Womanifesto by Jill Scott: The Global Anthem of African/ Black Daughters…

In a world that is obsess with quick pleasures daughters of Africa on the continent and in the diaspora are exposed to flashy and baseless lifestyles that are destructive to their holistic development.When I look around me in Africa and in the diaspora be it in Brazil, the United States of America, Cuba, India, Mexico or Jamaica many of our young people are being fed with toxic messages that block their metal and physical development hence contributing to the failure of our African/black communities.They are told that their bodies are valuable because they can be used to serve the purpose of others. And that working and building their self esteem, crafts and career slowly is not the best move. They are encouraged to seek instant, fast lifestyle that doesn’t last their lifetime, the end goal they are told is to make money and leaving a lasting legacy shouldn’t be their concern. So our young girls do all they can to expose their bodies inorder to get attention, not investing in their gifts and talents to contribute in building Africa and the black world.

I think parents should expose their daughters to positive empowering images, literature etc. Jill Scott is one of the best twenty frist century poets I find her work profound and inspiring. Scott “Womanifesto” should be the anthem of every daughter of Africa on the continent and in the diaspora, it gives us a wonderful summary of what black women are and what they can be.Below are images, video and lyrics of her work. Be inspired!

Jill Scott Performs Womanifesto at 2011 Black Girls Rock event, watch it here or read the lyrics below.

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You are a genius, you can be whatever you wish to be in this world!

You are the Queen Mother of the universe, you gave life to humanity, we greet you Goddess.

You are honest because you allowed your ancestors to speak through you

You are strong, athletic

You are beautiful, naturally even when your bones have aged!

You are a scholar, teacher

You are a joy to be with

You an activist, lawyer, former U.S Congress woman, Green Party Presidential Candidate and truth talker like Cynthia McKinney!

You are a midwife/ doula

You are an appreciator of your culture and the roles your ancestors played in shaping it for you

© Gabon / Libreville / Avril 2000

© Festivals Des Divinites Noir

You speak for justice when others stand by and watch oppression

You are Sankofa,because you go back to your roots to inspire and be inspired!

©BBC News Africa

You are a leader, lead like Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

You are strong but sometimes it is alright to ask for helping hands so that you can grow

You are sophisticated, simply blacknificent

You are all of this, homage-to-black-women and then some…

Womanifesto lyrics

Clearly I am not a fat ass
I am active brain
And lip smacking peach deep
Sometimes too aggressive in it’s honesty
And heart sweet
That loves wholly and completely
Whom it may choose
Whom ever it may choose

I am not gonna lie and pacify
I am arms to hold
I am lips to speak
I am a motherfucking “G”

Strong legs that stroll off the 33 bus
Or out of a money green Phantom comfortably
Knees that bend to pray
Clean from Ajax washings
Hair that is thick and soft
Thighs that betwixt
An amazing all expense grand prize

I am eyes that sing
Smile that brightens
Touch that rings
And supplies euphoric release
I am a Grand Dame Queen Beast

I am warm
I am peace
From the roads of Botswana from 23rd Street
From the inside third eye
Ever watching this wicked wicked system of things
I do see

I am friend to pen
And a lover of strong women
A diamond to men
I am curious and interested like children
I welcome the wise to teach
Appreciator of my culture
Thick not just from bone dense and eat

I have a rhythm in my ways
And a practice in my seek
And yes, I do crave the rhythm of my space
With a man that rejoices in God’s Grace

With faith I do hear to listen
Two hands that fist
When forced pushes to shove
And your ego won’t submit

I am gifted
I am all of this
And indeed the shit

Clearly I am not just an ass

© Universal Music Publishing Group

White Controlled Media Portrays Black/ African Women in a Negative Light in Order to Uplift White Women: White Women’s Heaven is Black Women’s Hell…

A black man (African) told me that he finds black women unattractive because they are ghetto and have a lot of problems.He went further to explain his dislike by noting that he loves white women because they are beautiful and opposite of black women. I was disgusted as I listened to this man who was reared, loved, clothed, protected, supported financially by black people especially the black African womb that gave him life.

I cautioned myself however, sympathetic towards him as I reflect on the source of this black man’s confession of defeat and self hate. This pattern of thinking is common amongst many Africans and people of African descent in the diaspora. They lack self pride and have internalized the general half cooked stories, negative images they see of themselves, read in “history” books, news papers, magazines etc. “Mainstream” media paints black people negatively and gives one sided stories. In movies Africans, people of African descent are often cast as maids, loud mouths, exotic, clowns, beggars, ignorant,satan, hypersexual, drug addicts, grossly overweight, absent parents, victims, helpless in need of the white savior and almost always play supporting roles even when the storyline is about a black hero/shero.

And when the media sees they can’t continue getting away with an all white cast because of protest from conscious blacks they make sure that the person that they cast is “biracial” “mixed with white” or has stereotypical white European features. The renowned movie director Haile Gerima calls it “the formular”, white racists believe that they cannot have a great movie without having a white person as the leading cast. The fear of celebrating blacks/Africans in a diverse light pushes mainstream media to white wash blackness in every way possible.

Alongside uplifting white women as the epitome of beauty even when they mutilate their bodies in an effort to acquire African/black features…below I provide you with few examples, as you/we go through these images, lets ask, what is the way forward? I think we need a holistic representation of black people particularly women! In the words of great wise Malcolm X, ” “If you’re not careful..

Movies that insist on focusing on stereotypes and the “formular” about black/ African women

1. The Help, is a movie that glorifies white supremacy and the worship of white women as saviors.

2. Precious, a movie that was praised by white controlled media for demonizing black women, and glorifies grossly fat and overweight black woman as “Percious”

3. The high priestess of soul, Nina Simone’s upcoming Biopic will feature Dominican-Puerto Rican Zoe Saldana a “light skinned”, skinny Zoe Saldana who looks nothing like the priestess. Simone was dark skinned, wore her hair natural. Politically she spoke against racism, honored her African roots, in appearance and in her music. Hollywood ignored all of those important facts. Simone’s daughter disapproved of the movie, thus far they refused to listen to her.

