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[3rdeyeblaque]

Today we venerate Ancestor "Phillis Wheatley" on her 270th birthday 🎉

Her masterful talent & revolutionary use of words in poetry, spawned her storied success in becoming the first Afrikan descendant poet to be published in U.S. History.

I place quotations "Phillis Wheatley", because that was NOT her name. "Phillis" was the name of the slave ship that robbed her of her home, dignity, & identity. "Wheatley " was the name of the European slaver who "owned" her. Both names are a lie (as are many of ours today) forced upon her as a reflection of her circumstances. I feel compelled to emphasize this as the dark truth of our history & how it presently affects us generations later, is consistently ignored. Sadly, we will never know her true name. Yet she remains a shining example of how Black excellence always perseveres despite circumstance or any interruption to our history.

Born in Senegal/Gambia, "Phillis Wheatley" was just 8 years old when she was kidnapped and sold into Slavery. She was taken to Boston, MA where she was purchased by the Wheatleys as a hand servant. Even at such a tender age, "Phillis Wheatley" showed exceptional intellectual promise. At the Wheatley's instruction, she learned to read Greek & Latin. At age 12, she discovered Alexander Pope, who she'd begin to model her own literary work after. She was first published at age 13 when her work was featured in a Rhode Island newspaper.

As her prominence grew, the Wheatleys sought a publisher to release an anthology of her work. They pursued her publication in England. There, she garnered the interest of many & the support of a Countess, who was a pro-abolitionist. A publisher approached the Wheatleys with interest, but demanded proof that it was indeed "Phillis'" work. Shortly thereafter, a literary trial unsued. A young "Phillis Wheatley" endured 18 White male arbiters in Boston who were tasked with validating her work; none in the U.S. believed that an enslaved young Afrikan woman was capable of articulating her thoughts into such impeccable work. Of course, she proved them all very wrong. 11 months later, "Phillis Wheatley's" 1773 anthology was published.

Her work was deeply attuned to the societal issues of her time; from Slavery to the Abolition Movement, to the warped irony of the European transplants writhing to escape their British dominants in the wake of the Revolutionary War. Though her classical eurocentric literary training emanated from her work, it never diminishing her voice. Her masterful use of allegories - drawn particularly from Greek mythology- affirmed her perspective as an enslaved Afrikan Woman. Due to her growing popularity & growing wealthy patrons, John Wheatley caved into the pressure to emancipate her. With her life as her own for the first time in her life, "Phillis Wheatley" sought to pursue a career in writing poetry. However, the Revolutionary War quickly redirected the financial resources of her wealthy patrons on both sides of the Atlantic.

"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance." - "Phillis Wheatley"  

We pour libations & give her💐 today as we celebrate her for her perseverance & revolutionary words, and elevate her in healing. May be remembered for her truth spoken through the power of words & the truth in her identity.

Offering suggestions: libations of water, read/share her poetry, & foods/music from Gambia/Senegal

*Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.

[keyamsha]

Goal: Invent the rise of a Black Messiah

Invent the rise of a Black Messiah

If John Edgar Hoover can advocate preventing the rise of a Black Messiah, we can advocate INVENTING the rise of a Black messiah. Below are the pages of the notorious FBI Memo dated March 4, 1968, exactly one month before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is the infamous “Black Messiah” memo which states on page three: “Prevent the rise of a “messiah” who could unify, and…

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Maafa 2024-06-15 Foto Club Philadelphia, PA

[digiindie]

MAAFA - Because We Are (@maafahardcore)

 

[iphigeniacomplex]

