runoko - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T09:51:41Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/runokoRunoko Rashidi: My Tour of African Collections in European Museumshttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/runoko-rashidi-my-tour-of-african-collections-in-european-museums2014-04-12T16:00:00.000Z2014-04-12T16:00:00.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><span><img width="272" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828563743,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="3828563743?profile=original" />I want to tell you about my day in the museum. You know that my daughter lives just outside Paris and so I come here to France to spend as much time as possible with her. Today, after taking her to school, I went to the Louvre to test out my new camera. Yes, I brought a new camera a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to take it to a museum to give it a try. I don't know if I am satisfied with the camera but I had one of productive and rewarding days I've ever spent in a museum. </span><br /><br /><span>I guess that you could call the Louvre the national museum of France. It is a symbol of the fact that France was once one of the powerful on earth and one of the world's major colonial power. France lorded over much of the earth and when we are talking about the museum collections it is difficult not to refer to it as loot!</span><br /><br /><span>Based on the quantity and quality of the artifacts there, the Louvre is arguably the greatest museum in the world and certainly one of the largest. They have a lot of stuff! It is also a very building. It is used to be a palace and the layout of the building can seem very chaotic. I get lost in it every time I go </span><br /><br /><span>I worked hard today. I spent about six hours in the museum and took about two-hundred photos. All of them are significant and some are of very good quality. A few of them are outstanding. But three of them still have me trembling. One was of a head of Gudea--the greatest ruler of the ancient civilization of Sumer. The head is more than four-thousand years old and is by far the most Africoid such image I have seen. Another, and I never dreamed that it was in the Louvre, was a small black statue of Kheredouankh--the mother of Imhotep. She is painted jet black with incredibly nappy hair! And the third was a cluster of brilliantly colored cameos from early seventeenth century France. And in the very center was the most Africoid--looking woman you have ever seen. I believe that it is the image identified as the mother of Alessandro d'Medici--a duke of Florence during the 16th century.</span><br /><br /><span>That was my day in the Louvre in Paris. </span><br /><br /><span>Oh yes, I forgot to tell you how my visit to the Louvre started. </span><br /><br /><span>The museum collections in the Louvre are divided by three entrances. They are the Sully, the Denon and the Richelieu. The Egyptian collections are visited through the Sully entrance. But I have visited the Egyptian section so many times that today I decided to go in the Richelieu entrance. Just beyond the entrance was a small exhibit. It said something in French about St. Maurice but the images didn't look African and so I decided to not even bother. But something seemed to to call to me and inside I went. What did I have to lose but a little bit of time? And, sure enough, the first piece in the exhibit was oldest and most Africoid image of all of the African patron-saint of Germany--St. Maurice himself--dressed as a medieval knight. To my knowledge, it is the first time that the piece has been taken out of Germany. I saw it for the first time in Eastern Germany about three years ago. And there it was this morning, staring me right</span><br /><span>in the face. </span><br /><br /><span>Yes, it was that kind of day in the museum.</span><br /><br /><span>THE TOUR: AFRICAN COLLECTIONS IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS</span><br /><br /><span>I love museums. I am passionate about them. In fact, some times I think that I was a museum artifact in another life. And in less than two weeks I will visit the great museums of Berlin, Germany and Madrid and Seville in Spain. And in August 2014, just a few months from now, I am going to lead a group tour through the African collections of several of the most outstanding museums of Europe, including the Egyptian Museum in Berlin--which houses the famous wooden head of Queen Tiye and that oh so controversial bust of Nefertiti; the Egyptian collections in Leiden in the Netherlands and a series of powerful images of African from the European renaissance in the Dutch world on display in the national museum in Amsterdam; followed by a visit to the Black Madonna of Belgium and a tour greatest collection of African artifacts in Brussels, and then we visit the Louvre, where I will show you the pieces that I visited today. All of that and more And</span><br /><span>on the journey we dine in African restaurants, hear lectures by Runoko Rashidi, sail on some of Europe's most famous rivers, learn a lot, probably do some shopping, and visit in Paris the tomb of Alexander Dumas, pere--that great African writer that told us "One for all and all for one!" </span><br /><br /><span>So if you love museums like I do. If it sounds like a trip that you might want to take I encourage you to contact Ms. Betty Ray. For years I have wanted to work with a gifted African travel agent and Mr. Ray fits the bill. So, get in touch with her. Ask her about the African heritage that allows us to see the great African artifacts in the great museums of Europe, with Runoko Rashidi. The dates are August 21-30, 2014. And the trip is affordable with good hotels and two meals per day. So get with it. Contact Betty and come on with me!</span><br /><br /><span>The trip originates in New York and is only $3395.00 per person. All major credit cards accepted. Payments by check made payable to Vacation Klub, LLC. Credit card authorization form will be forwarded to the individual for signature; which should be mailed back along with copies of the credit card back & front & a copy of driver’s license or passport. 3% surcharge will be added to credit card payments. </span><br /><br /><span>Sister Betty's contact information is as follows. </span><br /><br /><span>Betty Ray</span><br /><span>c/o Vacation Klub,</span><br /><span>LLC244 5th Avenue, Suite 2968</span><br /><span>New York, NY 10001</span><br /><span>Tel: (646) 308-1232, (800) 972-5212, Fax: (212) 368-3150</span><br /><span>Email: betty@accessafrica.com</span><br /><br /><span>Hope to see you in the museum!</span><br /><br /><span>In love of Africa,</span><br /><br /><span>Runoko Rashidi</span><br /><a href="http://www.travelwithrunoko.com" target="_blank">www.travelwithrunoko.com</a></p>
