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Monday, October 31, 2022
The American Mastodon Publication celebrates Allhallowtide with the Release of The Legends of King Odum
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In honor of the Saints, Holy Martyrs, and our Dearly Departed during Allhallowstide, Oct. 31st- Nov. 2nd, The American Mastodon Publication would like to celebrate with the release of two great works; The Legends of King Odum and The African Diaspora Census Report of 2022-2023. This is a time to remember our dearly departed and the lessons of life they left behind to enrich our time among the living. We lift their names in our prayers, visit their resting places, and plant flowers/give gifts in their honor.
Set
during the reign of the Benin Empire, Akaso,
the primary literature from The Legends
of King Odum, is the story told from the natives a century before Joseph
Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and after, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. King Odum, is an
actual figure from the late 1700s. As a young prince in the Niger Delta, during
the European exploration of the Guinea coast, Odum sets out on a journey to
find an Ingiminji (Mermaid), a local cult
figure, only to discover she has been seized by a mutinous group aboard an
infamous vessel of the East India Company, The Hartwell (1787). The challenges
of Prieta, the mermaid, lead to a grand alliance within the Empire.
To
summon the reader to better understand the culture of this novel, “Two Gods,”
allows the two greatest ideas of the East and West to coalesce and ascertain
the better concept. Through the guise of this cult, we discover two tales,
which helped to shape the imagination and moral values of Prince Odum in,
“Abayomi,” and “The Merchant’s Children.”
Finally, in an act of war against Elem
Kalabari, a region responsible for the sale of over 4 million enslaved persons
out of Guinea, Odum is forced to relinquish his throne, in order to save his
own kingdom from enslavement by neighboring tribes. King Odum, is a fallen
medieval figure of precolonial West Africa researched by GI Jones, Trading States of The Oil Rivers (1963)
& Kenneth Dike’s Trade and Politics
in the Niger Delta (1956). The cross-cultural connections are widespread
and abundant, bringing readers into the heart of Guinea and the Benin Empire,
as well as the renown Frigates of the British East India Company. This short
historical fiction creates written art out of history and opens an entire world
for many to view with their spectacles, or open eyes, the wonders of the Dark
Continent.
The African Diaspora Census Report of 2022-2023
The American Mastodon Publication is proud to announce The Afro American Quadrennial Census Report of 2022. Since 2013, the AMP has published a four year study on the population of Africans in the Diaspora. This year, in addition to Africans or Blacks in North, Central, and South America, we will include the African populations of Europe. Our last Census Publication, The African Census of 2020-2021 by Cowan Amaye-Obu reported that the worldwide African population was over 1,425,983,327 people as of July 2021 (African Census AMP 2021), and in comparing it to our Black Census Report of 2016 (Devil in the Details AMP 2016), AMP reported the African population had boomed over 400,000,000 people from the year 2016 to 2020. The most significant fact in our previous report was that Africans are the second largest population of people on Earth as of 2020. This fact was overshadowed by the SARS-COVID 19 Pandemic, but the effect of the virus was not as severe on the continent of Africa, as in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Due to the organization of Pan-African nations and the coordination of epidemic response protocols, experience, and performance, African nations were able to avoid large scale preventable deaths and weather the controversial introduction of COVID 19 into their nations with meticulous control of their borders, immigration, and consideration of the facts over Western propaganda & financial influence, whether for advice, treatments, vaccines, or lack of cooperation due to mistrust. For this reason, the African continent performed better than every continent save Australia, which was also able to minimize the effect of SARS-COVID 19 among its population. However, the Afro America or Africans in Diaspora populations in the Americas did not fair as well. Afro American populations in the Americas are subject to all manner of treatment from marginalization to the continued racial caste enslavement by their 21st Century Post Colonial European governments in rule of the nations of the Americas. Thus, health, unemployment, poverty, life expectancy, GDP per capita, marriage, and education remain vital statistics for African American Census Reports for Africans in Diaspora. The African Diaspora Census Report of 2022 will compare the results from the previous Report of 2017-2018. We hope to disclose some vital information and present our findings for review. We appreciate your donations to aid in the publication and with God's providence, will see you during Allhallowstide, Oct. 31, 2022. Thank you!
