Closure of The Slave Theatre is NOT an Option

The Slave Theatre is more than a building with a base and four walls; this preeminent institution, founded by the Honorable Judge John L. Phillips, aka “The Kung-fu Judge,” is an iconic representation, historically spearheaded by culturally-conscious, community and family-oriented persons of the African Diaspora. In the late 1980s early 1990s, organizers of the Slave Theatre strategically fostered dynamically relevant programs, symposiums, lectures, events, and forums, to name a few. The artistic and intellectual versatility Judge Phillips offered with this imperative space, generated positively progressive influences within the predominantly Afro-Caribbean communities in Brooklyn, New York. These individuals became so profusely versed with knowledge of their African Origins, their activism spanned not just the boroughs; they became global visionaries—traveling to Africa (Egypt and Ghana) with Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannan and other renowned scholars. Like scholastic leaders Dr. Ben, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Ali & Helen Salahuddein—co-founders of the D’zertclub: African Genesis Institute—Judge Phillips had the intuitive foresight that charged him to create a space he knew and African persons knew was critical then as it is even more so today for the empowerment, purification, healing, and holistic collaboration of persons of African Descent. It is the thorough reflection of his clarity, his vision, his mission, his extraordinary execution and the immensely constructive impact his creativity has had within NYC, that ignites the fervor to do everything possible to resurrect life back into the Slave Theatre.

Middle and High School Educator and Entrepreneur Sandra John nostalgically remembers the event held at the Slave Theatre after the Release of Nelson Mandela. “The Slave Theatre was an extremely effective establishment because it instilled a sense of pride, a knowingness of who you are. You felt connected to your people. During that time, there were a lot more interactions in the streets. People made eye contact and stopped to have conversations about how to make our communities better, our children, various services like counseling and legal aid. I felt like I had a true extended family because my family and I along with other families, grandparents, attended events at the theatre at least twice a week and even during the weekends. I remember the internal environment of the theatre; the life force energy was powerful because the images and writings reflected so many aspects of African people.”

Like Sandra John, young people and adults alike are crying out for a platform, a place of refuge, where communal efforts can arise again. As of now, on Tuesday evenings, West African Dance Classes are taught by professional Dancer, Lycist and Educator Empress Idama on a contribution-based system; on Thursday evenings, film screenings and discussions are held and on Sundays, a Rastafari Upliftment concession is held. How will the resuscitation of The Slave Theatre further aid and benefit the development of African-American, Caribbean and Latino communities? Besides the exponential growth and evolvement of the programs currently hosted at the theatre, young people will play a consciously active role in combating the stereotypes and functions of systems and persons who terrorize and subjugate them to falter into criminal behaviors. Their artistic gifts will be nurtured and scaffolded by adult educators and leaders of various fields—both artistically and academically. Young people will receive training in music, martial arts, African history, science and mathematics to name a few. The expertise and guidance of aware adults who know that cultivating a youth’s identity determines that youth’s self-esteem and consequent contributions to their education, their families, community and our global schema, further highlights why The Slave Theatre needs to be revamped and why its Closure or change of Guardianship is NOT an Option!

Though sparingly beneficial, the Media has done a grave injustice and disservice to young people of African Descent. Too often, young people of African Descent are subliminally affected by information that degrades them. If they are not viewed as pursuing activities lined with criminal intent, they are purposefully displayed as ignorant and unlearned, disrespectful to their parents and friends, etc. Essentially, they are rarely depicted as entities of value like their White, Asian, and Latino counterparts. Individuals of different ethnic groups represent identities that are complete because of the vast array of depictions viewed within the media…and they tend to stand second to none whenever their skill—intellectually or otherwise—is magnified.

The Slave Theatre, as a functional unit, will train young people and adults alike to utilize technology to show their intrinsic gifts in a light that, instead of denigrating themselves, their family, culture, history, and ancestors, resonates in the light and magnetism of their true character—powerful and bright. These true aspects showing them in multifaceted lights, will eventually eradicate the false stereotypes that have fueled the behaviors—low performance in schools, violence, imprisonment, etc.

