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    {"id":6291,"date":"2014-09-15T17:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orijinculture.com\/community\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2014-10-03T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T16:25:10","slug":"african-girl-redemption-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/african-girl-redemption-song\/","title":{"rendered":"An African Girl Redemption Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you that African girl, who knows where they are coming from, loves the color of her skin, the texture of her hair,\u00a0 whose heritage and culture has molded her into this beautiful lady?<\/p>\n<p>Are you that woman who seeks to define and defy everything they say of you who has chocolate skin?<\/p>\n<p>I call this an African Girl redemption song. Just inspiring you with love.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"Naomi Wachira - African Girl [Official Music Video - HD]\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJMBubNUr1s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>I LOVE THIS SONG by Naomi wachira, CAN YOU RELATE?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>WORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve been walking down this road<br \/>\nfor about 35 years now, and I can tell you, it&#8217;s been one hell of a ride<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ve been carrying my father&#8217;s words that he said to me<br \/>\nlearn to be wise, walk with integrity and be honest<br \/>\nand I can hear my grandma say, child I&#8217;ve got nothing to give you<br \/>\nbut may God be with you, in that distant land<br \/>\nI am an African girl, well I know where I&#8217;m coming from<br \/>\nAnd I know who I want to be<br \/>\nI am trying to defy everything they said of us<br \/>\nwe who have chocolate skin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the back of my mind all I can hear ooh ooh are voices<br \/>\nof those who are here and those who&#8217;ve already gone<br \/>\nAnd I can hear them whispering, mwari witu,<br \/>\nwhen you go their land, please represent us well<br \/>\nand I can hear my grandma say, child I&#8217;ve got nothing to give you<br \/>\nbut may God be with you, in that distant land<br \/>\nI am an African girl, and I know where I&#8217;m coming from<br \/>\nAnd I know who I want to be<br \/>\nI am trying to defy everything they said of us<br \/>\nwe who have chocolate skin x2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will sing, I will sing, I will sing<br \/>\nNgai, wa Ibrahamu, ithe witu, udirikane<br \/>\ntondu wa thakame ya murugwo, udirikane, udirikane<br \/>\nndeithagia maundu makwa mothe, ndikamachonorithie, udirikane<br \/>\nndeithagia maundu makwa mothe, ndikamachonorithie, udirikane<br \/>\nI will sing, I will sing, I will sing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I am an African girl, and I know where I&#8217;m coming from<br \/>\nAnd I know who I want to be<br \/>\nI am trying to defy everything they said of us<br \/>\nwe who have chocolate skin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a title=\"Daddy what does it take to be an African Woman?\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/daddy-african-woman\/\"><strong>African Girl&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> is about embracing all of who you are&#8230; your past, your present, your future&#8230; being proud of your heritage, your family and community because they influence who you become. It&#8217;s about having a vision for your life that chooses to overcome adversity with grace and dignity, while building up those around you<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspired by Bob Marley&#8217;s philosophy &#8220;None but ourselves can free our mind&#8221;, Orijin is unique &#8220;Culture Brand&#8221; connecting all African descendants together through it&#8217;s Fashion brand and thought provoking magazine to influence our lifestyles world wide&#8230;.<span class=\"st\">Don&#8217;t just WEAR Culture, SHARE Culture.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6271\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/10550819_703742966366278_44820940665025422_n.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6271\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/10550819_703742966366278_44820940665025422_n.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi Wachira - African Girl \" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naomi Wachira &#8211; African Girl<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/306686_395626207177957_685104595_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6273\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/306686_395626207177957_685104595_n.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi Wachira - African Girl Pride\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/306686_395626207177957_685104595_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/306686_395626207177957_685104595_n-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/306686_395626207177957_685104595_n-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotoptionres.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6274\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotoptionres.jpg\" alt=\" Naomi Wachira on Orijin Culture\" width=\"900\" height=\"1019\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/441c8149eff8d74ba915080cfcd5d6b5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/441c8149eff8d74ba915080cfcd5d6b5.jpg\" alt=\"chocolate skin\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/441c8149eff8d74ba915080cfcd5d6b5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/441c8149eff8d74ba915080cfcd5d6b5-340x213.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6275\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/3372c45d12eb60f31082775530c86273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6275\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/3372c45d12eb60f31082775530c86273.jpg\" alt=\" Found on dailymail.co.uk\" width=\"634\" height=\"702\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Found on dailymail.co.uk<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Visit Our <a href=\"http:\/\/orijinstore.com\" target=\"_blank\">Orijin Store<\/a> for your African Inspired Fashion<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you that African girl, who knows where they are coming from, loves the color of her skin, the texture of her hair,\u00a0 whose heritage<br><a class=\"moretag signature-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/african-girl-redemption-song\/\">CONTINUE READING<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4756],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-i-respekt"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/530279_314955505245028_1349875051_n.jpg?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6294,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291\/revisions\/6294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}