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Abibitumi honors Baba Runoko Rashidi

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Some of you may not know this, but Baba Runoko Rashidi was a pioneer in online teaching long before it became a “thing”. Baba Runoko had a tremendous influence on the course and direction of Abibitumi in its formative years.

He taught courses such as "Around the World with Runoko Rashidi" (2008), "The Global African Presence" (2010, 2011), "A Tribute to Great Black Women in History" (2011), "Who is the Original Man?" (2012), "The Ancient African Diaspora/The Modern African Diaspora Lectures" (2012) and many more!

Because of the very special relationship he had with us at Abibitumi during our formative years, we think that it is only right to honor this legend, this giant in the best way possible.

It is in this spirit that we will honor the life's work and dedication of Baba Runoko Rashidi, who dedicated his very life to the work of connecting the Afrikan=Black family.






Who was Baba Runoko Rashidi?
Baba Runoko Rashidi described himself as a scholar, historian, author and a lecturer. Born in 1954, the historian was about 67 years old when he passed away.



He held frequent seminars about African History, Pan-Africanism, and focused his work specifically on the global African presence, which details the movement of Africans outside Africa before and after enslavement.



Baba Runoko Rashidi was also a highly successful author, having published collections of essays, as well as books about Black culture and Black history. He was a prolific academic writer, publishing 22 books across his career.



These include The Black Image In Antiquity, Black Star: The African Presence In Early Europe, as well as Uncovering The African Past.

Baba Runoko Rashidi had travelled across the world, visiting 124 countries, as well as lecturing and teaching in 67 of them. In 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Amen-Ra Theological Seminary in LA.

Recently he had been researching African artefacts, and African cultural presence in museums around the world. He had also been part of the curatorial and academic board of the Pan-African Heritage Museum since 2020.

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Attorney Marina Blake

Nyuki ni Mali. This episode showcases the profits of liquid gold in Kenya. From generation to generation, a source of income and heritage. Requiring little maintenance and doing fairly well in semi-arid regions.

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The Very, Very, Very Best of King Robert Ebizimor of the Izon/Ijaw Kingdom of Niger Delta.

At one point the Black Relationship was the hardest to penetrate as both men & women suffered under the cruel hand of oppression and our love of family the vision of survival kept us working together under the hardest of tactics.

Feminism was the tactic employed which initially was not our cause as melanated men nor women had no rights under slavery or colonisation. Not to say the advancement of better equality and opportunity and addressing of domestic violence was not a good thing but it was coupled with conditions set to destroy the black family as its primary objective when issued to so called blacks. This tactic amongst others such as Government intervention of assistance if the man was no longer available through unemployment which leads to destruction of male pride as a protector, benefits due to woman and child only, alcohol and drugs flooding our community, the selling of drugs as an only source of income, and mass incarceration of the male as public enemy No.1 in the 60's & 70's, fostered by support of magazines and shows in the 80's with a promotion of we don't need no men, we can do fine by ourselves, and movie & music industry in the 90's supporting this with gangster rap degrading women and films such as Stella getting her groove, a thin line and more all as a divide and conquer tactic deployed in America initially under the guise of we are progressing yet controlled by the same individuals who had a hand in our demise. in the 2010's the emergence of men responding via what is referred as the manosphere to the point where we now have a full divide, separation and outright disrespect for one another fostered by the new weapon of choice, social media.

This event by the Thursday club intended to address these issues by discussing the term 'Black love' with 3 sets of couples to discuss the ups, downs and all the inbetweens to help empower others to see the importance and evidence that we can, will and must work together first through understanding with a focus on healing the damage, as we are currently continuing without the assistance of Hybrid Europeans to perpetuate destruction on our own future.... Our Children.

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The second seminar in the Curating Culture Seminar Series presented by Dr. Joseph Farquharson, Senior Lecturer at the Jamaican Language Unit, UWI, Mona.

Abstract
The study of Etymology is concerned with the history and origin of words, but it can also tell us about the history and origin of the people who use the words, how they live, their life, and the direction in which they are heading. This talk looks at the African words in the Jamaican language and discusses how these words chart the history, present and future of the people who use these words.

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(The music plays throughout the whole video if it’s a distraction to you, DONT LISTEN. I will not be posting a copy without the music anytime soon. Dr Hilliard’s videos are a available on Clark Atlanta’s library site.)

Dr Hilliard describes himself as an educator, a psychologist, and a historian. He uses these disciplines to give a clear and concise depiction of the state of the African diaspora, past and present. Dr Hilliard provides problems as well as solutions by focusing on the source of the problems instead of the symptoms. This is rare footage that will not be found anywhere else. MAAT Keru to Baba Asa.
(To prevent people from stealing his footage and profiting, I will not provide this particular video without the music, so i apologize if it's a distraction. You can check out a lot of Dr Hilliards work on the Clark Atlanta library site.)
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