I have long been interested in the resonances between the Nakba and the Maafa – this is the Swahili word chosen for what is otherwise dubbed the “Middle Passage” in the history of African enslavement in the Americas, in North America specifically in this case. Both terms translate to the same thing: disaster or catastrophe. Both are used for enormous dislocating experiences that go on to define ongoing lives of struggle. Whenever I hear “Nakba,” I think immediately Maafa. There is a need to insist on these terms in these languages because, as the argument goes, there is no way that the language of the colonizer – the language of the criminal who criminalizes us – can adequately express the experience of this crime,  a crime against humanity, our humanity, and a crime against history. The Nakba was a presence in the overwhelming majority of my interviews with Palestinian former prisoners (who might become prisoners anew at any time, we must add). I would begin by asking where they were from to find out who they are and how they began their lives in the revolutionary struggle. They would often narrate their histories in terms of origin in a now “far” place, followed by displacement around 1948. Each micro-autobiography was also a Nakba story, about families scattered and how people came to end up in Ramallah or Hebron from Haifa or Jaffa. It may be helpful as well then to think of the ongoing Nakba as part of a regime of captivity, and not only as dispossession and expulsion, as it is commonly discussed by other academic perspectives in particular. This is no dichotomy. A focus on captivity could nonetheless highlight Zionism’s ongoing attempts at controlling Palestinians, not to mention others, “here and there.” In the context of apartheid in South Africa or Jim Crow in the US, people often think the term “segregation” accurately identified what was going on. But this is misleading – there was never really “segregation” by any name in those cases. There was always a line that the colonizer could cross when he saw fit for purposes of economic or sexual exploitation or any other reason and that the colonized couldn’t cross without facing murderous violence. The “separations” of “Apartheid” are breached in and out of colonial interests, as a rule. Similarly, when we think of the Nakba it is very much about removing Palestinians from land as well as controlling and containing them at whatever remove at the same time—in Gaza, in the West Bank, in the diaspora beyond. Look at the assassination of the escaped prisoner Omar Zayed, who was newly captive in seeking refuge in the Palestinian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Also, one former prisoner whom I interviewed in Majd El Kurum described that village as “a West Bank-style refugee camp” in ’48 Palestine. We could talk about how gentrification operates like this in Palestine and the U.S. with all its attendant policing and state violence. Like Malcolm X said, a long time ago now, this is very much about the power of control and containment in the bloody occupation of land, wherever you are or end up – all limiting terminology aside.

—Professor Greg Thomas for the Nakba Files, “Palestine in the Sun of the Black Radical Tradition”

[ptseti]

Despite many African people writing about the MAAFA from being enslaved themselves, experiences of the diaspora both outside & inside of Africa, or from a historical perspective, many African people are indifferent or don't know about what happened to some of their own Ancestors

[madamlaydebug]

DESCENDANTS OF THE DIASPORA/MAAFA ❤️🖤💚

DI-AS-PO-RA / n. a dispersion of a people, language, or culture that was formerly concentrated in one place, to scatter, to displace, to live in separated communities.

"The only difference between a Dominican, Puerto Rican, Jamaican, Haitian, Cuban, Bahamian, and an African American is a boat stop."

[3rdeyeblaque]

Today we venerate Ancestor & Hoodoo Saint Nat Turner on his 223rd birthday 🎉

King Nat was a Seer, prophet, preacher, & Freedom Fighter who used his intuitive gifts to spearhead one of the greatest slave rebellions in U.S. History; one that would shift the trajectory of Black lives under Maafa for decades to come.

King Nat was born enslaved on the Benjamin Turner plantation in Southampton Co., VA. He was a highly intuitive and gifted child. He could easily recall events that took place in his life as early as 3 or 4 years old. He also foretold of events that occurred before his time. His grandmother was a deeply spiritual elder and nurtured his spiritual development. His mother and many of those enslaved on the Turner plantation knew that he would become a prophet & was surely destined for a higher purpose.

For his "uncommon intelligence ", Nat learned to read & write at a young age at which time he was also indoctrinated into Christianity. His interpretation of the Christian bible convinced him that the Christian God condemned Slavery. This inspired him to become a preacher.

By age 21, King Nat was a prolific Seer & was known as, "The Prophet". Nat received many visions & Divine messages over the course of his life. Much of which guided him to avenge slavery & free our peoples from bondage. He had a series of 3 visions that would set him on course to fulfilling his highest purpose, thus forever impressing his name upon in U.S. history.

The 1st vision came as he was following in his father's footsteps, fleeing the plantation. To everyone's astonishment he returned of his own volition after spending 30 days in the woods because, “the Spirit appeared to [him] and said [he] had [his] wishes directed to the things of this world, and not to the kingdom of heaven, and that [he] should return to the service of [his] earthly master.” One year later, the devil died.

On May 12, 1828, Nat he received a 2nd vision, as he witnessed a solar eclipse. He “heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.” This, he believed to be the sign he had been promised.

On, August 13th 1831, Spirit delivered a 3rd message; in the form of lights across the night sky. At which time, an atmospheric disturbance across the sky in the aftermath of an eruption at Mount St. Helen's (3,000 mi away) caused the Sun to appear bluish-green in color. Nat prayed to learn their meaning. For Nat, this reaffirmed the work that he'd been called to do; to move forward with his mission to avenge Slavery & free those he could. From then on his plans were set into motion.

At 2am on August 22nd, King Nat led his peers & allies into rebellion. They struck their slaver's household first; slaughtering the entire family. From there they went from house to house, killing every single devil in their path. By noon, they marched toward the neighboring town of Jerusalem where a White militia of 3,000 men lie in wait for them.

