackHistory

#TFG #MayaAngelou #Quotes

This is so true, from the cashier to the contractor, to the family member, to the political leader. And right now, far too many of us feel icky, tired, disgusted, and angry.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou

How you made them feel

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

~ Maya Angelou

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You can decide

You may not control all the events that happen to you,
but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

~ Maya Angelou

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