Umoja means Unity
From my upcoming series Kinara’s Children: Everyday Heroes.
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Starting a Movement: Kwanzaa 2022
Kwanzaa ’22 is upon us and it’s time to celebrate. This year’s theme is movement and is all about fun and putting our cares away. The Children find a way to celebrate no matter where they are or whatever they happen to be doing and we were fortunate to catch them in the act. So…
2020: Looking Back, Looking Forward
2020 was a doozy, not sorry to see it end. With all the challenges of politics and the pandemic, it was difficult to stay focused on the artwork. I won’t go into my own personal hurdles because we all went through them. I will say that despite some setbacks I was able to get some…
Faces of Umoja: A Study
The next to get the expressions treatment is Umoja, the Mother, wife to Kuumba and mother of Nia. Good to see her let it all out as she’s probably the most emotional of all the Children. There are six basic expressions. I look at them as related in twos. So we have:Joy and SadnessAnger and DisgustSurprise and…
Ujamaa, the Entrepreneur.
Kwanzaa day 4. Ujamaa represents Cooperative Economics.
Nia’s Black Panther Dreams, Part II
In which baby Nia dons her homemade Black Panther costume and sets out to protect her neighborhood and the city at large. If you’re a bad guy, school yard bully, or even a litterbug, you’d better watch out. Nia’s coming for you. This is a continuation of the Black Panther inspired images I posted earlier. I chose…