Friday, October 21, 2022
The African Diaspora Census 2022-2023: Sojourning in the Americas
Photo Courtesy of Carnivale NY Times 2022
Ladies & Gentlemen,
The American Mastodon Publication is proud to announce The Afro American Quadrennial Census Report of 2022. Since 2013, the AMP has published a four year study on the population of Africans in the Diaspora. This year, in addition to Africans or Blacks in North, Central, and South America, we will include the African populations of Europe. Our last Census Publication, The African Census of 2020-2021 by Cowan Amaye-Obu reported that the worldwide African population was over 1,425,983,327 people as of July 2021 (African Census AMP 2021), and in comparing it to our Black Census Report of 2016 (Devil in the Details AMP 2016), AMP reported the African population had boomed over 400,000,000 people from the year 2016 to 2020. The most significant fact in our previous report was that Africans are the second largest population of people on Earth as of 2020. This fact was overshadowed by the SARS-COVID 19 Pandemic, but the effect of the virus was not as severe on the continent of Africa, as in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Due to the organization of Pan-African nations and the coordination of epidemic response protocols, experience, and performance, African nations were able to avoid large scale preventable deaths and weather the controversial introduction of COVID 19 into their nations with meticulous control of their borders, immigration, and consideration of the facts over Western propaganda & financial influence, whether for advice, treatments, vaccines, or lack of cooperation due to mistrust. For this reason, the African continent performed better than every continent save Australia, which was also able to minimize the effect of SARS-COVID 19 among its population. However, the Afro America or Africans in Diaspora populations in the Americas did not fair as well. Afro American populations in the Americas are subject to all manner of treatment from marginalization to the continued racial caste enslavement by their 21st Century Post Colonial European governments in rule of the nations of the Americas. Thus, health, unemployment, poverty, life expectancy, GDP per capita, marriage, and education remain vital statistics for African American Census Reports for Africans in Diaspora. The African Diaspora Census Report of 2022 will compare the results from the previous Report of 2017-2018. We hope to disclose some vital information and present our findings for review. We appreciate your donations to aid in the publication and with God's providence, will see you during Allhallowstide, Oct. 31, 2022. Thank you!
Sources:
Black Census Report 2013 American Mastodon Publications 2013
Devil in the Details 2016 American Mastodon Publications 2016
The African Diaspora Census Report of 2017-2018 AMP 2018
The African Census Report of 2020-2021 AMP 2021
The Conversation: The Impact of COVID 19 has been lower in Africa.
BBC World COVID Statistics https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105
Monday, September 26, 2022
The Prime Directive
Comet Photo Courtesy of NASA Scheduled to hit Earth 2029
NASA's crashing a satellite into an asteroid today (9/26/2022), sent me into a shock. In 2014, I wrote a screenplay called, Prime Directive, but made sure to leave the climax & resolution blank to see if the material would be stolen. Sure enough, thank you Google, Hollywood stole it three times on three separate films. Still, Prime Directive, an actual premonition of mine, is a concept like an "alternate universe Black Star Trek in reverse." Check it out and see for yourselves how great this project would've been in an honest America.
