Thank You Muhammad Ali

"My Mother Said" by Ty Gray El

While we are fighting over the pros & cons of the Black Panther film consider this. More than 50 years ago my mother spoke of the Wakanda’s in Africa when she told me of the splendor in Mali, Songhai, Kemet, Nubia, Benin, etc & etc. And, while she did not speak of Vibranium, she told me that Africa was rich in Titanium, Platinum, Aluminum, Uranium, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Osmium, Diamonds, Gold and Silver.

So as we fight over whether the film was good for us or not, remember these facts. When Europeans were confined to the Caucus Mountains and still thought the world was flat, Africans enjoyed Wakanda. When white men were emerging from the dark ages and thought you could sail off the edge of the earth, African scholars were studying mathematics, science, poetry, music and medicine. When Europeans were afraid of fire, African alchemist were refining gold, silver and platinum. 

Remember, we are not the worse people, we are the first people. #WakandaForever 

GHANA PRESIDENT'S FEARLESS SPEECH THAT HAS LEFT THE WEST SCRATCHING THEI...

Every time an African man is bold enough to speak out in this manner, he is assassinated. Please pray for a hedge of protection around President Addo. With this kind of fearless rhetoric he is sure to be a target of the ruthless kleptocratic oligarchs who don’t want to see anything prosper out of Africa.

Wake Up Sleeping Giants-BOMA Minute 5-9-17

Glitz & Glitter-BOMA Minute 5-8-17

Foreclose On All War - BOMA Minute 5-7-17

America claims to be the strongest nation on earth yet it cannot win any of the wars it declares. And there seems to be no exit strategy to any of them. Is it me, or does it seem like the same people are backing both sides of these wars. Who’s funding the War on Poverty? Who’s on the front line of the War on Drugs and pray tell me, who is backing the War on Terror? Dr. MLK Jr said, ”Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” We need to… 

Buzzard to Brilliant - BOMA 5-6-17

May 6, 1991 - The Smithsonian Institution approved the creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. To demonstrate how far we’ve come in America, the following is an excerpt from the manuscript entitled: THE HISTORIC ADVENTURES OF LIGHTNIN’ GRAY-THE CAKEWALKER 

Lightnin’ was affectionately given that name because he was struck by lightning on at least two occasions and lived to tell it. One of the remarkable results of those lightning strikes is, that he can now remember, word-for-word, every story that was ever told to him. This is one of them…