Suite Ta Bu by Akidah

03/19/2026

🎉 Teyana Taylor has been named Chief Curator of the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans, July 3-5th 🙌🏾

03/19/2026

Soul family,

Unintentionally, I found myself fasting this Ramadan alongside my husband. Not because I had to… but because something in me said, it didn’t feel right to receive while he was abstaining.

And somewhere in that quiet discipline, something opened.

I have felt the voice of God in a way I cannot compare to any other season. Not abstract. Not distant. Precise. Expansive. Detailed. It came with such clarity that I had to build systems to hold it… to capture it… to honor it. Every day felt like overflow. Every day felt like instruction.

And what I am beginning to understand is this:

When you accept the blessings of your life…
you must also accept the weight of them.

The responsibility.
The stewardship.
The quiet expectations that come with being trusted with vision.

There is a sacred partnership that forms when you stop resisting what you’ve been given… and instead say, “Yes. I will carry it.”

And in that “yes,” God meets you differently.

Closer.
Clearer.
Sometimes so intimately it will bring you to tears.

I didn’t grow up surrounded by close family. My roots stretched across Kenya, Zimbabwe… across distance. And for a long time, I felt that absence.

But life… in its quiet generosity… placed me in rooms I didn’t even know I needed.

Rooms filled with powerful, grounded, expansive Black women.
Southern and Senegalese women.
Women who carried warmth like a language.
Women who nourished me in ways I will never be able to repay.

There are rooms your spirit recognizes before your mind does.
Rooms that feed you.
Rooms that remind you who you are.

And today, as I sit and reflect, I am grateful.

For the women who came before me and paid prices I will never fully understand… so I could walk with a certain ease.

For the boldness to go first… even when the path isn’t clear.

For a mind that is allowed to stretch, to build, to create… without apology.

And I share this not to center myself… but to remind you:

This kind of life… this kind of clarity… this kind of divine partnership…

is not reserved.

It is decided.

No matter your beginnings.
No matter what felt missing.
No matter how far you’ve had to travel to find yourself…

You can choose to step fully into what is calling you.

And when you do…

Everything begins to meet you there.

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03/18/2026

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01/23/2026

I want to take a moment to share something with the people who’ve been walking alongside me here.

Over the next few weeks, there will be a few meaningful shifts—including the closure of my e-commerce. Not because something went wrong, but because I’m moving into a much more specific lane—one that allows me to serve more directly, more intentionally, and in deeper alignment with the work I’m being called to do next.

Some of you already know what I’m talking about.
If you do—don’t ruin the surprise for those who don’t. 💫

What I will say is this: if you’ve supported this page, this work, or this journey in any way, I cannot wait to share what we’re building for 2026 with you. It’s been shaped with care, clarity, and a lot of listening.

My prayer for you this year is simple—that you feel the support you deserve, in the ways that matter most.

More soon. 🤍

01/23/2026

10/15/2025

🚨🚨Today, I had the joy of stepping into a living heartbeat of creativity — the G Hip Hop community here in Senegal. These artists aren’t just making music; they’re shaping culture, reclaiming narrative, and bridging worlds.

I’ve been invited to teach a series of master classes on communications, branding, and AI — and let me tell you, this is what reciprocal energy looks like. Pan-Africanism isn’t a theory, it’s a practice — of exchange, of uplift, of brilliance moving in both directions across the diaspora.

From Dakar to Detroit, from the continent to the culture — may we continue to build, learn, and rise together.

10/07/2025

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