Erik Killmonger – Death Was Better Than Bondage shirt, hoodie, guy tee

The IGBO Landing! “Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ship because they knew that death was better than bondage” This was said by Erik killmonger, one of the actors of black panther. The inspiration came from what happened in 1803 when some IGBO captured slaves committed mass suicide by drowning themselves in the ocean with their captors at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. Contemporary artists like Beyonce have also depicted and paid homage to the Igbo Landing in their work. Reference can be made to Beyonce’s music named “love drought”. AFRICA, NEVER FORGET. Hope you like Erik Killmonger – Death Was Better Than Bondage shirt!

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Why I love Michael B Jordan? “Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from the ships, because they knew death was better than bondage.” The above quote by Black Panther star, Michael B Jordan (Erik Killmonger) evoked the spirit of the historic Igbo Landing in 1803 on the coast of Georgia like nothing else has done in recent pop culture. Thanks, Black Panther for telling the story of a people in one sentence. It is still our story to this day. We don’t know how many accepted death by water-boarding and Python-dancing than live in a time and space that offers bleakness and misery! Just didn’t want to be a slave that adored his chain.

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