This brief excerpt is of Dr. John Henrik Clarke explaining the origin of the current Christian concept of Jesus.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
What have Blacks contributed to the World ???
The Ancient Greeks and Romans are often credited as being the parents of Western Civilization. The Greeks are often given credit for creating philosophy, medicine, mathematics, and history. What I would like to know is what have blacks contributed to the World outside of America?
I believe that we as people of African (black) descent too often allow others to narrow and dictate to us our history. As an African centered scholar I believe in the concept of "Kujichagulia". In English this means, "Self-Determination" or "Self-Definition". This means that we are to define our own destiny and our role in history without allowing any outside interference.
It is our responsibility to gather and research information and facts concerning our history so that the World will know the "true" role that African (black) people played in the development of civilization.
This information can be found in the writings of such authors as: Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Yusef Ben Yochannan, Dr. Gerald Massey, Professor George G.M. James, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, Dr. Anthony Browder, and even in the writings of the ancient Greek philosophers themselves.
It is important that we as African centered scholars retain, preserve, and pass this information down to our offsprings. For we cannot allow another generation of black children to believe that Jesus was white and that Africans did nothing but swing from trees.
It is essential that the World,black people specifically, know the actual role that we (blacks) played in the fashioning of human culture. Our noted historian, the late Dr. John Henrik Clarke, once stated that, "Black history is nothing more than the missing pages of World history." As world renowned scholar and anthropologist Dr. Cheik Anta Diop once stated many years ago, "Blacks will never be free until they do with ancient Egypt what whites have done with ancient Greece."
As Greece represents the height of ancient Western civilization to white scholars, so should ancient Egypt represent the height of African (black) civilization to black scholars. Ancient Egypt along with the other highley advanced civilizations in Africa should be a catalyst in the re-education of African (black) people through out the World.
If we (blacks) are not careful in handling the telling of our history, in 500 years Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X may be portrayed as whitemen.
Hmmm. Sound familiar?
Copyrighted@2009
The Author can be contacted via email at jarogersscholars@hotmail.com
Hip-Hop/"The Messianic Culture
By Doshon Farad
Hip-Hop is the saving grace of humanity in America and abroad. Hip-Hop, being spear-headed by people of African descent, is influencing youth all over the world to mobilize around one common cause. And that common cause is the right of self expression, which is what we as Americans often pride ourselves as advocating to our international neighbors.
How can we accuse Hip-Hop culture of being a negative element in the society when no Hip-Hop or rap artist is responsible for murdering leaders, destabilizing governments, or causing or instigating wars around the globe? Sure, a Hip-Hop artist or a rapper may call yo’ mamma a bitch but they aren’t likely to cause the overthrow of a foreign government or lie to the American people to continue prosecuting an unjust war that is really being fought for oil.
I say respectfully to the elders and the previous generation, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and rallied with Malcolm X, and who may be somewhat displeased or in many cases disgusted with the cultural practices of the Hip-Hop generation, that the Hip-Hopsters are nothing more then the direct political descendants of the Civil Rights/Black Power era. Those participants long ago established the foundation for us, the present generation or Hip-Hop generation, to be loud, outspoken, defiant, and rebellious in our outward appearances and mannerisms.
In many cases we are their ideological children, not necessarily in rhetoric but in practice. We mustn’t forget that a lot of old black folks told the youngsters that they (the youth) were crazy for marching in those protest demonstrations with King and the civil rights leaders at that time.
We should be very hesitant in criticizing the overall presence of Hip-Hop because it, like any art form, is being consistently developed, examined, and scrutinized. Don’t forget it (Hip-Hop) was developed by people of African descent. And one of the elements of African culture, specifically in music, is improvisation. This means that each day Hip-Hop as a culture and philosophy is expanding from within and without. I see the power and recognition of Hip-Hop culture conquering the planet.
Any time we see Arab youth in the Middle East holding up two fingers together in the air hollering, "Peace nigga," you know we’re not just dealing with some ordinary fad. Instead we are dealing with a global and almost supernatural phenomenon. Thank you for reading these few words.
Copyrighted@2007
The Author can be reached via email at jarogersscholars@hotmail.com
Hip-Hop is the saving grace of humanity in America and abroad. Hip-Hop, being spear-headed by people of African descent, is influencing youth all over the world to mobilize around one common cause. And that common cause is the right of self expression, which is what we as Americans often pride ourselves as advocating to our international neighbors.
How can we accuse Hip-Hop culture of being a negative element in the society when no Hip-Hop or rap artist is responsible for murdering leaders, destabilizing governments, or causing or instigating wars around the globe? Sure, a Hip-Hop artist or a rapper may call yo’ mamma a bitch but they aren’t likely to cause the overthrow of a foreign government or lie to the American people to continue prosecuting an unjust war that is really being fought for oil.
I say respectfully to the elders and the previous generation, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and rallied with Malcolm X, and who may be somewhat displeased or in many cases disgusted with the cultural practices of the Hip-Hop generation, that the Hip-Hopsters are nothing more then the direct political descendants of the Civil Rights/Black Power era. Those participants long ago established the foundation for us, the present generation or Hip-Hop generation, to be loud, outspoken, defiant, and rebellious in our outward appearances and mannerisms.
In many cases we are their ideological children, not necessarily in rhetoric but in practice. We mustn’t forget that a lot of old black folks told the youngsters that they (the youth) were crazy for marching in those protest demonstrations with King and the civil rights leaders at that time.
We should be very hesitant in criticizing the overall presence of Hip-Hop because it, like any art form, is being consistently developed, examined, and scrutinized. Don’t forget it (Hip-Hop) was developed by people of African descent. And one of the elements of African culture, specifically in music, is improvisation. This means that each day Hip-Hop as a culture and philosophy is expanding from within and without. I see the power and recognition of Hip-Hop culture conquering the planet.
Any time we see Arab youth in the Middle East holding up two fingers together in the air hollering, "Peace nigga," you know we’re not just dealing with some ordinary fad. Instead we are dealing with a global and almost supernatural phenomenon. Thank you for reading these few words.
Copyrighted@2007
The Author can be reached via email at jarogersscholars@hotmail.com
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