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Don’t Block Your Blessings: Fighting Erasure and Finding Cultural Resilience

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:26:00 +0000

Publisher’s Statement A couple of days ago I was in a state of Annoyance. Maybe it was the internet, maybe it was resilience or maybe

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Honoring our Queen Mothers in Women’s History Month

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:56:07 +0000

As owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of Routes Magazine, I remain determined to draw parallels between African and African-American cultural ties. This month we have honored

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Harriet Tubman: A Pathway to Our Roots

Lisa DuBois — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:29:04 +0000

The following words kept Harriet Tubman alive during her darkest days: There are two things I’ve got a right to, and these are, Death or

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“AfroFuturism”: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy Panel Discussion

Perri Gaffney Ellen Levitt — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:24:53 +0000

Word Up! Words and expressions can have a heyday. They can be buzzworthy. Extra popular. Used frequently and with special emphasis. In recent years, but

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Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola

Perri Gaffney — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:53:26 +0000

Nzinga was born about 1582 to King Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, ruler of what is modern day Angola. As children, Nzinga and her brother, Mbandi,

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AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:26:11 +0000

As we close out our February issue, I find myself reflecting on the topics our Routes’ writers and photographers have shared. A recurring theme in

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Birthday Greetings Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm!

Ellen Levitt — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:42:38 +0000

🎂Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm, born November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York contributed to our society as an educator, politician and activist. A woman

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Here! Here! Happy Birthday Greetings Benjamin Banneker

Ellen Levitt — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:40:50 +0000

🎂In his time, Benjamin Banneker, born November 9, 1731, was something of a Renaissance man. He was: a surveyor; a writer who penned Almanacs and Ephemeris

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