To support the revitalization of The Slave Theatre, call 718.669.9992 or 347.465.0926 and come to the “Redeem-Restore-Reclaim” celebration on October 22^nd, 2011 with a $10 donation—enjoy Vegan food, partake in an exciting raffle drawing and prepare for several dynamite performances. Start time 7 pm. Closure of The Slave Theatre is NOT an option.

The Sacred Essence of Wombmen Part I

The arts…what a powerful concept to ponder. Dance…music…sculptures…architecture…science—yes… science. Our ancestors’ keen, vast and ingenious mastery of the sciences—metaphysics, astrology, mathematics, to name a few—from Imhotep to Lady Peseshet… Dr. Ben Carson to Ma’a Bowman, illumine and magnify one very pronounced truth. We, African peoples, have an intrinsic propensity--from our spiritually formatted genetic legacy-- to hear, know and innerstand the multifaceted ways in which art expresses elements of our Divine Legacy. In spite of systems created to disenfranchise, dehumanize and annihilate us, the spirit of our proclivity to traverse ALL challenges, is persistent and pervasive through our art. We are the very breadth of our ancestors’ mastery, for their paramount intent functions as the core of our ingenuity as artists.

We are all artists. The question however is, what inspires you to create? What catalyzes and propels you to study, research, question, and acquire information? What is the gravitational substance you, the artist, possess, that enables you to exemplify an aptitude of artistic creativity? How does that artistic manifestation grandiosely resonate within the hearts, minds and spirits of all persons inhabiting this fertile, viable, enriching and nourishing earth?

African persons throughout the world are like planets that give birth to immeasurable galaxies of viable procreating entities of light. In this lyrical collage, I am paying tribute to the womb—the loving, healing, birthing, homeostatic womb of African women artists—their challenges, their art, but more importantly, the wisdom embedded in their journeys…the wisdom within their cardiac rhythm, the wisdom of the spirit molecules of oxygenation that fuel their cerebral hemispheres, the sage-like wisdom that stimulates the pineal gland that clairvoyantly taps into their ancestral spheres…motivating them to persevere.

African women artists—Tamara Tunie, Ntozake Shange, Dr. Glory Van Scott, Carol Maillard, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and the legendary Ruby Dee, are multifaceted artists with a collective purpose. The sacred essence of their divine wombman-hood has led them up the path as artists whose mission has been to restore the true identities of African women. Their voice, their presence in the global media, their fervor to exterminate stereotypes, has served as an ensemble that strive to keep us connected to our roots. The activism entrenched in their artistic contributions, continues to perpetuate the fortitude of our ancestral legacy. As a wombman of African origin, seeing representations of and studying the art of women who exude the sacred essence of my ancestral mothers, has nurtured, protected, and heightened my sense of self…my identity as a proud yet humble, brilliant and pioneering wombman. They redeemed, resurrected and revolutionized African beauty, African Dance, African thought, African literature, African values and principles through their creative arts. In spite of the multitude of obstacles these phenomenal women have endured and continue to surpass, they are steadfast as uncompromising vessels of transformation and ascension—using their art to reinforce that we should never forget the greatness of who we are and from whom and where we came.

In this intimate space at the Riverside Theatre in Harlem, the energy of this historic moment created a fusion of levitation beneath the soles of my feet as each sister artist expressed the relationship they shared with each powerful art form they have mastered. Fortunately, despite several prejudices, their resilience and undeniable artistic power has successfully been exposed in mainstream media. Legendary artist—actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist--Ruby Dee passionately and emphatically shared with us, as she does with such great poise, why art is the key to our liberation. She emphatically stated, “is there any greater power than it is to BE? We have something we don’t quite yet know how to use—we come from that ultimate power! Demons came in, subverted our attention—we forgot who we were—that we are somebody.” Divine. “The power is in each of us. We started feeling our greatness instead of knowing WHY we were! We are the stabilizers of the nation;” we are here “to balance” the scales from unrighteousness to righteousness. Enthralling are mama Ruby Dee’s words because this wombman has lived through so many generations as an African in America where she, like we, have been subjugated by the “Demons” of masterful deviation. Nevertheless, how can I resoundingly put forth the beaming radiance and joy my heart feels knowing our propensity to withstand so much grief, strife, insanity, disruption, corruption, demolition and still create the most brilliant, the most magnificent and astonishing art forms to grace existence?

