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FACTS ABOUT ETHIOPIA

4/7/2024

It felt like home when I first arrived.

Ethiopia...It all started when the airport officials pointed at me and motioned to come forward to their booth. I didn't know what was happening as they were speaking what I now know was Amharic. Since I travelled alone, I didn't know what I was about to encounter.

BRAINWASHED - BOOK REVIEW

4/6/2024

"Black people are not dark-skinned white people."
-Thomas Burrell"

Black History didn't start with slavery

4/5/2024

BLACK ECONOMICS

4/4/2024

[Updated 6/19/25]

May Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu rest in power June 15, 1953-4/21/2025. We give thanks for all of the literary contributions he made in making sure Black children are displayed in a positive light.

This is the first book I read that permanently changed my spending habits...

When I filled out the financial expenses worksheet provided in "Black Economics: Solutions for Economic and Community Empowerment" by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu-(African American Images publishers), my jaw dropped when I saw my results. This wasn't just a sheet of numbers anymore. It also included a column to indicate the ethnicity of the person I signed my check over to for each expense. At the time I was supporting Black artists at the yearly BHM event while in corporate America, but, the numbers on that worksheet helped me realize that more than 95% of my money was going outside of the community each month.

It became crystal clear that I could do so much better.

The Ankh Meaning

4/3/2024

Books by and about malcolm x

5/11/2023

Books About Malcolm X

It is exciting to have the privilege of access to a newer perspective into this cultural hero’s journey. “The Dead Are Arising – The Life of Malcolm X,” is written by Les Payne (1941-2018). This book just released Oct. 20, 2020. The author, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former editor at Newsday. As one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists, Payne also wrote an award-winning syndicated column. Even the title of the new book seems well selected. “The Dead are [now] rising” is a phrase Malcolm X used when referring to the masses of Black people rising in conscientious support of the teachings of Elijah Muhammad (New York Public Library archives). I am not personally familiar with the author, but took note of a few of his Youtube videos which were quite intriguing and gave insight to his being a reputable researcher. “The Dead Are Arising” has been released posthumously by his daughter, Tamara Payne, who served as his “principal researcher” and now lives in New York.