Thursday, November 10, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Excerpts of "Queens of the Virgins"
Great Queens of Afraka, like Nefertari, Hatshepsut, Makeda, the Candaces, Nzingha, Al-Kahina, Yaa Asantewa and many others set examples, paths and shoulders of strength as matriarchs of both patrilineal and matrilineal lineage structures for generations to come. For women and men of the Virgin Islands, Afraka and our global communities, the examples of strength, endurance, loyalty, security and spirited- intentions have continued to impact the development and maintenance of ancestral Afrakan and world civilizations for millennia. The work, contributions and actions for social change initiated by our Queens of the Virgin Islands as embodied by Queen Breffu, Queen Mary and Queen Coziah are a powerful and multi-dimensional extension of these ancestral forces and sources of strength, power, freedom and determination.
The Queens of the Virgins presented in the innerattaining & cultural education presentation produced by Per Ankh, Inc. as part of the VI Humanities Council "We The People" initiative as the first Virgin Islands Chautauqua in June 2006 included presentations of and by:
Queen Breffu, who has been recognized for her strategic leadership role in the revolution and intended independent nation of enslaved Afrakans of St. John in 1733 to 1734-Commemorated annually on November 23rd;
Queen Mary who has been recognized for her activism and social upheaval during the Great Fireburn of 1878 on St. Croix-Commemorated annually on October 1st; and
Queen Coziah who has been recognized as a forerunner of the non-violence movement for her short-lived yet powerful leadership in the Coal Worker’s Strike of 1892 on St. Thomas-Commemorated annually on September 12th.
It is important to note that the biased versions of “documentation” provided by most 18th -21st scholars has been cautiously integrated to insure that the integrity of the historical accuracy of these women may be maintained while more intensive research is still being uncovered to present a more truthful and balanced portrayal of these Queens of the Virgin Islands who represent Afrakan women as mothers, royal & common leaders, military strategists, planners, workers & laborers and more.
Queen Breffu, Queen Mary and Queen Coziah represent the ancestral, traditional, customary and contemporary essence that lies dormant amongst many women in our society and is often shunned or ostracized in our women who reflect these great women’s pioneering and championship causes for life, inspiration, freedom and education—LIFE. These women are a reflection and life-strengthened examples of RAevolutionary Afrakan Wombmyn-RAW!
Email perankh@gmail.com and visit www.perankhu.org to request a link for the film trailer of "Queens of the Virgins" and to reserve your copy of the upcoming film being released in 2011.
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Per Ankh, Inc. of from “Queens of the Virgins” © 2006- a culturally historic ethno-documentary production and forthcoming film on the 18th and 19th century freedom queens, women and cultural history of the former Danish West Indies and contemporary Virgin Islands.
The Queens of the Virgins presented in the innerattaining & cultural education presentation produced by Per Ankh, Inc. as part of the VI Humanities Council "We The People" initiative as the first Virgin Islands Chautauqua in June 2006 included presentations of and by:
Queen Breffu, who has been recognized for her strategic leadership role in the revolution and intended independent nation of enslaved Afrakans of St. John in 1733 to 1734-Commemorated annually on November 23rd;
Queen Mary who has been recognized for her activism and social upheaval during the Great Fireburn of 1878 on St. Croix-Commemorated annually on October 1st; and
Queen Coziah who has been recognized as a forerunner of the non-violence movement for her short-lived yet powerful leadership in the Coal Worker’s Strike of 1892 on St. Thomas-Commemorated annually on September 12th.
It is important to note that the biased versions of “documentation” provided by most 18th -21st scholars has been cautiously integrated to insure that the integrity of the historical accuracy of these women may be maintained while more intensive research is still being uncovered to present a more truthful and balanced portrayal of these Queens of the Virgin Islands who represent Afrakan women as mothers, royal & common leaders, military strategists, planners, workers & laborers and more.
Queen Breffu, Queen Mary and Queen Coziah represent the ancestral, traditional, customary and contemporary essence that lies dormant amongst many women in our society and is often shunned or ostracized in our women who reflect these great women’s pioneering and championship causes for life, inspiration, freedom and education—LIFE. These women are a reflection and life-strengthened examples of RAevolutionary Afrakan Wombmyn-RAW!
Email perankh@gmail.com and visit www.perankhu.org to request a link for the film trailer of "Queens of the Virgins" and to reserve your copy of the upcoming film being released in 2011.
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Per Ankh, Inc. of from “Queens of the Virgins” © 2006- a culturally historic ethno-documentary production and forthcoming film on the 18th and 19th century freedom queens, women and cultural history of the former Danish West Indies and contemporary Virgin Islands.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Environmental Crisis in Georgetown, Guyana: As Within, So Without
Hotep:
At this point in our lives as the global community celebrates the coming of light and illuminate sons/suns to the earth, many still are blinded to the importance of protecting, nurturing, cleansing and maintaining an environmentally harmonious earth community in land, waters, air and beyond! To hear that civil disobedience is required to stop genocidal environmental violations that are damaging human life and communities in 2010 going on 2011 is pitiful yet expected within the imperialist capitalist societies that claim freedom, justice and democratic equality for all. So, to have a wonderful "holiday" message shared with us on the eve of the seasons "to be jolly" reminds us of the realities of the helladays that are truly upon us with the false persona blasted in our global media machinery making the earth seem "alright" when she is not.
Consequently, Professor Wilkinson of the University of Guyana- Turkeyen campus shares the voice of the indigenous African spirit embodied within that region and how environmental genocide is permitted in select areas versus others less populated areas. This commentary by Professor Wilkinson could change regions and be applicable to thousands of other communities particularly with African people in resource rich regions. For the record, this happens all over the earth, especially where people of color, limited economic means and abject poverty are forced to reside. So where is the "joy to the world" and the "first Noel" in that? What are any of the leaders doing to listen and implement corrective measures that the people are demanding? Take time to read and review this commentary carefully as more research is on going within our global community to cease the environmental warfare willfully imposed by select chosen few upon others with minimal if any regard to the lives being jeopardized as expressed herein. Listen so we may do the right thing and LIVE Well and LIVE UP!
SHem Hotep
***********************
AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT
Dear Fellow Guyanese,
Greetings on this blessed season of joy and renewal.
The past week in Georgetown has been a drama of police arrests of two citizens engaging in civil disobedience in protest against human rights violations by the various agencies of the government of Guyana against the people of Guyana; of the comedy of a one dollar bail; of solidarity pickets by prominent Guyanese outside the Guyana High Commission in London; of appeals to the united conscience of Guyana: The focus of all these being the stinking atrocity and shame of our Garden City—the toxic environmental degradation that has never before existed in the history of this country.
The Creator has indeed dealt our Champion of the Earth a hand of hands. How will our Champion play? Does some anxious demon of political and racial arrogance and divisiveness and selfishness and greed and graft and corruption hold the trump card? If so, then our Champion may indeed end his political career as a hollow and pathetic third world dictator, facing the final mockery of a charge of assaulting mother earth and endangering the health of her inhabitants. Or will our Champion seize this moment to take immediate steps to divert the direction of the garbage coming by the hundreds of tons every single day to Le Repentir, and to address the matter of solid waste management as a dire national emergency?
And how will we, the people of Guyana play, when we examine our hand in this terror-filled game of the human conscience? Will we continue to live in our own hollow and pathetic shells, dodging each others’ eyes, denying that our garbage is really, at the bottom of it all, our responsibility, denying our complicity in the bringing or sending of plastics and styrofoam and discarded computers and televisions and scrap metal and much more dangerous forms of toxic waste from our homes and hospitals and shops and bars and restaurants from everywhere on this coastland and even interior areas and dumping upon fellow citizens? Or will we seize this moment to share a common anguish and move to the only right action there is—to stop resolutely and absolutely any further dumping at Le Repentir by any peaceful means, and cease the assault on the health of those communities huddled in despair on and around Savage and Princess Streets, of Cemetery Road and (Creator forbid!) Mandela Avenue.