Ntozake Shange, playwright, poet, author of the renowned Choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf explains that “struggle itself is the fulcrum of art—what you have to write about…” Sister Ntozake’s sentiments ring and reverberate out of the primordial waters of Nu because writing has been and will forever be my saving grace…from despondency, neurological dysfunctions, physiological diseases, the faith of Spirit to supersede the visage of a world of disillusionment. Writing is the tool I use to communicate with my higher self. The initial frenetic, neurotic, and exasperating symptoms I experience from discomfort, angst, and past traumas, transform my being into a state of stillness—I am able to deeply process my emotions, their origin, the stimuli, and profoundly resolve any crisis through my writing and deeply spiritual communion with the spirit world. Writing is also expansive; I get to dive in to the most imaginative recesses of the universe within my mind. It’s the due process that we all should, in one aspect or another, partake in.

Ma’at’s symbol is a balance scale. Whenever your equilibrium is out of order, you must consider utilizing a process that is effective and builds efficiency in order to deflect the potential for reacting in the same counterintuitive mannerisms to future situations—mannerisms that hinder and alter your progression to heightened spiritual ascension. This mastery exemplifies the artist. As sister Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder, artistic director, dancer and choreographer of Urban Bush Women, stated, “ when you fall down, you get up, learn how to fall, how to recover, and keep connected to the thing that’s driving you. Focus on your work; don’t get bitter or stuck ‘cause [your] creativity will [go] down…LISTEN…and keep going forward.” Sister Ntozake Shange further stated, “Don’t let yourself scare yourself…don’t be afraid to [express] the ugly” because you “fear what [you] have revealed about [yourself]. Be aware…you have power over fear.” You are in “control.” Finally, Dr. Glory Van Scott—producer, dancer, performer, educator and civic activist—fervently explicated, “Whatever I’m doing, I can face it! Work on it. Make perfection by your work” for “when you sit and become quiet within” yourself “ answers come. It’s all about the BREATH and standing your ground.” We must stand our ground and “keep courage high, our faith strong because the Most High “dwells within us AS US” echoed Carol Maillard—Actress, Singer, Songwriter of Sweet Honey in the Rock. Sitting in that audience, a powerful mystical force charged through the air and into me. I felt like the words of each of those prominent women were slingshots of Ra’s particles directly into the souls of every person in attendance. We need to be reminded to remember…to remember who we are from who we were because only then will we truly be able to move forward. As actress, Tamara Tunie stated, when you are “creating and bringing to a revelation” different aspects of your art which is your SELF… “it never gets stale.” When you are willing to “step out of your comfort zone” you will finally acknowledge…we, African peoples, are the finest art—our humility, compassion, formidability, wisdom…our Ma’atian ways… are the highest expressions of innovative, artistic invention.

LIGHT SKIN VERSUS DARK SKIN: THE SELF HATRED MECHANISM IN BLACK PEOPLE

On Saturday, April 2nd, a Worldstar Hip-hop video was posted to YouTube featuring a series of 14 consecutive short interviews of high school students voicing their opinions on light and dark skinned black people. The nature of many of the comments articulated was quite disturbing to hear. While some of the students had more neutral or enlightened statements to share, the opposing negative remarks expressed a level of self hatred which has become endemic among black people in many parts of the world. The voracity with which the students expressed their views of black people of different pigmentation is testament to the damage that has been done to the collective group historically.