In the picture below Simone is on the left and Saldana on the right…

If you care about how black people are presented and represented in the media.I encourage folks to boycott this so called biopic, don’t watch it!

Listen to Nina Simone below performing one of her classic, politically charged song tiled, “Mississippi Goddamn”

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4. Harriet Tubman is featured in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Jacqueline Fleming a “mixed” race woman of Danish- German and African descent. Even though This movie is fictional, hollywood could not help but to cast a woman that has stereotypical European features.

Tubman was a dark skinned African woman, with wide nose, thick lips, round face, and natural kinky hair. And most importantly she was an abolitionist and humanitarian.

5. Racist Dove advertisement. Darker skin shade ( black woman) is placed as unattractive while the lighter skin tone as beautiful ( white woman )

6. Beyonce was named People’s Magazine 2012 Most Beautiful but the magazine could not help see Beyonce’s black/ Negro features: thick lips, and light brown skin for that reason they white washed, photoshopped her by lighting her skin and erasing her lips so that they could look more white European.

This is what Beyonce looks like without the blond wig and weave, see the picture below..

7. Miss Universe 2012 is Angolan Leila Lopes, a dark skinned, with black/ negro features. But when white controlled media feature her in their magazines they almost always ease her blackness…

This is Leila Lopes’ real, natural skin tone, the photo below was shot during the Miss Universe contest

watch her video here…

But this is what she is captured as ( see the picture below) this is the cover of Maxim Portugal…

White women with “black features” are celebrated for their beauty but black women with those features naturally are labelled by white media as ugly or simply ignored.

1. Angelina Jolie’s “black lips” have been the talk of mainstream media for years…

2. kim kardashian, Armenia American is celebrated for her curvaceous body “black features”

3. Coco is now a reality t.v “star” for flaunting her “black features” every chance she gets.

For additional information

1. ” 5 Features That Black Women Have, That White Women Pay For” 5-features-that-black-women-have-that-white-women-pay-for.html

2 ” Celebrating the Black Beauty On White Women” celebrating-the-black-beauty-on-white-women

3. ” Are White Women Mutilating Themselves Trying to Look Black? An Analysis” are-white-women-mutilating-themselves.html

4.”Gatekeeper to the legend of Nina Simone, the songstress’ only child speaks on the controversial upcoming bio pic and who she’d like to see portray her mother” 2

5. Video instruction on how to “Get Angelina Jolie Lips Without Getting Surgery”

6. Nina Simone’s Daughter says the biopic set to start shooting October 16 about her mother featuring Zoe Saldana is unauthorized. Read her letter here … nina-simones-daughter-writes-an-open-letter-to-her-fans-about-her-mothers-biopic-movie-casting

7. Racist and Sexist psychologist of Asian descent uses his research to disrespect black women as being ugly, while white women with those features are celebrated as beautiful why-black-women-are-less-physically-attractive-tha

8.”Colorism in the Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter Film and Why it Does Matter” #

9. ” Bi Racial Actress Plays Harriet Tubman in Movie! Is this Ok or Offensive ?” ?p=9288

10. “Worst Casting Choice for Biopic Ever? Zoe Saldana to Play Nina Simone” zoe-saldana-as-nina-simone

11. “Stir Builds Over Actress to Portray Nina Simone” should-zoe-saldana-play-nina-simone-some-say-no.html

12. Listen to Nina Simone’s daughter interview on casting Zoe Saldana and how she is not a good fit for her mother’s biopic…portraying-nina-simone-in-a-new-biopic

13. Bad Black Mothers read Dr. Kwame Zulu Shabazz on his blog Thoughts of a Ghetto Intellectual…bad-black-mothers.html

14. Read Kola Boof’s outstanding piece, “Harriet Tubman is Biracial in Vampire Film Abe Lincoln! Shame On You Timur Bekmambetov & Tim Burton!” DOC-813383

15. Read “Celebrity Author & Egyptian-Sudanese Womanist Kola Boof Writes an Open Letter to Nina Simone Director Cynthia Mort About the Erasure of Nina’s Image” …celebrity-author-38-egyptian-sudanese-womanist-kola-boof-045300398.html

16.”India.Arie Speaks Out About Unauthorized Nina Simone Movie”….india-arie-speaks-out-about-unauthorized-nina-simone-movie

17. Dr. Kwame Zulu Shabazz speaks about how important it is for Africans/ blacks on the continent of African and in the diaspora to read, pay attention to their collective and world History.

18. Suggestions by Clutch, “Five Better Picks for the Role of Nina Simone Than Zoe Saldana”
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Please note: Images and videos are not my personal properties. I however, have the copyright to the write up!

Taking Care of Your Vagina is Important to Your Overall Health: Suggestions for Sisters

I grew up with village mentality that health is wealth. You could have all the money, material things but if you disrespect and maltreat your body it will reject you and most times demote you six feet under. That is why, it is important for ladies (sisters) that we take care of our vagina,it is an organ with important functions it: births, flushes out waste, gives us supreme pleasures etc! Below I provide you ( us) with village knowledge- suggestions on DOs and DON’Ts…

1. Wash your vagina,

Whenever you used the toilet (latrine), make sure you wash yourself.Keep rubber kettle or steel bowl in your bathroom for that purpose only so that you don’t spread germs. Use toilet paper only if you are out running errands and the moment you get home wash yourself.

2. Avoid feminine products,

DO NOT use any product beside your bathing soap ( unscented would be best) to clean the outer layers of your vagina. While the inner layer could simply be cleansed with plain water. Just because something is out in the market doesn’t mean you should buy it.Your vagina is self cleansing, therefore you don’t need to douche or use any feminine scented products to distort nature. Research shows those products are cancer causing, because in an attempt to remove odor they kill good bacterias leaving you vulnerable to diseases.

3. Your vagina is supposed to be odorless ( when you are not ovulating and or having your period)

if it smells depending on resources available to you: talk to a female herbalist usually they would provide you with herbs to bath with, seek help from your “modern” doctors, ask for direction from respectable women elders in your community, don’t suffer alone.

