Mecca Abney @mecca ?
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Mecca Abney wrote a new post, “Did We Fail Whitney?” 3 months ago
Did we fail Whitney?… now I know some will jolt back in disbelief that I would even pose such a question. “We are all adults” some will say. We all know the consequences of addiction and/or reckless […]
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Mecca Abney posted an update 3 months ago
Did we fail Whitney?… now I know some will jolt back in disbelief that I would even pose such a question. “We are all adults” some will say. We all know the consequences of addiction and/or reckless behavior, right? But could any of us fathom what it feels like to be that vessel of something so powerful, that divine. A visual artist once…[Read more]
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Mecca Abney wrote a new post, Conjuring up concepts of Gaddafi :“it’s not what you’d expect” 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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 […]
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Mecca Abney wrote a new post, Steve did a good “Job”, but are you losing Congo for your Cellphone? 7 months ago
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 […] -
Mecca wrote a new blog post: (T)hey’ll (R)eminisce (O)ver (Y)ou, Troy Davis. 7 months, 4 weeks ago
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 [...] -
Mecca posted an update: 1 year, 2 months ago
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
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Mecca became a registered member 1 year, 2 months ago
