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Untold Black History of Coffee: 10 Surprising Facts
- Coffee has a massive global industry worth 495 billion dollars per year, but less than 1% of this revenue returns to people of African descent, highlighting the ongoing inequalities in the coffee trade.
- All 130 species of coffee are indigenous to Africa, rooting Africa as ground zero for coffee biodiversity and future sustainability.
- The origin of Arabic coffee can be traced back to the Ethiopian plateau around 850 B.C., marking the beginning of coffee culture in Africa.
- The Oromo Guji people in Ethiopia created...
coffee and afro-futurism: What visiting a coffee farm in 2021 taught us about reimagining a black future:// Cxffeeblack to the Future #1: FREEDOMFLY//:veryrare
🎶 This type of freedom is very rare, most of these minions is very scared.
I'm on the mission this very rare. Yeah, yeah. Very rare. 🎶
art: FREEDOM FLY
song: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bartholomewjones/very-rarefreedomfly-aba-jifar-flip-a
AFROFUTURISM: “Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and history that explores the intersection of the African diaspora culture with science and technology. It addresses themes and concerns of the African diasporathrough technoculture and speculative fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared interest in envisioning black futures that stem from...
Lack no coffee nor peace in your hood. 🏚🌍☕️🙏🏿
Did you know there was a traditional blessing black folks have been sharing with their coffee for thousands of years? Yeah, neither did we until the King of Guji, aka @turewaji put us on game during our trip last year! The phrase, originally in Afan Oromo, is a blessing that has been shared with family and fiends for over 1500 years in indigenous coffee communities in Oromia, and roughly translates to “May you lack no coffee nor peace in your home”.
It’s beautiful to realize that coffee was a symbol of peace...
Love black people like you love black…everything.
“Black peoples have enriched every group, expect themselves”- Dr Claud Anderson.
Coffee, culture, creativity, music. The products of black people are consumed worldwide, yet for some reason the communities creating these innovations seem to be the last to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Why is it that?
Why is that “across cultures, darker people suffer more”? There’s been a million books written on this subject, but for us the answer is simple. We lack ownership.
To be honest, my children can’t wait on the...
Cxffee Black Like Me Pt 1: What We Learned When We Met The Lead Farmer Behind Guji Mane.
Tamiru and his family outside of their new home
Uraga, Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Photo by Michael Grant
I honestly couldn’t believe it. The coffee growers we met in the town of Uraga in Guji had never met any African Americans in Ethiopia. How? And why did it take so long to reconnect defendant’s of the group of Africans stolen to grow coffee, with those who discovered. Of course, we knew we had never been to Africa before, let along to the Guji Zone of Ethiopia. That was the whole point of the trip. To come back home and learn...