Axioms Of Assata Shakur

[Akyeame Kwame]

"Our situation right now is critical. We can't run from it or hide from it. We're going to have to get down to the nitty gritty. We've got to determine who We are. Are We house niggers who are going to walk peacefully into the gas chambers, or are We field niggers, who are going to fight until we're free? We didn't come here no house niggers. We didn't come here from Afrika no punks. We didn't come here from Afrika no fools. We didn't come here no Uncle Toms, hemming and hawing, shufflin' and jiving, scratching our heads and kissing the feet of our masters. We didn't come here like that. We came here proud, strong, beautiful Afrikans. We came here with a culture, with pride, We came here knowing who We were. We came here an intelligent, sensitive people, who fought and struggled on every level from the moment that We were brought here in chains. We have got to realize who We are and We've got to realize that we've got a tradition to carry on."

Assata Shakur
Assata Speaks

[Akyeame Kwame]

"A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man. If he's not about liberation, if he's not about struggle, if he ain't about building a strong Black family, if he ain't about building a strong Black nation, then he ain't about nothing."

Assata Shakur
Assata Speaks

[Assata Shakur]

I realized that I was connected to Africa

[Assata Shakur]

How dare they call us terrorists when we were being terrorized? Terror was a constant part of my life....We lived under police terror.

[Assata Shakur]

"My life wasn't beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle."

[Assata Shakur]

"We are oppressed people in the U.S. and don't even know it. We have fewer opportunities to be doctors and lawyers as tuition increases. Our problem is that we want to belong to a society that wants to oppress us. We want to be the plantation owner. In Cuba, we want to change the plantation to a collective farm."

[Assata Shakur]

"It's moods like this that make me aware of how glad i am to be a revolutionary. i know who our enemy is, and i know that me and these swine cannot live peacefully on the same planet. i am a part of a family of field niggas and that is something very precious.

[Assata Shakur]

"We knew what a token was then. Today young people don't see Condoleezza Rice or Colin Powell as tokens. That's a problem.

[Assata Shakur]

"We can't afford to be spectators while our lives deteriorate. We have to truly love our people and work to make that love stronger."

[Akyeame Kwame]

"There is something about Sundiata [Acoli] that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervor. And his love for Black people is so intense that you can almost touch it and hold it in your hand."

Assata Shakur

[Assata Shakur]

I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a woman was believed to have participated. The alleged crimes in which only men were supposedly involved, i have been accused of planning. They have plastered pictures alleged to be me in post offices, airports, hotels, police cars, subways, banks, television, and newspapers. They have offered over fifty thousand dollars in rewards for my capture and they have issued orders to shoot on sight and shoot to kill.

[Assata Shakur]

A Revolutionary Woman Can't Have No Reactionary Man.

[Assata Shakur]

At this time I'd like to say a few words especially to my sisters: SISTERS. BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNLESS BLACK WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR STRUGGLE, ON EVERY LEVEL OF OUR STRUGGLE.

[Kentake]

AND WE WILL....AS LONG AS WE ARE AWARE OF OUR G.M.B.(genetic memory bank) AND WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE THE GENES AND CHROMOSOMES OF OUR AFREEKAN FOREMOTHERS & FATHERS (AS YOU DO). IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT AS MOTHERS OF CIVILIZATION WE HAVE THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR FUTURE GENERATION, TO RE-SURRECT THE GODDESS SPIRIT WITHIN US AND ALLOW HER TO RISE AS THE MORNING SUN! IT IS CRUCIAL THAT YOUNG SISTAHS RECEIVE THE ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT AND LOVE THAT THEY DESERVE AND THAT THEY SEEK, BECAUSE AS I AM SURE WE ALL KNOW IT AIN'T EASY FOR A SISTAH TO "KEEP IT REAL" IN A WHITE SUPREMACIST SOCIETY THAT AIMS TO DESTROY HER AND A BLK COMMUNITY THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO SHOW HER NO LOVE ...SO SISTAHS LET'S SHOW EACH OTHER SOME LOVEIT IS NOT A CRIME TO BE LOVING,CARING & AFFECTIONATE TO EACH OTHER!!




SANKOFA!,

Sistah Kentake.

Originally Posted by Assata Shakur

At this time I'd like to say a few words especially to my sisters: SISTERS. BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNLESS BLACK WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR STRUGGLE, ON EVERY LEVEL OF OUR STRUGGLE.

[Spiral]

The African woman will be the major force behind the blossoming of Nu Afrikan flower. The influence of the black woman can turn the world upside down! Black men must do all they can to create a world as beautiful as our queens are