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House of a Thousand Knots - the Bentwood Architecture of the Orma Women Builders. Kwabena Ofori Osei 71 Views • 3 years ago

This is a previously undiscovered African house, from east Kenya,. It is almost on the edge of extinction, with the tradition being preserved by one remarkable young woman, Ramadan. The tiny home, a beautiful example of organic architecture, is constructed by around twenty women builders over three days, usually just before a marriage. The house is unusually high, with a raised up bed, and this is to protect the occupants from the occasional flooding of the river Tana. All the natural materials are gathered from within a few kilometers of the village. Essentially it is a bentwood frame lashed together into a gridshell. The whole structure is strong as it is a natural parabolic dome. The area is undergoing rapid change as modern materials and electricity are being brought in, so we were very fortunate to be able to record this building before it disappears completely.

COMPETITION: We tried to count how many knots were actually used in making the building. We have a small competition. The person who is closest to our answer, within three months of the video uploading will receive one of the very last copies of my book, free of charge. Leave a comment with your number, and how you estimated it (even if it is just a random guess). As long as we can then contact you to get your address we will send you a book all about nomadic architecture. There are only about 20 left unsold and this will never again be printed.

FUNDRAISER: This high building has evolved out of a very lightweight and mobile architecture that the same tribe use in the semi-desert regions to the north. We need to raise $5,000 to return to make a full record of this building type. We are open to sponsorships, or would even take a guest with us if you will cover the costs, fancy a trip of a lifetime working on a really important research project?

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MUSIC: I write all the music for our more recent videos. If you like it let me know, I know it is not perfect, but I enjoy it!

Why Malcolm X Left The Nation Of Islam Kwadwo Danmeara Tòkunbọ̀ Datɛ 71 Views • 3 years ago

In 1959, TV Producers Mike Wallace and Louis Lomax produced a five part TV special entitled, "The Hate That Hate Produced" about the Nation of Islam. The special introduced millions of Americans to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and The Nation of Islam for the first time. Five years later, Malcolm X would leave the organization. In this video, we explore the reasons why.

Sources
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Books:

Lincoln, C. Eric. The Black Muslims in America. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9780865433991.
Taylor, Ula Yvette. “The Promise of Patriarchy.” Women and the Nation of Islam, 2017.

Muhammad, Elijah. The Supreme Wisdom - Solution to the So-called NEGROES Problem VOL. 1. 1997. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855139.

Muhammad, Elijah. The Supreme Wisdom - What Every American So-Called Negro Should Know About - Vol. 2. 1996. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855191.

Gibson, Dawn-Marie, and Jamillah Karim. “Women of the Nation.” Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam, 2014.
Muhammad, Elijah. The Tricknology of the Enemy. Edited by Nasir Hakim, 1997. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855214.

Muhammad, Elijah. Message to the Blackman in America. 1965. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781929594016.
Gardell, Mattias. “In The Name of Elijah Muhammad.” Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, 1996. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9780822318521.

Articles/Journals:

Abdat, Fathie Ali. “The Moorish Science Temple of America.” Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements, edited by Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack, Brill, 2021, pp. 673–93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.....1163/j.ctv1v7zbv8.3 Accessed 29 Dec. 2022.

Melnick, Jeffrey. Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New South. University Press of Mississippi, 2000. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvfgn. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

MacLean, Nancy. “The Leo Frank Case Reconsidered: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Making of Reactionary Populism.” The Journal of American History, vol. 78, no. 3, Oxford UP (OUP), Dec. 1991, p. 917. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078796.

“The Little-known Story Behind Marcus Garvey’s Fierce Fight With WEB DuBois - SamePassage.” SamePassage - Truth Untold, 20 Aug. 2020, samepassage.org/the-little-known-story-behind-marcus-garveys-fierce-fight-with-web-dubois.

MUHAMMAD, RICHARD. “Dreams, Delusions and Slander.” Dreams, Delusions and Slander, 18 Jan. 2019, www.finalcall.com/artman/publi....sh/editorials/Dreams

“The Imam’s Next Move : W. Deen Mohammed Has Moved the Black Muslims in His Ministry Toward Reconciliation With Other Races and Religions. Now, He Wants the Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan to Put Aside His Separatist Sentiments and Join Him.” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1994, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xp....m-1994-08-04-ls-3328

“Power, Ignorance, and Anti-Semitism: Henry Ford and His War on Jews.” Power, Ignorance, and Anti-Semitism: Henry Ford and His War on Jews, history.hanover.edu/hhr/99/hhr99_2.html. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

“Henry Ford and Anti-Semitism: A Complex Story.” Henry Ford and Anti-Semitism: A Complex Story, www.thehenryford.org/collectio....ns-and-research/digi Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

“Annual 3 Chapter 7.” Annual 3 Chapter 7, www.museumoftolerance.com/educ....ation/archives-and-r Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

“A Proletarian Critique of the Nation of Islam - Melancholic Troglodytes.” libcom.org, libcom.org/article/proletarian-critique-nation-islam-melancholic-troglodytes. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

The Crisis, Vol. 24, No. 5. (September, 1922). https://www.marxists.org/histo....ry/usa/workers/civil

“The Death of Ronald Stokes and the Birth of Black Power in Los Angeles.” CSUN University Library, 4 Apr. 2022, library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/ronald-stokes.

Research:

Fiske, Susan T. “Managing ambivalent prejudices: The smart-but-cold, and the warm-butdumb sterotypes.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science vol. 639,1 (2012): 33-48. doi:10.1177/0002716211418444

Lester, Julius. “BLACKS, JEWS, AND FARRAKHAN.” dissentmagazine.org, June 1994, www.dissentmagazine.org/wp-con....tent/files_mf/165090

Music:

All Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Songs:
“Dark Walk”
“Bicycle”
“Clean Soul”
“Dirt Rhodes”
“Dreams Become Real”
“Heavy Heart”
“Over Under”