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The Congo: The Green Heart of Africa & the Garden of Eden?
“The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest in the world, surpassed only by the Amazon, and is often called the ‘green heart of...

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Jun 1811 min read


Yorubaland and The Indus Valley Civilization: The Cradle of Civilization?
Image I (Left): Priest, Warrior King and Orisha Oduduwa of the Ife (Yoruba) Kingdom (Yorubaland: Present-day Southwest Nigeria, a smaller...

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May 2117 min read


The Birth & Creation of African Americans
“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” – Poet James Baldwin Image courtesy of...

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May 718 min read


Yoruba Orisha Ochosi and Early Yoruba Civilization
Yoruba mythology is a rich tradition from West Africa. Yoruba myths share stories of gods, heroes, and the power of nature. Ochosi, the...

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Sep 3, 20245 min read


Who Were the Original Native Americans?
Image I (Left): Above is a painting of a Tuscarora soldier (South Carolina). Image II (Right): Painting of Black Native Americans (BNA)...

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Aug 8, 202410 min read


The Ancient Egypt and Songhai Empire Connection: Sophisticated University Kingdoms of Africa
“If Blacks of today want to measure the distance to the heights from which they have fallen, they need go no farther than Nowe (Thebes).”...

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Apr 24, 202424 min read


The Return of the Yoruba Nation
“The Yoruba religion is the science of allowing God to flow through you, so that each breath becomes a prayer, and as God breathes, you...

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Apr 9, 20248 min read


A Journey to my Motherland: Part II: Alkebu-lan (Africa): Land of the Spirit People
“To keep the picture as clear as possible, we have to keep on remembering that at various periods in ancient times, the ‘Land of the...

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Mar 27, 202425 min read


A Journey to my Motherland: Part I: Yorubaland and The Great Benin Empire
Image I (Left): Ife bronze of King Oduduwa (Yoruba (Ife) people, Ife Kingdom; Ife Empire) Image II (Right): The Pendent Ivory Mask of...

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Feb 28, 20247 min read


Lemuria: The Spirituality & Philosophy of The Motherland of Man
“Belief in their one Creator or God and the Oneness of all things was the most fundamental principle underlying the Lemurian philosophy...

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Feb 21, 20246 min read


African Medicine: Yoruba Spiritualty & Philosophy
“During times of slavery many Africans Transported to the New World (i.e., the American continent) maintained the spiritual view of...

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Feb 13, 20246 min read


Buddhism in the Modern World
“At the heart of Buddhism lies the figure of the Buddha, or Siddhartha Gautama, who achieved enlightenment and became the Awakened One.”...

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Feb 7, 20245 min read


Kemetic Diet: How to Become Ausar-Like
The myth of Ausar (i.e., Osiris) was the earliest recorded story of a godman who was symbolically crucified, resurrected from death and...

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Jan 17, 20245 min read


The Asante Educational System before the coming of the Western (European) Educational System
Image I (Left): Map of the Asante Empire (present-day Ghana) in West Africa Image II (Right): The majestic influence of the Asante Empire...

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Jan 3, 20248 min read


The Influential West African Empire of Ife during Medieval Times
“One of the most considerable countries of the Sudan, and their sultan, one of the greatest sultans.” – Famous Historian of the Medieval...

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Dec 13, 20235 min read


The Beginnings of Humanity: Straight Outta Africa (Alkebu-lan: Land of the Spirit People)
“For some 600,000 years, Africa and Africans led the world.” – Lerone Bennett, author of Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in...

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Nov 29, 202314 min read


Children of the Sun: The Importance of Melanin for Black People
“They were ‘Children of the Sun’ blessed with blackness by the Sun God himself and thus protected from his fiery rays. They were his...

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Oct 25, 202320 min read


The Magical Land of Lemuria
Lemuria, the lost continent that was located in the Pacific Ocean with a population of 64 million people In 1998, Dr. Bruce Goldberg...

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Oct 4, 202318 min read


The Fabled Kingdom of Timbuktu (West Africa)
The University of Sankoré, Timbuktu “… The first, and perhaps the most important fact is that the general enslavement of Africans,...

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Sep 20, 202325 min read


The Enlightened Ones of the Medieval and Ancient World: King Oduduwa & The Buddha
Native (Yoruba) tradition tells that through the centuries, Oduduwa was a warrior and priest king ruling equally. The Buddha, a great...

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Jun 28, 202318 min read
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