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Our ancient Egyptian ancestors were a group of people with a functional sense of fashion in its varying styles and forms. They adorned their bodies with clothes that served physical, religious and ceremonial functions, doing away as much as possible with excess material acquisition. Linen was one of the major fabrics used by the ancient Egyptians inContinue reading “Kalasiris: A Look Into Ancient Egyptian Sense Of Fashion & Style!”

Theobroma is the Latin word for ‘Food of the Gods’. This was the title given the cocoa plant by occupants of Mesoamerica during the 16th century. The Mayans, Aztecs and other advanced civilization of present-day South America are credited with the initial plantation of the cocoa plant, this they used for nutritional, health, religious and recreational purposes. SomeContinue reading “Afrikan Theobroma: Mental & Physical Health Benefits Of A 21ST Century Party Drug!”

“According to the teaching of Buddha, the idea of ‘Self’ is an imaginary false belief which has no corresponding reality, and it produces harmful thoughts of ‘me’ and ‘mine’, selfish desire, craving, attachment, hatred, ill-will, conceit, pride, egoism and other defilements, impurities and problems. It is the source of all the problems in the worldContinue reading “Ren, Ba, Sheut, Ka & Ib: Ancient Egyptian Roots of The Modern Discipline Named Psychology!”

“Early childhood specialists have a staggering responsibility in producing planetary citizens whose geographic and intellectual provinces are as limitless as their all-embracing humanity.” – Dr Chester Pierce, 1972. Racially divided America of the 20th century weighed heavily on the growth and developmental progress of not only the institutions and systems by which the citizens were governed,Continue reading “Dr. Chester Pierce: The Black Psychiatrist Who Enhanced Racial Equality In America Through Sesame Street!”

Persons who have made it their mission to understand the nature of our universe have over the past millennia submitted that the universe is organized in a precise mathematical framework, such that all that happens in the world above and below is actually an effect of a series of mathematical causes whose consequent effects bearContinue reading “Euphemia Lofton Haynes: The First Black Woman To Earn A PhD In Mathematics!”

Little is recorded of the ancient Egyptian God of creation throughout the annals of history, but the little that is known is worthy of appraisal as it bears on the health and vitality of our knowledge of the past and the stories it tells of our origin and becoming. In the ancient Egyptian Kingdom of Memphis, locatedContinue reading “Meet The Little-Known Ancient Egyptian God of Creation & The Law of Attraction!”

Up until the late 19th century, infection-free surgery was yet to be born in the medical houses of England and many parts of the western world. A Caesarian section in England was regarded as an operation of the greatest gravity only to be performed in the most desperate of circumstances (Young, 1944). Surgical practitioners in EuropeContinue reading “The Ancient Ugandan kingdom That Perfected Caesarian Section Long Before Contact With Europeans!”

“The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people. No others can do this work and Negro colleges must train their men for it. The Negro race, like all other races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men.” – W. E. B Du Bois.Continue reading “The Talented Tenth: W.E.B DuBois’ Vision For A Progressive Black race!”

The Dogon tribe is a community of people living in present-day Mali. Their original point of migration to their present locale is not known, however, some scholars have traced their ancestry to the ancient Egyptian empire. They are about 300,000 in population occupying about 700 villages with an average of about 500 inhabitants per village.Continue reading “The Dogon Tribe of Mali Discovered This Invisible Star Centuries Before Galileo Invented The Telescope!”

“That which is called the Christian religion existed amongst the ancients, and never did not exist. From the beginning of the human race until Christ came in the flesh, at which point the true religion which already existed began to be called Christianity.” – St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The debate surrounding the true origins ofContinue reading “Kher Sesheta: Black Jesus & The Ancient Afrikan Origins Of Christianity!”