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<p></p></div>Runoko Rashidi in Georgia and Alabamahttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/runoko-rashidi-in-georgia-and-alabama2011-10-01T15:19:08.000Z2011-10-01T15:19:08.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><p>How are you? Runoko Rashidi is fine. No international trips since Zimbabwe </p><p>a couple of weeks ago but I did spend several days in Atlanta, Georgia and <br /> Huntsville, Alabama.<br /> <br /> I journeyed to Atlanta last week to speak at the Nile Valley Conference II. <br /> I spoke at the first Nile Valley Conference way back in September 1984. It <br /> was my first really big conference and it helped make a name for me there. <br /> This was a different kind of conference but it was still a very good one. <br /> Many of the world's greatest scholars were gathered, including Charles S. <br /> Finch, Leonard Jeffries, Joyce E. King, Tony Browder, Wade Nobles, Hassimi <br /> Maiga, Legrand Clegg and Marimbi Ani. I gave one of my best presentations <br /> and I was honored by the presence of Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver. It also <br /> gave all of us the chance to pay special tribute to Asa Hilliard--the great <br /> scholar who was instrumental in the first Nile Valley Conference.<br /> <br /> Even before my talk at the Conference I gave an afternoon presentation at <br /> Kippsway Academy. The presentation was pretty good but what really struck me <br /> was attitude of the students. I spoke in front of about 350 students and I <br /> am not sure if I have ever been in the midst of so many youth so eager to <br /> learn. It was truly inspiring. Many thanks to Michael Simanga of Fulton <br /> County Arts and Culture.<br /> <br /> On Saturday evening I spoke at Expansion Books in Huntsville, Alabama. A <br /> couple of brothers from the local study group drove me from Atlanta to <br /> Huntsville. We talked all of the way and passed through Scottsboro, Alabama <br /> made famous by the notoriously racist Scottsboro Boys' case of the 1930s. If <br /> you don't know about the Scottsboro Boys please do a little research. The <br /> case of the Scottsboro Boys ranks right up there with the murder of Emmitt <br /> Till and Medgar Evers and the bombing of the Birmingham church--all horrific <br /> crimes of the times.<br /> <br /> Expansion Books, owned by Anthony Browder, has got to be one of the finest <br /> African bookstores in the world. It is large, clean, brighly-lit, <br /> well-located, with lots and lots of titles. It even has a used book section <br /> and the owner knows books. It was a just a joy to be there. <br /> <br /> Returning to Atlanta on Sunday afternoon I gave a visual presentation on <br /> Great African Women for the Sisters of Tomorrow. Everybody seemed to like <br /> the talk and it was worth it just to be around so many beautiful African <br /> women!<br /> <br /> But certainly, one of the great highlights of my Georgia/Alabama trip was the <br /> appearance of a brand new book. Sankofa Kemet: My First Trip to the <br /> Motherland is a new book by Jahbari Joseph Akua. It is edited by his dad <br /> Chike Akua with an Introduction by Anthony Browder and a Foreword by Runoko <br /> Rashidi. It just came out days ago. It is about eighty pages long, lavishly <br /> illustrated and well organized. It demolishes the myth that the Elders have <br /> failed and that the youth are hopeless. It is published by Imani <br /> Enterprises. You need this book! For your copy go to <br /> <a href="http://www.MyTeacherTransformation.com">www.MyTeacherTransformation.com</a><br /> <br /> So that is my story. I have a new book, Black Star: The African Presence in <br /> Early Europe coming out within days and am working on the photo captions for <br /> a new French language travel book scheduled to be released in December 2012. <br /> So I feel quite accomplished and very good about both me and you!<br /> <br /> In love of Africa,<br /> <br /> Runoko Rashidi Okello<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.travelwithrunoko.com">www.travelwithrunoko.com</a><br /> <br /> p.s. Don't forget to register for my July 2012 tour and cruise to Egypt and <br /> Nubia! I am also looking at a group tour to Brazil in November 2012. This <br /> one will take us to both Rio and Bahia, and will end with a cruise on the <br /> Amazon! Details soon to appear my web site!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><b><a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/viewmod/theblacklist/cc7a67cc5e8c25a3ffd3b912e6394377/msg00000.html">RUNOKO RASHIDI IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA</a></b>, <em>Runoko Rashidi, 09/30/2011</em></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Great Zimbabwe - Reflecting On An African Journeyhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/great-zimbabwe-reflecting-on-an-african-journey2011-09-15T15:09:58.000Z2011-09-15T15:09:58.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><p>b<strong>y <a href="http://yahoo.com" target="_blank">Runoko Rashidi</a> ~</strong><br /> <br /> Four days ago I returned to the United States from a week long trip to <br /> Harare, Zimbabwe where I was a guest of UNESCO and the Government of <br /> Zimbabwe. The purpose of the visit was to help prepare curriculum content <br /> and a teacher's guide for the teaching of history in African public schools. <br /> The goal is to complete the project within the next eighteen months. <br /> <br /> The UNESCO gathering was a wonderful experience and a big honor, although the <br /> African Diaspora itself was not well represented. Indeed, of the sixty-five <br /> participants at the gathering I was the only African-American in attendance. <br /> There was one diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago, although he was actually <br /> based in Paris. A three person Brazilian contingent came also to talk about <br /> the Brazilian mandate that African and African-Brazilian history be taught in <br /> Brazilian classrooms. In this endeavor Brazil is more progressive than many <br /> African countries and most of African Diaspora.<br /> <br /> The UNESCO effort here substantially adds to the work of the Nigerian-based <br /> organizations CBAAC and Panafstrag, which have been in the forefront of such <br /> struggles for years. The UNESCO project is rooted in the multi-volume UNESCO <br /> General History of Africa. One also has to reference here the marvelous <br /> anthologies edited by Ivan Van Sertima and others focusing on the outstanding <br /> historical issues of Africa and the Diaspora. <br /> <br /> My contribution in Zimbabwe was largely to remind everyone that the history <br /> of the African Diaspora should not be confined to the enslavement experience <br /> and that African people are so scattered around the world, and not just in <br /> Europe and the Western Hemisphere, that perhaps we should be thinking less in <br /> terms of a diaspora and more in terms of a Global African Community. This was <br /> my major contribution and its success will only be seen through time. We <br /> shall see.