⁣Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon and Nataki Kambon interview with Blakk Rasta

Recording of the virtual launch of AEF's new video, hosted on June 11th 2021.

With the participation of filmmaker Rucha Chitnis, AEF grantee partner Rutendo Zendah from the African Centre for Biodiversity and Pius Ranee from the North-East Slow Food & Agrobiodiversity Society, as well as Anna Lappé from Panta Rhea Foundation, an AEF donor.

The Last Poets
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Conférence du 21 Novembre 2020 avec Prof. Bayyinah Bello
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Bajan Stick Licking

After the trip to Bunce Island, We went to a Rice Festival at Makeni University they were great hosts. Bla Xit family you know I love food especially African food. Could you imagine my delight when we were given a choice of 20 different rice dishes that reflected the Gullah Gechee and Sierra Leone Rice connections. There was song and dance and a good time had by all. Please support our channel by donating a contribution to enable us to ensure we pay for editing and filming . PayPal is easiest for us via bopcollective@yahoo.com
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Kamau Kambon Testimonials Baba Z Washington, DC

Foundations of African Thought #4: Complementary Opposites in Ethics and Morals

We give an update on our relocation efforts.

We review the past week where we flew into Ghana just to get possession of our new home as we prepare for our eventual move in the Fall of this year, 2022.

September 11 was Ethiopia’s New Year [this video has no sound]
Ethiopia rings in its New Year, Enkutatash, on 11 September, and not on 1 January, as the rest of the world does. The country’s unique calendar considers September, called Meskerem in the local language of Ethiopia, to be the first month of the year. The Ethiopian New Year Enkutatash means the ‘gift of jewels’. Legend has it that King Solomon of Jerusalem gave the Queen of Sheba jewels during her famous visit to Jerusalem some 3,000 years ago. Her return to Ethiopia after receiving the gift coincided with the New Year celebration in September, and hence the name Enkutatash came to be.

The number of daylight hours and nighttime hours happen to be exactly equal in every part of the globe once every September, which is one of the reasons Ethiopians celebrate New Year during this month. During this time of the year, the Sun and the Moon that are used to count time each have 12 hours before setting. The second reason is derived from the Bible, which says that the creation of the Heavens and the Earth took place in September.

Ethiopians believe that the month of September has different signs that explain why it should be celebrated as the beginning of a New Year. Blooming flowers, sunny days and a generally pleasant weather reign during this month. It is a time when people leave the rainy, foggy and thunderous months in Ethiopia’s winter period behind and move on to better days. The whole family comes together to light a bonfire in their backyard and dance around it in circles on the eve of the New Year. For the New Year celebration, young boys have a different role. Weaving their creativity into beautiful paintings that herald the coming of a bright new day, the boys go from one house to another handing out their works of art on the morning of the holiday to family members, neighbors and friends. Ethiopian girls approach you beating their drums, clapping and singing the traditional song, Abebayehosh. One of the girls leads the song and the rest respond to the lyric, chanting “lemlem”. They carry bright-yellow flowers called adey abeba, which grow in Ethiopia only from September to November. As a token of appreciation, people respond to the girls’ pleasant songs with a piece of bread prepared for the holidays, or with money – the latter taking precedence these days. young boys have a different role. Weaving their creativity into beautiful paintings that herald the coming of a bright new day, the boys go from one house to another handing out their works of art on the morning of the holiday to family members, neighbours and friends.(Serkalem Tafesse, 2018)

While the West prepares for fall, dormant trees, and cold weather, North East Africa, is in bloom. Happy New Year!

Asako (Afrikan Combat Capoeira) Light Sparring

The classical origins of Pan Afrikanism and Dikenga Consciousness Global KMT
Presentation by Dr. Obadele Kambon
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