7 black Instagram accounts you need to follow in 2017

For most of us, 2016 was a whirlwind; we saw the demise of some of our most beloved…
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For most of us, 2016 was a whirlwind; we saw the demise of some of our most beloved icons, witnessed senseless violence and injustice, and to top it all off we are bidding adieu to our first black family. The one thing that kept me afloat this year, however, was being able to bask in some black excellence! The sweet little glimpses of joy and creativity those on the list below decided to share with us this year was everything.

Instagram is a powerful place to voice your activism, black excellence and unique photos, especially if you use tools like https://famoid.com to boost your follower base. There were so many amazing Instagram accounts that it was so hard to narrow it down to 7 – we will definitely be doing another list like this again and maybe you’ll be able to make the shortlist! If you want to be seen on Instagram then you should probably consider using something like Kicksta (more information, including a review, can be found at https://platypusreviews.com/kicksta/) to help to grow your account. Doing this will allow you to grow your audience and be seen in more places like this! The bigger you are, the easier it will be to spread our message of love and acceptance, so start searching for the best instazood alternative now. With so many organic growth services available, not having enough followers for your content might no more be an issue. Although some of these might be a little on the expensive side, they could still pay off in the long run. But how well does Tree Frog Social work? When using such growth tools, make sure you do proper research on them, as some services might not be worth your time or money. In the meantime, follow these seven Instagram accounts to start your 2017 off right!

Rakeem Cunninghamhttps://www.instagram.com/rakeemc

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Queer, unapologetically black, and talented, Rakeem Cunningham is a Los Angeles based photographer and videographer. Rakeem shares his journey of self-growth and love through photos on Instagram and gives us a sneak peek of his upcoming works. Rakeem uses his photographic talents not only to capture people like the ultra-talented Barry Jenkins (director of Moonlight) for the Fader but to deconstruct social norms. Rakeem speaks out on topics that plague our society such as police brutality, systematic racism, and the struggle of being queer and fetishized by other races. What I love most about following Rakeem is that through his images, you can get a sense of his serious side, but at any given moment he’ll hit with a meme or someone twerking to Beyoncé!

#selfportrait

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Johanne Rahamanhttps://www.instagram.com/johannerahaman/

What Rahaman does with her Instagram feed is something quite extraordinary. Johanne Rahaman is the creator of Black Florida, a project that takes a look at the “simplicities and the complexities” of the neighborhoods and people around her. People tend to forget that South Florida is not just a spring break spot; long after tourists have gone home and Art Basel has wrapped up, its residents are still here living their lives. Outsiders may not see the beauty once all the flashing lights are gone but Johanne Rahaman does, and we appreciate it. Also, you have seen Johanne’s work in Sugarcane Magazine. She photographed Nora Chipaumaire in August for us.

Black Florida: Fort Pierce. Ms Mary Everett, photographed here at the end of April this year. This was a few hours after her first fall. She strongest, most resilient person I have ever met. She never sits still, even when she’s just sitting. Every time I visit her I always take out my phone and read to her the fb comments from everyone in her community and beyond, which she loves hearing, even if I’ve read them before. On the day of this photo she had fallen and was nursing some bruising on her legs. Then 2 weeks later I dropped by to see her and she was not there, so I called her granddaughter Shukirrah who told me she had fallen again and was at the hospital. I went to see her at the hospital, to find her wearing a neck-brace and in deep sleep the entire time. The nurses said she had fallen again that very morning in her hospital room. On the wall the nurses had wrote some details about her. The one that stood out was that she was feisty. Last Saturday I was happy to see her back at home in her usual spot on the porch. Her delicate smiles erupted into laughter every time I mentioned what the nurses had wrote. Ms Mary Everett is the most senior of the elders in Fort Pierce, and the oldest person I’ve ever met. She is a legend of Fort Pierce, and it is said that she dedicated her entire life to working in order to put all her children through college, only to outlive them all except for one daughter, Janice. Ms Mary Everett, is either 93 or 96 years old, and her recollection of her entire lifetime is foggy due to Alzheimer’s. Often called “Sunrise City,” Fort Pierce is on the Treasure Coast, stretching from St. Lucie Inlet to Sebastian Inlet along Florida’s Atlantic coast. Harlem Renaissance writer, folklorist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston relocated to Fort Pierce in 1957 until her death. My camera is my passport. Fort Pierce, FL. April, 2016 #blackflorida #blacklivesmatter #johannerahaman #ReportageSpotlight #mycameraismypassport #fortpiercefl #fortpierce #zoranealehurston #girlgaze #girlgazeproject #portstlucie #florida #blackhistory #blackwomen #stluciecounty

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Black Florida: Palatka. Mr Abe, the musical director at Bethel AME Church, on his way in to Sunday service. Originally called Pilo-taikita, meaning “crossing over” or “cows’ crossing,” Palatka was once the home of the Timucuan peoples, until they were wiped out by war, and infectious diseases from the Europeans. Producing turpentine, indigo, rice, and corn, Denys Rolle, a former British Parliamentary Minister operated one of the largest slavey plantations in British Florida, marking the first chapter in the history of forced labor on that patch of land, but certainly not the last. In 2007, Ron Evans was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug conspiracy, financial re-structuring, and witness tampering charges, among others. Evans recruited homeless U.S. citizens from shelters across the Southeast with promises of good pay and housing in exchange for harvesting crops in the surrounding potato and cabbage fields. At his East Palatka labor camp – the same East Palatka where 230 years earlier Denys Rolle brought Africans to work as slaves on land he called Rollestown – Evans deducted rent, food, crack cocaine and alcohol from workers’ pay, holding them “perpetually indebted” in what the Department of Justice called “a form of servitude morally and legally reprehensible”. **Cited from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. My camera is my passport. Palatka, FL. July 3, 2016 #blackflorida #blacklivesmatter #johannerahaman #mycameraismypassport #palatka #putnamcounty #putnam #blackhistory #northflorida #bw #bnw #bandw #blackandwhite #blackwhite #blacknwhite

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Loza Maléombhohttps://www.instagram.com/lozamaleombho/

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