<br /> <br /> In a letter from Zimbabwe last week I wrote about the early stages of the <br /> UNESCO gathering and the opening speech by President Mugabe. The purpose of <br /> the current letter is to briefly summarize the highlights of the rest of my <br /> Zimbabwe experience. <br /> <br /> I visited Zimbabwe at the end of their winter time, and Harare, the capital <br /> of Zimbabwe, was dry and rather arid. The city of Harare itself did not <br /> really stand out to me. I did not find it to be spectactular in any way. I <br /> did find it interesting that the currency of Zimbabwe is now the United <br /> States dollar. The Shona are the dominant ethnic group in Harare. The <br /> overall atmosphere itself I found to be rather relaxed. People were <br /> generally friendy and polite, and I had no unpleasant experiences.<br /> <br /> The UNESCO gathering itself, which can only be described as historic, was, <br /> nevertheless, tedious, dull and meticulous. To my rescue came Professor Saki <br /> Mafundikwa—the noted Zimbabwean film maker, author, and educator. Through <br /> brother Saki I was able to escape from the five star resort that I was was <br /> staying at and see something of the real Harare. Through brother Saki I got <br /> to talk to a wide range of Zimbabweans. I ate the local food and drank the <br /> local brew. He really came through for me.<br /> <br /> Brother Saki also organized on very short notice what turned out to be a <br /> well-received presentation-lecture at the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe. <br /> I spoke on the theme of the Global African Presence and engaged in a lively <br /> question and answer period that focused less on history and anthropology and <br /> more on the current political situation in Zimbabwe. We talked about <br /> President Mugabe (including his health and concerns about his succession), <br /> the current sanctions against Zimbabwe, prevailing attitudes towards <br /> African-Americans, the African seizure of white-owned farmlands, and the <br /> general direction that Zimbabwe seems to be heading in. I learned a lot and, <br /> as always, tried to be a positive bridge between Africans at home and abroad.<br /> <br /> Following dinner, after the presentation, I was met in the lobby of my hotel <br /> by a chairwoman of one of the UNESCO working committees. She was a very <br /> beautiful and noted educator from Botswana. She told me that I had been <br /> missed during my absence and that I could have added something substantial to <br /> the discussion. I was impressed by the fact that although it was already <br /> late in the evening the sister was still up working along with three or four <br /> others. She seemed delighted when I asked if I could still contribute, and <br /> five of us worked for another four hours. I told her that it just did me a <br /> world of good to feel wanted. <br /> <br /> The composition of the working group that evening was a reflection of the <br /> diversity of the larger gathering. Among the five participants late that <br /> night was a man from Egypt, a woman from Lesotho, a woman from Swaziland, the <br /> chairwoman from Botswana and me from the Diaspora. That night our discussion <br /> ranged from the evolution of humanity in Africa, the significance of Nile <br /> Valley Civilization, the fact that civilization in Africa was not confined to <br /> any one region, and the destructive and dehumanizing nature of the <br /> enslavement experience. It turned out to be an extremely productive evening.<br /> <br /> One of the real highlights of my visit to Zimbabwe was a day trip to the <br /> ruins of the archaeological zone known as Great Zimabwe. It was on my last <br /> full day in Zimbabwe. Most of the participants from the UNESCO gathering <br /> came, and this meant an entire day of informal discussions among Africans <br /> from every part of the Continent. It was just an incredible learning <br /> experience. <br /> <br /> I talked that day to numerous Africans from former French, Portuguese and <br /> British colonies. There were also a number of people on the bus from Arab <br /> North Africa. It was a rich mixture of people. The person who did most of <br /> the talking to me that day, however, was a young film maker from Zimbabwe who <br /> had recently spent several years studying in Russia. He talked a lot of the <br /> racism and racial attitudes that he encountered in both Russia and Ukraine. <br /> It was fascinating. <br /> <br /> Great Zimbabwe itself was spectacular. The former hilltop residence of <br /> mighty kings and the Great Enclosure, made of granite stone, were <br /> magnificent. That day us Africans laughed and talked and walked and shopped, <br /> and had a great lunch at a local hotel. It was wonderful way to cap off a <br /> wonderful and historic trip. <br /> <br /> Before concluding here, I must profusely thank Mr. Ali Moussa Iye, Chief of <br /> the History and Memory for Dialogue Section, Division of Thematic Programmes <br /> for the Diversity, Development and Dialogue at UNESCO. Ali, you were truly a <br /> brother and a friend. Your staff was most helpful throughout and I am <br /> extremely grateful to you. <br /> <br /> I am so glad that I went to Zimbabwe. I helped make history and can I add <br /> another feather in my cap. I seem to be on a roll. In August 2010, I <br /> inaugurated the first Global Black Nationalities Conference in Oshogbo, <br /> Nigeria. In December 2010, I was the President of the Diaspora Committee and <br /> the opening keynote speaker at the historic FESMAN Conference in Dakar, <br /> Senegal. In February 2011 I gave a series of historic presentations in <br /> Toronto, Canada. In March 2011, I gave big presentations in Montreal, Canada <br /> and Hamilton, Bermuda. In July 2011, in Jamaica I was a keynote speaker at <br /> two big commemorations for Marcus Garvey and gave a standing room only <br /> presentation at the University of West Indies, Mona. And now, in September <br /> 2011, I have participated in the first meeting of the drafting committee <br /> entrusted with the development of common pedagogical content and accompanying <br /> teacher’s guides based on the General History of Africa convened by UNESCO<br /> in Harare, Zimbabwe. <br /><br /> Sisters and brothers, I am blessed. And I tend to see it all as part of <br /> fulfilling a sacred mission.<br /> <br /> In closing, I say God bless Zimbabwe. God bless Africa. God bless African <br /> people. And, echoing the words of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, I remind African <br /> people that we can accomplish what we will!<br /> <br /> In love of Africa,<br /> <br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://yahoo.com">Runoko Rashidi</a><br />15 September 2011<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.travelwithrunoko.com">www.travelwithrunoko.