The New Scramble for Africa

This published piece does a good job at surface analyzing the European domination of Africa.
-Cowan

Post America Notes: Africans vs. African Americans

Africans vs. African Americans

It has come to my attention that an increasing number of Africans immigrants here in America have a negative perception of African Americans. While this sentiment is not surprising, what is surprising is the active separation of Africans communities from African Americans and the outspoke rhetoric of not wanting to be identified with or to have any connection with African Americans.

Historically, this has never been the case, the first African immigrants stood alongside us during the fight for our civil rights in the 1950s & 1960s, which coincided with many national African independence movements. African Americans in science, sports, and life simply, have stood at the forefront as Champions breaking down stereotypes worldwide and striking down any notion of inferiority to whites. And Africans have endorsed us the entire way, giving us the truth and the knowledge needed to overthrow our mental enslavers. Africans loved our music from the Blues to Gospel, Jazz and Rock N Roll, or watching Sports with Jesse Owens, and the list goes on. Even when Black Americans were struggling to get Black faces in Film, West Indians and Nigerians played a major image role in the movie, Raisin in the Sun. When the countries of Africa sued for independence from colonizing Europe, African Americans stood up in solidarity and chanted Pan Africanism. Together, we won independence and Civil Rights as part of the same worldwide revolution. Not to mention African immigrants often marry Black Americans. Who has bewitched our African brothers and sisters abroad and inside the United States to hate us? I know Hip Hop and Black Celebrities are loved all over Africa? Remember Muhammad Ali? In response, I want to address this so that every African American can bring these points, to quickly correct and move forward with our African family.

When asked why he did not want to be identified with African Americans, one Sierra Leone Man said, "I speak French, English, and two tribal languages. I cannot be grouped with the lazy African American. The African American is not born in Africa and cannot claim to be African. We are not the same."

As an African American, I have heard this before, not only from Africans, but from Blacks from the Caribbean Islands. I quickly recognize the attempt to categorize and place a hierarchy among Blacks. Only, my response has always been the same and I encourage African Americans to take the same stance.

For so long, we, African Americans have fought for our place in the American landscape that we have ignored this conversation, valuing our American citizenship much more than needed. While many African Americans cannot trace themselves back to Africa, it is no secret how we came to America. So let me begin properly.

I am utterly offended by any African who seeks to categorize or place an label on African Americans as lazy. Do not forget, that it was us who fought for the basic civil liberties that you now enjoy here in the United States. We, African Americans shed our blood, sweat, and tears, so that you can now freely travel here unabated or harassed. Never forget our struggle, because it is because of our struggle you are here. Lazy, no, we have moved mountains, labored, endeavored, long suffered, and worked miracles. I am offended any African can call even the most ignorant African American lazy, do not forget how we got here and why we remain. We celebrate our past and link to you, our brothers and sisters in Africa. How dare you say we "are not African." Are you blind? Do you not know your history. The same Demons which now seek to recolonize Africa are the same Demons who still hold us in free bondage in North America.

Furthermore, it is traditional law, for the Kinsmen, clan, or Tribe to redeem their brother or sister if they are found to be a slave. Why did none of our Kinsmens come looking for us. Twenty Million Africans were sold to the Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, and Dutch in North, Central and South America. Not even half came to the United States. Yet, no where in American History is there a record of an African Clan or Nation coming across the Atlantic to seek the life of his stolen or lost Members-brother or sister. Why didn't anyone come looking? How can you look down on your stolen brother and say, "he is no brother of mine." I reject your rights to speak such a thing. No African today can take what isn't theirs to give, and that is our place at the table of any African nation, should we choose to return. How dare anyone look at my Black Face and not say I'm African, do you not know your history.

Last, you say, we are not the same. But I say different. Though, you may speak more European languages than I, and have the knowledge of the ancient clans to speak your tribal tongue, do not the Europeans still rule you with their religion, values, and language? The nation of African Americans is just as must a slave, as any African nation today, victim to the same banking, overvaluing of all things white or European, corporate bias, poverty, crime, drug, religious attempts to divide us into individuals so that our Nations can be weak. We may not live together, but we are inflicted with the same pestilence. Do not make us an enemy because we are the same.

In conclusion, African Americans should be highly offended by any African or Carib seeking to label or place an colonial heirarchy on their existence. Not only are we all Africans but we are united in the same Diaspora as those Brothers and Sisters in the 60s & Independence movements. Nothing has changed but we have turned on each other. Instead, I propose we create community centers where we, African born and abroad, can build our communities again. Let us reevaluate our current status in the world and predict the divisions our enemies want to place among us. Since, we are the only heterogenous culture, with the strength and wealth to destroy European Worldwide domination, why don't we start again with a plan. We are, after all, over 1 billion strong on the continent of Africa alone. Altogether, we are over 1.4 billion deep, plus the Gods gifted us the wealth of the world in our shores. Class is over, lets act.