Most of the rebels were either captured or killed - except for Nat. He managed to escape & eluded Virginian authorities for 2mo. He hid in the woods just miles from his former slaver's plantation. He was discovered on October 30th by an armed farmer who stumbled across him hiding in a foxhole. Emaciated and weak, he surrendered willingly. After his arrest, Turner was taken back to Jerusalem where he stood trial & was convicted, then sentenced to death by hanging. Nat was killed on November 11th.

To our deepest disdain & no suprise, he was denied a formal burial. Instead, his body was taken to doctors for dissection, to be distributed among affluent White families. He was skinned to make their purses. His flesh was turned into grease. And his bones were divided up into trophies. These became heirloom souvenirs to be passereceive among these affluent White families for generations.

Although King Nat did not end slavery as he had hoped, he & his allies avenged those who wronged them, and they did, ultimately, achieve their freedom from this world. Nat became immortalized as a symbol; of warrior strength (for us) & a catalyst of White fear. King Nat single-handedly shook the institution of Slavert at its core. So much that it stretched the divide between Pro-Slavers & Abolitionists. Pro-slavery advocates began calling for greater restrictions on "Freefolk" & demanded that Abolitionists cease their interference with Slavery. In Virginia, politicians saw Nat's intelligence & education as a major threat, thus outlawing the practice of teaching enslaved Peoples how to read or write. Abolitionists' efforts to end Slavery only intensified. This set the stage in U.S politics for the Civil War.

"I had a vision - and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened - the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams - and I heard a voice saying, 'Such is your luck, such are you called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it." - Nat Turner; "Confessions of Nat Turner".

Let us remember that it was more than bravery, nerve, & standing ten toes down that drove King Nat's rebellion to success. It was, first and foremost, leading with Spirit & trusting in our intuitive/Ancestral gifts.

We pour libations & give him💐 today as we celebrate him for his gifts, Divine trust, bravery, and sacrifice. May we lift him up in prayer & offering in gratitude & lace toward his elevation.

Offering suggestions: prayers toward his healing/elevation, a Methodist bible, libations of water - especially on the battlegrounds of rebellion in Courtland, VA/Benjamin Turner plantation/, read & share his confessions

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

[kwanzaa-wakanda]

"But Karenga--"

I do not give a shit about that nigga. He's largely irrelevant to my life and practice.

Would he take issue with that? Probably, I know his defenders do.

But when you try to lead a cultural revolution, you have to expect that the best of what you create/give shape to will become larger than yourself.

Kwanzaa and the concept of Maafa are bigger than Karenga. They belong to us, not him. They reflect us, not just him.

The man is not a god, his views are not gospel, and we are not a religion. I can and will pick which parts of his philosophies I think are useful and which ones I don't. I encourage us all to do the same, so we don't make the mistake of turning our cultural struggle into a parade of idols.

[eraserheadbabydriver]

Bob Vylan has 🔥 albums

Other artists (sorry dk full albums)

Cinnamon babe, banshee, MAAFA, the 1875

i'll check out the others soon but bob vylan is slayinggg i love bait the bear and drug war

[hate5sixofficial]

Maafa 2023-12-09 The Meadows Brooklyn, NY

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MAAFA - "Welfare" (@maafahardcore)

[reasoningdaily]

Rapper Boosie Badazz says if he were back in the antebellum South, he would probably be a slave.

During an interview with former battle rapper turned talk show host Math Hoffa, the “Wipe Me Down” chart-topper was asked about the almost equally controversial Kanye West.

Boosie shares on the “My Expert Opinion” show that he was “p##### off at Kanye West” last year when he made several inflammatory statements about the Black Lives Matter movement, George Floyd, the Jews, and slavery. He said he was so upset that he could not stop tweeting and “misspelling words” trying to get his outrage out on Twitter.

“I don’t like what Kanye do to our Black race,” the Louisiana recording artist said. “I don’t know what Blacks done done to him, bro.”

Math Hoffa jumped in and asked if he was referring to the White Lives Matter shirts— which caused an uproar with the other guests in the barber shop setting.

Still, Boosie didn’t get distracted. He was clear on what he feels Kanye’s perspective on is on Black people.

“[Ye] said slavery was a choice,” the guest blurted out.

Math Hoffa dropped a bomb and said he felt the same way, shifting the conversation to what he would have done if he was a victim of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (the MAAFA).

“I don’t,” Boosie said, vehemently shaking his head “no,” and mimicking what a whip might look like going against an enslaved person’s back.

Hoffa tried to challenge that and ask why didn’t people rise up and fight back or stop Europeans from going into Africa and stealing his ancestors. He asked why people didn’t risk their lives or choose death.