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/theblacklist/2011-09/msg00095.html">As published on TheBlackList eNewsletter.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Dr. RUNOKO RASHIDI AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ZIMBABWEhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/dr-runoko-rashidi-at-the-national-gallery-of-zimbabwe2011-09-08T13:30:00.000Z2011-09-08T13:30:00.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><p> </p><p>The Global African Presence: A presentation <br />Thursday September 8, 2011 <br />by Dr. <a target="_blank" href="http://yahoo.com">Runoko Rashidi</a> </p><p><br /> Time: 1800 hrs (6pm) <br />Venue: National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe<br /> <br /> FREE FREE FREE Bring a friend and the whole family.<br /> Q&A follows presentation<br /> <br /> Runoko Rashidi is a historian, research specialist, writer, world traveler, <br /> and public lecturer focusing on the African foundations of world <br /> civilizations. He is particularly drawn to the African presence in Asia, <br /> Australia, and the Pacific Islands, and has coordinated numerous historic <br /> educational group tours worldwide.<br /> <br /> Dr. Rashidi is highly sought after for radio, television, and newspaper <br /> interviews, having been interviewed on hundreds of radio broadcasts and TV <br /> programs. He has made presentations at more than 125 colleges, universities, <br /> secondary schools, libraries, book stores, churches and community centers. On <br /> the international circuit he has lectured in over 50 countries.<br /> <br /> Dr. Rashidi is the author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical <br /> Civilizations. He edited, along with Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, The African <br /> Presence in Early Asia, considered "the most comprehensive volume on the <br /> subject yet produced". Dr. Rashidi also authored The Global African <br /> Community: The African Presence in Asia, Australia and the South Pacific. In <br /> December 2005 Dr. Rashidi released his first text in French, A Thousand Year <br /> History of the African Presence in Asia. He is the author of the forthcoming <br /> work Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe.<br /> <br /> As an essayist and contributing writer, Dr. Rashidi's articles have appeared <br /> in more than seventy-five publications. His historical essays have been <br /> featured in the Journal of Civilizations Anthologies, and cover the global <br /> African presence.<br /> <br /> Included among the notable African scholars that Runoko has worked with and <br /> been influenced by are: John Henrik Clarke, John G. Jackson, Yosef <br /> ben-Jochannan, Chancellor James Williams, Charles B. Copher, Edward Vivian <br /> Scobie, Ivan Van Sertima, Asa G. Hilliard III, Karen Ann Johnson, Obadele <br /> Williams, Charles S. Finch, James E. Brunson, Wayne B. Chandler, Legrand H. <br /> Clegg II, and Jan Carew.<br /> <br /> As a traveler, Runoko has visited one hundred countries, colonies and <br /> overseas territories in a twelve year period beginning in 1999.<br /> <br /> Dr. Rashidi believes that his main mission in life is to help make Africans <br /> proud of themselves, to help change the way Africa is viewed in the world and <br /> to help reunite a family of people that has been separated far too long<br /> <br /> :::::::::....::........:::::::::......:::::<br /> <br />Saki Mafundikwa<br /> founder/director<br />Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ziva)<br /> 123a Nelson Mandela Avenue<br />Harare, Zimbabwe, Afrika<br /> <a href="http://shunguthefilm.com" target="_blank">shunguthefilm.com</a><br /> <br /> evolve or die<br /> c +263.77.222.5960<br /> <br /></p><p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977282767/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theb04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0977282767">Afrikan Alphabets</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" />, The story of Writing in Afrika.<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>by Saki Mafundikwa <br /></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977282767/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&tag=theb04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0977282767"><img src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0977282767&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=theb04-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" border="0" alt="q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0977282767&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=theb04-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border:none;margin:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977282767/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theb04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0977282767">Purchase your copy now!</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border:none;margin:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=theb04-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0977282767&camp=217145&creative=399369" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>The Life & Legacy of J. A. Rogers, Chronicler of a Glorious African Pasthttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-life-amp-legacy-of-j-a-rogers-chronicler-of-a-glorious2011-09-07T06:19:06.000Z2011-09-07T06:19:06.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p>THE LIFE & LEGACY OF JOEL AUGUSTUS ROGERS: CHRONICLER OF A GLORIOUS AFRICAN <br />PAST<br /><br />By <a target="_blank" href="http://yahoo.com">RUNOKO RASHIDI</a><br /> <br />THIS WORK IS DEDICATED TO DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE<br /><br />CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS OF JOEL AUGUSTUS ROGERS<br /><br />Although Joel Augustus Rogers was largely self-trained, some of the most <br />distinguished scholars of the twentieth century have acknowledged our debt to <br />him. Dr. William E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), perhaps the greatest scholar in <br />American history, wrote that, "No man living has revealed so many important <br />facts about the Negro race as has Rogers." The eminent anthropologist and <br />sociologist J.G. St. Clair Drake wrote that:<br /><br />"No discussion of comparative race relations would be complete without <br />consideration of the work of the highly motivated, self-trained historian <br />Joel A. Rogers. Endowed with unusual talent, Rogers rose to become one of the <br />best-informed individuals in the world on Black history, writing and <br />publishing his own books without any kind of organizational or foundation <br />support."