AHSA hosted its 52nd annual conference in July-Aug, 2021 and was a partner for PANAFEST Three (3) day Colloquium 2021 in Ghana. The Pan African Festival (PANAFEST) Foundation, AHSA and University of Cape Coast met virtually and on ground to explore issues affecting the Black Family, Youth, Pan Africanism and African liberation. This session on "Building Africana Studies Theory Methodology Practice- Akan Ananse Stories, Yorùbá Ìjàpá Tales, and the Dikènga Theory: Worldview and Structure," by Okunini Obadele Kambon sets the deep thought foundation for the work of AHSA to build Africana Studies knowledge production and rescuing, telling and research our heritage using distinct methodologies of the discipline. We center at the start African history and culture, worldview.

⁣Foundations of Afrikan=Black Thought Week #6 (2019)

⁣Foundations of African Thought #9: Validity of Afrikan Philosophy

⁣Foundations of Afrikan=Black Thought #10: Afrikan Thought and the Thought of Non-Afrikans

⁣Abstract: Is it possible to use endogenous Afrikan cosmological, philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual frameworks to analyze indigenous Afrikan phenomena? Why should one even try? In this presentation, it is argued that such analyses are not only possible and plausible, but they are imperative. It is further argued that just such frameworks can add insight to our understanding of the structure of Akan Ananse and Yorùbá Ìjàpá stories and the shared Afrikan worldview from which they arise. According to Fu-Kiau, "nothing exists that does not follow the steps of the cyclical Kongo cosmogram " (Fu-Kiau 1994: 26). This bold hypothesis is tested in this study by applying Dikènga, the cosmogram of the Bakôngo, to an oral (and/or written) literary analysis of the structure of Akan and Yorùbá stories. This application is what we term the "Dikènga theory of literary analysis." We find that this theoretical framework can help us shift away from concepts of "storylines" and "timelines" to reveal the patterned and cyclical nature of material and immaterial phenomena and to deepen our understanding of these stories as manifestations of a shared African worldview. As such, the aim of this presentation is to highlight parallels between Akan Ananse Stories and Yorùbá Ìjàpá tales. Further, connections are made with regard to function and content of Akan and Yorùbá stories using Dikènga, the cosmogram of the Bakôngo, as a tool for oral literary analysis revealing intertextual parallels (Ọ Kambon, 2017). We highlight six (6) sets of stories common to both Akan and Yorùbá people differentiated primarily by the main character being the spider or the tortoise, respectively. Furthermore, we show how the stages of transformation of any story can be gainfully analysed using the proposed Dikènga theory of literary analysis.
March 17, 2021, 11 AM Nigeria Time
University of Lagos
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes, 12 seconds
61 Slides!

Song for my Father

Album:
Song for my Father (1964)

Written by:
Horace Silver

Personnel:
Horace Silver — piano
Carmell Jones — trumpet
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
Teddy Smith — bass
Roger Humphries — drums

John Coltrane Quintet - Invitation (1958)

Personnel: Wilbur Harden (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)

from the album 'STANDARD COLTRANE' (Prestige Records)

⁣Cannonball Adderley Jive Samba 1963

This is the video to the song SOUL MUSIC from my latest release THE STRUGGLE, THE LOVE, THE GLORY (Now Available on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby.com. This video expresses my views on black music, black history, and commercialism... Please watch and listen carefully... And do not hesitate to leave a comment...

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Written, produced, performed, and directed by Genesis Osagboro -bka- Jah-I-Witness Emcee

Jah-I-Witness Emcee is back and this time he's putting emphasis on the EMCEE in his latest Orange Couch Sessions offering "Spellcaster". Now available for download.

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