4. For yeast infections,dryness especially burning use plain yogurt thrice a day ( to those in Mama Africa, you can get fresh plain yogurt from Fulani, Pël women). If it persists see a female herbalist or “modern” doctor.

5. Avoid wearing extremely tight underwear, it produces heat and causes you to sweat and smell. Wear underwear that is made of cotton, it would allow you to breath.

6. Avoid wearing underwear daily,
if you are a woman of all ladies and know how to sit down gracefully, this is the way out. (Side note, this is great for couple…smile)

7. Instead of soft drinks ( soda ) drink a lot of water daily, if your urine is colorful it means you are not clean and not drinking enough water. Your urine should be clear, not yellow. I drink more than ten large cups ( medium size calabash ) of water in a day.

8.When on your period ( menstrual cycle):

a.Drink a lot of water as usually but this time hot with few drops of lemon or tamarind. It eases cramps/ pains, so you wouldn’t have to take pain killer.

b. Use reusable cloth made with organic cotton for your pad. Yes, you have to wash it but it is better than using “always pads”, tampons etc they are cancer causing, expensive and do not decay. Go back to basics for health, wealth and environmental reasons. It is the way out, be a responsible custodian of the earth!

c. Find time to rest, as my mother would say “you are not made of iron, even iron gets hot”. Take care of yourself,so that you could have more energy to perform your duties effectively.

Photo by Yoknyam Dabale

9. Take bath ( shower) at least once a day.

10. If you are sexually active make sure you wear condom. Female condom or have your partner wear male condom at all times.

Persist on safe sex like the woman in the picture below. I don’t care how much trust you have for your partner, if you are not in a committed relationship insist on condom if he/she refuses, run and never look back. No protection, no sex!

here is a video by a sister teaching us how to wear female condom for those that have access to it

Or, male condom

Photo by Think Stock

and make sure you get tested for Sexually Transmitted Diseases ( STDs)

Have a good time…

Photo by Saddi Khali

11. For something extra, wear colorful tiny waist beads like the ones in the picture below. The smaller they are the better because you could have them on permanently and wear your fitted/ body hug dresses without them showing… ( It helps you maintain your figure and or form it esp if you gained weight and lost your shape…) The best quality beads are from Africa especially those from Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe etc.

For further information:

1.Dap at sister Tonya Tko for sharing wonderful ideas to taking care of our Vagina and anus. Watch it here…

2.Yes, Women Should Carry Condoms

3.Feminine Hygiene: Cleaning Up “Down There”

4. So what are the rules of intimate hygiene?

5.Vaginal Candidiasis

6.The Truth About Tampons & Pads

7.Back to Nature

8. How to kill yeast infection naturally….

Afrocentric (African Centered)Weddings: Don’t Be Slaves to Arab and European Cultures on Your Wedding Day Honor Your African Roots

Globally many Africans,people of African descent have identity crisis. This is to a larger extent connected to the psychological impact of Arab and European invasion.This slave mentality is evident in how Africans/ black people do things,especially when celebrating important events such as weddings.

Rituals reflect a peoples’ ancient culture even though sometimes they are refined to accommodate modern times. I have attended weddings of Indians ( South Asians) , Anglo-Americans etc their wedding gowns, the ceremonies in general reflect their religions and cultures.But for many Africans their rituals honor their enslavers depending on who oppressed them.

A large segment of Africans display their inferiority compex and lack of knowledge of self on their wedding day.Nigeria is a classic example to this practice, in the North weddings are Arab Muslim centered. West, South, East are predominately European Christian and Central ( my region) a mixture of European and Arab. Indigenous / traditional weddings are often frowned upon by both Muslims and Christians and labeled backwards. The Nigerian government hasn’t done much to protect the rights of its citizens that prefer traditional weddings.

Fortunately there are resistance from some Africans who see value in their culture. They refused to be watered down versions of Europeans and Arabs. Despite centuries of oppression, they have managed to retain elements of their Africaness. These Africans are on the continent of Africa, in countries such as Brazil, United States of America, Cuba etc.Below I will provide you with pictures, videos of actual weddings and ideas for those of you planning to get married in the future without abandoning your African heritage for foreign ones. May Mwari /Kpan Luh  lead your journey.

Weddings:

1. Afrocentric/ African-American bride

Bride and friends

The Bride Kim Walker and groom Gemaron Willis exchanging vows and jumping the broom.

The bride, Kim Walker, her gown was designed by Therez Fleetwood ( “Wedding gown style: inspired by ‘The Mother Land’ ” ) Pictures taken by Photographer: Tony Barreau – AVD dap @ Therez Fleetwood for the images see the link ?p=488

Guests

2.Ndebele bride of Southern Africa

3. Zulu bride

Guests

Bride and friends celebrating

4. African-American couple Kiwana and husband honoring their African roots on their wedding day. Read their story here afrobella-bride-kiwana dap@ Afrobella

Couple lighting Kwanzaa candles, Green, Black, Red they are also the colors of black/African unity, globally.

5. Afrocentric bride and groom looking amazing

6. Bride in Morocco

7. Model, actress, Yaya Dacosta marries movie director Joshua Bee Alafia in an African centered wedding!

Yaya Dacosta and husband sharing a kiss.

Guests

8. Didier Drogba footballer from Ivory Coast marries the mother of his three children the beautiful Lalla Diakite in African traditional wedding, they’ve been together for 12 years (Pan-African love).