<br /><br />In April 1987, in a personal interview with me, Professor John G. Jackson <br />(1907-1993) said that:<br /><br />"Rogers came from Jamaica in the West Indies. He settled in Chicago. He <br />eventually took a job as a Pullman porter so he could visit different cities <br />and libraries and do research. I got an interesting story about that. The <br />story was that in a lot of large cities a lot of libraries were for whites <br />only. Black people weren't permitted to go into them. So Rogers had to pay <br />the Pullman conductor to go to the libraries and take out books from them. <br />The conductor said, "Rogers, I believe you're a damn fool. But if you want to <br />throw away your money that way, I'm willing to cooperate."<br /><br />Rogers was a field anthropologist. He traveled to sixty different nations and <br />did a lot of research and observing. He had been told when he was a child in <br />Sunday School that God had cursed the Black man and made him inferior. Rogers <br />wanted to prove that the Black man was not inferior."<br /><br />After a short illness, Joel Augustus Rogers died in New York City in March <br />1966 at the beginning of the Black Studies movement. His widow, Helga M. <br />Rogers, reported that "he suffered a stroke while visiting friends and <br />continuing to do research in Washington." His labors, however, were not in <br />vain. He impact was enormous, his legacy colossal, his place in history <br />secure. Joel Augustus Rogers was a man without peer in gathering up and <br />binding the missing pages of African history. Indeed, Rogers, in the words of <br />Dr. John Henrik Clarke, "looked at the history of people of African origin, <br />and showed how their history is an inseparable part of the history of <br />mankind."<br /><br />PART 1<br /><br />"Ethiopians, that is, Negroes, gave the world the first idea of right and <br />wrong and thus laid the basis of religion and all true culture and <br />civilization."<br />--Joel Augustus Rogers<br /><br />JOEL AUGUSTUS ROGERS--THE MAN AND HIS WORK<br /><br />Joel Augustus Rogers (1883-1966) was a world traveler, a prolific writer, an <br />accomplished lecturer, and the first Black war correspondent. Rogers became <br />an anthropologist, historian, journalist and publisher. He was a scholar <br />unparalleled in assembling information about African people, and probably did <br />more to popularize African history than any single writer of the twentieth <br />century.<br /><br />J.A. Rogers, born in Negril, Jamaica, on September 6, 1883, was the son of a <br />small town school teacher (his father). In 1906 he moved to the United <br />States, settling for a while in Chicago but spending most of his life in <br />Harlem, New York. In 1917 he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.<br /><br />Rogers had known Marcus Garvey from their youth in Jamaica. In 1923 he <br />covered the Marcus Garvey trial, and although never a member of the Universal <br />Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, of which Garvey <br />was founder and President-General, he wrote regularly for the UNIA's weekly <br />newspaper, the Negro World, and lectured to local UNIA chapters.<br /><br />A prodigious and meticulous detective, Rogers did exhaustive, primary <br />research into the global history of African people. In 1925 he went to Europe <br />for investigations in the libraries and museums there. In 1927 he returned to <br />Europe for research lasting three years, and journeyed to North Africa during <br />the same period. Between 1930 and 1933 Rogers continued his explorations in <br />Europe, while in 1930, 1935 and 1936 he pursued his researches in Egypt and <br />Sudan.<br /><br />The year 1930 was indeed a high water mark in Rogers' career, for it was in <br />that year that Rogers went to Ethiopia as a correspondent for the New York <br />Amsterdam News to attend the coronation of Haile Selassie I, who presented <br />him with the Coronation Medal. It was also in 1930 that Rogers spoke at the <br />international Congress of Anthropology held in Paris and opened by the <br />president of France.<br /><br />Rogers' organizational affiliations included the Paris Society of <br />Anthropology, the American Geographical Society, the American Association for <br />the Advancement of Science and the Academy of Political Science.<br /><br />For fifty years of his life, Rogers investigated and reported the <br />accomplishments of ancient and contemporary African people and their place in <br />history, contributing to such publications as the Crisis, American Mercury, <br />the Messenger, the Negro World and Survey Graphic. To the Pittsburgh Courier <br />Rogers contributed an illustrated feature entitled Your History.<br /><br />When publishing houses refused to publish his works, undeterred, Rogers <br />published them himself. All told, J.A. Rogers wrote and published at least <br />sixteen different books and pamphlets. These publications became classic <br />works--works that were circulated primarily in African communities. Rogers' <br />texts covered the entire spectrum of the global African community, from <br />ancient and modern Africa, to Asia, Australia, the South Pacific, Europe and <br />the Western Hemisphere.<br /><br />Among Rogers' most acclaimed and prominent works are: From Superman to Man, <br />One-Hundred Amazing Facts About the Negro, The Real Facts About Ethiopia, Sex <br />and Race, Nature Knows No Color-Line, and World's Great Men of Color.<br /><br />PART 2<br /><br />Rogers' first publication, From Superman to Man, was published in 1917 and <br />focused on "the stupidity of racism." The book was so well received that is <br />was recommended for reading in the original Constitution and By-Laws of <br />Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities <br />League. Dr. Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927), himself a brilliant scholar <br />and one of the greatest orators of the twentieth century, referred to From <br />Superman to Man as "a genuine treasure," and insisted "that it is the <br />greatest book ever written in English on the Negro by a Negro."<br /><br />One Hundred Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to <br />the World History of the Negro went through many printings and at least <br />eighteen editions. A singularly provocative quote in One Hundred Amazing <br />Facts About the Negro is by the English scholar and traveler Samuel Purchas <br />(ca. 1575-1626)). According to Rogers, Purchas claimed that "of all (the <br />kings of Ethiopia), Ganges was most famous, who with his Ethiopian army <br />passed into Asia and conquered all as far as the River Ganges, to which he <br />left that name." This was a particularly interesting statement for me <br />personally and helped catapult me on my own researches concerning the African <br />presence in Asia. In the same book Rogers mentioned that "Beethoven, the <br />world's greatest musician, was without a doubt a dark mulatto. He was called <br />`The Black Spaniard.'"