Boosie (nor many of the other guests) jacking Hoffa.

“I don’t agree with nothing Kanye West says about Blacks. I feel as a person, from what I seen him do and talk about Black people, I feel like he has no love or respect for the Black race,” the rapper said, adding, “I feel he loves the white race more.”

To this point, Math Hoffa brought the infamous 2005 Hurricane Katrina telethon and Ye’s comments about the then-sitting president.

Boosie was clear.

“He said ‘George Bush doesn’t care about Black people,’” the rapper said, “but he shows he doesn’t love Black people.”

One of Boosie’s problems with Kanye is that he believes the artist has a dynamic platform but has chosen to use it multiple times to tear down and “disgrace” Black people, particularly pointing at his comments regarding Floyd.

As the conversation intensified, Hoffa asked Boosie if would he have fought to the death to not be enslaved or have his family members enslaved.

“At that time, I am going to do what I have to do to stay alive,” Boosie said. “If I run, I’ma die.”

“Now let me flip it on you. If a million of your brothers and sisters got burned up in a fire, would you like somebody talking about them or saying anything that is not supporting them?” he asked Math Hoffa.

Hoffa didn’t answer the question, perhaps not understanding that Boosie was referencing the Jewish Holocaust.

During the discussion, Hoffa continued to be challenged, even by his co-host who said, “You’re speaking from the perspective of a free man. You don’t know what it feels like to be in captivity. You have no idea what that is like and to sit there and judge someone who was…”

Boosie jumps in and says, “You don’t know if you’ve never been in captivity. Some people not gonna run if you over them with guns and whips on your back.”

Hoffa asked, “What you gonna do?”

“I wouldn’t know. I wasn’t in captivity,” Boosie, a man from the deep South, answered.

“If I run, I’ma die. I probably would have been a motherf##king slave,” he said. “If I was born in captivity…”

Math interrupts and says, “You? That’s hard to believe.”

The consensus of Boosie and the other host, “It’s hard to think about being born into captivity.”

“That’s just like me being born in the hood and staying a hood n##ga. If I was born into captivity and all I know since a child is praising and being took care by a white man I probably would have been a f##king Django or a slave overseer. I would probably be f##k up,” he said.

Check out the very powerful interview by clicking here.

[deblala]

Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America

https://www.banned.video/watch?id=6673404e6fc870596d762c60

[rwizakakiza]

Somo: TABIA 25 ZA KUEPUKA NA HATARISHI KWENYE MAISHA YAKO. (Part 28: UAS...

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3. 13. TABIA YA 13: "UASI - REBELLION"

Uasi ni tabia ya kukaidi au kupinga mamlaka au utaratibu fulani iliyowekwa. Ni kuvunja sheria au kukosa utii yaani upinzani wa wazi kwa mamlaka inayotawala. Mamlaka hiyo inaweza kuwa ni utawala wa kidunia au utawala wa MUNGU.

Mfano

MUNGU ameweka kanuni / katiba / utaratibu / mwongozo wa Ufalme wake ambao unajulikana kama MAANDIKO MATAKATIFU (Biblia /Neno la MUNGU) ambamo ndani yake kuna Sheria / Amri za MUNGU. Unaposhindwa kutii Neno lake, Unafanya UASI dhidi ya utawala wa MUNGU yaani unampinga MUNGU. (Kibiblia uasi unaitwa dhambi)

.....Kila atendaye dhambi, afanya uasi; kwa kuwa dhambi ni uasi.

......1 Yohana 3:4.....

Hivyo huwezi kusema.... Mimi nampenda MUNGU wakati upo kinyume na utaratibu aliouweka mwenyewe, Huo ni uasi.

Mfano

...Wewe ni mwizi unamuhukumu anayezini...

... Wewe Mseng'enyaji unamuhukumu aliyebaka...

... Wewe mtukanaji unamuhukumu mwongo...

... Wewe ni Fisadi unamuhukumu mchawi...

... Wewe unaishi mke/mume wa mtu unamuhukumu anayelawiti...

... Wewe ni husamehei unamuhukumu muuaji kweli...

Wote mpo kwenye boti moja la kumpinga MUNGU ila vitengo tofauti kwa sababu

.....Yeye aliyesema, Usizini, pia alisema, Usiue. Basi ijapokuwa hukuzini, lakini umeua, UMEKUWA MVUNJA SHERIA.

......Yakobo 2:11.....

ZINGATIO.

Uasi wowote unauona duniani umeanzia Rohoni yaani mtu anaanza kutomtii MUNGU, katika hali hiyo inapelekea hata mazingira ya nje kuasi iwe ni kuasi ndoa, Serikali au jamii ni kushindwa kuvumilia na kutii anachoelekezwa na MUNGU kabla.