The game is full of misery and terror because its rules are that the players exercise freedom of choice. They are either all winners or all losers. That is determined. It is a matter of choice.
If we live near the dumpsite, we can be preoccupied with living and bearing one terrible day at a time, examining the bumps on our babies’ skins for abscesses, praying that if the cancer invades our bodies it spares our children, hoping vainly for a miracle; or we can decide once and for all that we will sacrifice all for our children’s health and future.
If we only drive through it every day on a bus, or on occasion in a car, our options are to hold our noses and grimace, or to take full cognizance of the atrocity and determine to end it.
If we live far away from it, so that we only hear or read about it, we might try to dismiss it or deny it and get on with business as usual, or we might consider that we, also, may one day be affected because there is a law of reciprocity at work in the world, and the suffering of others might boomerang on us.
How will this awful game play out? Our children are watching. The world is watching. Perhaps the world doesn’t care. Is Guyana playing to win, or to lose?
Love and Light in this Blessed Season
Sincerely yours,
Certain Concerned Citizens from all walks of life
Charlene Wilkinson
Department of Language & Cultural Studies
Faculty of the Humanities & Education
University of Guyana
Turkeyen Campus
592-222-5501
Caribbean Publishers Ltd.
178 Sugar Cane Street
South Ruimveldt Gardens
Georgetown
592-218-1435
592-642-5119
It takes courage to become happy -- courage to remain true to one's convictions, courage not to be defeated by one's weaknesses and negativity, courage to take swift action to help those who are suffering. Daisaku Ikeda
At this point in our lives as the global community celebrates the coming of light and illuminate sons/suns to the earth, many still are blinded to the importance of protecting, nurturing, cleansing and maintaining an environmentally harmonious earth community in land, waters, air and beyond! To hear that civil disobedience is required to stop genocidal environmental violations that are damaging human life and communities in 2010 going on 2011 is pitiful yet expected within the imperialist capitalist societies that claim freedom, justice and democratic equality for all. So, to have a wonderful "holiday" message shared with us on the eve of the seasons "to be jolly" reminds us of the realities of the helladays that are truly upon us with the false persona blasted in our global media machinery making the earth seem "alright" when she is not.
Consequently, Professor Wilkinson of the University of Guyana- Turkeyen campus shares the voice of the indigenous African spirit embodied within that region and how environmental genocide is permitted in select areas versus others less populated areas. This commentary by Professor Wilkinson could change regions and be applicable to thousands of other communities particularly with African people in resource rich regions. For the record, this happens all over the earth, especially where people of color, limited economic means and abject poverty are forced to reside. So where is the "joy to the world" and the "first Noel" in that? What are any of the leaders doing to listen and implement corrective measures that the people are demanding? Take time to read and review this commentary carefully as more research is on going within our global community to cease the environmental warfare willfully imposed by select chosen few upon others with minimal if any regard to the lives being jeopardized as expressed herein. Listen so we may do the right thing and LIVE Well and LIVE UP!
SHem Hotep
***********************
AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT
Dear Fellow Guyanese,
Greetings on this blessed season of joy and renewal.
The past week in Georgetown has been a drama of police arrests of two citizens engaging in civil disobedience in protest against human rights violations by the various agencies of the government of Guyana against the people of Guyana; of the comedy of a one dollar bail; of solidarity pickets by prominent Guyanese outside the Guyana High Commission in London; of appeals to the united conscience of Guyana: The focus of all these being the stinking atrocity and shame of our Garden City—the toxic environmental degradation that has never before existed in the history of this country.
The Creator has indeed dealt our Champion of the Earth a hand of hands. How will our Champion play? Does some anxious demon of political and racial arrogance and divisiveness and selfishness and greed and graft and corruption hold the trump card? If so, then our Champion may indeed end his political career as a hollow and pathetic third world dictator, facing the final mockery of a charge of assaulting mother earth and endangering the health of her inhabitants. Or will our Champion seize this moment to take immediate steps to divert the direction of the garbage coming by the hundreds of tons every single day to Le Repentir, and to address the matter of solid waste management as a dire national emergency?
And how will we, the people of Guyana play, when we examine our hand in this terror-filled game of the human conscience? Will we continue to live in our own hollow and pathetic shells, dodging each others’ eyes, denying that our garbage is really, at the bottom of it all, our responsibility, denying our complicity in the bringing or sending of plastics and styrofoam and discarded computers and televisions and scrap metal and much more dangerous forms of toxic waste from our homes and hospitals and shops and bars and restaurants from everywhere on this coastland and even interior areas and dumping upon fellow citizens? Or will we seize this moment to share a common anguish and move to the only right action there is—to stop resolutely and absolutely any further dumping at Le Repentir by any peaceful means, and cease the assault on the health of those communities huddled in despair on and around Savage and Princess Streets, of Cemetery Road and (Creator forbid!) Mandela Avenue.
The game is full of misery and terror because its rules are that the players exercise freedom of choice. They are either all winners or all losers. That is determined. It is a matter of choice.
If we live near the dumpsite, we can be preoccupied with living and bearing one terrible day at a time, examining the bumps on our babies’ skins for abscesses, praying that if the cancer invades our bodies it spares our children, hoping vainly for a miracle; or we can decide once and for all that we will sacrifice all for our children’s health and future.
If we only drive through it every day on a bus, or on occasion in a car, our options are to hold our noses and grimace, or to take full cognizance of the atrocity and determine to end it.
If we live far away from it, so that we only hear or read about it, we might try to dismiss it or deny it and get on with business as usual, or we might consider that we, also, may one day be affected because there is a law of reciprocity at work in the world, and the suffering of others might boomerang on us.
How will this awful game play out? Our children are watching. The world is watching. Perhaps the world doesn’t care. Is Guyana playing to win, or to lose?
Love and Light in this Blessed Season
Sincerely yours,
Certain Concerned Citizens from all walks of life
Charlene Wilkinson
Department of Language & Cultural Studies
Faculty of the Humanities & Education
University of Guyana
Turkeyen Campus
592-222-5501
Caribbean Publishers Ltd.
178 Sugar Cane Street
South Ruimveldt Gardens
Georgetown
592-218-1435
592-642-5119
It takes courage to become happy -- courage to remain true to one's convictions, courage not to be defeated by one's weaknesses and negativity, courage to take swift action to help those who are suffering. Daisaku Ikeda
International Year for People of African Descent-WGEPAD Report from April 2010
Hotep:
This is an overview of the positions, perspectives and analysis for action from the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent [WGEPAD]. At some point, the composition and ideological frames of reference of the members of this august body will share the implementation plans and action programmes that are in effect for more input from our family nation.
This document has been prepared by the Secretariat of the WGEPAD.
Shem Hotep
******************
WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
IX Session, 12 – 16 April 2010
WORKING GROUP’S PROPOSALS
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
“People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development”
I. Organisational proposals:
1. That the International Year for People of African Descent be accompanied by the title “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development” in order to bring attention on the critical thematic focus for the International Year
2. That the International Year for People of African Descent be observed with the full involvement of all relevant UN bodies, programmes, and specialized agencies, in particular UNESCO, ILO, WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA.
3. That cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations be ensured in the context of the observance of the International Year at the regional level.
4. That the relevant UN authority establishes a voluntary fund, including an initial contribution from the UN regular budget, for the International Year and invites contributions from Member States and all relevant donors, so as to provide additional funding for the implementation of the activities relating to the International Year, as well as follow-up activities, and to facilitate the participation of NGOs dealing with issues of People of African descent in such activities.