PS. There is a lesson in the island nation Trinidad History, which can serve as a reminder for us all. In 1797, the population was 17,718, about 56 percent of whom were slaves. There were also 4,476 free nonwhites and 2,151 whites. Who do you think held the slaves in check? Think properly and do not be so convinced that you can't see your brothers and sisters, in need of support. 

Post America Notes
-Cowan F. Amaye-Obu

A Message of Warning to the Children of the Diaspora (North, Central, and South America)

Herein are the words twice given in admonishment and correction. This is the message from the Ancestors of our great people and the Spirit of the Ancient Deities, to those Africans still held in bondage in this foreign land, suffering under the rule of foreigner rulers. May the Orishas have mercy on your souls if you fail to heed this warning and begin preparations on this day…

Thus says the Spirit of the First & the Last, the Ancient of Ages, Lord of Lords

                 "I remember you,
The Kindness of your youth,
The love of your betrothal,
When you went after Me in the wilderness,
In a land not sown.
My People were holiness to the Almighty Creator,
The first fruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend;
Disaster will come upon them," says the Ancient Deity of Ages.

Hear the word of the Lord, O House of Jacob and all the families of the
House of Israel.

Thus says the Lord of Lords:

What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
Have followed idols,
And have become idolaters?
Neither did they say, Where is the Lord of Lords, The Creator of All, Ancient of Ages.
Who brought us up out of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts sandpits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed and where no man dwelt?
I brought you to a bountiful country, to eat fruits and its goodness,
But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My Heritage an Abomination.

The Priests did not say, Where is the Lord of Justice?
And those who handle the law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
The prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

Therefore, I will yet bring charges against you, says Olorun, the Ancient of Ages.
And against your children's children I will bring charges.

For pass beyond the coasts of Cypus and see,
Send to Kedar and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.

Has a nation changed its gods, which are not gods?
But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.

Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate," say the God of Gods,
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters,
And they hewn themselves cisterns- broken cisterns that can hold no water…"

"Are the children of God a servant?
Is he a homeborn slave?
Why is he plundered?
The young lions roared at him, and growled: They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

Also, the people of Noph andTahpanhes, have broken the crown of your head.
Have you not brought this on yourself?

In that you have forsaken the Deities of Your Ancestors?
When they led you in the way?
And now why take the road to Egypt?

Continuing...

Paradigm Shift

This website is dedicated to matters which concern the Black community of America and abroad. The unpublished propaganda, biological, cultural and physical war against Africans and their descendants worldwide by Imperial Europe and their Imperial Democracies is of upmost concern. And like any honest Agent of change, I would encourage avid reading to educate the mind of the world we live in. Thus, each month, I will offer one book or documentary, which exposes the White Supremist Capitalist Patriarchy system in power. This month is a novel by a legendary Rutgers University Professor Ivan Van Sertima, They Came Before Columbus. Change what you think, starting with Don Christobal Colon.

http://thehouseofsankofa.com/books/Ivan-Van-Sertima-They-Came-Before-Columbu.pdf
   

Childbirth… The Purpose of Life. (Poem)

I am programmed to fill this role by the Creator of my species…
A mere Man defies the laws of mathematics,
making the sum total of 1 + 1 = 3.
A God- like statement to the world.
To Who?

To Destiny, Father Time, and Mother Fate, I decree…
I say to Uncle Moon, who has watched all those before me,
 great and small come and go…
"Here I am."

Your Child is Alive.
Though the seasons change, the years fly by in mere seconds.
And the months are expressed in moments.
The weeks are thoughts, but the days we barely remembers like lost memories.

In a 1000 years, Our galaxy has yet to move.
Which means, Our Grandfather Sun has barely walked across a street in the Universe.

WE are alive today.
The Man, the same, but stronger than at our birth a million Abyssinian years ago.
Before our Solar System lived in the Milky Way Projects, I decree…
To Father Time, Mother Fate, Auntie Destiny, and Uncle Moon, "Here I am…"

And like the Master when looking at his lowly Dog companion,
Or like the heart and lungs are mere organs in a body,
You are the Higher Order of Bodies.
Truly the cause of all things good and bad, I ask, what is the purpose of this life and existence, for Here I am?

A million Abyssinian years old and growing…

They reported to me…

"Death, the enemy Cousin of Us all, is not the end, but a means to begin new life.
The purpose of life is to live and improve. Therefore, in living and improving, we fulfill our purpose. Be fruitful and multiply, for the cycle is eternal. Our bodies shall out live the greatest among you and Our ways you can not fathom. For the Highest Order is the Order of Us all. "
                                                    - The Ancient One of Days

Regressive History- How Black America Remained Slaves

In 1903, W. E. B Dubois wrote, "the problem of the 20th Century is the problem of the color line."


