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.
The term womanism was used by author Alice Walker in her book In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. Although the term was in use from the 19th Century, Walker was the first to use the term to describe âblack feminist or feminist of colourâ.