5. That the UN Secretary-General appoints High Commissioner for Human Rights as the Coordinator of the activities related to the International Year for People of African Descent.
6. That the Office of the High Commissioner ensure adequate media coverage of the International Year, including by way of materials such as a logo, posters, brochures, etcetera, and the establishment of a dedicated web space for the International Year.
7. That a linkage between the International Year for People of African Descent and the 10th anniversary of the DDPA be formally established.
8. That national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights be invited, through the International Coordinating Committee (ICC), to actively participate in the Year, including by initiating relevant activities at the national level.
9. That the International Year be opened by way of an Opening Day ceremony to be held at the 65th session of the General Assembly on 10 December 2010.
II. Substantive proposals:
1. That the International Year for People of African Descent be observed formally at the High Level Segment of the 16th session of the Human Rights Council by way of organizing a Panel Discussion.
2. That an International Day for People of African Descent be declared after wide consultation with people of African descent; but that the date chosen be connected with an important date in Haitian history in recognition of Haiti’s fundamental role in exposing discrimination against people of African descent and centering concepts of human dignity and right to freedom and justice for people of African decent locally, regionally and globally from 1791-1804 and beyond.
3. That the Human Rights Council be invited to launch the process for the formulation of a Declaration on People of African Descent and give a mandate to the Working Group of People of African Descent to develop a draft text in this respect.
4. That a high level international conference on People of African descent be organised, under the auspices of the General Assembly, on the theme “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development” with the participation of Member States and all relevant specialized agencies, human rights treaty bodies, special procedures and other stakeholders.
5. That regional conferences be held in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America, on topics related to the situation of People of African descent.
6. That OHCHR organizes side events on the situation of People of African Descent during the regular sessions of the Human Rights Council in 2011.
7. That a publication on the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent be produced in the series “Fact sheets” including a compilation of the recommendations by the Working Group.
8. That participation be encouraged by the largest number of civil society in activities organized for the International Year for People of African Descent and that an international network be created which is devoted to exchanging information among the various sections of NGOs representing people of African descent.
9. That arrival point sites of memory be established in all countries where Africans were relocated and in all countries that benefited from the Transatlantic Trade in Africans.
10. That governments be encouraged to include in their education activities awareness-raising events relating to the observance of the International Year for People of African Descent, including, inter alia, through art competitions, cultural events, awards, academic events, films and documentaries with a view to the restoration of the dignity of people of African descent.
11. That States, UN agencies, and regional organizations encourage cultural links between the African Diaspora and the African continent.
For more information visit:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/african/4african.htm
This is an overview of the positions, perspectives and analysis for action from the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent [WGEPAD]. At some point, the composition and ideological frames of reference of the members of this august body will share the implementation plans and action programmes that are in effect for more input from our family nation.
This document has been prepared by the Secretariat of the WGEPAD.
Shem Hotep
******************
WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
IX Session, 12 – 16 April 2010
WORKING GROUP’S PROPOSALS
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
“People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development”
I. Organisational proposals:
1. That the International Year for People of African Descent be accompanied by the title “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development” in order to bring attention on the critical thematic focus for the International Year
2. That the International Year for People of African Descent be observed with the full involvement of all relevant UN bodies, programmes, and specialized agencies, in particular UNESCO, ILO, WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA.
3. That cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations be ensured in the context of the observance of the International Year at the regional level.
4. That the relevant UN authority establishes a voluntary fund, including an initial contribution from the UN regular budget, for the International Year and invites contributions from Member States and all relevant donors, so as to provide additional funding for the implementation of the activities relating to the International Year, as well as follow-up activities, and to facilitate the participation of NGOs dealing with issues of People of African descent in such activities.
5. That the UN Secretary-General appoints High Commissioner for Human Rights as the Coordinator of the activities related to the International Year for People of African Descent.
6. That the Office of the High Commissioner ensure adequate media coverage of the International Year, including by way of materials such as a logo, posters, brochures, etcetera, and the establishment of a dedicated web space for the International Year.
7. That a linkage between the International Year for People of African Descent and the 10th anniversary of the DDPA be formally established.
8. That national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights be invited, through the International Coordinating Committee (ICC), to actively participate in the Year, including by initiating relevant activities at the national level.
9. That the International Year be opened by way of an Opening Day ceremony to be held at the 65th session of the General Assembly on 10 December 2010.
II. Substantive proposals:
1. That the International Year for People of African Descent be observed formally at the High Level Segment of the 16th session of the Human Rights Council by way of organizing a Panel Discussion.
2. That an International Day for People of African Descent be declared after wide consultation with people of African descent; but that the date chosen be connected with an important date in Haitian history in recognition of Haiti’s fundamental role in exposing discrimination against people of African descent and centering concepts of human dignity and right to freedom and justice for people of African decent locally, regionally and globally from 1791-1804 and beyond.
3. That the Human Rights Council be invited to launch the process for the formulation of a Declaration on People of African Descent and give a mandate to the Working Group of People of African Descent to develop a draft text in this respect.
4. That a high level international conference on People of African descent be organised, under the auspices of the General Assembly, on the theme “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development” with the participation of Member States and all relevant specialized agencies, human rights treaty bodies, special procedures and other stakeholders.
5. That regional conferences be held in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America, on topics related to the situation of People of African descent.
6. That OHCHR organizes side events on the situation of People of African Descent during the regular sessions of the Human Rights Council in 2011.
7. That a publication on the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent be produced in the series “Fact sheets” including a compilation of the recommendations by the Working Group.
8. That participation be encouraged by the largest number of civil society in activities organized for the International Year for People of African Descent and that an international network be created which is devoted to exchanging information among the various sections of NGOs representing people of African descent.
9. That arrival point sites of memory be established in all countries where Africans were relocated and in all countries that benefited from the Transatlantic Trade in Africans.
10. That governments be encouraged to include in their education activities awareness-raising events relating to the observance of the International Year for People of African Descent, including, inter alia, through art competitions, cultural events, awards, academic events, films and documentaries with a view to the restoration of the dignity of people of African descent.
11. That States, UN agencies, and regional organizations encourage cultural links between the African Diaspora and the African continent.
For more information visit:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/african/4african.htm
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December 21.2010
Hotep and Blessings for this Season!
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We are NUWOMANRising!
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We appreciate your donations to maintain the positive and proactive CHATS4LIFE services we provide our community!
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tribute to Queen Mother Mawina Sowa of AAWRU 9.11.2007
As November 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the formation of the All African Women's Revolutionary Union [AAWRU]- the women's wing of the All African People's Revolutionary Party [AAPRP], this September 2007 tribute to Queen Mother Mawina Sowa the first global central committee coordinator of the AAWRU is being shared. May Maat be restored! May A NU Humanity be resurrected and genuine RAspect amongst women, men, children and families be forged from this point forward! Forward ever! Backward never!
Hotep:
A Tribute to Mama Mwt (Sacred Nurturing Mother) Mawina Sowa
From Dr. ChenziRa Kahina of Per Ankh (House of Life), St. Croix, Virgin Islands-September 6247ST/2007AD
My life (along with others in our work study circle) experienced a serious revolutionary shift in 1979 when I first heard a live presentation by Eldress Sis "Mwt" Mawina at an AAPRP program in New York. She inspired many of us to recognize the importance of women and children in the Afrakan revolution working in collaboration with our men. Mwt Mawina encouraged many of us, especially those of us who came with our "ultra-petite bourgeois thought for action" program in our lives to put our people and the needs of our Afrakan nation for the betterment of humanity first and foremost in our lives. This was quite radical for the commonly "me-phi-me" thinking process we were inundated with especially in the late 70's into the 80's. So, I continue to give honor, praise and sacred recognition to Mwt Mawina for sharing a grass roots reality check as exemplified through her actions for those of us willing to listen and adhere to the words of such a powerful, assertive yet compassionate woman who placed the people before self in many aspects of her life's work.