Didier Drogba in gold jewelry

9. Masai bride, East Africa dap@ lemerence-maasai-bride

10.Dudu and Lonwabo, Southern Africa, traditional wedding dap@ http://weddings-exclusive.blogspot.com/2011/09/president-zumas-daughter-traditional.html

11. Alicia and Olive an Afrocentric couple pouring libations at their wedding. Read their story here couple-celebrates-african-cultural-heritage-with-a-libation-ceremony-at-their-bohemian-chic-wedding

Bride and Groom happy as they can be! Eish …

12. Bride at her traditional wedding in Congo Brazzaville

13. Bride and Groom in Ivory Coast in their traditional wedding attires

14.Ethiopian traditional wedding, Teddy Afro and Amleset

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15. Rwandan bride and groom in traditional wear

16. Cameroonian bride and groom in their traditional outfit

17. Acholi Ugandan bride in traditional wedding gown.

10. Diasporan Africans, bride and groom looking fabulous!

11. Gambian bride and groom.

12. Couple of African descent, killing it

13.Ugandan bride and groom 

14. Gabon couple enjoying each other at their wedding

15. Zulu couple of Southern Africa

16. African American couple honoring their African Roots  and of course looking amazingly beautiful! 

17. Couple in Kente cloth enjoying each other!

videos

1. Traditional wedding in Uganda. The bride and groom are showered with gifts, love and community celebration.

2. African-American, African centered wedding. Many meaningful symbols in this wedding, for example friends of the bride are holding the African fertility goddess (Akuaaba).

3. Traditional Senegalese wedding in the diaspora. Amazing dance, high fashion and community celebration.

4. Ghanaian Traditional Wedding….pouring of libations to the ancestors and words from elders.

5. Caribbean African Wedding…lovely!…

Exchanging symbols of love

1. Ring with Ankh engraved an ancient black African symbol of life.

2. You could also have custom made ring in a shape of an Ankh. Here is a link for those interested in having it.ankh-jewelry-large-ankh-ring-funky-brass

or check this link: 033010

3. The Yotti/ Bali people of Middle Belt Nigeria ( my ethnic group), couple exchange plain sliver, brass, or gold bracelet. The bracelet is called Nuburi, a symbol of love, life and continuity.

you can have it made here…collections_ww_bangles_01.html

4. Cowrie Shell with Adinkra symbol in the middle ( Cowrie is used for protection and the Adinkra symbol engraved is to remind you of God’s supremacy).

Ideas for Afrocentric wedding dress

1. Designs by Kimma Wreh. The sankofa symbol is embroidered on both the bride’s and groom’s outfit. See the link for more information: prweb271864.htm

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5. Kente print, wedding dress

African theme wedding cake for those of you that like sweets

1. Ankara Wedding Cake ( designer unknown)

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3. Adinkra symbol Cake, origin Asanti Ghana, West Africa here is a link to help you with the meanings of the symbols West African Wisdom: Adinkra Symbols & Meanings

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5. Asanti Adinkra symbol

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7. Colorful African beads cake from Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium

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9. Safari cake by Elizabeth Solaru this is part of her collection Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium

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14. Kente Cloth Wedding cake

15. Pestle and Mortar cake

16. African Bride gift box cake

Ideas for Decoration

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For additional information:

How to incorporate libations in your wedding ceremony

1. Example, wedding of Penelope and Hamid, here is a link:interfaithwedding.htm

2. additional idea for libation, “American Weddings: An Afrocentric Libation Ceremony” : afrocentric-libation-wedding-ceremony.aspx?MsdVisit=1

Books

1. Jumping the Broom, Second Edition:The African-American Wedding Planner By Harriette Cole

2.Put Soul in Your Bridal Shower: The African American Bridal Shower Book By Tonya D. Evans

Note: Images and videos are not my personal properties.

Traditional African Spirituality: Sobonfu Some Talks About the Importance of Being in a Community

Sobonfu Some is world renowned author and custodian of African Spirituality from the Dagara ethnic group (tribe) of Burkina Faso. Sobonfu, as her name implies “keeper of rituals” was chosen at birth by the gods and ancestors to lead her community on ancient wisdom and rituals.Along side leading her community back in Africa, she travels around the world instructing others on African’s ancient mysticism. As an African woman who has been mastering, reflecting and embracing my culture and ancient spirituality. I find Sobonfu’s wisdom helpful, coping with life on diverse topics such as embracing one’s gifts ( talents),grieving, relationships ( sexual and non-sexual), connecting with ancestral spirits, community development.

Below she talks about “fanning the fire” of community and the roles individuals play in the process. She defines community as a guiding Light behind any being, it helps a person to achieve a life purpose, without a community, a place to contribute a person is lost…the community answers the questions: Who can see me? Who can accept me not tolerate me?

Be inspired, find yourself friends, family members ( immediate and extend) who encourage you to shun dangerous lifestyles such as: excessive alcohol drinking, sexaul promiscuity ( e.g triple dipping), doing drugs, stealing from work, the mall, family members, flashy material things even though you can’t afford them, disregarding African traditional culture and languages as backwards etc. Be in a heathy community that nurtures and empower you not limit and disrespect your person.And in return be a good member of the larger community by accepting people for who they are not simply tolerating them.

For additional information on Sobonfu’s work:

Books:

1. The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in the Ways of Relationships

2.
Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient African Teachings To Celebrate Children And Community

3. Falling Out of Grace: Meditations on Loss, Healing and Wisdom

If interested in buying her books here is a link:0972520023

Videos:

4. Building a shrine ” Preparing your Sacred Space- The Wisdom of Sobonfu Some”

5.Mythic Journeys®: Sobonfu Some on Artists, Happiness and The Fake Rabbit

6. 5 major elements of the Dagara Cosmology ( Fire, Water,Earth, Memory, Nature)

7.Sobonfu Some on Grieving and Recovery

8. Song and words of Wisdom on learning to honor the living and the dead.

9. The roles rituals play in a life of a child- name, death…

Is it African for Men to Abuse and Disrespect Women?

I have heard many times that it is African for men to beat, slap and in general abuse women.This perception of gender relations in Africa pushed me to ask whether there are historical records (pre-colonial), stories, proverbs that address the issue. Below are images of modern African men helping their women and proverbs that take us back to the continent’s ancient wisdoms. I hope they help us expand our thinking to learn from additional angle of Africa’s stories by so doing African men and women could work together in uplifting the continent. Don’t limit yourself to a narrow thinking…

1. “A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband, the fence around it.” (Ghana).

