Mooke Micheaux’s Ubunye: The Power of Us

There is a force that can’t be broken. A love that can’t be erased. A power that has lived within us since the beginning of time. That force is Us—Black men and Black women, standing together, moving as one, unshaken by a world that tries to break us. Mooke Micheaux’s shoot for Seventy7 Magazine, Ubunye—a Zulu word meaning unity—is more than just a moment. It’s a movement. It’s a reminder. It’s a call to come back home to each other.

For centuries, they have tried to divide us. Systematically. Emotionally. Physically. They stripped our families apart, told our men they were not enough, told our women they were too much. They poisoned the air between us with false narratives that made us forget the truth: We are each other’s first home. And now, more than ever, we must return.

Look at these images. The strength. The grace. The protection. The resilience. The King draped in black, standing firm, holding wisdom in his hands. The Queen clothed in white, radiant, adorned in legacy, embodying divine femininity. They are balance. They are power. They are Us.

This is what they fear—our love, our unity, our ability to build beyond what they tried to destroy. When a Black man and a Black woman are in sync, nothing can shake them. When we protect each other, love each other, uplift each other, we become unstoppable. The world knows it. That’s why they keep trying to keep us apart. But we are done letting the world tell us who we are to each other.

It is time to heal. Time to speak life into our men and remind them that they are Kings, protectors, visionaries, and the heartbeat of our legacy. Time to honor our women, cherish them, uplift them, and let them rest in their feminine divinity.

We must love out loud, heal out loud, and build together. Because the future belongs to Us. Because it’s always been Us. Because when we choose each other, we choose victory.

Let Ubunye be a reminder: We are strongest when we stand as one.