Whenever I reflect on Mwt Mawina, I often recall a meeting held in the then "Africa House" at City College in Harlem with many scholars and students from around the NY/NJ metropolitan area and the manner in which she brought fire to the table when some of us young sisters who were new to revolutionary thought and action nearly forgot our place with some elders that tried to deal only with theory when many of us were ready for the action part of the revolution!!! Mwt Mawina expressed to us the importance of having patience with our Afrakan people based on the centuries and millennia of miseducation imposed upon us by institutions we need to study, research and learn to struggle forward beyond. This was a hard lesson to many of us who were quite hot-headed in that early 80's period. She taught us qualities and character that encouraged revolutionary compassionate strength in our organizing work with our people and that of others who live and struggle for positive revolutionary action.
When the AAWRU formed (1980) and there were various regional meetings within the AAPRP to address its' formation and the development of curriculum for the Young Pioneers' Institute (YPI), Mwt Mawina was a formidable cornerstone of strength, wisdom and encouragement for the seemingly endless struggles endured by many for the productive and revolutionary development and maintenance of the women's union. Mwt Mawina encouraged many of us to network and collaborate in ways that we were unaware of to strengthen the longevity and positive outcomes of our YPI and AAWRU work in concert with the AAPRP. While patience is a virtue I need to still improve upon, in my younger years it was women like Mwt Mawina that provided a crystal clear example of why the revolutionary work and struggle is important in our life and for whom it will benefit for generations to come. We respect the life work and unfettered commitment shared with us and the world by Mwt Mawina.
In the interest of the many sharings that will pay tribute and homage to our great warrioress and queen (in a non-feudal context of course) Mwt Mawina I extend an excerpt of a spoken word piece I penned in 1983 after ALD in DC:
Mapindusi Nii Sasa
The Revolution is Now
The revolution is living,
You need to keep on giving...
...We need to stop imitating...
And go far beyond all the hating...
Our lives need to be more than false acting
So we evolve and stop reacting...
...We need to build stronger families
So we may be a nation more at ease...
We have divine works and maatikal truths,
That we need to share and teach to our youths....
Mapindusi Nii Sasa
The Revolution is Now
May our memories of Mwt "Sis" Mawina's work and commitment for the victorious struggle of Afraka and its people be remembered for generations upon generations as a beacon of light, revolutionary consciousness and compassionate work that we respect for its' restoration of truth, justice, order, reciprocity, balance and harmony as Ma'at! May Mwt "Sis" Mawina's work and life struggles continue to be an integral part of the interwoven threads of our people's legacy for positive change and revolutionary action!!! Aluta Continua
Originally published in AAWRU RAW QM Mawina Sowa Tribute publications- All Rights Reserved 2007.
Hotep:
A Tribute to Mama Mwt (Sacred Nurturing Mother) Mawina Sowa
From Dr. ChenziRa Kahina of Per Ankh (House of Life), St. Croix, Virgin Islands-September 6247ST/2007AD
My life (along with others in our work study circle) experienced a serious revolutionary shift in 1979 when I first heard a live presentation by Eldress Sis "Mwt" Mawina at an AAPRP program in New York. She inspired many of us to recognize the importance of women and children in the Afrakan revolution working in collaboration with our men. Mwt Mawina encouraged many of us, especially those of us who came with our "ultra-petite bourgeois thought for action" program in our lives to put our people and the needs of our Afrakan nation for the betterment of humanity first and foremost in our lives. This was quite radical for the commonly "me-phi-me" thinking process we were inundated with especially in the late 70's into the 80's. So, I continue to give honor, praise and sacred recognition to Mwt Mawina for sharing a grass roots reality check as exemplified through her actions for those of us willing to listen and adhere to the words of such a powerful, assertive yet compassionate woman who placed the people before self in many aspects of her life's work.
Whenever I reflect on Mwt Mawina, I often recall a meeting held in the then "Africa House" at City College in Harlem with many scholars and students from around the NY/NJ metropolitan area and the manner in which she brought fire to the table when some of us young sisters who were new to revolutionary thought and action nearly forgot our place with some elders that tried to deal only with theory when many of us were ready for the action part of the revolution!!! Mwt Mawina expressed to us the importance of having patience with our Afrakan people based on the centuries and millennia of miseducation imposed upon us by institutions we need to study, research and learn to struggle forward beyond. This was a hard lesson to many of us who were quite hot-headed in that early 80's period. She taught us qualities and character that encouraged revolutionary compassionate strength in our organizing work with our people and that of others who live and struggle for positive revolutionary action.
When the AAWRU formed (1980) and there were various regional meetings within the AAPRP to address its' formation and the development of curriculum for the Young Pioneers' Institute (YPI), Mwt Mawina was a formidable cornerstone of strength, wisdom and encouragement for the seemingly endless struggles endured by many for the productive and revolutionary development and maintenance of the women's union. Mwt Mawina encouraged many of us to network and collaborate in ways that we were unaware of to strengthen the longevity and positive outcomes of our YPI and AAWRU work in concert with the AAPRP. While patience is a virtue I need to still improve upon, in my younger years it was women like Mwt Mawina that provided a crystal clear example of why the revolutionary work and struggle is important in our life and for whom it will benefit for generations to come. We respect the life work and unfettered commitment shared with us and the world by Mwt Mawina.
In the interest of the many sharings that will pay tribute and homage to our great warrioress and queen (in a non-feudal context of course) Mwt Mawina I extend an excerpt of a spoken word piece I penned in 1983 after ALD in DC:
Mapindusi Nii Sasa
The Revolution is Now
The revolution is living,
You need to keep on giving...
...We need to stop imitating...
And go far beyond all the hating...
Our lives need to be more than false acting
So we evolve and stop reacting...
...We need to build stronger families
So we may be a nation more at ease...
We have divine works and maatikal truths,
That we need to share and teach to our youths....
Mapindusi Nii Sasa
The Revolution is Now
May our memories of Mwt "Sis" Mawina's work and commitment for the victorious struggle of Afraka and its people be remembered for generations upon generations as a beacon of light, revolutionary consciousness and compassionate work that we respect for its' restoration of truth, justice, order, reciprocity, balance and harmony as Ma'at! May Mwt "Sis" Mawina's work and life struggles continue to be an integral part of the interwoven threads of our people's legacy for positive change and revolutionary action!!! Aluta Continua
Originally published in AAWRU RAW QM Mawina Sowa Tribute publications- All Rights Reserved 2007.
Excerpts of Fiyahbun of St. Croix Commentary Oct1.2008
Excerpts of A Commentary on St. Croix Fiyahbun and US Bailout 2008
On October 1st, 2008, in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, a revolutionary gathering and reenactment in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the Great Fiyahbun of 1878 happened. This gathering of 99.9% Afrakans of St. Croix and the Afrakan Diaspora honoring the women and men who fought for our post-emancipation in the then Danish West Indies was powerful. The gathering of brothers and sisters carrying fire torches through the streets of Freedom City Frederiksted where the great Fiyahbun started over 130 years ago as the Afrakan laborers mostly cane field workers knew that "the time have come for us to start doing something." A principle cause of the 1878 Fiyahbun was labor and economic injustices against the people of African ancestry who were primarily cane field workers—common people. More than 100 years later, we are faced with another series of injustices in our labor resources and economy as our US government continues to pay the elite no matter what harm this brings to the common people of this nation. As you can see, this behavior is nothing new.
The philosophy and hope of every citizen of the USA, and its’ territories, being granted liberty, justice, security and the pursuit of happiness has been on a downhill roller coaster ride for many years. The concept of “We the People” and “the people are the government” has been clarified for who the “We” really are and how “the government” is an organized criminal syndicate that disrespects, bamboozles, degrades, ignores and oppresses the citizenry of this nation globally marketed as the “home of the brave” that supports freedom and democracy for all. Time for the truth to be told is of essence.
