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Before she became the first woman ever inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for hip-hop, she was a little girl in a rat-infested shack in Portsmouth, Virginia, writing letters to Michael and Janet Jackson begging them to come save her. Her father beat her mother almost daily. At eight years old, an older cousin r**** her for nearly a year before a relative found out. School wasn’t safe either. Home wasn’t safe. So she built a world that was. She locked herself in her bedroom, lined up her dolls, picked up a broomstick, and performed sold-out arenas in her head. She told her mother, again and again, that she was going to be a star. Nobody believed her. Why would they? Then at fourteen, her mother finally left. And Melissa Arnette Elliott started becoming Missy. She formed a group in high school called Sista, got signed by DeVante Swing of Jodeci, watched the deal collapse, and kept writing. She handed Aaliyah hits. She handed Timbaland a sound nobody had ever heard before. By 1997, Supa D**a Fly arrived and the world realised the rules had just been rewritten. Garbage bag suits. Backwards beats. Hooks that landed sideways. A Black woman from a shack in Virginia was now dictating what the future of music sounded like. On November 3rd, 2023, Queen Latifah introduced her at the Barclays Center as the first female rapper ever inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Missy closed the show. Gold suit. Bucket hat. The same little girl who used to perform for her dolls, now performing for music’s legends. They say talent is born. But what if survival is the real ingredient? Comment WONDERS to learn how to tell stories like this. #Missyelliott #Hiphop #music #BlackHistory #wondervision

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“Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that inspires others to join you.” In honor of #JewishHeritageMonth, we pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, trailblazer, icon, and tireless advocate for women’s rights. As only the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, RBG reshaped history by helping make gender discrimination unconstitutional, securing equal benefits for military spouses, protecting voting rights, and fighting so that women could have some of the same basic rights as men.

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TRENDING: John Mahama has announced that all African passport holders traveling to Ghana for business or tourism will now apply for visas through a new online e-visa system without paying any visa fees. He said the move is aimed at improving travel access while maintaining security and efficient border management. President Mahama also revealed plans to expand easier travel access for people of African descent worldwide, describing the decision as part of Ghana’s long-standing commitment to Pan-African unity inspired by Kwame Nkrumah. _________________ John Mahama ametangaza kuwa raia wote wenye pasi za kusafiria za Afrika wanaosafiri kwenda Ghana kwa biashara au utalii sasa wataomba visa kupitia mfumo mpya wa mtandao bila kulipa ada yoyote. Amesema hatua hiyo inalenga kurahisisha safari huku ikiendelea kuimarisha usalama wa mipaka. Rais Mahama pia amesema Ghana inapanga kupanua urahisi wa safari kwa watu wenye asili ya Afrika duniani kote, akieleza kuwa hatua hiyo ni sehemu ya dhamira ya muda mrefu ya kuimarisha umoja wa Afrika uliowahi kuhimizwa na Kwame Nkrumah. 📷 @swahilinationnetwork

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In this video, we begin a series designed to help Africans and people of African descent understand the significance of ancestor veneration. These videos form a larger educational series to bring this tradition to light. In this episode, we answer The Procession. What our Ancestors Need for the Afterlife? Such includes Clothing, Money,and Drinks which are so important in these ceremonies—symbols of connection, remembrance, and continuity. Join us for the Ancestor Veneration Ceremony at the Ghanaian Museum, October 15th to 18th. Find out more in the link in our bio. #nkyinkyimmuseum #ancestorveneration #ancestorproject #nkyinkyiminstallation #

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Follow @TheLimitlessLadies for more real stories of women who used their voice to change the world. Miriam Makeba spent the first six months of her life in prison. Her mother had been arrested when Miriam was just 18 days old. She grew up in a segregated South African township. Her father died when she was six. Music became the one thing no one could take from her. By the 1950s, she was performing across Southern Africa. By 1959, she was on stage in Venice and New York .. discovered at 27. Then her government cancelled her passport. She tried to fly home for her mother’s funeral in 1960. They turned her away. She wouldn’t set foot in South Africa for another 31 years. In 1963, she testified against apartheid at the United Nations. South Africa responded by revoking her citizenship and banning every record she had made. She won a Grammy in 1965. She sang for President Kennedy. She performed at Carnegie Hall alongside Nina Simone. Then in 1968, her marriage to civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael cost her the American platform she had built. The FBI surveilled her. Concerts were cancelled overnight. She rebuilt again .. this time as Guinea’s official UN delegate, performing at independence ceremonies across a free Africa. In 1987, Paul Simon brought her back to global stages. In 1990, Nelson Mandela personally invited her home. She died on stage in Italy in 2008 .. mid-performance, doing exactly what she was born to do. They called her Mama Africa. She earned every word of it. Miriam had no country. No passport. No platform they couldn’t take away. But she walked into the United Nations and told the truth anyway .. not because it was safe. Because it was necessary. You don’t need permission to use your voice. You don’t need the perfect platform or someone else’s approval. The women who changed history started exactly where they were. So do you. Miriam’s power wasn’t just her talent. It was knowing who she was when the world tried to tell her she was nothing. Share this with someone who needs to know about Miriam.

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She didn't just break the record — she broke it twice. 🤯⁠ ⁠ In this video from @mastersofdirt, we see @bianca.rides making history at just 13 years old — becoming the youngest female to land a double backflip on a BMX. 🇦🇺⁠ ⁠ And back in 2022, she became the youngest female to land a backflip, too!⁠ ⁠ She's just out here collecting records like it's nothing. 💥⁠ ⁠ Drop a 🔥 if Bianca just gave you a little extra fire today!

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In the 1950s, “haute couture” was the ultimate white gatekeeper. It meant the most exclusive, expensive, custom-made fashion in the world, and European elites strictly refused to sell it to Black women. Eunice Johnson responded with sheer economic force. She flew directly to Paris and bought the garments in cash. She brought them back to America and built the Ebony Fashion Fair amulti-million-dollar touring empire that forced designers to finally respect the massive buying power of the Black consumer.

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