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“Cleopatra’s Needles” & Kings of the North

“Cleopatra’s Needles” refer to an ancient pair of Tkhn [obelisks] which were originally constructed and inscribed for 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tuthmose III [1504-1450 BCE] at his Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis. These Twin Tkhn, which have their… Read More

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Posted on June 18, 2023 by malaika mutere

African Culture, African Proverbs, Afrocentricity, afrofuturism, Apartheid, Colonial Experience, Pan-Africanism, Reparations, S/Hero's Journey, Shero's Journey, slavery, Storytelling, ubuntu

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The Drinking Gourd

During America’s Underground Railroad era (1800-1865), Africans escaping slavery in the south knew through ‘map-songs’ that in order to Steal Away to Jesus, they’d have to Wade in the Water (to throw hunting dogs off their scent) and… Read More

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Posted on August 8, 2021 by malaika mutere

African Culture, afrofuturism, Colonial Experience, Hero's Journey, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Pan-Africanism, Reparations, Shero's Journey, slavery, Storytelling

Ausar, Auset, axis mundi, Baka, Big Dipper, calabash, Congo River basin, culoepuya, Dendera, Djehuti, Edfu, Eric Bibb, Follow the Drinking Gourd, Geb, Gift of the Nile, gourd, Great Lakes, Hapi, Hathor, Heru, Mansion of Heru, map songs, Maziwa Mkuu, Merkhet, Meshketiu, milky way, Mother Tree, Mountains of the Moon, Nephthys, North Star, Nut, Nyabingi, Richie Havens, Seshat, Set, shekere, Steal Away to Jesus, tambor de agua, Temple of Dendera, Temple of the World, the Drinking Gourd, Underground Railroad, Wade In the Water, Water Bearer, water drum, Womb of Time

Nyabingi ~ Oracle of the Drum & Warrior Queen

Queen Nyabingi is one of several likely inspirational fonts for Marvel’s comic book renderings of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje, an elite group of female bodyguards who will soon be slaying on the silver screen [2/16/18] in Ryan Coogler’s directorial rendition… Read More

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Posted on January 13, 2018 by malaika mutere

African Culture, Colonial Experience, Oral Tradition, Pop Music, Reparations, Shero's Journey

Ausar, Auset, Babylon, Bagirwa, Black Panther, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley, DJ Kool Herc, Dora Milaje, Ethiopia, Great Lakes, Haile Selassie, Hathor, Heru, hip-hop culture, Jamaica, Kemet, Kitami, Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Marcus Garvey, Muhumusa, New Jerusalem, Nyabingi, Pan-Africanism, Queen Victoria, Rastafarianism, Reggae, Reparations, Rwanda, Scramble for Africa, Sekhmet, Seshat, Set, Solomonic Dynasty, Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, Uganda, Wakanda, Zion

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“Cleopatra’s Needles” & Kings of the North

The Drinking Gourd

Nyabingi ~ Oracle of the Drum & Warrior Queen

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