Our communities,especially PanAfrakan organizers and our people everywhere, need to take action to restore social, economic and political order in this nation. Please take a moment and write down how this drastic change in the USA economy has affected you, your family and your future generations. Please write to your local, national (US) and global (UN/AU) representatives who have been forced to support a measure orchestrated within “ a den of imperialist thieves”. The consistent web of deceit being spun by our leaders and invisible financial aristocracy that forces our well-meaning leaders to bail out the rich at the cost of destroying the very fabric of civility against the middle class and poor is outright criminal and carries an air of treason against the people of the USA. National extortion, embezzlement, treason and economic bondage are supposed to be crimes punishable by “the laws” of this nation. Our elected leaders and ultra-wealthy translucent rulers are now showing their carnivorous teeth before our children and all of humanity as they place in action their legitimate and legal acts of thievery, nepotism and fiefdom against the human rights and interests of the people of the USA.
The “Rescue Bailout” by the government of the USA on behalf of the few and select wealthy rulers, corporations, banks, financial institutions and foreign interests of this nation, while willfully ignoring the basic health, education, labor, housing and other social NEEDS of the people of the USA is a clear message to all of us-especially to the PanAfrakanists forging forward for reparations and resources for repatriation for our experience through the horrific and historic Maangamizi subjected to our ancestors with 21st century remnants still in effect. That this economic meltdown production has been directed and filmed to take place exactly one month before a major presidential election where the key candidate that is qualified, capable and loyal to this nation (by western traditional educational institutional standards plus more) is a man of African ancestry is not by accident. The devastating drop in stock values in Wall Street in September & October of 2008 reveals the fear & financial terrorism tactics the invisible rulers, the money-moguls, the investors, the bankers, the financial wizards etc.—the real governmental rulers of this nation, have in regards to revolutionary change the people of the USA desire in our day-to-day lives, in our leadership, and in our relations with other nations with a President like Barack Obama who really represents the last vestiges of decency, loyalty and honor in the context of being an American...at least to some people.
For the record, whoever wins on November 4th, 2008 will not be a total cure for the diseases of injustice, racism, economic deprivation, indigenous & human rights violations and other ills affecting our people. Whoever wins will not replace the sacred spiritual intervention of our Creator in providing genuine resolve, repair, sa-ankhtified intention and healing to the conditions mankind has plagued the earth with in such a short amount of time.
On this matter, please be open to the message and bring no further harm to the messenger. I encourage everyone to send letters of your concerns and perspectives with constructive solutions for how WE THE PEOPLE may proactively repair this vicious economic assault and financial terrorism launched against us. The US government needs to be placed on notice that WE THE PEOPLE need a Rescue Plan that benefits all of us not just the folks that have annual salaries of $5,000,000.00 or more. This nation's economic and social fabric in the USA is dying while wearing a mask of stability, liberty, freedom and justice for all. The lies, treason-filled thievery and treachery against the people of the USA especially people of Afrakan ancestry needs to stop. When financial moguls make mistakes and lose money we are not to be forced to pay for their errors as they continue to have a 10-car garage and a dozen homes all over the earth. The capitalist economy has reached its peak of diminishing return and is swiftly declining as evidenced by the current meltdown of the system. It is time for another Rescue Plan from this present form of governance and economic structure that is genuinely humanistic and environmentally sustainable for, by and with WE THE PEOPLE.
Since the US government is able to print more money at will, thanks to Mr. Paulson’s total control of the US Treasury granted by elected leaders and the background producer-rulers of this "reality show", perhaps we may encourage our leaders (the few real ones remaining who have integrity and loyalty to our people) to bail WE THE PEOPLE of the USA and abroad out of the economic and political chaos we have been subjected to. Why should we pay taxes to bailout the ultra-wealthy while many live an exclusive life as expatriates in nations where the US dollar has value? Why has the USA government failed to bailout the people of this country when they needed "rescue"? This recent action may serve as a precedent that WE THE PEOPLE may demand a "Bailout" from the US Government too! The people of the USA have grown, sown, harvested, smelled and drank the coffee. It is time to wake up. This crisis affects all of us—among all classes, races, religions and more. Our families need to gather to secure our food resources, our sustainable energy needs, revisit & secure our acquisition of land resources with cooperative and communal focus, and we need to work on solidifying our principled unity for our survival. In US history, when the wealthy ask for a break in the form of a bailout or "economic reparations" for their "institutional losses", it is done on the backs, sweat, life and "futures" of the non-wealthy. It is time to take action. "The impact this action has on the PanAfrakan movement in Amerika and the Afrakan Diaspora demands immediate non-reactionary organizing for revolutionary change by our people."[Kahina:2007]
Just do it now for the betterment of our future generations.
The principles of Maat are truth, justice, order, reciprocity, balance, harmony & righteousness.
May Maat be restored!
Shared through HmtNtchrt ChenziRa
October 1.2008
Originally published on Living In Black [LIB] Network
On October 1st, 2008, in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, a revolutionary gathering and reenactment in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the Great Fiyahbun of 1878 happened. This gathering of 99.9% Afrakans of St. Croix and the Afrakan Diaspora honoring the women and men who fought for our post-emancipation in the then Danish West Indies was powerful. The gathering of brothers and sisters carrying fire torches through the streets of Freedom City Frederiksted where the great Fiyahbun started over 130 years ago as the Afrakan laborers mostly cane field workers knew that "the time have come for us to start doing something." A principle cause of the 1878 Fiyahbun was labor and economic injustices against the people of African ancestry who were primarily cane field workers—common people. More than 100 years later, we are faced with another series of injustices in our labor resources and economy as our US government continues to pay the elite no matter what harm this brings to the common people of this nation. As you can see, this behavior is nothing new.
The philosophy and hope of every citizen of the USA, and its’ territories, being granted liberty, justice, security and the pursuit of happiness has been on a downhill roller coaster ride for many years. The concept of “We the People” and “the people are the government” has been clarified for who the “We” really are and how “the government” is an organized criminal syndicate that disrespects, bamboozles, degrades, ignores and oppresses the citizenry of this nation globally marketed as the “home of the brave” that supports freedom and democracy for all. Time for the truth to be told is of essence.
Our communities,especially PanAfrakan organizers and our people everywhere, need to take action to restore social, economic and political order in this nation. Please take a moment and write down how this drastic change in the USA economy has affected you, your family and your future generations. Please write to your local, national (US) and global (UN/AU) representatives who have been forced to support a measure orchestrated within “ a den of imperialist thieves”. The consistent web of deceit being spun by our leaders and invisible financial aristocracy that forces our well-meaning leaders to bail out the rich at the cost of destroying the very fabric of civility against the middle class and poor is outright criminal and carries an air of treason against the people of the USA. National extortion, embezzlement, treason and economic bondage are supposed to be crimes punishable by “the laws” of this nation. Our elected leaders and ultra-wealthy translucent rulers are now showing their carnivorous teeth before our children and all of humanity as they place in action their legitimate and legal acts of thievery, nepotism and fiefdom against the human rights and interests of the people of the USA.
The “Rescue Bailout” by the government of the USA on behalf of the few and select wealthy rulers, corporations, banks, financial institutions and foreign interests of this nation, while willfully ignoring the basic health, education, labor, housing and other social NEEDS of the people of the USA is a clear message to all of us-especially to the PanAfrakanists forging forward for reparations and resources for repatriation for our experience through the horrific and historic Maangamizi subjected to our ancestors with 21st century remnants still in effect. That this economic meltdown production has been directed and filmed to take place exactly one month before a major presidential election where the key candidate that is qualified, capable and loyal to this nation (by western traditional educational institutional standards plus more) is a man of African ancestry is not by accident. The devastating drop in stock values in Wall Street in September & October of 2008 reveals the fear & financial terrorism tactics the invisible rulers, the money-moguls, the investors, the bankers, the financial wizards etc.—the real governmental rulers of this nation, have in regards to revolutionary change the people of the USA desire in our day-to-day lives, in our leadership, and in our relations with other nations with a President like Barack Obama who really represents the last vestiges of decency, loyalty and honor in the context of being an American...at least to some people.
