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Yoruba Fluency Project
August 8, 2024

You can become fluent in Yoruba, just watch. It's baby steps at first, and then it becomes major accumulated gains. The most important skill you must master in learning Yoruba is confidence. You have to trust that your DNA knows how to speak this language. Relax and trust that the right sound will find it's way out of you. Do your best to engage with Yoruba on a daily basis. That might be through music, film, news, media but most importantly...

From BLISS to Juneteenth
June 14, 2024

Hi Family, I’m here to share some thoughts on recent happenings and upcoming activities. There are some events you’ll want to check out, and projects you want to be aware of. See vnote below. Devastated by the Kehinde Wiley situation, but excited about how Black women and men are riding for Fearless Fund. I hope y’all ready to ride at dawn. We believe survivors over here. We don’t believe that people make up stories about their tra...

Voice Note to the Black Globe
November 18, 2023

Hi y’all. Just dropping some gems for you. On Diddy the Devil, Harvard / Yale & Healthy Eating for Winter Wellness. Miss you 🥰 Transcript below the audio Also, we’re hiring for our Nigeria team. Get in touch. Learn more here. Writers should email team@noirlabs.org with a writing sample or 3. AUDIO: TRANSCRIPT: 00:02 Hello, how are you? Happy Saturday? 00:06 It is Saturday, Novembe...

Hallelujah
September 15, 2023

Update: Aug 15, 2024. Peace beloved, I’m feeling led to share this with you. I pray you are well. Below is a song that came to me in prayer last summer. It led me into the recording studio when I was at my lowest. I had no idea what to expect or how I would possibly survive singing in front of a complete stranger—the studio engineer. But he was so warm, he made it easy. And I let loose in the booth. It was truly THE. BEST. MEDICINE. ...

The Energetics of Healing the Black Womb (Voice Note)
June 7, 2023

Voice Note - The Energetics of Healing the Black Womb Education in our household primarily takes place in conversation. The impartation of knowledge, the exploration of questions, the research, the channeling, the prayer, the writing, the creating. Sometimes—more often of late—we record our vocal conversations. Below is the link to a rare unedited recording in which we discuss the Energetics of Healing the Black Womb. We also discuss the Alt...

Soulmedicine - Ep 3 - UZOMAKA on Gender
October 29, 2022

Soulmedicine - Ep 3 - UZOMAKA on Gender U Z O M A K A is launching as an artist next week. And I believe everyone needs to hear her perspective on most things. Especially her perspective on gender as a queer Black Nigerian woman who gracefully and joyfully embodies her feminine and masculine energies. PS- This is an impromptu convo we just had 😘

Uzomaka’s First Exhibit as an Artist
November 4, 2022

As we rode home from Uzomaka’s first exhibit—PLEASE HOLD at OF THE CLOTH, Rockefeller Ctr—we reflected on the day, the evening, the exhibit and the weeks leading up to it. She exhibited her collection of hand-woven and sewn baskets titled, Mansa Musa’s Caravan. In this recording, Uzomaka shares the inspiration, process and purpose for each piece exhibited and reflects on how emerging as an artist—and exhibiting this par...

Secrets to Cultivating Thriving Teams™
November 7, 2022

I took a walk this rising and downloaded my best practices for cultivating thriving teams and communities. My intention is to turn this into a written article as well as a trademarked system, but I thought I’d let you benefit from this wisdom sooner than later by sharing the recording. The Secrets to Cultivating Thriving Teams™ have to do with Seven Principles on… Values Community Order Ease Genius Wellness Modeling I ...

Who Are Your People? Indigenous People’s Month
November 14, 2022

This post was written in response to a post by Chemay Morales-James, Founder of My Reflection Matters, a thriving community of homeschooling families all over the world. This was her prompt: This is my answer: I am Olori Lolade Rukayat Aliyu-Siyonbola. Daughter of the Yorubas, most specifically the Ijebus and Omo Eko. We are the most visible Black indigenous group throughout the Diaspora and even the world, as our customs t...

Grad School Master Class
November 15, 2022

Hi there! If you’re ready for the Grad School Master class this Friday Nov 18, then you’re in the right place. The zoom link will be added to this page 10 min before the event.

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