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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sankofa...

November  19, 2009
....sometime in the early morning...



"Sankofa is a word in the Akan language of Ghana that translates as "reach back and get it" (san - to return; ko - to go; fa - to fetch, to seek and take) and also refers to the Asante Adinkra symbol represented either by a bird with its head turned backwards taking an egg off its back, or as a stylised heart shape. Sankofa is often associated with the proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi," which translates as: "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten."[1]
The Sankofa symbol appears frequently in traditional Akan art, and has also been adopted as an important symbol in an African-American and African Diaspora context to represent the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future. It is one of the most widely dispersed adinkra symbols, " 
wikipedia




Friday, January 16, 2015

We Celebrate....

More than a person, it was a movement-  a Revolution....






One can not celebrate this Revolution without an understanding an appreciation and reverence for its
International multi-culture roots...its founding philosopher.... its spiritual leader...

Mahatma Gandhi


"Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to India's Mahatma Gandhi as ' the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social  change"

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kings_trip_to_india/

Martin Luther King Papers...
"My Trip to the land of Gandhi"

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol5/July1959_MyTriptotheLandofGandhi.pdf

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_gandhi_mohandas_karamchand_1869_1948/




No one book film or...represents the totality of a historical time....

This movie however is an excellent addition it has added to our historical knowledge






Time passed...some folk were assassinated some folk just up and finally died....


It was really hard for some folk...CHANGE... they could not believe it was real...I mean how could 'they' lose....


Lord have mercy, but we can and do VOTE


What is evident by...Florida Missouri and New York we ain't done...