Juneteenth As A Reminder. So is Africa.

On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas finally received word of their freedom—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth marks the delayed promise of liberty, and the resilience it took to claim it.

But this story doesn’t begin in Texas.

It begins on the African continent—where colonizers stripped people from their land, their families, their names. While Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the U.S., much of Africa was still under colonial rule.

Today, as we sip from a continent rich in culture and complexity, we remember:

🇰🇪 Kenya – colonized by Britain
🇳🇬 Nigeria – colonized by Britain
🇪🇹 Ethiopia – invaded by Italy, but never fully colonized
🇬🇭 Ghana – formerly the Gold Coast, colonized by Britain
🇿🇦 South Africa – colonized by the Dutch and British
🇸🇳 Senegal – colonized by France
🇨🇩 DRC – brutally colonized by Belgium
🇲🇿 Mozambique – colonized by Portugal
🇦🇴 Angola – colonized by Portugal
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – colonized by Britain
🇷🇼 Rwanda – colonized by Germany, then Belgium
🇹🇿 Tanzania – colonized by Germany, then Britain

This is not just history—it’s inheritance. It’s the shared wound between African Americans and continental Africans. And it’s a bond that demands reflection, solidarity, and healing.

At Joro, we source coffee from the lands once colonized but never broken. Today, we honor freedom everywhere—and the people who still fight for it.

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