2. “If a man sees a [dangerous animal] and a woman kills it, what matters is the death of the [ animal].” ( Nigeria)

( In Yoruba, Bokùnrin réjo bobìnrin pa á, kéjo má sa ti lo ) dap@ comrade Egbesu lady-na-master-my-question-to-black.html

3.”We are born from the womb of our mother; we are buried in the womb of the earth.” (Ethiopia)

4. “Give birth to children and you will be pregnant with worries.” ( Namibia)

5.”No matter how wicked the mother hen is, it cannot carry a kite’s chick.” ( Yotti/Bali people of Nigeria)

6. “A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.” ( African Proverb)

7. “Two bosom friends that vie one and the same lady have chosen a common road to be each other’s enemy.” ( Ghana)

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love you forever!

B.Hard working African man cooking solid grits (sun in Yotti language of Nigeria)

C. Black father spending time with his son at the beach.

D. African father with his daughter

E. A baby on its’ father’s back while he washes clothes.

F. Real African men work beside their women, they are partners. Both the tail and head cannot function without each other. Wise up black people!

G. An African father with a baby on his back while he washes dishes!

For additional information check the links below:

1. ” Men do women’s work and women do men’s work”
This video tells us that gender relations in Africa are not fixed.
Ethiopian farmer transforms lives. No book learning required. dap@Thoughts of a ghetto intellectual ™

2. ” Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in African Society” by Ifi Amadiume

3. “African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society” Edited by Jacob k. Olupona

Do blacks/ African Americans commit more crimes than whites?

I often hear claims that blacks are criminals, wife beaters, drug addicts etc. Many Americans and non-Americans globally have internalized these views without thinking beyond what they are being fed by the “mainstream” media. This topic is important to me because, growing up in Nigeria, I attended a high school that was run by conservative white Christian missionaries, mainly from America. The missionaries often gave us mixed messages about race in America. On the one hand, according to the missionaries, there was no racism in America and that they love black people. After all, they are in Africa to save black Africans from their savage ways. Praise the Lord. On the other hand they often would equate crime in America with African Americans (blacks).

Upon my arrival to the United States, I had these stereotypes in my head but I began soul-searching and doing research alongside my academic work only to discover that what I had actually learned was racist views of African Americans. Below are a few statistics and references on this issue. This is the America that claims to be leader of democracy and human rights. Lets get educated, small, small ( as Yotti/ Bali people of Nigeria would say, “fem,fem “)…..

1. Blacks are 14 % of drug users but 74 % in prison compared to

2. 74% white drug users but only 10% are in prison,

3. 60% of violent crimes in America are committed by whites but only 23% are in prison.

These are stunning examples of institutional racism explained by Tim Wise. Wise’s audience is mainly white Americans because black scholars and activists have been saying this for centuries. To be fair, Tim Wise usually gives homage to black scholars, intellectuals, activists, etc. who inspired him to think more critically about the “facts” of crime and race.

Also check these scholars below. They have made massive contributions to a better understanding of race and crime in America.

1. Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Here is a video on the book, Alexander’s interview on “Democracy Now” with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez:

Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”

2 Harriet A. Washington,

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Here Washington’s interview on her research and book…

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

link to an article:White Doctors, Black Subjects: Abuse Disguised as Research

3. Douglas A. Blackmon’s ” Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America From The Civil War to World War II”

Here is a documentary based on Blackmon’s work.

Slavery by Another Name

4. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

here is a link to those interested in purchasing it…ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

and interview by Bill Moyers

5.”Criminalizing A Race: Free Blacks During Slavery” by Charshee C. L. McIntyre

I hope the examples I provided above answer your questions, to list a few:

a. Do black (and brown) people commit more crimes than white people?

b. Does the American justice system work for all of its citizens?

c. Why are American prisons flooded with black and brown people?

d. What is the way forward?

For additional information

1. Top 15 Crime Bosses and Drug Lords in 2012, U.S.A ….read it here top-15-crime-bosses-and-drug-lords-in-2012

The “current leaders” include, “Sicilian Mafia, American Cosa Nostra, Neopolitan Camorra, ‘Ndrangheta, Russian Mafia, Albanian Mafia, Chinese Triads, Japanese Yakuza, Montreal Mob, Solntsevskaya Bratva, Clerkenwell crime syndicate, Los Rastrojos, Sinaloa Cartel, and the Juárez Cartel.”

2. “Balkan gangs, the Albanian crime groups” one of the most sophisticated crime groups in the U.S they are based in New York city…03albanian.html

3. Scholarly piece on the growth of Albanian crime groups, title “MEN OF PURPOSE: THE GROWTH OF ALBANIAN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY” …gus.html

4.Quoting Toni Morrison, “Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are”.

5. Read always…..don’t allow stereotypes control you..

6. Read the story of Lance Armstrong and how he cheated through out his career by doing drugs with the help of high profile drug company and sport officials. “Lance Armstrong Doping: International Cycling Union Strips Champion Of 7 Tour De France Titles, Bans Him For Life”….lance-armstrong-stripped-of-medals-banned-from-cycling_n_1999965.html

7.Matthew Fogg, a former U.S. Marshal/ DEA Agent Says He Was Told to Only Lock Up Blacks/African Americans for Drugs….former-dea-agent-says-he-was-told-to-only-lock-up-black-people-for-drugs-video

8. Annie Dookhan a “chemist” intentionally gave false drug test results as a result criminalized innocent people, mostly brown and black people.( p.s it was later realized that she lied about her education…) …annie-dookhan-chemist-lie_n_1917182.html

9.”NYPD Narcotics Detective Admits Cops Regularly Plant Drugs On Perps”..http://http://gothamist.com/2011/10/13/nypd_narcotics_detective_testifies.php

10.White Man murdered African-American youth because his music was too Loud….http://http://www.politicususa.com/man-killed-florida-teen-loud-music-alters-story-fit-stand-ground.html

12. African-American/black boy was attacked by over 7 white youth, sentenced to 12 years in prison for fighting back in self defensed…http://http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2012/12/brandon-jackson-defends-himself-after-being-jumped-by-white-mob-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison/