The Prime Directive American Mastodon Publication 2014 & 2022
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Comedian of the Decade 2020-2030: Damon Wayans "The Avant-Garde of Comedy"
Photo of Damon Wayans Courtesy of Houston Improv
There is a comedian, whose contribution is so meteoric, he was the headliner of the greatest comedy sketch show in television history, In Living Color (1990-1994). If you were not alive, you missed the show that inspired the generation of comedians we now know and love today. Before Kevin Hart or Dave Chappelle, our previous Comedians of the Decade reigned, Damon Wayans made us laugh from the stomach, by way of the ground. And although, the series, created by Keenan Ivory Wayans solidified the Wayans Family as Comedy Royalty, the show catapulted such acts as Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Kelly Coffield Park, Kim Wayans, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah', Jamie Foxx, Anna Marie Johnson, Kim Cole, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Shawn and Marlon Wayans. If one is a true connoisseur of comedy, one must digest these facts. No other show, besides Saturday Night Live or Def Comedy Jam, produced such a star quality catalog in such as short time. Still, if you watched In Living Color, Damon Wayans was the Star among Stars.
"Never underestimate the power of the Handi-Cap Man!" "So what have we
learned children, that Homey don't play that!" "The first time I saw
Damon Wayans on television, I cried from laughter."
If you remember Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop, Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle, and Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, you discovered the hilarious genius of Damon Wayans. It is important to go back and enjoy the early films. Even as a minor character in 1980s films, the brilliance of Damon often stole the show. This brilliance would lead to a career that blessed the lives of millions with genuine laughter and healing. Our Comedian of the Decade is Damon Wayans, The Avante Guard of Comedy. He is a brilliant star worthy of our accolades.
Fast forward to 1991, the premiere of, The Last Boy Scout, Damon Wayans appears alongside a young, Bruce Willis in the edgy thriller, marking the rise of his stardom and the paradigm domination of the Wayans Family as the Gate Keepers of American Comedy. Damon Wayans was at the top of the Hollywood Food Chain. It was a perfect storm ushered in by the commercialization of Hip Hop, the popularity of social commentary and Comedy Stand-Up routines, and a new era of tolerance. All of Black America, cheered the debut of Damon Wayans' Hollywood Headlining performance in, Mo' Money, which was a cultural phenomena. The film even added to the local slang with, "Mo' Money, Mo' Money, Mo!;"To describe Damon Wayans as meteoric, is not an understatement. Hollywood had found an unlikely, King of Comedy, versatile enough, to act alongside, Arnold Schwarzeneggar in, The Last Action Hero. All the dreams, disappointments, and hard work, finally paid off. But what was even more exciting, was that the success was not exclusive to Damon, and the wealth spread within the Wayans Family, and to all their 'wisely chosen,' talented friends. Keenan may have had the golden touch, and his genius deserves an award of another category, but Damon was the Gold. And Damon too, could write and spin his own tales of golden strings & webs. Ask the fans, who watched Blankman, and laughed until they cried, and then laughed some more. White America did not understand the funny. However, not only was Blankman, hilariously funny, but it was a risk to his career to teach the American populous the virtues of the common man, life's lessons, and manners. To Black America, the movie was a treasure, but to Hollywood, Damon needed to show them more! His golden performance in Major Payne, was a comedic accomplishment, which went beyond the concept & expectations of Hollywood and finally, everyone bowed down to the acting skills, superior writing, and brilliant showmanship of Damon Wayans. Damon Wayans became a staple to Americans and in turn, a fixture in Hollywood. Throughout the 1990s, the Wayans controlled 'funny,' in America with the precision of Naked Gun. No one can forget how Damon Wayans' star power ushered in the comedic rise of Adam Sandler in the film, Bulletproof (1996). The accolades of a diamond do not need to be mentioned because everyone knows, its a diamond. Still, Hollywood is yet to praise our honoree in grandiose & pomp, as is deserved by his impact on American society and his influence on later generations.
The filmography of Damon Wayans can stand alongside the greatest Comedians of all time.Yet, if you had the opportunity to view during primetime, My Wife & Kids, the television show, one would agree, the comedy genius of Damon & the Wayans Family tree had no equal. The impact of the stardom, parody, and genuine comedy set many celebrities off, but also touched the souls of ordinary Americans, as the Wayans exposed the Emperors being naked. America needed to see that behind the perfect exterior of our famous icons, were regular and often, fallible people. Damon Wayans, as a staple to the American diet, played a hardworking Father, alongside the great actress, Tisha Campbell, to a beautiful Black family and the message was to show that regardless of the issues, the ups and downs, the ebbs & flows of multiple individuals, a family can remain together, united. As a fan, this series was climatic. What else could Damon achieve? Cartoons? Producer & Writing credits? True stars never wane.
