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Post by homeylu on Apr 29, 2010 14:36:17 GMT -5
We welcome all with open arms. Feel free to introduce yourself here and tell us a little bit about yourself and your interests if you so desire. I will start since I created the thread. My user i.d. "homeylu" doesn't mean anything in particular. It is a childhood nick-name based on my "real name" and has been shortened to "Lu". Even as an adult, my friends still call me " Lu", and please feel free to do the same. My venture into African studies stems from an extreme lack of it during my former educational years. Like many of you, I only studied African history during "Black History" WEEK....yes, it was limited to a week during my time..a month now, soon students may be required to study it all year round . Even when it was studied, African history was repressed. The only we learned about Africa is that it was 'colonized' and "civilized" by Europeans. And African American history was restricted to ..you guessed it..slavery. Feeling like a history-less child, during my University years, is when I first studied African History. This is where my passion grew. After later becoming a Social Studies teacher, inspired by my African Studies professor and eventually becoming a school administrator, it became my determination to not only implement more African history into the school curriculum, but to also assist in re-correcting formal history. So here I am, gaining knowledge and sharing knowledge.. What's your story?
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Post by anansi on Apr 29, 2010 19:15:20 GMT -5
Hi my name is Anansi and I am an alcoh.....err wrong place. Hi my name is Anansi I started my quest for knowledge waay back when my uncles and friends used to get together in an open court yard reading the bible, chanting passages,discussing Marcus Garvey the Maroons,Ethiopia and the ultimate repatriation from Babylon,I always wanted to know who were these folks and places being talked about..that put me on my quest, further up-dates to my knowledge was made when we moved to New York and listening to W.L.I.B..interviews from a whole host of scholars like Dr Ben,John Henry Clark and other, this led me to Liberation book store in Harlem..and I have never looked back..oh yea brother Gil Noble show on Sundays.
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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 30, 2010 3:16:12 GMT -5
My forum name is Khafre, but I'm just plain old Tyrone from Mississippi by way of Florida. I got inspired to study and learn African history via my mother and my history teacher who created a Black Studies Clubat my HS because we had no official Black history class in a school that was 93% white. I got my start by reading Diop, Charles Finch, Ivan Van Sertima, Asa G. Hilliard and Clyde Winters, yes, our Clyde Winters. John G. Jackson, Molefi Asante and John Henrik Clarke. I have since tried to broaden my scope by expanding and improving upon what they all wrote to reading the works of Shomarka Keita, Jean Hiernaux, G.P. Rightmire, Rick Kittles and others. My quest is only for the truth, not a political or ethnocentric viewpoint though I'm open to discussing all viewpoints.
I learned African and African American history pretty much the same way as homeylu in the beginning, but through egyptsearch and communicating with scholars my view has been broadened. The only way to learn our history correctly and refute the lies is through the truth, not being the black version of Eurocentrists.
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Post by homeylu on Apr 30, 2010 6:46:40 GMT -5
LOL Anansi, this is not alcoholics or crackhead anonymous . I remember some of the conversations I used to have with Rastas growing up. It's where I first learned about Marcus Garvey as well. Khafre my school was about 60% African American, so we didn't have an excuse for not learning enough about AA history. I remember doing a school project in the 5th grade on George Washington Carver, I was so proud of that little project, when I look back on it....memories
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Post by nebsen on Jul 25, 2010 21:21:24 GMT -5
My screen name is Nebsen, I was overjoyed to learn of the Egypt Search Reloaded ! I joined the old Egypt Search about 2 years or so ago. As time went on, & noticed all the hateful trolls on the board, so I visited less, & less.For some odd reason something told me to check ES, & that's when I learned of the New Egypt Search Reloaded,& I'm so glad that I did ! It was love at first sight! I have been in love with Km.T Egypt since I saw the movies, The Egyptian in 1954, land Of the Pharaohs 1954, & The Ten commandments 1956 . All with white actors. Even at my young age, I knew on a intuitive level that I was being lied too. So at a early age I began my search for the TRUTH & it has been a long journey indeed. Thanks to my Early World History Teacher in (high school )who was from ( Greece) & made for sure that she told her class all (African Americans,) that the ancient Egyptians were Africans thus black! Than the 60's with the Black & Proud Movements, gave me more information of the Truth. In the 70's that when I read the works of my Hero Cheikh Anta Diop, along with Ivan Van Sertima , Molefi Kete Asante, Asa G. Hillaiard, & finally my Mentor & Master teacher Dr. Alfred Ligon in Los Angles area in the 80's. So here I'am today, very thankful for Egypt Search Reloaded, with all the brilliance of the wonderful people on this forum !