13 Melissa Harris Perry speaks on the killing of Jordan Davis and how America is not a country for young black men. She also highlights it similarity with the killing of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqomZskG1I

14. White man shot 60 people, killed 12 in Aurora, Colorado at a movie Theater.http://http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57477243/the-aurora-shooting-victims/

15. Anders Behring Breivik a white Norwegian killed 77 people in a mass murder, sentenced to 21 years in prison…http://http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/europe/anders-behring-breivik-murder-trial.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

16.Griselda Blanco aka “Cocaine Godmother” is from Columbia and a “devout” Christian.Blanco had so many connection in New York and Miami government this helped her become one of the most powerful drug dealer in U.S History, making $1 million dollars a week and was regarded very dangerous. Read recent news about her here…http://http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/09/griselda-blanco-cocaine-godmother-meets-a-sudden-grisly-end.html

17. Fred Brito, the master con artist. He lied his way through some of the highest leadership positions, from a priest to head of red cross  etc… http://thatliarfredbrito.blogspot.com/p/timeline.html
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19.”Connecticut shooting, white males, and mass murder”…www.examiner.com/article/connecticut-shooting-white-males-and-mass-murder

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21. Watch the story of medical doctor Harold Shipman aka Doctor Death ( he killed more than 150 people ) in the UK

22.”Black Americans FOUR TIMES as likely as whites to be arrested for marijuana possession”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336026/Black-Americans-FOUR-TIMES-likely-whites-arrested-marijuana-possession.html

Libations To Our African/ Black Ancestors Who Paved The Way For Us

Libations

In his book titled ” Wretched of the Earth”

Frantz Fanon one of Africa’s well-known psychiatrist, philosopher,post-colonialist says “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it…”

The questions that Fanon raises for us former colonized and neo-colonized blacks around the world/ African people today are:

1. What is our collective purpose, our vision for our country and the entire continent of Africa/ the diaspora?

2. As individuals how are we contributing to our nation building?

3. Who inspires us?

4. Are we willing to sacrifice our time, resources to achieve our goals, collectively and individually?

5. Are we ready and willing to embrace our differences ( religion: African Traditional Religion, Christianity, Isalm, class: rich, poor, middle class, ethnic: Yotti/ Bali, Tigrinya, Edo, Twi, wolof education: formal, non-formal ) in order to accomplish our goals?

6. In our romantic relationships and or marriages are we building an african conscious family or are we simply following other peoples’ culture, as a result fueling self hate in our children?

Those who came before us ( our ancestors) many of them did their part, they served humanity to the best of their knowledge and abilities. They did not live off their parents/ family name or their ethnic (tribal) name but instead they drew strength, inspiration from them and others who held to truth as a rule. This short pan-African ( people from Africa and people of African descent in the diaspora) have shown us that we have nothing to lose but everything to win if we work individually and collectively; they showed us that we can accomplish all that we wished.

Our ancestors used their talents and gifts to solve their communities’ pressing needs. This generation of Africans/ blacks must look at our communities and ask what is most needed and then we use our individual talents, education, wo/man power,wealth etc to help out.This need could mean a young boy or girl in our community needs someone to help him/her with homework from school, or an old lady needs company or youth needs something to do with their free time ( start a program that could benefit them) or our neighbor lost his/her job offer a helping hand etc This means we should make it a point in helping our communities instead of waiting on missionaries from overseas to send us donations- handouts, foreign aid from United Nations etc as former president of Burkina Faso ,Thomas Sankara said “he who feeds you controls you” inorder for Africans to have complete independence and self worth in this world, they/we must work collectively and individually to achieve that goal. Constant begging from foreigners is only going to continue keeping Africans in subjugated position in the world.

But we have to get off our high horses particularly those of us with upper hand, kill the pride that is eating us up by humbling ourselves for the sake of humankind and our people in Africa and abroad. I pay homage to my ancestors for sacrificing so much on my and our behalf because of Truth ( Gaskiya) as it was reflected in their respective careers and they died with truth on their lips.That is why they are relevant even in death….

Truth Roll Call ( Short Edition):

1.Saint Kimpa Vita ( Priestess- she practiced African Traditional Religion but also fought for Christianity that speaks to the needs of black Africans not a version of European Christianity. Vita is from Congo) . More on Vita

2. Yaa Asantewaa ( Command/ liberation Leader from Ghana)- she led the people of Ghana in a battle to resist European slavery and colonization….more on Asantewaa

3. Kaka Chio ( Grandmama from Nigeria) she was an Africana Womanist from the village of Yotti Nigeria, who believed women could do both house and field work. She was a good example of working woman. One of my personal role model.

4. Dr. John Henrik Clarke ( Well known Historian and Pan-Africanist.. he is African- American ) see more here…clarke9.shtml

5. Patrice Lumumba (First prime minister-pan-Africanist from Congo)

6 Thomas Sankara ( President of Burkina Faso, Pan-Africanist-Anti-colonialism)
picture of Sankara ( L) wife ( R) and children ( middle).

7. Malcom X ( Human Rights Activist- Nation of Islam minister- Pan-Africanist–African-American)

8. Kwame Nkrumah ( Godfather of Africa-Pan-Africanist, President from Ghana)

9. Rt. Rev. Dr. Donny Dabale ( Author, Nurse, Teacher, farmer, first bishop of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria ) see more ..gbgm102199dabalebm.html

10. Maria Steward ( First woman in U.S History to speak about women’s plight, first feminist- she is African-American)

11. Steve Biko ( Liberation-Student leader-Anti-apartheid activist from South Africa)

12. Kwambana Damuah ( Scholar-Theologian-pushed for coexist of African Traditional Religions and monotheistic religions from Ghana)

13. J. Kambarage Nyerere ( Pan-Africanist- President from Tanzania )

14. Miriam Makeba ( Pan-Africanist-Anti-Apartheid- Musician from South Africa)

15. Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop ( Egyptologist, anthropologist, historian, physicist, politician,Sociologist, pan-Africanist from Senegal )