<br /><br />In 1935, dissatisfied with the reporting of news by the White press <br />concerning the Italian invasion and occupation of Ethiopia, Rogers served as <br />war correspondent in Ethiopia for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. After <br />returning to the United States in 1936 he published a highly popular <br />illustrated pamphlet entitled The Real Facts About Ethiopia. In The Real <br />Facts About Ethiopia Rogers wrote that the Ethiopian woman "goes with her <br />husband to war, and often becomes his avenger, should he fall. Usually she is <br />fiercer in battle than the man. Europeans sometimes kill themselves, rather <br />than fall into the hands of the African woman."<br /><br />Sex and Race was published in three volumes from 1941 to 1944. The first <br />volume focuses on antiquity and is arguably the most fundamental of the <br />three. As to ancient Asia, for example, Rogers devoted several pages of Sex <br />and Race to the Black presence in early Japan. In the process he cites the <br />studies of a number of accomplished scholars and anthropologists, raising the <br />question "were the first Japanese Negroes?"<br /><br />Other chapters are devoted to "The Negro in Ancient Greece," "Negroes in <br />Ancient Rome and Carthage" and "Were the Jews Originally Negroes?" The <br />appendices of Sex and Race are equally fascinating, focusing on "Black Gods <br />and Messiahs" and the "History of the Black Madonnas." In Volume Two of Sex <br />and Race Rogers examines "racism and race-mixing in the New World," while <br />Volume Three of Sex and Race seeks to define the concept of race itself. Like <br />most of his works, all three volumes of Sex and Race are lavishly illustrated.</p>
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<p> </p></div>Dr. RUNOKO RASHIDI: REWRITING HISTORY IN ZIMBABWE--A LETTER FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/dr-runoko-rashidi-rewriting-history-in-zimbabwe-a-letter-from2011-09-06T14:12:41.000Z2011-09-06T14:12:41.000ZTheBlackList Newshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListNews<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828528975,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" width="200" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828528975,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3828528975?profile=original" /></a>6 September 2011<br /> <br /> Greetings Family,<br /> <br /> How are you? I am entering the fourth day of my second trip to Zimbabwe. My <br /> first trip, in 2000, took me to Bulawayo and surrounding villages, the ruins <br /> of Great Zimababwe and the magnificent (no other word comes close to <br /> describing it) waterfalls of Mosi Oa Tunya ("The smoke that thunders"). This <br /> time I am in the capital of Zimbabwe--Harare.<br /> <br /> The occasion of my current visit to Zimbabwe is the Pedagogical Use of the <br /> General History of Africa Project Consultation Meeting. Essentially, as I <br /> understand it, sixty-five of Africa's most outstanding historians, educators, <br /> linguists have been gathered here for a five day working session designed to <br /> structure the curricula of Africa's social sciences classes, with the special <br /> focus on history courses. <br /> <br /> There are people here from every part of Africa. In the workshop that I <br /> participated in today the chairs were from the Democratic Republic of Congo, <br /> Mali and Djibouti. Other participants were from Senegal, Burundi, <br /> Mozambique, Angola, Lesotho, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and <br /> Tunisia. <br /> <br /> Of the sixty-five participants at the gathering I am the only way from the <br /> Diaspora. The rest are all from Africa itself. Just why, of all the people <br /> in the world who could have been invited (Molefi Asante, Henry Louis Gates, <br /> Joyce King, Leonard Jeffries, just to name a few) I was selected I am still a <br /> little puzzled by. Either way, I have been on something of a roll of late <br /> and I am delighted to be here. <br /> <br /> In the last twelve months I have taken two small groups to Egypt and been the <br /> opening keynote speaker at the first ever Global Black Nationalities <br /> Conference in Oshogo, Nigeria, the first keynote speaker at the historic <br /> FESMAN Conference in Dakar, Senegal, and delivered major addresses in Bermuda <br /> and Jamaica, Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Later this month I will give a <br /> major presentation at the second Nile Valley Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. <br /> Maybe it is just my time to shine. <br /> <br /> In Zimbabwe right now we are being hosted by UNESCO and the Government of <br /> Zimbabwe. We are housed in the finest hotel in Harare and I am content. It <br /> is after 5:00 am here. I can't sleep and it seems like a good time to share <br /> a long overdue letter with you.<br /> <br /> The highlight of the gathering for me so far has been an audience with <br /> Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. He formally opened the gathering. And <br /> he did not disappoint. Yesterday afternoon he gave a powerful thirty minute <br /> speech on the importance of African history. I am confident that Garvey, <br /> Nkrumah, and Malcolm all would have been proud. I could see why white people <br /> are afraid of this man! Among the memorable quotes I noted from his talker <br /> were, "People are the makers of history, not historians." And, "You cannot <br /> be a historian of Africans unless you share the cries and the laughter of <br /> Africans." He impressed me as very strong Black man, a powerful African, and <br /> I felt blessed to be in the audience.<br /> <br /> I like Zimbabwe. It took thirty-one hours to get here. I flew from Los <br /> Angeles, California to Munich, Germany to Johannesburg, South Africa before <br /> arriving in Harare. The climate right now is warm and dry. People seem <br /> pretty friendly and unpretentious. I love the music here and on Sunday <br /> afternoon I enjoyed from the hotel lobby the spectacle of hundreds and <br /> hundreds of men, women and children in their Sunday finest walking home from <br /> church. <br /> <br /> But I have one major mission here and that is to see that the inclusion of <br /> the African Diaspora in this major rewriting of history is not confined <br /> solely to the enslavement experience. I have been preaching for years now <br /> that to teach a child that their history begins with slavery is the greatest <br /> crime that you can commit. No more of that. The movement of African people <br /> out of African began tens of thousands of years ago. And I am determined to <br /> play a role in seeing that we are never allowed to forget that.<br /> <br /> I will keep you posted.<br /> <br /> Many blessings sisters and brothers!<br /> <br /> In love of Africa,<br /> <br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://yahoo.com">Runoko Rashidi</a>, <br /> Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p> </p><p>Follow Runoko Rashidi on Facebook:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runoko-Rashidi/41182957367?sk=info">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runoko-Rashidi</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Fundraising for Dr. Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannanhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/fundraising-for-dr-yosef-a-a2010-12-21T15:48:26.000Z2010-12-21T15:48:26.000ZKWASI Akyeamponghttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/KWASIAkyeampong<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828521969,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828521969,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="653" class="align-center" alt="3828521969?profile=original" /></a></p>
