Our Naming Ceremony
We did not come to our Name by chance. After a period of dreaming and reflecting on what liberation means to us, we realised the importance of organising in the fashion of our feminist ancestors who centred kinship, the passing down of knowledge and insisted on freedom from sexism and coloniality.
Liberation Alliance Africa recognises consciousness-raising is at the heart of individual and collective liberation.
What our Name means
Liberation allows for exploring one’s consciousness in the pursuit of possibilities. It is the intentional and continuous release from colonial ways of living — largely antithetical to one’s history, reality and future; it is freedom from the colonial, capitalist and patriarchal matrix of power and the re-imagining of power as strength in community, kinship and accountability.
Alliance to us means community. We are bound by collective ideology, experience and the pursuit of liberation. We bask in shared joy and solidarity.
We work to unearth histories and consciousness erased in Africa. We are committed to nurturing the consciousness that Africaness is an opportunity for connection, kinship and solidarity.
“The audacity to dream in colours usher us into dimensions of unbridled creativity. We become strengthened to raise our consciousness and create our futures. This conviction helps us to create the world we want, the world of our dreams.”
What our colours represent
To us, Violet signifies Spirituality. It inspires us to dream and to remain connected to our ancestors who began this journey of liberation on the African continent. We are empowered to reflect artistically, called to reflect on historical wrongs and build the blocks of individual and collective liberation. Spirituality for us means connecting to our history, our present and lived experiences while dreaming and organising for the righting of historical wrongs.
Mustard Yellow inspires us to be audacious in our Joy. In a system that benefits from our despair, Joy is a practice of liberation. Mustard Yellow allows us to be bold in claiming space for feminist joy. Revolutionary joy and rest are at the core of our liberation practice — we seek to inspire a generation of Africans who believe that our collective consciousness is important, rest is political, and joy is revolutionary.
Join us on this pilgrimage as we explore new frontiers of disruption against colonial and racial legacies that perpetuate oppression, exploitation and exclusion.
Thank you, and welcome to Liberation Alliance Africa.
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