Shout out to all my new subscribers! Thank you for your support and for bravely joining me on this journey!
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“Partnership and collaboration are the bricks that pave the the path of progress.” - Aziza Kibibi
Thank you to the Nia Hope Center, Mike Minor of B The Cause Inc., and the Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center for inviting me as a keynote speaker at there DV Learning Symposium. I will be sharing #shorts of my talk over the next few days and will post the full video this weekend. If you aren’t already, please subscribe so you can be notified when that happens.
#unashamed
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Father’s Day is a complicated day for some of us.For me, it’s not about celebrating the man who helped create me—but about breaking the cycle he tried to trap me in.
Today, I honor the fathers who choose to protect, who show up with love, accountability, and integrity.
I honor the men raising children to feel safe in their own bodies, and the mothers doing both jobs when they have to.
I honor the men who choose to be a father figure in the lives of the children in their families, romantic relationships, and their communities.
To the survivors who wrestle with this day—your feelings are valid. You’re not ungrateful, broken, or bitter. You’re brave.
And to those of us rewriting the legacy of our lineage: I see you. I am you. And we are the change.
Cheers and a very #HappyFathersDay to the real ones!
#FathersDay #BreakTheCycle #SurvivorStrong #Unashamed #ItsOkToTell #unashamed1 #notalone
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Hearing the raw, unfiltered experiences of Cassie during her life with Diddy has a ball of grief sitting in my throat.
There are so many parallels between her experience, my experience with my father, and what I witnessed with my mother.
That being said, what infuriates me is people asking dumb questions like “why didn’t she just leave?”.
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times—It takes a woman at least seven times to leave her abuser for various reasons, before succeeding.
One of them being, a woman who loves a man who is also abusing her doesn’t necessarily want to leave. She wants the abuse to stop.
It took years before I wanted my father to either stop existing or for me to get away from him completely. He was my father, and I still loved what I knew to be the good in him.
But wait, Cassie did try to leave, which brings me to another reason why it takes victims many attempts before getting away.
70% of intimate partner homicides are committed while the victim is trying to escape. Y’all saw the hotel video. It’s not about leaving, it’s about leaving SAFELY.
The frightening reality is that abusers and sexual predators aren’t just that. No person exists only behaving badly. Life would be much simpler if the monsters in our midst always acted like monsters. If that were so, we’d be able identify them easily, we’d never doubt our instincts, and they couldn’t manipulate anyone.
Praying for shields of protection over Cassie and everyone who is testifying against this madman.
#pdiddy #seancombs #healingjourney
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I made sure I put on some denim before heading to the gym. Even small gestures can lead to big change.
#denimday #healingjourney #unashamed #wearyourdenim #saam
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Y’all…😒.
The first one actually looks like mother so there’s that. 🤦🏾♀️
#actionfigure #harpowhodiswoman #aidoll #unashamed1
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I felt compelled to bring some of my masculine energy to the forefront. I confess, my excitement for this year’s #metgala theme “The Black Dandy” played a role in this #outfitoftheday but I’ve also been working on being more assertive in my leadership positions. So, for a Black History Month event I attended, I channeled civil rights activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton.
I am proud to be a very feminine woman. However, balance to me means having the ability to effectively use masculine energy to support, protect, and assert your feminine energy. When you do that, you get sh*t done.
#fitcheck
Baret - @kangol
Leather trench coat - @muubaa
Dress shirt - @bananarepublic
Pants - @spanx
Tie - @alexandermcqueen
Boots - @jeffreycampbell
Purse - @dior
Shades - @fendi
#goingwithmygut #womensintuition #unashamed1 #blackhistorymonth #ootd #leadershipdevelopment
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Every time I watch this performance, I discover another deeply enlightening message.
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#aboutlastnight
It's giving opulence. It's giving Harlem Nights. It’s giving #blackexcellence. It's giving modern Josephine Baker. It’s giving lady in red having a blast at the #AfricanAmericanChamberofCommerce awards gala.
💃🏽🙌🏾
#unashamed1 #nkmyway #blackhistorymonth #africanamericanhistorymonth
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I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season. I didn’t take many pictures this year. I was too busy enjoying being in the moment and actually forgot to pull out my camera. However, I did snap some pics of some cookies and my girls. I’ll see y’all in the new year!
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Welcome to my channel, I Am Aziza Kibibi!
I was raised sheltered with a 3rd grade homeschooled education, and I am the biological mother to 4 of my siblings as a result of rape from my biological father.
Don't get it twisted. This isn't the place to find sad and gloomy. Many of us are survivors of something. Life is mostly about making it through trying times. We are spiritual beings having a human experience and sometimes it gets so crazy, we have no other choice but to find the humor in it. My life gives me a unique perspective that I love to share. And living it can get pretty interesting; especially when my kids are involved.
On Sundays I'll post videos that are inspiring, funny, educational and yes, sometimes heart wrenching. But the good times wouldn't be so good if there were no challenges.
I hope you can get something from my videos that will benefit your life; thats' what I create for. To contribute to, and hopefully make easier the journeys of my fellow humans.
24 May 2007