<p>Greetings Brothers and Sisters,</p>
<p><br />Many institutions are sending end-of-year mailings soliciting funds for their <br />cause. In our midst is the greatest cause who was not afraid to speak and <br />share knowledge, truth, OUR STORY – SAIS (Egypt -- KMT). Fund raising for <br />Dr. Ben is the least that can be done on his behalf.<br /><br />Dr. Ben’s birthday is just around the corner, December 31st. Let’s celebrate <br />our tremendous and powerful teacher by sending financial donations in Dr. <br />Ben’s honor! As an outgoing individual, although fragile today, Dr. Ben <br />still likes to get around and attend lectures via the use of a portable <br />electric scooter or when arrangements are made to provide him car service. <br /><br />The Afrikan Origins of The Major World Religions and Black Man of the Nile <br />and His Family are just two of the enormous collections written by Dr. Ben <br />and shared with the world. Dr. Ben’s words are resounding (echoing loudly) <br />today as many historians are repeating what he documented – just not giving <br />him the credit (typical of white race – plagiarism).<br /><br />Let’s contribute to Dr. Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan by mailing checks made <br />payable to:<br /><br /><strong>Dr. Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan, c/o Medina, P.O. Box 290, Bronx, NY</strong> <br /><strong>10467-0290.</strong><br /><br />Monies received will be deposited into his account to pay bills, food and <br />medication.<br /><br />Life, Prosperity, Health<br /><br />As well as,<br /><br />Peace, Happiness and in Love of Afrika.<br /><br />In love of Africa,<br /><br /><em><strong>Janie Medina and Runoko Rashidi</strong></em></p>
<p>21 December 2010</p>
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<p><span><em><strong>~IN THE PICTURE: Runoko Rashidi and Dr. Ben</strong></em></span></p>
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<p> </p></div>Dr. Ben ( Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan) Needs You, Now!https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/dr-ben-dr-yosef-aa2010-01-28T16:51:31.000Z2010-01-28T16:51:31.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><b>Runoko Rashidi:</b>
We still have in our midst a great pillar standing. He, (Dr. Ben) has written numerous books that have enlightened the minds of many, including white folks. He pioneered the first group tours to Egypt long before many of us were born and when it was unpopular in the black community to want anything to do with “going back to Africa”.
99% of Dr. Ben’s research and analysis, and preaching and teaching to anyone who would listen, was grossly underpaid and while in his younger years getting rich was not Dr. Ben’s priority, today he really, truly needs our financial support.
While 99% of the time Dr. Ben worked for us without want for himself, his tediously detailed research was 100% factual.
More so, today, while his books are still selling, Dr. Ben’s hard work is not credited to the degree that it should be. Dr. Ben deserves much more than just words of "thank you for what you have done for our community." He deserves much more! Dr. Ben is 92 years old and in serious need of financial contributions-- for medical bills, food and daily sustenance.
Please, please let’s quickly pitch in generous financial contributions and rush them payable to
<b>Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan, c/o MEDINA, P.O. Box 290, Bronx, NY 10467-0290</b>.
<i>Posted by: "Runoko Rashidi" <a href="http://yahoo.com" target="_blank">Runoko@yahoo.com</a>
[SOA] Digest Number 5189</i>
Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:19 pm (PST)</div>Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Updatehttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/dr-yosef-benjochannan-update2009-02-12T13:00:00.000Z2009-02-12T13:00:00.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div>Greetings Family,
How are you? I am a little tired but I am okay. It is a busy time for me. African-American Heritage Month or Black History Month or whatever you choose to call this time of year is very demanding, and the scholars tend to really push themselves during this time. Last weekend I lectured in Detroit and Chicago and right now I am in the middle of an Ohio lecture series. I am trying to get at least a few hours of sleep every night. My diet could be a lot better but I am drinking a lot of water and trying to walk at least a little bit everyday. Which brings me to the point of this morning's email. This is an update on some of our greatest scholars, several of which have health challenges lately.
Dr. Richard King, psychiatrist, author and researcher on melanin, is back in the Intensive Care Unit. Brother Richard has had some health challenges of late but seems to be doing a little better. We will update you as time goes along.
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, a great scholar and mentor of mine, and the world's leading authority on the African presence in early America, remains largely in seclusion. Periodically I exchange messages with Jaki Van Sertima and she keeps me updated on Ivan's health status.
Dr. Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan, Egyptologist, remains in a Bronx nursing home. <b>He surely does not want to be there and, indeed, nobody is happy about it.</b> But, based on a personal visit and long talks with his daughter and primary care giver Ruth ben-Jochannan, he is doing okay. He has bunches of visitors and people are trying hard to put him in a better place. He also now has a private room. Many people have asked me about sending money to him. <b>If you want to send something just let me know and I will give you his daughter's mailing address. It is her home address and I won't just post it all over the Internet. So, if you are serious, let me know and I will tell you where to forward your contribution.</b>
Another senior scholar that I've had a bit of a relationship with and would like to have more is Dr. Edward Robinson in Philadelphia. Happy to say that Dr. Robinson seems to be doing fine.
