January 2012
15 posts
In Defence of Traditional African Religions
Below (in italics) is a statement I wrote to support a friend of mine in court. He’s a Cuban Santero and Palo priest. His English ex-wife is making up all kinds of lies about his religion in order to prevent him having any access to their child after the divorce, making out he forced her to drink chicken blood and other garish nonsense. He’s a just regular guy, gentle-spirited and...
BL▲CK ▲CRYLIC: Stephen Lawrence: Murder to... →
blackacrylic:
[13 September 1974 – 22 April 1993]
I struggle for words to express my grief when I think about the racist, unprovoked, violent murder of Stephen Lawrence. I was six-years-old in 1993 when eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence was killed. Of my vivid memories from 1993 Lawrence’s death is one…