The video begins with a young girl of dark complexion explaining that “Even though, I’m dark skin, I’m not black. I’m Dominican and Cape Verdian.” She goes on to describe black people as “very ignorant people” also stating “I would never date a black boy. I would never have a black girlfriend, because they have that bad hair, both of them.” However, despite these comments among other denigrating and stereotypical remarks, she states she is not being racist. This is disturbing, especially since it is coming from the mouth of someone who looks like a Mini Me version of rapper Foxy Brown and former actress Maia Campbell.

For this young lady to deny her African ancestry because she is Dominican and Cape Verdian is erroneous. From 1455 to 1975 Cape Verde was a colony of Portugal. In an article on Cape Verdeans, the “Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia” says the following, “The Portuguese based their slave-trading economy on these islands in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Slaves worked on Cape Verdean sugar plantations, and they did general labor and household work. It was common for slave owners to have children with their servants. That is largely how today's native Crioulo (Creole) population evolved.

It is also a historical fact that Africans and Arabs, referred to as moors conquered and ruled over Portugal, Spain, portions of France and Italy for approximately 700 years. During this time they intermarried with Europeans creating a very racially mixed population in those regions of the continent. Many individuals from that southern area of Europe have African ancestry which is depicted in the coat of arms of their families. Ivan Sertima’s “Golden Age of the Moor” and J.A. Rogers’ “Nature Knows No Color Line” are works which discuss in detail the African ancestry of Europeans in that area of the world.

Based on the facts above, this young woman’s lineage indisputably traces back to Africa, for even the Spanish who controlled the island of Hispaniola during colonial times mated and had children with the indigenous natives and African slaves under their domination. And as explained above, even the Spanish had African ancestry. It is thus saddening to see someone who exhibits the physical characteristics of black people deny her heritage.

One catalyst of this situation is the character defamation to which African people have been subjected. The culture of Africans has been demonized to the world as well as Africans themselves. In addition to that psychological blow, their countless historical accomplishments and advancements have been ignored, suppressed and stolen by others. This ultimately creates within black people a negative perception of themselves and others in their group to the point where they evaluate standards of beauty based on the lightness or darkness of skin tone. For instance, in the third interview of the video a young dark skinned boy says, “When you see a dark skinned girl you think crusty. When you see a light skinned girl you think, Oh my God she’s beautiful.

Such statements are shocking and appalling. This color issue which is common in many black communities is historical residue from years of slavery and colonialism. Marketing guru Tom Burrell discusses this historical circumstance and the roll the media has played in perpetuating the problem in his monumental book, “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority.” In a chapter titled “Uglified” he presents information about the conditions during slavery which reinforced the color prejudice among blacks such as “Division among slaves was aggravated by the privileges some slave masters awarded to their light-skinned offspring.” He presents the long lasting effects of such treatment with the 1954 black doll white doll experiment of Drs. Kenneth and Mami Clark which was duplicated in 2005 by Kiri Davis yielding the same results of black children choosing a white doll over a black doll. He further explains how media such as rap lyrics and videos exacerbate the color bias and friction among black people.

It is obvious that the children making the disparaging remarks about other blacks in the WorldStar Hip-Hop video suffer from the ills presented by Mr. Burrell’s book. However, to correct such self destructive behavior, at the end of each chapter Burrell does offer solutions to each problem he presents. In addition to his suggestions, a careful study of the true history of African people all over the world must be conducted. Numerous Africancentered scholars will testify to the redemptive powers of learning one’s true history. These children need to be educated about the glories of Ethiopia, Nubia, Kemet, Monomotapa, Songhai, the Moors and others, as well as learning about the high value placed on blackness of all shades in the world pre-slavery.

"Session 3" of “Journey of the Songhai People” state the following: It was not until our degradation in America that our color was a badge of degradation. Down through the ages our color was a badge of triumph. Over twenty-five hundred years ago, Herodotus, the Father of Western History remarked in his chronicles regarding his visit to cities in Africa that those people had skin the glorious colors of the setting sun and that “truly the very gods must have made their homes among the Africans.””

