Black Love Day February 13th 2026

audio - India.Aire The Truth

February 13th is Black Love Day, founded in 1993 by Ayo Handy-Kendi as a spiritual alternative to Valentine's Day. Focusing on love: for the Creator, self, family, the Black community, and Black people, promoting peace, unity, and self-love within the African diaspora.

It's a day for 24 hours of demonstrating love through acts of gratitude, self-care, community support, and upliftment.

This year, 2026, I chose the LRD series of pocket patches named 'Adinkranehene Dua' to represent Black Love Day because that symbol represents strong leaders in our communities, families and I was especially thinking of fathers.

African cloth stamps, most famously Adinkra stamps from Ghana, are carved blocks used to print symbolic designs onto fabric, telling stories, proverbs, or representing concepts. I adapted the idea of stamping symbols onto fabric into embroidered and applique' symbol designs on fabric.

Adinkrahene means “King of the Adinkra symbols.” It is a symbol for authority, leadership, and charisma. Dua when combined with other words may represent femininity, beauty, cleanliness, and other positive feminine qualities. 

This combination can be interpreted as a symbol representing a powerful and benevolent leader who possesses both strength and positive qualities, or someone who leads under the protection and guidance of the divine.