3. 13. 1. DALILI /MATOKEO YA TABIA YA UASI.

(i). KUKOSA UTII.

Mtu anayekosa utii kwa MUNGU kamwe hawezi kutii wazazi, jamii au Serikali na hata kama ataonekana kutii ni utii wa macho (bandia /anaigiza), lakini ndani ni mpizani hatari, na kuna siku hali ya uasi itaonekana wazi. Kutokutii kunaleta maisha ya laana na maafa mengi kwenye maisha yako na duniani kiujumla na hapo ndio mwanzo wa kusema... MUNGU ametuacha au hakuna MUNGU, kumbe wamesahau waliomtenda.

.....Lakini itakuwa usipotaka kuisikiza sauti ya BWANA, MUNGU wako, usiyaangalie kufanya maagizo yake yote na amri zake, nikuagizazo hivi leo, ndipo ZITAKAPOKUJIA LAANA hizi zote na kukupata.

......Kum 28:15 - 68....(Soma yote)

(ii). KUKOSA UVUMILIVU.

Mtu anapokosa utii kwa MUNGU anapoteza tunda la Uvumilivu ndani yake, kisha UBINAFSI na TAMAA ZA DUNIA zinamtawala hataki hakose kitu anatamani kila kitu, Mwisho anakosa Uvumilivu, anasaliti ndoa yake, au familia yake au Serikali yake au MUNGU wake ili apate matamanio yake, huo tayari ni uasi.

.....MSIIPENDE dunia, wala MAMBO YALIYOMO katika dunia. Mtu akiipenda dunia, kumpenda BABA hakumo ndani yake. Maana kila kilichomo duniani, yaani, TAMAA ya MWILI, na TAMAA ya MACHO, na KIBURI cha uzima, havitokani na BABA, bali vyatokana na dunia. Na dunia inapita, pamoja na tamaa zake, bali Yeye afanyaye MAPENZI ya MUNGU adumu hata milele.

.....1 Yohana 2:15-17.....

(iii). SHARI /UKATILI /VITA.

Kukosa utii na Uvumilivu kunapelekea Uasi na matokeo ya Uasi ni Vita, magomvi, uvunjifu wa amani, ukatili wa kupindukia. Hayo yote yapo kwenye jamii kwa sababu ya tabia ya uasi, Wewe Usiasi.

.....Bali wewe, mwanadamu, sikia neno hili ninalokuambia; usiwe wewe mwenye kuasi kama nyumba ile yenye kuasi; funua kinywa chako, ule nikupacho.

...... Ezekieli 2:8......

Ukweli tabia ya uasi ni tabia hatarishi na epukana nayo kwa sababu inakuingiza kwenye vita dhidi ya watu na MUNGU pia. Unakumbuka wazi kilichomkuta shetani alipomwaasi MUNGU, na shetani anataka uwe upande wake.......Je wewe una nguvu za kupigana na MUNGU ili umtawale?

.....Hamwezi KUSHIRIKIANA katika meza ya BWANA na katika meza ya mashetani. Au twamtia BWANA wivu? Je! Tuna NGUVU zaidi ya MUNGU?

.....1 Kor 10:21-22.....

Acha uasi mkimbilie BWANA YESU akuokoe na kukutenga na tabia ya uasi ndani yako, Amina.

3. 14. TABIA YA 14: "UCHUNGU - PAINFUL".

......Tutaendelea......

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"Do we [really] provoke the LORD to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]

......1 Corinthians 10:22......

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Chief Adjuah Live Preview: 1/31, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago

Chief Adjuah

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Since we last recommended jazz trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Chief Adjuah (fka Christian Scott), he's released a few terrific records on longtime label Ropeadope. Most recent was 2023's Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning, his first to not feature trumpet and instead the n'goni and his own handcrafted string instrument. The album combines influences from West African music as well as that of his birthplace, New Orleans, as he continues to reclaim his identity as part of a long lineage of Black Indians in Louisiana. (He's Chieftain and Oba of the Xodokan Nation.) Fittingly, on the day of its release, the Ashe Cultural Arts Center named him as the Maafa 2023 Grand Griot. The inventor of Stretch Music continues to expand the reach of contemporary jazz.

Tonight, Chief Adjuah performs at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. The concert is supported by the Logan Center Jazz Forever Fund, a gift of the Revada Foundation and the Harve A. Ferrill Concert Fund. It's presented in partnership with Chicago Jazz Magazine, DownBeat, Jazz Institute of Chicago, and WDCB 90.9 FM. The show, currently sold out, starts at 7:30 P.M.