It isn’t difficult to recognize that if African children such as the ones in the video knew the information above their behavior would be different. Resolving this color issue is of great importance due to the need to facilitate unity among black people. It is disunity which mainly prevents African people from advancing in the world. And it was partly disunity which placed them in the deplorable situation they currently occupy. However, without knowing their history they will not be able to know what is necessary to facilitate unity for any type of social, political and economic progression. An African proverb accurately states “"If you do not know that you are lost you will not seek a way home" and former Botswana president Seretse Khama says, “"A nation without a past is a lost nation, and a people without a past is a people without a soul." Thank you for reading.

Sources:
THIS IS SAD/Lightskinned Vs Dark Skinned: http://youtu.be/JwG5y7OY8Mw

Burrell, Tom, “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority,” SmileyBooks, 2010

Robinson, Clavin R., Battle, Redman, Robinson, Edward, “The Journey of the Songhai People,” The Pan African Federation Organization, 1987

Rogers, J.A., “Nature Knows No Color-Line,” Helga M. Rogers, 1952

Van Sertima, Ivan, “Golden Age of the Moor,” Journal of African Civilization, 1992

Cape Verdeans: "Cape Verdeans." Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 6 Apr. 2011 .

CRISIS IN BLACK HIGHER EDUCATION AFRICANA STUDIES

For the past four months a critical battle has been waging on the campus of Cornell University. Faculty and students apart of the Africana Studies and Research Center have been at odds with the decision of university Provost Kent Fuchs to merge the center with the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2011. This decision came abruptly on December 1, 2010 during the week of class finals on the college’s campus. The announcement came as a surprise to students and faculty of the ASRC who were not consulted in the decision making process.

Reason for the change was stated by Kent Fuchs as followed, “I’ve done a thorough evaluation of the programs that report to me directly — Africana is one of those — and I’ve decided that some of those programs need better support than my office is able to provide.”…… “Therefore, they should be in a college environment where they have the support of the staff … and the support of the deans.” “Fuchs added that the move would allow Africana studies to add a Ph.D. program and double the size of the Africana studies faculty, though he said the majority of the increase would come from joint appointments with other departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.”

Upon hearing the decision, a statement was released by the faculty of the ASRC decrying the announcement and the manner in which it was carried out. Director of the center Prof. Robert Harris Jr. resigned from his position in protest, but later rescinded the decision and went on to lead a student and staff demonstration on the campus to publicly voice their disapproval. In their protest demonstrators labeled the decision “autocratic and symptomatic of institutional racism.”

This event has drawn the attention of many individuals to decry the decision leading to the circulation of an online petition signed by “nearly 1,000 alumni, academics and others, started by two professors from institutions outside of Cornell. Organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the National Council for Black Studies have written letters strongly criticizing the reorganization and requesting a reversal of the decision

Since its creation the center has operated independently of Cornell’s seven undergraduate colleges. It has successfully done so since 1969, with an international faculty of scholars from the African, African-American, and African-Caribbean diaspora. Great scholars such as John Henrik Clarke and Yosef Ben Jochannan have respectively been visiting and adjunct professors at the center during the 1970ies and 1980ies. James Stewart, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, in his open letter to President David Skorton states, “Cornell has one of the most highly regarded Africana studies/Black studies centers in the country,” and that “Many, if not most, departments would like to have the structural arrangement that has given it strength for the past 41 years.”

The decision to reorganize the structure of the ASRC was supported by a 2005 Report of Visiting Committee to the Africana Studies and Research Center, written by professors outside the University. However, “according to Robert Harris, Provost Biddy Martin had said she would not use the report to pursue an examination of the Africana Center’s structure within the University at the time of its release.”” James Stewart called the members of the 2005 Visiting Committee”…….. “hand-picked consultants” with “limited knowledge of current trends in Africana studies.” Furthermore, it was established that when the center was created, the objective was that it should operate independently of other colleges at Cornell.