Our honoree, The Comedian of the Decade 2020-2030, is the Avant-Garde of Comedy. This award is not just for Damon, but to the host of people in which his success is inextricable bound. Damon Wayons is a star within a great American movement, which happened to take place in comedy at the dawn of the second Millennium, the 21st Century. This movement told the Emperor, that He had no clothes, and this had never been done so eloquently before. One might say, the entire Wayans Clan from Keenan to Jim Carrey to David Alan Grier, to Tommy Davidson, to Jamie Foxx to Kelly, Kim & even, Jennifer Lopez... Handing the torch to Shawn & Marlon Wayans, and consequently, Damon Wayans Jr. Do not doubt, that 'funny,' was once owned by one family. To rename, this Honor, "The Decade of In Living Color," and roll out a train of accolades & honorary titles to our Heroes, would be in-sync with praise of our Honoree. We lift up in appreciation and celebrate, The Comedian of the Decade, Damon Wayans.
Written by Cowan Amaye-Obu & Uriel Wise of The American Mastodon Publication 2022
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
"Empire of Lies" or "Land of Hope & Dreams"
To criticize one's government at war is the zenith of folly and the danger it potentially awakens is entirely avoidable with compliance. Thus, most honest productive citizens live a life of conformity, wisely choosing to bear the burdens of their own sins, and leaving the business of high office to those believed suited for such matters. Yet, when a sincere effort to reveal the hidden hypocrisies of their government arises, when most choose to ignore this dirty business, one should be most circumspect due to the consequences of being branded a traitor or seditious. The character of the author of such a report is most important, for the implications are real, and the dangers being avoidable, are ultimately unnecessary. It is in this state of unnecessary, that high evils, hegemony, high secrets, hidden agendas, and national hypocrisies live. To even point at the direct of these truths, is self evident of potential madness or genuine dedication to the service of one's countrymen, because the cost could be one's reputation, livelihood, or even life. If those high secrets and agendas have historically oppressed one's entire race within that nation, then the exposure of such secrets are less fearful, even courageous, because all Men seek freedom from oppression and enslavement. The freedom offered in this article is awareness.
First, as an American citizen, I would like to tilt my hat and commend my President Joseph R. Biden for his sterile cleaning of the American governing apparatus. The divisive rhetoric spread through the American experiment by his predecessor from 2016-2020, at its height, threatened to destroy the entire country and its 246 year history of lessons and losses. This stabilization is foremost, President Biden's most glaring achievement, as the forces of anarchy have been beached and the hope for future collaboration and civility restored. Yet, among this achievement rose a great threat, which in seeking to correct political partial-ness and intolerance, the need for a common narrative. Albeit, the necessity of a common narrative in a nation is of great importance especially in carrying out the affairs of government, the enemies of liberty, capitalists & opportunistic demagogues, captured the narrative and injected a sore evil into its tenets. The sore evil, was the legalese technique of omission of fact. A common narrative for a nation must weigh "the good, the bad, and the ugly" for productive citizens to properly make decisions regarding the direction of the common nation. The idea within the American experiment, historically has always considered, debated, and fought for a common truth for the people to live among. Still, the injection of omission of fact, into the common narrative allows for the wholesale manipulation of the entire country, where honest, indifferent, and criminal will march to the same beating drum. This is a grave moment in American history. In the courtroom, omission of fact allows the guilty to escape true justice, but in the world at large, is still just what the fact omits, a lie. What has arisen among the sterile cleaning of the American governing machine, without careful attention and possibly with un-intention, or lack of awareness of those in the halls of power, is a new common narrative injected with the rule of omission of fact. If then, the President, with his greatest intention to move this nation forward with a resolve for a common narrative to dissolve alternative narratives, was unaware of this development, then the nation, and its people, were at risk of being derailed from any sure destination a common narrative would naturally lead to. Now, let us discuss the American media and the multiple crisis at hand, the pandemic, COVID-19, and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