For the record, whoever wins on November 4th, 2008 will not be a total cure for the diseases of injustice, racism, economic deprivation, indigenous & human rights violations and other ills affecting our people. Whoever wins will not replace the sacred spiritual intervention of our Creator in providing genuine resolve, repair, sa-ankhtified intention and healing to the conditions mankind has plagued the earth with in such a short amount of time.
On this matter, please be open to the message and bring no further harm to the messenger. I encourage everyone to send letters of your concerns and perspectives with constructive solutions for how WE THE PEOPLE may proactively repair this vicious economic assault and financial terrorism launched against us. The US government needs to be placed on notice that WE THE PEOPLE need a Rescue Plan that benefits all of us not just the folks that have annual salaries of $5,000,000.00 or more. This nation's economic and social fabric in the USA is dying while wearing a mask of stability, liberty, freedom and justice for all. The lies, treason-filled thievery and treachery against the people of the USA especially people of Afrakan ancestry needs to stop. When financial moguls make mistakes and lose money we are not to be forced to pay for their errors as they continue to have a 10-car garage and a dozen homes all over the earth. The capitalist economy has reached its peak of diminishing return and is swiftly declining as evidenced by the current meltdown of the system. It is time for another Rescue Plan from this present form of governance and economic structure that is genuinely humanistic and environmentally sustainable for, by and with WE THE PEOPLE.
Since the US government is able to print more money at will, thanks to Mr. Paulson’s total control of the US Treasury granted by elected leaders and the background producer-rulers of this "reality show", perhaps we may encourage our leaders (the few real ones remaining who have integrity and loyalty to our people) to bail WE THE PEOPLE of the USA and abroad out of the economic and political chaos we have been subjected to. Why should we pay taxes to bailout the ultra-wealthy while many live an exclusive life as expatriates in nations where the US dollar has value? Why has the USA government failed to bailout the people of this country when they needed "rescue"? This recent action may serve as a precedent that WE THE PEOPLE may demand a "Bailout" from the US Government too! The people of the USA have grown, sown, harvested, smelled and drank the coffee. It is time to wake up. This crisis affects all of us—among all classes, races, religions and more. Our families need to gather to secure our food resources, our sustainable energy needs, revisit & secure our acquisition of land resources with cooperative and communal focus, and we need to work on solidifying our principled unity for our survival. In US history, when the wealthy ask for a break in the form of a bailout or "economic reparations" for their "institutional losses", it is done on the backs, sweat, life and "futures" of the non-wealthy. It is time to take action. "The impact this action has on the PanAfrakan movement in Amerika and the Afrakan Diaspora demands immediate non-reactionary organizing for revolutionary change by our people."[Kahina:2007]
Just do it now for the betterment of our future generations.
The principles of Maat are truth, justice, order, reciprocity, balance, harmony & righteousness.
May Maat be restored!
Shared through HmtNtchrt ChenziRa
October 1.2008
Originally published on Living In Black [LIB] Network
Excerpts of Autumn 2004 Statement to Ghana Trade Expo
Excerpts of International Statement to Ghana Trade Expo-Atlanta, Georgia September 2004
Hotep (Peace) to All Initiators, Planners, Practitioners & Business Participants of the Ghana Expo 2004:
We have reached a zenith in our global development as Afrakan people that requires we reclaim a productive fusion of our ancient, traditional and contemporary socio-kultural and socio-economical perspectives and programmes for the benefit of the larger populace of Afrakans—at home and abroad…
Our indigenosity to Afraka as the Diasporic descendants of those who survived the centuries of atrocities imposed against Afrakans, makes it imperative that we speak on behalf of all of the innocent ancestors whose lives were lost before, during and after the forced migration from continental Afraka to the western hemisphere and abroad. We are descendants of sovereign nations in exile and we need our land and resources to rebuild our nations. “When you take away a people’s land, you take away their nation. You take away their birthright. You might as well take away a woman’s womb and tell her, ‘Go ahead and have some more children.’ It’s impossible. No land, no nation.” —From Who Betrayed the World African Revolution by Dr. John Henrik Clarke (1995) Something must be done to rectify this situation as there tends to be no mention of what Afrakan people have genuinely been through that serve as a foundation of our current socio-economic and psycho-kultural imbalances.
At present, Afrakan nation states need to consider resolving internal family issues amongst the Afrakans within the continent of Afraka and the Afrakans within the Diaspora—BEFORE they invite other nations and rayces to reap and harvest the fruits and resources of our ancestral continental homeland. This needs to be explored and clearly defined in order to minimize the common limitations and lack of access to the socio-economic benefits of the natural resources of Afraka and Afrakans who were exploited during the Arabian—Afrakan and European-Afrakan-American tri-contintental TransAtlantic enslavement experiences and slave economic systems. Essentially, we need to address our familial splits and unresolved issues FIRST before we open the doors of opportunities to everyone else. There will be no HOTEP (peace) without MAAT—truth, order, reciprocity, balance and divine innerstanding. There will not be any genuine peace amongst Afrakans at home or abroad until our internal family imbalances are positively addressed and productively resolved.
Since Afrakans were forced from our continental homes we need constructive and free access to the resources necessary for the rebuilding of our communities, nations and civilization. Since we were torn unethically and unjustly from our social, economic, cultural and spiritual environments and our ancestors never had a chance to return home to reclaim what is rightfully theirs—we as their descendants have a right to reclaim the land of our ancestors in Afraka. We have the right to open access of our ancestral lands that are currently being exploited and sold primarily to the highest bidders without any recourse or input from the genuine heirs of most of these properties. We are divinely and huemanely entitled to reclaim our ancestral national throne.
Until the land, resources and access issues are MAATIKALLY and adequately addressed amongst Afrakans globally—until MAAT is restored for those ancestors and their descendants who experienced and are still experiencing that suffering—Afraka will not be free because our ancestors will not rest.
We need to look at what was the purpose of this great tragic atrocity as the “MAANGAMIZI” ~a great disaster or catastrophe perpetuated towards a person or a people deliberately for planned destruction—for the injustices and enslavement experiences of Afrakans were more than a “MAAFA”~a great or natural disaster (Mfundishi :2006). We need to remember the millions of Afrakans whose lives were sacrificed during those imbalanced and unmaatikal (unjust) times of the Afrakan enslavement and holocaust experiences. Is it in vain that so many families died or were torn apart or nations usurped and leaders exiled? There must be a greater purpose to those sacrifices. It must be that a purpose is beginning to unfold as Afrakans within the Diaspora need to work with Afrakans at home—in MAAT and not exploitatively—for the re-unification, re-birth and re-civilization of a proactive, internationally sound and harmonious Afraka.
It appears that our current nation states in Afraka are building and supporting economic trade and social developments based on failing European or western standards and constructs that are beneficial for only a few and not for the whole village. It is reminiscent of the paramount chiefs inviting foreigners to come and take the loaves that they want as long as some crumbs are left for a chosen few to exploit and benefit from—even at the loss of body, mind, spirit and soul of the many.
…We need to have land and its’ natural resources—debt free—to restore a semblance of genuine global economic stability—especially amongst the millions of Afrakans within the Americas, the Caribbean nation states and elsewhere with unaddressed living and survival issues. We have some serious house cleaning to do before we discuss, implement and explore what Afrakan nation states project they will or will not do regarding the reapportioning of land or importation/exportation of resources within the continent which genuinely belongs to Afrakans at home & ABROAD. We need to erase the historical divisiveness perpetuated amongst Afrakans by Afrakans, Arabs, Europeans, Americans and others during our collective falling away from MAAT.