In a February 8th article in the Cornell Daily Sun, university President David Skorton responded to the backlash over the school’s decision in an interview. He defended the university’s move giving the same reasons Fuchs asserted as reason for the change. However, one interesting comment he made came when he explained that a student asked him, “What’s my vision for the future of Africana? What is it going to change?” He responded, “ I told him that the details are going to be worked out by the dean of Arts and Sciences, the director of Africana and the provost.” Such a statement is evidence that the university leaders had not fully developed a plan for the ASRC and that no careful thought was put into the decision.

When any institution decides to undergo such organizational changes, advance planning must take place and the people affected must be included in the process. If the director of Africana is supposed to be included in the determining the future of the ASRC, why wasn’t Robert Harris consulted in the decision making process? Is it because the university understood that he would have out rightly objected to the change? Such decisions are dirty politics. Additionally, to use the desire to create a PHD program as motivation for the change is problematic because after a 2006 external review, the center was already developing such a program.

Such a change to the ASRC would ultimately weaken and minimize the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution. Instead of having scholars who are specialist and totally dedicated to Africana studies, you will now have professors and administrators from other disciplines affecting operations and the curriculum of the center. When such things occur, the quality and authenticity of the education provided will diminish in value and purpose, because of the increased potential for mis-education of the students.

One important lesson to be learned from this current battle is the importance for African people to have total control of the education they receive. This requires having jurisdiction over the institutions that provide the education they so earnestly need. No group of people who are being oppressed can realistically expect their oppressors to do what is right and provide them with education that will truly empower them. John Henrik Clarke accurately states, “Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.” So, until African people in the United States control their education system, or at least unify themselves in a way to exercise the power to influence the education system, situations such as what is occurring at Cornell will continue to repeat themselves. Thank you for reading.

Sources:

Africana Director Rescinds Resignation: http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/12/04/africana-director-rescinds-resignation

Day Hall Merges Africana Center Into Arts College; Director Resigns in Protest: http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/12/02/day-hall-merges-africana-center-arts-college-director-resigns-protes National Organizations Oppose

Africana Studies and Research Center Overhaul: http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/01/24/national-organizations-oppose-africana-studies-and-research-center-o Skorton

Responds to Africana Backlash: http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/02/08/skorton-responds-africana-backlash

Morphic Resonance: What Did Our Ancestors Eat? Returning to Optimal Frequency With Bioelectric Cell Foods"

Brother Garth Abaka Harvey—Geneticist, Artist, Sculptor—introduced two cosmically stimulating terms—Morphic Resonance—at the home and business of Alkaline Nutritionist and ‘The Fig Tree’ Co-Founder, Ma’a. Every third Saturday, Ma’a—a brilliant, reflective, existentially experienced alkaline nutritionist and practitioner of ‘Dimensional Healing’—hosts health and healing oriented symposiums. During these rejuvenating and educational symposiums, exquisitely versed scholars present and communicate the profound research they have unearthed in their studies.

At The Fig Tree’s most recent interactive seminar, Brother Harvey taught us why we must have a vital innerstanding of our bodies at a cellular level; and why awareness and knowledge of balancing our bodies with a ratio of seventy percent negative ionization to thirty percent positive ionization allows us to function at our optimal best. Essentially, when our pineal gland, our DNA, and all of our cells exist in a viscerally nutritive environment, the anatomical harmony we have cultivated allows us to emanate and to receive the Divine cosmic energy embedded in other structurally Divine emanations left for us by our ancestors. The energy encompassed in these structures, but more so, the intensity of its intention, literally communicates with the Righteous, the ones devoted to the principles of Ma’at, consequently enabling us to Actualize our intent…Morphic Resonance. Brother Harvey fervently reinforced that treating our bodies— the vessel that fortifies our Spirit—with love and respect, significantly relies on what we CONSUME. For instance, whenever we consume highly acidic, hybridized (genetically modified), overly processed, i.e. denatured foods, our very act systematically undermines our DNA’s capacity to regulate its proper function…our holistic capacity to maintain Homeostasis (balance, equilibrium) within every sector of our lives. Consequently, not only do we cultivate an internal environment vulnerable to dis-eases (heightened susceptibility to pathogens), toxins, digestive tract ulcerations from acidosis, organ system malfunctions due to mucous formations and conglomerations, we gravely diminish our propensity for being the receptors and transmitters of Morphic Resonance; we fundamentally stupefy our innate proclivity for intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and soulful clairvoyance and POWER.

