A tree illustrates the colors of the rainbow. A seed planted in the red earth germinates and sends orange roots down and a shoot upward to symbolize sanctification, separation from the earth and consecration toward heaven. The trunk of the tree is yellow inside the outer bark. The yellow symbolizes life.
Definition of WOMANISM. : a form of feminism focused especially on the conditions and concerns of black women. â womÂ·anÂ·ist \-nist\ noun or adjective.
ALICE WALKER'S MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS of the term womanism in In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, shed light on the issue of why many African American women prefer the term womanism to black feminism. Walker offers two contradictory meanings of womanism..