16.Zora Neale Hurston ( Writer- she is African-American )

17. Fela Kuti ( Pan-Africanist-musician from Nigeria)

18. Marcus Garvey ( Pan-Africanist-activists from Jamaica)

19. George Padmore (Pan-Africanist from Trinidad)

20. Nzinga Mbande aka Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ( Queen from Angola)

listen to her story here…”Only The Knife Knows The Coco Yam”

21. Paul Robeson ( Lawyer, human rights activist, musician, actor).

inspired to live up your dreams as you help contribute to the African continent and the diaspora stop…

Here are few examples:

1. “Fomba Trawally is a Liberian, former refugee in Ivory Coast who had to drop out of school inorder to support his siblings. With the help of his Ivorian friend who gave him a loan, he started his small business, now it grew so much that the company is one of the biggest in Liberia” In the future he hopes to start a manufacturing company in Liberia so that he can start exporting to other countries within Africa and beyond…Trawally former refugee who made it in Liberia

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2. Ikal Angelei, Kenyan environmentalist, fighting to stop the building of a dam that would destroyed the livelihood of the fishermen/ women, and their source of income. Angelei is the founder of the group “Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT)”.
see more on : ikal-angelei

3. Joy Wanjiku is a Kenyan who realized that the elderly in her community were being abandoned for that reason she started an organization where she goes in with volunteers help them clean up and anything else they might need. Joyce Wanjiku Kairu Caring for senior citizens

4. P-Square is a band of Nigerian twins- self made musicians who used what they had in Africa to make something out of their lives.They are positive role models to young people who would like to capitalize their talents.

6.Vérone Mankou is a 26 years old engineer from Congo-Brazzaville, he invented the first homegrown computer on the continent currently his computers are on sales, please see the link: Congo-Brazzaville: Inventor Puts African Tablet On Sale

7. Deborah Ahenkorah is a 24 years old Ghanaian who started a project promoting -encouraging Africans to write children books because their is power in self- defining, opened children’s library in Ghana and she also awards the best author in a yearly competition …..

8.Kassi is an artist from Ivory Coast, he uses his work to depict the story of his society, see his homage to full figured/big women in Africa here….Kassi celebrates big ladies…

Black is Beautiful: “Black Girls Killing it” Ñuul Kukk!

These images debunk stereotypes about black people especially women, they give us a glimpse into the deep beautiful bones of women of African descent, African women, blacks across the globe ( Pan-African). I hope you enjoy them and be inspired to imitate some of their natural hair styles, head wraps/ties and generally their Afro-centric fashion.

What these women taught us is that you can wear your roots, Africaness in a sophisticated manner, so don’t believe the internalized taught self-hate, colonized, slave mentality that it is backwards, not formal to look ” african” be it with our natural hair, in our beautiful African fabrics and head wraps/ ties. You can be African in the office, at the club, on the streets, at the farm, at school etc most of the women attached are everyday people working and impacting the world in their respective careers, so you can do it. Black is beautiful ( Bili Zen in Yotti/Bali language ) therefore you have no reason to be ashamed of who you are. Enjoy!

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Help to Bring Justice for Late Trayvon Martin: African Immigrants in America Racial Murder Doesn’t Wait to Hear Your “Nice” Accent …

Above: Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman (L) and Trayvon Martin (R)

If you are black you are Trayvon Martin therefore let us work together to fight racist views about black people and make sure the killer of Trayvon Martin is persecuted. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor” Elder Desmond Tutu

What can you do?

1. Know the story- a 17 years old African-American boy Trayvon Martin went out to get skittles (candy/sweet) and a drink (ice tea) in his father’s gated neighborhood store on his way back, a member of the neighborhood watcher claimed that Martin looked suspicious, hence he shot him like a dog and the police are yet to arrest the murderer

2. Take action by signing this petition Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin my continental Africans in the diaspora you can say oh this is African-Americans problem, but as you know racial profiling/murder does’t wait to hear your “nice” accent remember 23 years old late Amadou Diallo from Guinea,West Africa who was shot 41 times by 4 officers all because they suspected he was armed. If you are black in America it doesn’t matter ..my white/brown/etc associates esp those of you that believe in “one world” this is your chance to show Martin and thousand other black boys/men that you believe your words- solidarity!

3. Stop encouraging racist system that oppresses black people criminalizing black boys even before they are born.

For additional material in this case :

1.Witnesses in Trayvon Martin death heard cries before shot

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3. Trayvon Martin: 15 facts you need to know about case of teen shot in Sanford, Florida

4.The 411 On Trayvon Martin's Killer George Zimmerman (DETAILS)

5. Trayvon Martin's girlfriend tells prosecutors about their call the night he died

6.Trayvon Martin Final Moments Captured During Phone Call With Teenage Girl

7. Witnesses describe Florida teen shooting

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9.What Trayvon Martin and Troy Davis Are Telling Us From the Grave

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11. Join the protest….if you are in the New York area.

12.Trayvon Martin's parents attending Million Hoodie March

13. Fight by attending talks on racism to expand your mind on the topic, sign petitions, speak out when your friends endorse racists behavior/comment, join protesters on the streets, do what you can in your power so that your/our black children don’t have to question……

14.Trayvon Martin, White Denial and the Unacceptable Burden of Blackness in America

15.Black men and women need to stand up for Black boys and girls like Trayvon Martin

16.Trayvon Martin Case: Timeline of Events

17.A Letter to my Future Son

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19. Stand for what is right at all cost….

20. The Bullet Next Door: An Open Letter To My Unborn, Black Boy

21. "Walking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin." By Amy Goodman

22.Bill Lee, Sanford Police Chief, Steps Down Temporarily Over Trayvon Martin Case

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Quoting Brother Jasiri X “the message of [ young brother Trayvon's murder] is that only white life is protected in America”..

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Similar stories of racial murder in America’s recent past…

TRAYVON MARTIN IS BUT ONE OF MANY VICTIMS HUNTED FOR NO OTHER REASON BUT BEING BLACK AND MALE

25.Shooting Death of Dane Scott Jr. by Police: Another Trayvon Martin Type Coverup?

