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We were successful on all three levels of our events Saturday October 1, 2011. The Ancestors worked make sure we had a perfect, I mean a perfect day of not too hot, not too cool, plenty of sunshine, "zippty do da, zippty do day" come our way.

Down here in our Mississippi the Ancestral Spirits that had been frozen in horrified deaths and darkness waited 150 years for some Light relief. Our MAAFA Caravan had representation for Lafayette and Monroe Louisiana, Jackson, Port Gipson and Natchez Mississippi.

We assembled at the Forks of the Road Enslavement Markets Sites at 6:30 AM. Conseptla Bailey, a Jena Six Mother came from Monroe Louisiana to take part. We collected the Ancestral Spirits at the Forks via Djembe drumming by Dr. Demitri Marshall's son, Malik Marshall.

I gave them a private showing of a new 4 feet by 6 feet sign of a map of America's Domestic "Slave" Trade Routes to the Deep South, including the Forks that was just erected on a lot at the Forks owned by Friends of the Forks of the Roads Society. The sign map was recreated by R. Shakespeare of Jackson Ms., under my commission and is included in our Forks Interpretive Brochure and our just off the press very huge Forks of the Road Traveling Exhibition (banner panels 6 feet by 8 feet). We will unveil the America's Domestic "Slave" Trade Map sign some time later this month when I get my bodi back (Dog tired) and the Black and Blue publicity had faded into memory.

The MAAFA Caravan departed the Forks and arrived at Natchez Under The Hill, where we went down to the Mighty Big Muddy Mississippi River to collect the Spirits of Ancestors and Foreparents who were $oul (sold) down de ribber from Virginia, Maryland, Washington D. C., Kentucky via the Ohio River and on the ribber from Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. Plus those $oul (sold) and shipped from Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida via the Atlanta Ocean in tall sail ships and those force brought in ships from the African homeland earlier and continually via the Caribbean to New Orleans and some transshipped to the Forks in Mississippi and others to Galveston Texas to Jim Bowie and Jean Lefitte.

From the Ribber the MAAFA Caravan proceeded to Kingston Mississippi via U. S. Highway 61 South, several miles below Natchez. On the Kingston Road about a mile off U. S. 61 we arrived at the locked gates of Cherry Grove Plantation. Cherry Grove is where the Second Creek Tribunal Committee of Plantation owners/enslavers held their inquisition, beat and hung a reported 10 enslaved revolutionaries. (Others were hung on Brighton Plantation on Second Creek)

At the entrance gate to Cherry Grove Minister Lezell Williams made forgotten offerings to the Spirits of enslaved Ancestors and Foreparents, especially those who were beaten and hanged in a way that their spirits was frozen in the horror of their dark deaths, waiting in such horror and darkness 150 years for forgotten Libation offerings to be made in the form of cooked white rice, fresh water mixed with 100% proof Mississippi mud moonshine whisky and honeybeer made in California 20 some years ago (honey beer is a libation solution given to us by the Great Ma Ma Elder Warrior, Jomo Burning Spear Kenyatta in his book Facing Mt. Kenya) It was the regular libation portion used by the California based Gekoyo Religious Assembly based in East Palo Alto California and led by the late founder, Marathi Jomo Sandili Wa Nairobi Edward R. Becks (Chief Priest). My person is an Arathi (assistant priest). We chanted the Ausar Auset Society International chant for moving dark energy out and letting Light energy in. Powerful Spiritual stuff here!

The MAAFA Caravan of the Mid-south reversed its route back to Natchez up U. S. Highway 61 North to where it crosses the St. Catherine Creek. Here in the area was once located the Pharsalia Racetrack where the leader of the Second Creek Tribunal reconvened their actions of arresting, beating out confessions and hanging enslaved persons in the City of Natchez proper. They did so because they discovered in the testimonies of the enslaved revolutionaries at Second Creek, there was a connection between Natchez enslaved revolutionary freedom seeking planners and those on Second Creek.

The Tribunal Committee continued arresting, beating and hanging enslaved persons at the "racetrack" site.

Here, my person performed the forgotten offering libation. It was powerful!

The MAAFA Caravan then sped up U. S. Highway 61 North to Fayette Mississippi in Jefferson County. In the town square, we again made the forgotten offering libation to the Spirits of the enslaved revolutionaries who also had planned an uprising to overthrow chattel slavery on the 4th of July in 1861. Many of them met the same horrible treatment of snake whipping out confessions and then hanged.

This initiated the first ever MAAF of the Mid-south Ceremony.....aluta continua next year and onward of going backward to see where we are going forward.

My person spent so much type on our MAAFA because the Black and Blue Civil War Living History Events were very successful and folks can access the entire program flow and script on our Website at www.forksoftheroads.net, but not see any information about our MAAFA ceremony!

The whole MAAFA Ceremony was video taped and will at some point be available, thanks to Sister Jamilah Shekmet Lafayette La., She taped the whole day's activities!

Thank you for all your person did and had done to help us carry out our programs this year.

 

 

 

OCTOBER IS MAAFA AWARNESS MONTH AT HOME AND ABROAD

 

Out of the movement of self-determination of Africans to define for ourselves what happened to Africa and it’s people forced brought in captivity to the Europeans' ‘new world’. Dr. Wade

Nobles, Marimba Ani and others deliberately used the Kiswahili word MAAFA. It describes the TERRIBLE

OCCURRENCE or REOCURRING DISASTER perpetrated upon African descent people.

 

Where are MAAFA Commemorations taking place? All over the Diaspora and in Africa. So, WHY HAVE THERE NOT BEEN A MAAFA in MID-SOUTH/MISSISSIPPI?

 

Come together at 6:30 A.M at Forks of the Road Slave Markets sites. We gather the spirits of enslaved people sold at the Forks. From there we caravan to the Mississippi river and honor Spirit of the Big Muddy. Then we caravan to the sites of beatings and hangings of our enslaved ancestors for the healing ceremonies.

 

 

Wear traditional African white clothing for Spirit (optional). Bring drums for one-heart-beat- rhythm, dancing feet and your voices to celebrate and rejuvenate our ancestral Spirit energy.