To Be Continued...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on the eve of the Invasion
United States President Joseph Biden State of the Union 2022
Monday, April 4, 2022
Parents Must Teach Their Children How To Love
One of the most crucial and important lessons a parent must instill into their children is, how to love. One cannot learn how to love from the outside community or masses of our children will be endangered to pursue relationships which are counter to the development of their home culture & community. One cannot learn to love their home culture without first learning to love the familiar culture of their home and family. The family is the basis of all society and of every nation. In the family, one learns the many types of varieties of love. These varieties are the intimate love between their Father & Mother and the proper love between sibling brothers & sisters. Then, one learns the love of cousins, Aunts & Uncles, and the wider community of family, friends, and the culture from which one is created and from which a person is inextricably bound. The lesson of how to love is of such an important lesson from a parent to the child, that the failure to teach this value can single-handedly destroy an entire family, and in mass, an entire group of people.
A parent must be conscious that the training one's child to know how to love is most vital to their success. Ultimately, if a community of parents are blind to this important role of Parent-ship, then they will produce a generation of broken homes, broken families, & broken individuals. The reason is clear. To have a healthy culture and community, the people must understand the delicate roles of Men & women. It is not a coincidence to promote misunderstanding in gender roles, especially when gender has been naturally defined both by biology and the evolution of human society over hundreds of thousands of years. It is not a coincidence that the destruction of the Black American Family coincides with the education of the erosion of solid gender identity in America. Every animal species has gender roles from the Bull & Heifer, Rooster & Hen, to the Lion Pride. Insects have gender roles. Amphibians have gender role. Marine animals and fish have gender roles. Even, the entire plant Kingdom is based on male & female roles. Please do not be deceived or find oneself lost in an agenda of the hegemony. These roles are not trivial, and stand as the vanguard and pillar of your culture & species. The balance of Men and Women is a practical science, of which the products are strong families, communities, cultures, and nations. The alternative is broken families and individuals, broken communities, and broken misunderstood culture. A broken nation will self destruct and destroy its very own people, in addition to surrounding nations.
So, take this lesson from a once broken man and Father. It is not enough and dangerous for people to learn how to love from popular culture, television, porn, and even, friends. For example, learning how to love from porn creates an individual, who holistically misunderstands the role of a man or a woman. The relationship with that individual will not only destroy that woman or man, but everyone if they don't receive help, that person has an intimate relationship going forward, including children and their successive relationships. To learn how to love from a foreign outsider or an outside culture, if nefarious, or even simply, naive, can create a diversive individual and/or generation, that will serve counter to the cultural progress of the group or nation. Many Americans, especially in the advent of television, cell phones, & social media have suffered unnecessarily because their concept of love was impractical, hyperbolized, and fantastical. Our Black American children, or any nation of children, must be shown how to love and taught the crucible of family and culture. This is one of the most important lessons a parent must teach their sons and daughters. So, that there is no question of their identity or orientation, and why.The purpose must be clearly outlined and stated. This cannot be left to chance. Young men and women in mass are incapable of selecting a proper life partner because they lack the insight and experience of life. Hence, the reason in older neighboring culture & nations, it is the family, who selects the life partner of their child. How to love is taught at home either intentionally directly or unintentionally indirectly. The lesson gets taught regardless. In Black America, Black women in some urban cities are 70% more likely to be single. Next to Black healthcare, and the mass extermination of Native Americans, how to love and the destruction of the Black American family is the single greatest American tragedy without massive outrage. Teach your children how to love properly, it is one of the best gifts you can depart to your child, community, and nation.
-Uriel Wise 2022
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