Afrakans lost civil and human right codes of conduct during the historic exile and migrations, and this led to us moving into barbarism and the human slave trade historically engaged in and benefited by Afrakans—especially at home. Every fort on the shores of Afraka is a symbol and reminder of the hydrocaust of chattel slavery. The landlessness of Afrakans within the Diaspora should not exist. Especially, as there are many non-Afrakans buying and owning millions of acres of land being sold to them by the present caretakers and misguided stewards of our ancestral inheritances. This must stop. As we represent sovereign nations in exile, our Afrakan ancestors will not rest until we establish: “Sovereignty of every African mind…state…soul…land & natural resource…Sovereignty that shall free everything we call our own from continuous looting and exploitation by the mighty and powerful well into the 21st century and beyond.” From Resolution of the African Civil Rights Movement by Godfrey Binaisa (Former President of Uganda) of ACRM & The Schiller Institute (2001)
The congenitally inhumane and uncivil are unable to genuinely support, initiate or maintain civil and human rights amongst Afrakans—or even within the global community. Greed coupled with gun-god bomb solutions have led to serious indoctrination experiences that may terminate the effectiveness of our international trade and economic agreements.
We need our Afrakan continental and Diasporic families and caretakers of our homeland to know that we give tua ankhs (living thanks) for them coming to the west to reconnect with the descendants of our ancestral homeland. We need:
1. Restitution for the wrongs committed against our ancestors that have lasting effects in the 21st century;
2. Reparations and access to our legally inherited royal throne and resources for our nation and civilization reconstruction efforts;
3. Repatriation opportunities for Diasporic Afrakans who desire to return to our ancestral homelands; and
4. The Restoration of MAAT and Maatikal compensation for all the hueman and civil rights violations experienced by our Afrakan ancestors and descendents—especially during the Maangamizi of the TransAtlantic enslavement experience
Smai Tawi represents the oldest historical terminology or phrase for PanAfricanism. According to the late Dr. John Henrik Clarke:
“I define Pan-Africanism as any effort on the part of African people to reclaim any portion of Africa that has been taken away, mutilated, misunderstood, or misinterpreted by a non-African to the detriment of Africa. Therefore, my definition goes beyond the word, “Pan”, which means “all”. When I look back at the historical role and the historical manifestations of Pan Africanism, I deal with the first organized society in the Nile Valley, when the people of the South and the people of the North (the Upper and the Lower Nile) came together to roam a country now known to the world as Egypt…The unification of the Upper Nile and the Lower Nile was an act of Pan-Africanism, putting a portion of Africa together for the whole of Africa to be together.”—From Who Betrayed the African World Revolution (1995)
Smai Tawi represents the oldest indigenous Afrakan Nubian Kushianu Khamitik Heritage (ANKKH) unified nation. Smai Tawi is a concept of spiritual, cultural, social and philosophical unity that transcends politics. Smai Tawi means divine unity on multiple levels of complementariness and correspondence.
This international message is being shared on behalf of the many Afrakan ancestors, elders, contemporaries and the unborn who desire the prostablishment of the hueman, universal and spiritual rights of our people—who are unable to attend this historic Afrakan continental and Diasporic session of unity.
In MAAT (truth, order, reciprocity, balance & harmony), Djhty (divine thought and wisdom)—
We extend Ankh, Udja em Seneb to All (Life, Strength and Wellness)—09.18.04
Note: A collective of scribes/writers of Per Ankh em Smai Tawi, Smai Tawi Ankh Ascension Renaissance & other ANKKH temple initiates shared in the composition of this statement with approved editing and rasynthesis by MwtDrChenziRa.
Hotep (Peace) to All Initiators, Planners, Practitioners & Business Participants of the Ghana Expo 2004:
We have reached a zenith in our global development as Afrakan people that requires we reclaim a productive fusion of our ancient, traditional and contemporary socio-kultural and socio-economical perspectives and programmes for the benefit of the larger populace of Afrakans—at home and abroad…
Our indigenosity to Afraka as the Diasporic descendants of those who survived the centuries of atrocities imposed against Afrakans, makes it imperative that we speak on behalf of all of the innocent ancestors whose lives were lost before, during and after the forced migration from continental Afraka to the western hemisphere and abroad. We are descendants of sovereign nations in exile and we need our land and resources to rebuild our nations. “When you take away a people’s land, you take away their nation. You take away their birthright. You might as well take away a woman’s womb and tell her, ‘Go ahead and have some more children.’ It’s impossible. No land, no nation.” —From Who Betrayed the World African Revolution by Dr. John Henrik Clarke (1995) Something must be done to rectify this situation as there tends to be no mention of what Afrakan people have genuinely been through that serve as a foundation of our current socio-economic and psycho-kultural imbalances.
At present, Afrakan nation states need to consider resolving internal family issues amongst the Afrakans within the continent of Afraka and the Afrakans within the Diaspora—BEFORE they invite other nations and rayces to reap and harvest the fruits and resources of our ancestral continental homeland. This needs to be explored and clearly defined in order to minimize the common limitations and lack of access to the socio-economic benefits of the natural resources of Afraka and Afrakans who were exploited during the Arabian—Afrakan and European-Afrakan-American tri-contintental TransAtlantic enslavement experiences and slave economic systems. Essentially, we need to address our familial splits and unresolved issues FIRST before we open the doors of opportunities to everyone else. There will be no HOTEP (peace) without MAAT—truth, order, reciprocity, balance and divine innerstanding. There will not be any genuine peace amongst Afrakans at home or abroad until our internal family imbalances are positively addressed and productively resolved.
Since Afrakans were forced from our continental homes we need constructive and free access to the resources necessary for the rebuilding of our communities, nations and civilization. Since we were torn unethically and unjustly from our social, economic, cultural and spiritual environments and our ancestors never had a chance to return home to reclaim what is rightfully theirs—we as their descendants have a right to reclaim the land of our ancestors in Afraka. We have the right to open access of our ancestral lands that are currently being exploited and sold primarily to the highest bidders without any recourse or input from the genuine heirs of most of these properties. We are divinely and huemanely entitled to reclaim our ancestral national throne.
Until the land, resources and access issues are MAATIKALLY and adequately addressed amongst Afrakans globally—until MAAT is restored for those ancestors and their descendants who experienced and are still experiencing that suffering—Afraka will not be free because our ancestors will not rest.
We need to look at what was the purpose of this great tragic atrocity as the “MAANGAMIZI” ~a great disaster or catastrophe perpetuated towards a person or a people deliberately for planned destruction—for the injustices and enslavement experiences of Afrakans were more than a “MAAFA”~a great or natural disaster (Mfundishi :2006). We need to remember the millions of Afrakans whose lives were sacrificed during those imbalanced and unmaatikal (unjust) times of the Afrakan enslavement and holocaust experiences. Is it in vain that so many families died or were torn apart or nations usurped and leaders exiled? There must be a greater purpose to those sacrifices. It must be that a purpose is beginning to unfold as Afrakans within the Diaspora need to work with Afrakans at home—in MAAT and not exploitatively—for the re-unification, re-birth and re-civilization of a proactive, internationally sound and harmonious Afraka.
It appears that our current nation states in Afraka are building and supporting economic trade and social developments based on failing European or western standards and constructs that are beneficial for only a few and not for the whole village. It is reminiscent of the paramount chiefs inviting foreigners to come and take the loaves that they want as long as some crumbs are left for a chosen few to exploit and benefit from—even at the loss of body, mind, spirit and soul of the many.