I also met last night here in Kent, Ohio Dr. Edward Crosby -- one of the founders of the Pan-African studies department at Kent State University. While getting up in years he remains committed to the struggle. It was a real pleasure to meet him.
Well, I will leave it at that for now. I promise to keep you posted.
African love,
<b>Runoko Rashidi Okello
<a href="runoko@yahoo.com">runoko@yahoo.com</a></b>
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Greetings Family,
How are you? Things are okay on this end. I just spent five full days in
and around New York City. I gave lectures in Harlem, Newark, Brooklyn, and
White Plains. All of them went well. I also visited the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Natural History Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the
Schomburg Library. I took some excellent photos that I hope to share with
you over the months to come. And, on Sunday afternoon, I went to the borough
of the Bronx, New York and visited Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan.
The status of Dr. Ben has been a source of great controversy over the past
few months and, for many, a source of tremendous anguish. Previously, I had
talked to him over the telephone. I also had multiple conversations with a
number of concerned people about Dr. Ben. This was combined with long
discussions with distinguished Elder and long time Harlem resident Queen
Mother Kefa Nepthys and our brother, historian and Egyptologist, Ashra Kwesi.
I also got a long phone message from brother Jarvis Butler. All of these
folks have been very close to Dr. Ben for a lot of years. They are not new
to the scene and I respect their viewpoints. I hope to soon have detailed
talks with Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Professor Tony Browder. And, to cap it
off, last night I had a long conversation with Dr. Ben's oldest daughter and
primary caregiver--sister Ruth Ben-Jochannan. We have all promised to
carefully monitor the situation and to keep each other
well-informed. In other words, I wanted to do my homework and edit my
research before putting out information that no matter how well
intended might only serve to make matters worse.
As you know, Dr. Ben is in a nursing home in the Bronx, New York. He has
been there for about a month now. He is much smaller than I am used to
seeing him but I did not see any signs of physical abuse and neglect. While
I was with him he seemed lucid and alert. He receives many visitors.
Indeed, he receives so many visitors that I can see how it might be
disruptive to the care provided to the other patients.
In spite of some the reports that I have seen he has plenty of clothes or, at
least, all of the clothes that he could possibly need in a nursing home!
Upon his request I actually looked in the drawers and closets in his room to
examine his apparel and to see things for myself. He seemed quite clean and,
while I was there, he was served a hot lunch that even made me hungry. He
seemed to have a healthy appetite and had a small basket of fruit on a nearby
table. Someone called me the next morning and told me that he had brought
Dr. Ben even more food, including some of Dr. Ben's favorites. Let's just
hope that they did not bring him any pork!
Make no mistake about it, Dr. Ben does not want to be in a nursing home. Who
would? And I was told several times by his daughter that the family is doing
everything possible to get him better situated and as soon as possible. The
family hopes to have him out of the nursing home within a few weeks and right
after the height of New York's bitter winter. I also want to note, and this
is perhaps a bit personal, that the family is operating with very limited
resources. They are not rich people.
And so I am asking everyone to take all of this into consideration as we
report on the status of this great man. I repeat, Dr. Ben does not want to
be in the nursing home. He makes this quite clear. And we don't want him in
the nursing home. We should be clear on this also. But sometimes what we
want and what we need and what we can afford does not equate.
Dr. Ben's family is under great pressure. They are receiving threats to
their physical well-being and are even afraid now of walking on the street
for fear of coming under assault from irresponsible and misinformed people.
Is this what we want? I don't think so. For his family, Dr. Ben is not only
a treasured icon but a father and a grandfather. Rather than castigate the
family we must support them. I am asking that we not make a bad situation
worse.
As we have seen with our own parents, getting old can be tough. At this
point Dr. Ben cannot take care of himself and is in need of constant
attention. I am simply asking that we continue to show our love and
affection for Dr. Ben, but, that we also show our love and respect for the
family and put ourselves in their place--a place that is becoming
increasingly uneasy.
So that is my report for today. I will issue others, and I know that you
will also, in due time and as further information becomes available.
In love of all things African,
Runoko Rashidi Okello
<a href="runoko@yahoo.com">runoko@yahoo.com</a>
February 2009</div>Dr. Ben - Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, needs your support and lovinghttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/dr-ben-dr-yosef-benjochannan2009-01-11T01:00:10.000Z2009-01-11T01:00:10.000ZKWASI Akyeamponghttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/KWASIAkyeampong<div><p style="text-align:left;"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828505701,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="" width="3072" height="2304" /></p>
Dr. Ben and J, Irving
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Damon reading to Dr. Ben
I just received these pics and thought you might like to see.
We must take care of our scholars who showed us the path lost.
<i>:Agnes Johnson
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<b>fyi pictures are forwarded from their visit
From J. Irving and Damon
Operations & Organization
100 Blacks In Law Enforcement Who Care</b>
Dr. Ben is in Room 301 at
BAY PARK CENTER FOR NURSING AND REHABILITATION, LLC.
AKA Hebrew Nursing Home
801 CO-OP CITY BLVD,
BRONX, NY 10475
Phone 718 239 6444
His birthday was yesterday and he is 91 years young.
He needs visits, He requests his books
He requests conversation
<b>visiting hours are from 11am to 8pm</b>
Take 5 train to last stop (Dyer and Light)
Take a cab or walk a long block under the train trestle to Boston Road.
Cross the street to bus stop in front of mini mall.
Take the BX 30. Bus will take you to Drieser Loop and the hospital is across the street on the left
<i>:Agnes Johnson</i>
<b>See Runoko Rashidi's letter -
WHAT DO WE DO FOR THE ELDER SCHOLARS IN NEED?</b>
<a href="http://theblacklistpub.ning.com/group/calltoaction/forum/topics/what-do-we-do-for-the-elder">http://theblacklistpub.ning.com/group/calltoaction/forum/topics/what-do-we-do-for-the-elder</a></div>