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A Stunning Interpretation of the Movie, Top Five

Through interpreting literature, readers can discover hidden meanings, both intentional and unconscious  of a written work. English Literary theorists use common theories such as Romanticism, Marxism, Constructionism (& Deconstructionism), Freudian, or Feminism to help decipher author intent in writing. Often, authors create elaborate stories with little explanation of character development, actions or why the conclusion ends in a certain way or so abruptly. Any written literature can be interpreted, including the numerous Hollywood movie scripts performed and herald on the silver screen. As we consider many Hollywood Films and write a number of interpretations, we will compile them into an easy reader to additional help. Our opening film is Top Five.

In, Top Five, Chris Rock writes a comedy masterpiece full of laughs and logical lessons learned. Whether intentional or unconsciously, Rock, opens the consciousness of Blacks living in today's post-modern America. What is disclosed in this film can be trivially denounced as comedic or rather, simply a coincidence of writing. However, Literary Theorists using African American theory see another unsettling reality…

According to the movie Top Five, viewers enter the story to find a established Black Actor, named Andre Allen, as he enters a phase in his life when he wants to be considered serious and credible. So, he makes a hypothetical film called, Uprize, which is about a Haitian Revolutionary, who kills a bunch of white people in a fight for freedom from slavery. The protagonist, Allen, is trying to escape being type casted as a comedy star for his previous work, in the hypothetical film, Hammy the Bear. Thus, he is amazed at the amount of criticism from both whites and blacks about the new film (Uprize). Meanwhile, he is engaged to be married shortly, to a beautiful reality TV star and Allen has agreed to an interview by a second major character, a reporter named Chelsea Brown.

Literary Theorists using African American Theory and Freudian Psychoanalysis see a second story which is buried in the lines of the writer. Andre Allen can be interpreted and seen as the modern Black Man in America. The modern Black Man wants to be dealt with as serious and credible, but he is only seen and taken seriously as a funny Sambo or rather, a Savage Animal, who is funny. The ideas and projects like taking arms and fighting for his liberation is immediately struck down for a number of reasons. One, it promotes Black Liberation, which is taboo in a society which silently practices colonialism using Black people. Black Liberation represents Black Manhood, Black Intelligence, Black Nationhood and the end of white domination, which is silently assumed and maintained in post modern America. Any notion of revolution is subversive to the current White Capitalist Supremist power structure and so must be denounced or discredited to keep the entire house of cards, credible and from falling. Another reason was stated candidly by Kevin Hart's character, support of such ideas is detrimental to the Black Man's dubious position and health. Therefore, if a Black Man wanted to succeed in modern day America, he  cannot be openly seen to support Black Liberation, or everything he holds dear, his job and livelihood could be cut off. This is truly an unintended unconscious interpretation of the script, but the theory remains true. (Is Chris Rock questioning the state of the Black Man in modern America?)

What is equally shocking about the unconsciousness of this film, is the engagement of the protagonist, to a reality TV star, named Erica Long. Now, Erica Long is a beautiful Black Woman looking to reign in her success on reality TV with her public wedding to the movie star, Andre Allen. The news of the wedding and plans have created a media frenzy full celebrities and rich sponsors. This is the moment that will break Erica Long into Stardom. 


According to African American Theory and Freudian Psychoanalysis, Erica Long is the modern Black Woman in America. The Black Woman's allegiance to the American dream has been forced upon her and thus, her existence has become somewhat a surreal reality. She has become a real reality star. The Black Woman's ultimate quest for success has changed from the lessons in her African roots to anterior  values like celebrity, fame, marriage and family, placing the Black woman alongside all the women of America, competing for the best "catch" of a man. She is facing the reality of life here in the foreign culture of modern America. Erica does not consider that her values are superficial and unreal, even new, representing the state of mind of the modern Black Woman, who operates in a foreign world of superficial values with total amnesia of her past and a near refusal to go back to life before this reality (show) life began. And just like in the film, any situation, circumstance, or event that affects the modern Black Man, such as cheating or his going to jail, also jeopardizes her quest to success, and is ultimately detrimental to her position and health as well. Erica Long, just like the modern Black Woman has been forced to become an opportunist for survival, but she is still inextricably intertwined with the fate of the modern Black Man.

The writer of Top Five discloses intentionally or unconsciously the state of Blacks in post-modern America. So much can be extracted from the film. The doubtful Manager/Promoter character of Jazzy Dee, played by Cedric the Entertainer. Dee represents the ambigious unsophisticated management of small black businesses, which when compared to other successful businesses, Black or White, is portrayed as untrustworthy and unreliable. Thus, this portrayal of the Black businessman by the writer, as slothful, lends reason to why Blacks today fail to support their own small business like in the past, due to this post-modern negative connotation of bad service. This view is imposed, and selectively applied because the other black businessmen in the film, are not hung by this same negative connotation. 

There is the exploitation of the black woman, as seen in the sleazy sex scene with the two escorts. The protagonist says it was the lowest point in his life.  

To Be Continued… Please email CFAmayeobu@gmail.com for the entire article.