A MOTHER AND HER CHILD

A Mother and her Child is a co-existence that no one can understand. It is a co-existence that begins at the time of conception and continues until her last breath is taken. She holds that Child in her womb, nurturing, loving, and caring for it's life until the day that life makes it's introduction into the world.

From that Earth Day forward, a Mother does her best to continue to nurture, love and care for that Child with all that she has. She prays through the trials and tribulations and awaits the milestones, cherishing all accomplishments and accolades, Giving Thanks to the Creator consistently. 

No Mother is ever prepared to have their Child transition before she does, especially the way that Trayvon Martin's has.

I ask the Creator Divine and the African Ancestors to guide, strengthen, carry, and hold close the Parents, Family, Friends, and Supporters of Trayvon, as we fight to see Justice in his tragic death. 

In the meantime, let us ALL hold our children near and dear to our hearts as we Stand Up for Trayvon Martin!

Chinue X

OATH TO OUR ANCESTORS
By Pastor Ray Hagins


O Ancestors! Blacker than a thousand midnights…
Afrikan Ancestors! It is to YOU that we, your children, give respect and honor.


O Ancestors! We call upon YOU and welcome you in this place…
Afrikan Ancestors! Let your presence fill this place.


O Ancestors! Who have been purposely excluded from the history books, so that the world would not know of your greatness…


Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave civilization to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the arts to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave music to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the sciences to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave mathematics to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave medicine to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave literature to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave philosophy to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave God consciousness to the world…


O Ancestors! We thank you for devoting your life to make a future for us, your children, grand children, and great grandchildren.


Now, stand with us; strengthen us; guide us; teach us, and protect us from the snare of our enemies!


Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and let our enemies be scattered! And give us the wisdom and the boldness to deal with our oppressors and those who would hinder the liberation and empowerment of our people.


Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and live in us.


We will not fail to honor you;
We will not fail to respect you;
We will not fail to hear you;
And we will NOT betray you!


Ase’

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YEMOJA



Stinson Beach, California
Taken February 6, 2011
by Chinue X

Yemoja, mother of the fishes,

Mother of the waters on the earth.

Nurture me, my mother

Protect and guide me.

Like the waves of the ocean,

wash away the trials that I bear.

Grant me children.

Grant me peace.

Let not the witches devour me.

Let not evil people destroy me.

Yemoja, mother of all,

Nurture me my mother.
This prayer to Yemoja is published in

"The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concept,"

Authored by Bab Ifa Karade.

ON THIS DAY OF NIA (PURPOSE) - BEFORE WE CAN

BECOME ONE IN AFRICAN SOLIDARITY, WE MUST 

REMOVE THE SHACKLES THAT BIND OUR AFRICAN 

MINDS, HEARTS, AND SPIRITS!
 

"AFRICANS, FREE THYSELF IN ORDER, TO KNOW 

THYSELF, IN ORDER TO HELP THYSELF"!

                                                                     
Chinue X - 1/27/2012

AFRICAN-CENTERED BOOK LIST

AFRICAN CHILDREN READING LIST 

• Verna Aardema, Koi & The Kola Nuts
• Veronica Ellis, Afro-Bets First Book About Africa
• Michael Faul, The Story of Africa and Her Flags to Color
• Muriel Feelings, Jambo Means Hello and Moja Means One
• Virginia Hamilton, The People Could Fly
• Arthur Lewin, Africa is Not a Country, It's a Continent
• Sundaria Morninghouse, Harbari Gani? What's the News?
• Sherley Anne Williams, Working Cotton
• Jane Yolen, Encounter

 

AFRICAN YOUTH READING LIST

• Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
• S.E.Anderson, The Black Holocaust for Beginners
• Na'im Akbar, Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery and [color=red]VISIONS[/red] for BLACK MEN
• Akil, From Niggas to Gods, Part One
• Chike Akua, A Treasure Within
• Molefi Kete Asante, Classical Africa
• Ayi Kwei Armah, Two Thousand Seasons
• Mwalimu Baruti, The Sex Imperative
• Anthony Browder, From the Browder Files
• Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
• James Cameron, A Time of Terror
• John Henrik Clarke, Africans at the Crossroads
• Gaidi Faraj, Ourstory: Afrikans from Antiquity to the 21st Century
• Sam Greenlee,The Spook Who Sat by the Door
• Asa G. Hilliard, Larry Williams and Nia Damali (eds), The Teachings of Ptahhote
• Jacqueline Johnson, Stokely Carmichael
• Indus Khamit-Kush, What They Never Told You in History Class
• Zak A. Kondo, The Black Student's Guide to Positive Education and His-storical Lies and Myths that Miseducate Black People
• Joseph Marshall, Street Soldier
• Patricia & Frederick McKissach, Rebels Against Slavery
• Erriel D. Roberson, The Maafa & Beyond
• J.A.Rogers, Great Men of Color, Vols. I & II
• Sister Souljah, The Coldest Winter Ever
• Carter G. Woodson, The Miseducation of the Negro
• Amos N. Wilson, The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness
• Bobby E. Wright, The Psychopathic Racial Personality
• Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

WHAT WOULD DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SAY TODAY?

Today, January 1, is a Day of Self Reflection According to Kawaida Theory

Kwanzaa is based upon the premise of KAWAIDA:


"that social revolutionary change for Black America can be achieved by the act of revealing and disclosing individuals to their cultural African heritage." Karenga


Each year, on January 1st, Dr. Karenga suggests that we ask ourselves the three (3) Kawaida questions, originally posed by Frantz Fanon, author of "Wretched of the Earth."




KAWAIDA QUESTIONS:


1. WHO AM I?
"To answer the question of "Who am I?" correctly, then, is to know and live one's history and to practice one's culture."


2. AM I REALLY ALL I SAY I AM?
"To answer the question of "Am I really all I say I am?" is to have and employ a cultural criteria of authenticity, i.e., criteria of what is real and unreal, what is appearance and essence, what is culturally-rooted and foreign."


3. AM I ALL I OUGHT TO BE?
"And to answer the question of "Am I all I ought to be?" is to self-consciously possess and use ethical and cultural standards which measure men, women and children in terms of the quality of their thought and practice in the context of who they are and must become - in both an African and human sense."


http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/nguzosaba/sikuyataamuli.htm