…We need to have land and its’ natural resources—debt free—to restore a semblance of genuine global economic stability—especially amongst the millions of Afrakans within the Americas, the Caribbean nation states and elsewhere with unaddressed living and survival issues. We have some serious house cleaning to do before we discuss, implement and explore what Afrakan nation states project they will or will not do regarding the reapportioning of land or importation/exportation of resources within the continent which genuinely belongs to Afrakans at home & ABROAD. We need to erase the historical divisiveness perpetuated amongst Afrakans by Afrakans, Arabs, Europeans, Americans and others during our collective falling away from MAAT.
Afrakans lost civil and human right codes of conduct during the historic exile and migrations, and this led to us moving into barbarism and the human slave trade historically engaged in and benefited by Afrakans—especially at home. Every fort on the shores of Afraka is a symbol and reminder of the hydrocaust of chattel slavery. The landlessness of Afrakans within the Diaspora should not exist. Especially, as there are many non-Afrakans buying and owning millions of acres of land being sold to them by the present caretakers and misguided stewards of our ancestral inheritances. This must stop. As we represent sovereign nations in exile, our Afrakan ancestors will not rest until we establish: “Sovereignty of every African mind…state…soul…land & natural resource…Sovereignty that shall free everything we call our own from continuous looting and exploitation by the mighty and powerful well into the 21st century and beyond.” From Resolution of the African Civil Rights Movement by Godfrey Binaisa (Former President of Uganda) of ACRM & The Schiller Institute (2001)
The congenitally inhumane and uncivil are unable to genuinely support, initiate or maintain civil and human rights amongst Afrakans—or even within the global community. Greed coupled with gun-god bomb solutions have led to serious indoctrination experiences that may terminate the effectiveness of our international trade and economic agreements.
We need our Afrakan continental and Diasporic families and caretakers of our homeland to know that we give tua ankhs (living thanks) for them coming to the west to reconnect with the descendants of our ancestral homeland. We need:
1. Restitution for the wrongs committed against our ancestors that have lasting effects in the 21st century;
2. Reparations and access to our legally inherited royal throne and resources for our nation and civilization reconstruction efforts;
3. Repatriation opportunities for Diasporic Afrakans who desire to return to our ancestral homelands; and
4. The Restoration of MAAT and Maatikal compensation for all the hueman and civil rights violations experienced by our Afrakan ancestors and descendents—especially during the Maangamizi of the TransAtlantic enslavement experience
Smai Tawi represents the oldest historical terminology or phrase for PanAfricanism. According to the late Dr. John Henrik Clarke:
“I define Pan-Africanism as any effort on the part of African people to reclaim any portion of Africa that has been taken away, mutilated, misunderstood, or misinterpreted by a non-African to the detriment of Africa. Therefore, my definition goes beyond the word, “Pan”, which means “all”. When I look back at the historical role and the historical manifestations of Pan Africanism, I deal with the first organized society in the Nile Valley, when the people of the South and the people of the North (the Upper and the Lower Nile) came together to roam a country now known to the world as Egypt…The unification of the Upper Nile and the Lower Nile was an act of Pan-Africanism, putting a portion of Africa together for the whole of Africa to be together.”—From Who Betrayed the African World Revolution (1995)
Smai Tawi represents the oldest indigenous Afrakan Nubian Kushianu Khamitik Heritage (ANKKH) unified nation. Smai Tawi is a concept of spiritual, cultural, social and philosophical unity that transcends politics. Smai Tawi means divine unity on multiple levels of complementariness and correspondence.
This international message is being shared on behalf of the many Afrakan ancestors, elders, contemporaries and the unborn who desire the prostablishment of the hueman, universal and spiritual rights of our people—who are unable to attend this historic Afrakan continental and Diasporic session of unity.
In MAAT (truth, order, reciprocity, balance & harmony), Djhty (divine thought and wisdom)—
We extend Ankh, Udja em Seneb to All (Life, Strength and Wellness)—09.18.04
Note: A collective of scribes/writers of Per Ankh em Smai Tawi, Smai Tawi Ankh Ascension Renaissance & other ANKKH temple initiates shared in the composition of this statement with approved editing and rasynthesis by MwtDrChenziRa.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Wellness for Women: A Concise Note
Holistic Health Keys For Women & Liberation
By ChenziRa D. Kahina, MS, NHD, PhD
A Concise Note shared during African Liberation Month-May 2010
Holistic health and wellness for women are central to the work, vision, mission and purpose of any family, village, community and nation. Holistic retreat intensives for women support our ability to realign, restore, resurrect and harmonize our femininity through multiple healing traditions, practices and natural retreat activities that may be integrated into one’s life on a daily basis. Holistic Health for Indigenous Afrakan women includes a basic respect for sacred principles of AST (Sacred Nurturing & Compassionate Mother Principles) within our lives. AST principles represent positive feminine elements of nurturing, mothering, sacred intention, proactive natural ascension, respectful maternal and sister relationships, loyalty and energetic healing to self, family, community and nation. As an “ankh” is a “key of life”, let’s explore our holistic wellness ankhs!
Holistic Health Keys women are encouraged to embrace in our lives are:
•Assess and Know Our Body—Learn the elements of air, fire, earth and water “AFEW”
•Engage in womb nurturing and self-healing practices (“Our wombs are our wombniverse!)
•Think positive thoughts and celebrate life
•Strengthen our spiritual practices for sacred ascension (Women are sacred spiritual beings!)
•Eat wholesome foods with a positive attitude (Just leave the inorganic junk foods alone!)
•Exercise on a regular basis (Minimum 30 minutes daily!)
•Drink water to keep our body hydrated (Minimum 6-8oz glasses daily)
•Visit and celebrate nature as often as possible (When was your last seabath or nature walk?)
•Nurture positive relations with our self, life partners, family and community
•Work with a certified health care practitioner that KNOWS and LIVES in alignment with practices that support women’s wellness
•Embrace “each one teach one as each one heals one” to LIVE UP©!
For more information, email nuwomanrising@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/perankh and share a message or request!
By ChenziRa D. Kahina, MS, NHD, PhD
A Concise Note shared during African Liberation Month-May 2010
Holistic health and wellness for women are central to the work, vision, mission and purpose of any family, village, community and nation. Holistic retreat intensives for women support our ability to realign, restore, resurrect and harmonize our femininity through multiple healing traditions, practices and natural retreat activities that may be integrated into one’s life on a daily basis. Holistic Health for Indigenous Afrakan women includes a basic respect for sacred principles of AST (Sacred Nurturing & Compassionate Mother Principles) within our lives. AST principles represent positive feminine elements of nurturing, mothering, sacred intention, proactive natural ascension, respectful maternal and sister relationships, loyalty and energetic healing to self, family, community and nation. As an “ankh” is a “key of life”, let’s explore our holistic wellness ankhs!
Holistic Health Keys women are encouraged to embrace in our lives are:
•Assess and Know Our Body—Learn the elements of air, fire, earth and water “AFEW”
•Engage in womb nurturing and self-healing practices (“Our wombs are our wombniverse!)
•Think positive thoughts and celebrate life
•Strengthen our spiritual practices for sacred ascension (Women are sacred spiritual beings!)
•Eat wholesome foods with a positive attitude (Just leave the inorganic junk foods alone!)
•Exercise on a regular basis (Minimum 30 minutes daily!)
•Drink water to keep our body hydrated (Minimum 6-8oz glasses daily)
•Visit and celebrate nature as often as possible (When was your last seabath or nature walk?)
•Nurture positive relations with our self, life partners, family and community
•Work with a certified health care practitioner that KNOWS and LIVES in alignment with practices that support women’s wellness
•Embrace “each one teach one as each one heals one” to LIVE UP©!
For more information, email nuwomanrising@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/perankh and share a message or request!
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