How can we create more of what has been deemed “the wonders of the world,” like our ancestors? Our ancestors, they “built for eternity,” Jabari Osaze emphatically states, because they KNEW that we would forget who we are!!!! We have to resurrect the spirit of our ancestors within us and leave marvelous erections behind for our future such that they too can REMEMBER who they are. How can we achieve this degree of triumph, like our Ancient Ancestors, if our light vessels are clogged and downright contaminated?

Morphic Resonance is the science and art of erecting and exemplifying structural formations—Great Mercooti (Pyramids), Collossi (Amenhotep III), Temples (Karnak and Luxor), Abu Simbel, Olmec Heads, to resonate with the power to transmit energetic intention to the practitioners of Ma’at—allowing us to master and to righteously execute the laws of the universe. Many ancient indigenous civilizations—the Kemetians (Egyptians) aka Nubians, Mayans, Olmecs etc KNEW this TRUTH and thus created these monumental structures. They knew the purpose of these vibrationally enthralling erections.

How can we build an Internal state of Morphic Resonance? How can we EMIT the intention of our Divine Neters and Neteru? We can begin and continue to heal ourselves from false indoctrinations by purifying, cleansing, detoxifying, rejuvenating and revitalizing our physical vessels with “electrical cell foods.” Today marks day twenty-four since I have consciously decided to stop justifying my attachment to addictive chemicals this society calls food. I have made a concerted effort to END the cycle of abuse to my body because I have acknowledged that foods that feed my emotions rather than my holistic being are as dangerous and neurologically depleting as narcotics. Since the decision to live like my ancestors of the Hapi (Nile) River Valley and consume these alkaline-enriched herbal compounds, the muscle spasms in my right arm have deceased. Electric Cell Food…SEA MOSS—contains “92 of the 102 minerals” that constitute our cellular make-up. Sea moss is biologically rich with “the same minerals found in the earth and sea, which are also found within our bodies. Seamoss nourishes bones, thyroid and glands, pulmonary and respiratory illnesses, dissolves fat, calms appetite, is effective against cancer, ulcers, etc.” How do we cleanse our BLOOD—the life source that transports our life force—OXYGEN? “Maya, a blood purifier, rich in iron, increases energy, relieves stress, headaches, calms nerves, and treats anemia.” Maya is so potently fertile, it has revamped my body. For the fist time in years, I have not had any pre-menstrual or menstrual cramps, nor other symptoms we have been brainwashed to believe are naturally associated with a wombman’s cycle. I have always wanted to truly innerstand what our ancestors knew that enabled them to decipher the Secret messages of the universe… to precisely map the stars via astroprojection… transport granite rock weighing thousands of tons to construct the Great Mercooti… innerstand the laws of energy, physics, gravity, symmetry, angles, architecture, so succinctly, that today, thousands of years since its erection, Majestic Tekens (Obelisks) stand erect with their own base sustaining their upward posture. Our ancestors knew and lived by the principle of the symbolic structures they created, i.e. the Temple of Luxor’s chambers architecturally reflect the organs, systems, their functions—the physiological and metaphysical blueprint of the Divine Human being.