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Post by anansi on Jul 25, 2010 21:47:55 GMT -5
My screen name is Nebsen, I was overjoyed to learn of the Egypt Search Reloaded ! I joined the old Egypt Search about 2 years or so ago. As time went on, & noticed all the hateful trolls on the board, so I visited less, & less.For some odd reason something told me to check ES, & that's when I learned of the New Egypt Search Reloaded,& I'm so glad that I did ! It was love at first sight! I have been in love with Km.T Egypt since I saw the movies, The Egyptian in 1954, land Of the Pharaohs 1954, & The Ten commandments 1956 . All with white actors. Even at my young age, I knew on a intuitive level that I was being lied too. So at a early age I began my search for the TRUTH & it has been a long journey indeed. Thanks to my Early World History Teacher in (high school )who was from ( Greece) & made for sure that she told her class all (African Americans,) that the ancient Egyptians were Africans thus black! Than the 60's with the Black & Proud Movements, gave me more information of the Truth. In the 70's that when I read the works of my Hero Cheikh Anta Diop, along with Ivan Van Sertima , Molefi Kete Asante, Asa G. Hillaiard, & finally my Mentor & Master teacher Dr. Alfred Ligon in Los Angles area in the 80's. So here I'am today, very thankful for Egypt Search Reloaded, with all the brilliance of the wonderful people on this forum ! Welcome Nesben that's the reason we started this new forum for folks who wished to learn and teach without childish trolling if you haven,t already you have a lot of reading to do we just started about three month ago but already some of the threads are classic.. again welcome.
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Post by tweet on Sept 1, 2010 14:50:12 GMT -5
Hello All. I am new here. Some may know me from Forum Biodiversity (for my bad rep). But I promise I will be good on here.
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Post by scv on Sept 1, 2010 15:01:42 GMT -5
The bad rep is because they provoked it.
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Post by tweet on Sept 1, 2010 15:08:22 GMT -5
Yeah I know, I was being humourous. hehe.
I will properly introduce myself now.
I am an artists and fashion designer. I have always been interested in African history. I actually studied African history in Uni but went on to work in the creative sector. But nontheless I am still very much interested in history and culture and my artworks and designs are very much African inspired.
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Post by scv on Sept 1, 2010 15:11:45 GMT -5
I am a graphic designer, I can make business cards and edit pics.
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Post by anansi on Sept 1, 2010 18:02:28 GMT -5
Yeah I know, I was being humourous. hehe. I will properly introduce myself now. I am an artists and fashion designer. I have always been interested in African history. I actually studied African history in Uni but went on to work in the creative sector. But nontheless I am still very much interested in history and culture and my artworks and designs are very much African inspired. Cool welcome aboard, I hope you start a thread on African fashion and influence.
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Post by tweet on Sept 1, 2010 18:08:26 GMT -5
Yes I will do so , thanks for having me on board
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Post by anansi on Sept 1, 2010 18:08:32 GMT -5
I am a graphic designer, I can make business cards and edit pics. Welcome aboard I like creative folks hope you will make some contribution on the culture corner ,pictures and video folders.
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Post by sajokumba on Jul 5, 2011 15:20:58 GMT -5
My name remains the same offline and online. This is to honor Mother who is Kumba Kamara. So I am SajoKuma, Sajo, the son of Kumba
It looks like I have stumbled on the right forum while researching the linguistic similarities between Pharaonic Kemet and Sooninke. Some of you have listed names of scholars and activists who I have read some time back. This makes me feel that I am among brothers and sisters who have had a similar broad-based education as I have had most of which was done post-university.
I have been interested in the truth of the human story from the humanist-read non-race based-perspective since my days at Howard University. Just the truth of this story as best as we can fathom it given that recorded history is less than ten thousand years old. I have checked out the civilization centers from the Nile Valley to the Yangtze/Yellow Rivers spending time in Mesopotamia and the Indus/Ganga Rivers. This is just to have a sense of the movement of Life as lived by humans in a civilization.
The descendants of the Black Mother are in a hole right now serving either their white masters or their Arab coreligionists. Losers don't normally write history particularly if these losers never developed the art of writing or have tossed it aside as the Mande peoples seem to have done. So my interest here is to connect with truth seekers with whom to share current research publications and others facts which one might not easily come across in the main stream outlets. Having stated this, I would like to add, if I might, that I am more interested in a new civilization, a new culture, a new society than the past ones. I just wish to be clear about the past as a point of reference. Education to free the mind is my life passion for only a free mind can be creative.
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Post by sitabanu on Aug 26, 2011 12:28:19 GMT -5
I am Sit-Ab-Anu. Hopefully, I have not butchered the ancient language and some of you recognize that this means 'Daughter of the Beloved Anu'.
I began my journey in 1978 - 1980 when I visited the Brooklyn Museum, in Brooklyn, NY (HEY!) to view the exhibition of "Africa in Antiquity, The Arts of Ancient Nubia and the Sudan."
I guess you could say "I fell in love" the way a young girl does for the very time. It was like looking in a mirror and asking, why has the 'concrete jungle' seemed so hostile to people who look like me, for so long. This new mirror - an esoteric glance into a hidden past that like the Phoenix has arisen from the ashes of time. I embrace my Ba and seek Ma'at in all things. I might be among folks who believe that there is grace in justice nothing escapes judgment of justice.
I am kind of an astronomy but really astrology buff and was so surprised when the 'birth chart' for the new - 54th country of Africa, the Republic of Sudan, was born with the Sun in Cancer and Scorpio in her Moon. It seemed like deja vu. My hope is these Africans will be mightily successful and their return to all things Africa will ensure they do not lose their crown, if you know what I mean?
I love poetry but have not written in years! Love the old jams from the 70's and 80's and two of my favorite male artists are Steveland Morris aka Stevie Wonder and Robert Nestor Marley. (PBUH). I am still partial to the old-school divas, Pattie LaBelle, Anita Baker, Nancy Wilson and from the newest inspirations that wonder Alicia Keys.
I also talk (write) a little too much sometimes, so pardon me if I did it here.
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