26.Trayvon Martin Case: Frank Taaffe, Friend Of George Zimmerman, Defends Shooter

27.Zimmerman, One-Man Lynch Mob, Intended To Kill Trayvon All Along

28. Obama on Trayvon Martin: ‘If I had a son, he’d look

29.Geraldo Rivera’s Idiotic Rant: ‘Trayvon’s Hoodie Is As Responsible for His Death as George Zimmerman’

30.Why black people don't trust the police

31.If Trayvon’s Mother Were White, Would Obama Give Her a Call?

32.Dwyane Wade speaks out on shooting death of Trayvon Martin

33.Tyrese Gibson expresses his views on the death of Trayvon Martin

34.Trayvon's Killing And The Tyranny Of GUNS

35.Trayvon Martin's Death Puts Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Under New Scrutiny

36.Witness: Zimmerman 'never … tried to help' Trayvon Martin

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38. Dover Kent County Residents Protest Killing of Travon Martin in Florida

39.Sinead O’Connor Goes In On Trayvon Martin, Hip-Hop and The Black Community

40.Thousands expected in Sanford on 1 month anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death

41. Will Smith on Trayvon…..

42. Malinda Williams on Trayvon (March 21) she included the picture below with comment:

“Fear erodes, destroys, cripples, disrupts, paralyzes and ultimately kills. I need us to NEVER forget!!!”

43. The Heat's hoodies as change agent

44.LeBron James’ reaction to tragic killing of Trayvon Martin shows his growth

"In this image posted to Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James' Twitter page, Miami Heat players wear team hoodies. Heat stars Dwyane Wade and James decided, Thursday, March 22, 2012, to make their reactions about the Trayvon Martin situation public, and James felt the best way to do that was the team photo with everyone wearing hoodies. Martin, an unarmed black teenager wearing a hooded sweat shirt, was shot to death on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. by a neighborhood crime-watch volunteer."

43.The New Black Panther Party is offering a reward for the capture of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.

44.Trayvon Martin's parents say the police are trying to kill their son's reputation by bringing up claims he was suspended.

45.New claims cast Trayvon Martin as the aggressor

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47.Geraldo Rivera apologizes for comments

48.George Zimmerman, Son of a Retired Judge, Has 3 Closed Arrests

49.Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman's Lawyer, Reportedly Flees Lawrence O'Donnell Interview

50.You Won't Believe UT's Daily Texan Trayvon Martin Cartoon (UPDATED)

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52.In Case You Missed It: George Zimmerman’s “Friend” Joe Oliver exposed as a fraud (videos)

53.Subtle racism and racial profiling in the age of Obama

54. Global solidarity for Trayvon…an Iraqi girl’s prospective

55.Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman

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57.NBC News anchors, correspondents and contributors discuss the feelings that Trayvon's death sparked

58.New Orleans officer resigns after Trayvon comments

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60.White Christians Sleep While Young Black Men Die

61. Spike Lee 300 Tweets on Trayvon Martin….

62.African American-Celebrity Reactions to Trayvon Martin Tragedy

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64.Poll on Trayvon Martin case shows racial divide

65.White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin! by Michael Skolnik

66.Pew poll: Majority of Republicans, whites think there's too much Trayvon coverage

67.Black anchors on msnbc reflect on Trayvon's case

68.29 Black People Have Been Killed by Police/Security Since Jan 2012: 16 Since Trayvon

69.Armed Neo-Nazis Now Patrolling Sanford, Say They Are "Prepared" For Post-Trayvon Martin Violence

70.Playing the Violence Card

71.‘Long Live Zimmerman’ Painted On Ohio State’s Black Cultural Center

72. 2Face Idibia Conscious Nigerian Musician Pays Tribute To Trayvon

73. Trayvon Martin killing: UN human rights chief calls for investigation

74.Racial slur on Mich. road sign targets Trayvon Martin

75.Special Prosecutor Won't Take Trayvon Martin Killing to Grand Jury

76.BREAKING: George Zimmerman Launches Website, Features Vandalized Black Cultural Center

77.Zimmerman's lawyers withdraw from Trayvon Martin case

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78.Teacher Fired For Organizing A Fundraiser For Trayvon Martin

79.George Zimmerman to be charged in Trayvon Martin shooting, official says

80. The subjectivity of slacktivism

81. Trayvon's Mother: 'I Believe It Was An Accident'

82.Zimmerman charged with 2nd degree murder

83.George Zimmerman makes first appearance in Florida court

84.Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

85."Zimmerman Confronted Martin" Court Affidavit Released! (DETAILS)

86.Trayvon Martin's father says he warned son about stereotypes

87.Martin judge may have conflict of interest

88.Miami Firefighter’s Facebook Post Blames Trayvon Martin Situations on ‘Sh*tbag Parents’

89.Zimmerman wants to Apologize to Trayvon Martin’s Family

90.Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA)..,,,NAACP statement on Trayvon case

91.‘I Am Sorry,’ Zimmerman Says as Bail Is Set at $150,000

92.George Zimmerman released on bond

93.George Zimmerman Bail Reverses All Hard Work Done for Trayvon Martin

94.LESSONS ON RACE FROM GEORGE ZIMMERMAN by Matthew McKnight

95. SUDDENLY GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HAS BLACK ROOTS AND $200K FROM WEBSITE NO ONE KNEW ABOUT

96.George Zimmerman Credibility May Be Issue In Trayvon Martin Case

97.Shameful! Zimmerman Free On Bail

98. Zimmerman investigator blamed black officers for leaks, ‘pressure’ to file charges

99. Memorial's removal in Sanford sets off new tension months after Trayvon Martin shooting

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101. George Zimmerman's Defense Team Granted Permission To See Trayvon Martin's Records

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Read Dr. Camille O. Cosby on how America ( the white controlled nation) taught their youth to kill blacks, in this piece she discusses particularly about her son’s ( Ennis William Cosby) killer Mikail Markhasev closeup.asp?cid=9&pid=431&offset=17