Our ancestors knew that Hekau, sacred words of wisdom, carried intention in their sound and frequencies, hence, they were able to commune with the Neters and Neteru. They also knew that various structures embodied the capability to transmit energetic intention to persons whose lives synergistically aligned with Ma’at—Balance, Order, Harmony, Reciprocity, Justice, Righteousness, Truth—with nature, with the universe and galaxies. They were true gatekeepers of our ONENESS. Therefore, I “accept the call to higher consciousness”, like Brother Chike Akua, innovative entrepreneur, educator, author, motivational speaker, would resoundingly state. Knowing that my intent is to attain the sacred knowledge of my ancestors, I am committed to vigilantly executing the will to harness my “Personal Power.” Personal Power, renowned scholar Dr. Edward Robinson educates, originates from one’s ability to clear their pre-frontal cortex, receive the cosmic particles of RA (NTU) and make their goals a reality. I challenge you to energize and ACTIVATE the FULL POTENTIAL of your African Mind…to function as Symbols of Morphic Resonance, prepared to receive our ancestors’ Divine Transmissions. For More Information about Ma’a and The Fig Tree, visit www.thefigtreeonline.com

Brazil, Land of The Oppressed

BRAZIL,

Rich and esteemed for her legacy, culture, enamoring beauty,

Artistic, spiritual and grandiose African genealogy

Has been a downtrodden cesspool,

Saturated with poverty, violence, political disenfranchisement

For the “more than 90 million people of African [Ascent]” dwelling in the land

Of their Enslaved Ancestors,

Tricked, Maimed, Sodamized

Battered into this artificial society,

Involuntarily

Solely to be Ruled and detested

Exploited and manipulated

By the psychologically depraved

Antics of European Hegemony

Chattel slavery,

Is not a story told of the past

It is still a sore and agonizing reality

It is a modern day NIGHTMARE

African Brazilians face

The approximate “3.3 million surviving the journey”

From the “5.5 million” branded, sold, and shipped

By the lethal devices of 16^th century Portuguese

“I’m not riding with a black!”

“The place of blacks is in the service elevator”

These words, this stance

Used by the aristocracy of White “Righteousness”

Used to demean

And antagonize

Used to Traumatize…

To Effectively and Efficiently

Singe the wounds of Lashes

Still felt

By the carcinogenic affronts

Of Venomous Hatred Spewed from

The Hateful

Is still very prevalent in the fertile womb of our Mother’s Earth

Kemet! Kemet!

Ancestors of the Nile Valley Civilization

Nubians! Maroons! Masons!

Ethiopians!

Sistrens and Brethrens

How do we resurrect

King Narmer… Prophet Aha

Who “unified the two lands of Upper and Lower”[1] Kemet

Clairvoyance, the seed of his pineal consciousness

To Smai Tawi the essence of Ma’at as the

Foundation of ‘Political’ Morality?

Why have we been “poorer, less educated, less healthy, less powerful…

than Whites?”

The books we’re forced to read

Penetrating us vilely

Raping our emotional stability

With repetitive remarks of self-hatred

Because we are taught White Lies

Not of our ancestry

Not of our elders

Not of Predynastic Kemet

That had cultivated “The emergence of the earliest Nubian Civilization in 3800…

[Or the creation of] the 1,460-year-Old Astronomical Calendar”[2] in

4236 BC”

“Affirmative-action bills?”

“Open college enrollment and government payrolls”

To Africans in Brazil?

Really?

When I process this statement

When I visualize the intent from their thought

A wave of hysteria collapses

My ability to breathe

Because the ostentation of these political parodies

Legitimizes the very truth of our Grief

The very truth of their strategic oppression

To starve our souls

To maintain the plantation

We WERE

Before they mastered mechanisms

Of Division Amongst Us

Unification is the call to ORDER

Not egocentrism

Nor Individualism

While, like in Brazil, and in most regions inhabited by Indigenous Africans

We amass “Two thirds of the country’s homicide victims”

And our health is ranked 105^th while Whites are ranked 44^th

By the U.N. Human Development Index

Mama “Khepera!”

Resurrect your children!

Baba “Djhuiti!”[3]

Bestow upon us

Your “Crystal Clarity”

We need to end this cycle

Of purgatory

We need to restore what you have

Taught the many

We need to realign with Ma’at:

Harmony, Truth, Justice, Law, Order,

Righteousness, Reciprocity

Will you heed the call?

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[1] Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder, p. 51

[2] Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder, p. 63

[3] Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder, p. 83

4 Quotations not footnoted from article entitled A Great Divide—By Jack Chang,