In the Era of Ahmaud, What Does Solidarity Have to do with Jesus?!
A poof of blood dissipating into the air is all we saw. Ahmaud’s struggle against the white man and his shotgun took them outside our...
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Dr. Gigi Khanyezi
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Gigi Khanyezi
May 15, 20202 min
Moms of Black Boys - Our Daily Anguish
As Mother's Day comes to a close I wanna give a shout out to all the MOTHERS OF BLACK BOYS. Who fret about what their boys wear because...
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Gigi Khanyezi
May 13, 20201 min
Community Dialogue with Jemar Tisby (With Recording)
Twice a week I facilitate an online Book Club with the hope of coming out of this quarantine with a remnant more educated, equipped, and...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Apr 20, 20205 min
The Gun in My Back (I Survived Police Brutality - PART III)
The gun was pressed into the right side of my back, just below the rib cage, and the officers hand had a tight grip on my left upper arm...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Apr 10, 20203 min
The Darkness of Good Friday and COVID-19
Today is the day when dreams died. The day that everything we had devoted ourselves to, everything we have suffered for, everything we...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Apr 10, 20204 min
My Face Met the Pavement - (I Survived Police Brutality - PART II)
Read Part I Here As my face was pressed against the asphault of this Soweto back road, I could feel the loose grit and gravel poking into...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Apr 7, 20204 min
I Survived Police Brutality - PART I
I saw his door open and watched a set of large gloved hands pull him from the driver seat next to me and onto the pavement. I saw his...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Mar 3, 20203 min
Which Jesus Do You Follow - The Historical One or the American One?
Beloved tribe, we live in an era where divides are deepening, and that great chasm called RACE undergirds tham all. Some experts call it...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Feb 24, 20205 min
Deep in the Chambers Beyond Words (What's In a Name: PART V)
My resolve has been deep to give my boys a Zulu last name; for them to maintain a tangible, kinesthetic connection to the land of their...
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Gigi Khanyezi
Feb 23, 20203 min
Stealing the Sacred (What's in a Name: Part IV)
For several annoying logistical reasons, when the three of us finally entered the US we all three had different last names. At the time that
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Gigi Khanyezi
Feb 22, 20204 min
The Names that Held My Pieces Together (What's in a Name: PART III)
It was early October, 2016, and catastrophe was brewing. I knew something was coming, but I didn’t know what, exactly. Hard to describe a...
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