Kizazi-Z ~ Sema Tawy!!!

SKIPPER’S LOG / ANCESTRAL ENTRY DATE: July 15, 2016 ∴ July 22, 2024 [Gregorian]  Kizazi is the Swahili word meaning “Generation.” So, Kizazi-Z – pronounced “zee” (American English)… or “zed” (British English) – refers to the category of… Read More

Africa Day ~ 25th of May

African Liberation Day – variously referred to as African Freedom Day… African Unity Day… Africa Day – is the term that came into use on May 25th, 1963 to commemorate the founding of the Organization of African Unity… Read More

“The Language You Cry In” …oral-aesthetic musings

“Everybody come… Everyone come together… / The grave is restless. The grave is not yet at peace…” (translation) Dr. Lorenzo Dow Turner, a pioneering African-American linguist, recognized the origin of these lines in a song he recorded in the… Read More