Orijin Culture | Grio | Mecca Abney | Activity https://orijinculture.com/community/members/mecca/activity/ Activity feed for Mecca Abney. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:49:18 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0c32b166f9184f707eb37422bf49fb5f Mecca Abney wrote a new post, Conjuring up concepts of Gaddafi :“it’s not what you’d expect” http://www.orijinculture.com/community/2011/conjuring-concepts-gaddafi-youd-expect/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:57:58 -0600 Thumbnail

In 2008 I traveled to the Sudan, prior to the country’s split when what was the largest country on the continent, remained a single sovereign nation. I traveled there in the heat of swarming media reports of […]

]]> 0 1fab09bd054b9bb348ca32e604d6e076 Mecca Abney wrote a new post, Steve did a good "Job", but are you losing Congo for your Cellphone? http://www.orijinculture.com/community/2011/coltan-incongo-steve-jobs-reconciling-consumerism/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:25:18 -0600 Thumbnail

Reconciling consumerism
A week ago today i sat typing on my mac book while simultaneously scrolling through the twitter feed on my iPhone. I received an alert from one of my news apps announcing the passing […]

]]> 0 8d1affd86be3fa8a0e13373fc037cb3e Mecca wrote a new blog post: (T)hey'll (R)eminisce (O)ver (Y)ou, Troy Davis. http://www.orijinculture.com/community/2011/theyll-reminisce-over-you-reflection-on-the-day-of-and-the-day-after-troy-davis-died/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:05:57 -0600 Thumbnail The scrolling pictures on the TV screen will cause me to cry uncontrollably. I will arrive at work tomorrow morning with swollen eyes and an aching heart. What is so painful is that it feels like a part of me has died with him — just as he was likely an innocent Black man in […]

]]> 0 2af5e0f430eab4d18224f18001caa6ae Mecca Abney posted an update: In Trinidad and I nearly forgot how incredibly beautiful it […] https://orijinculture.com/community/activity/p/156/ Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:53:54 -0600 In Trinidad and I nearly forgot how incredibly beautiful it is here. i stepped outside to stare at the palm trees that trickle down the mountain and I almost cried. I air feels different; there is a carnival atmosphere, people stand scantily clad waiting along the streets momentarily before they erupt into celebration

]]> 0 2ecf6863610bd14a25eba31a1e013714 Mecca became a registered member https://orijinculture.com/community/activity/p/107/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:45:17 -0600 0