Hehe, its 2015 and there’s no time for slow motion (no time to waste). Toke who evidently simply got wind of Azuka’s writeup took to instagram to post the picture above and yes what you see bellow as well. haha.. No time.


Matilda McCrear lived long enough to become a human bridge between Africa, American slavery, and the modern era. Born in West Africa around 1857, she was captured as a toddler and transported across the Atlantic aboard the Clotilda in 1860—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans illegally into the United States. Her Yoruba name was Àbáké, meaning “born to be loved by all.” The facial scars on her left cheek, preserved in photographs, marked her as Yoruba. The voyage ...