Author Archives: Reverendissimo

The Buffalo riot lasted till the 1st of July 1967. It resulted in over 180 arrests and an estimated $250,000 in property damage. Poor housing structure, limited job opportunities for the Black youth resulting from the post-Second World War de-industrialization process, low-quality education, inadequate social support systems, discriminatory laws and racial bigotry, all led to theContinue reading “When Black New Yorkers Decided To Unite For Their Own: Buffalo Race Riots of 1967!”

“If God has given me the Kingship, then no man can take it away.” – Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, the King of Morocco from 1672 to 1727. He was born in the year 1645 at Sijilmasa according to some scholars whiles others hold that his year of birth is not conclusive.  As the seventh son of MoulayContinue reading “Black King Solomon: The Moroccan King & Pirate Who Fathered Over 1000 Children!”

When a wealthy continent is unable to make use of her greatest asset to revamp growth and development, then her ‘leadership’ and those institutions by which her ‘leaders’ order the affairs of her inhabitants must be called into question. Afrika’s youthful populace (persons aged between 15-35) make up about 420 million of the Afrikan populationContinue reading “Rising Unemployment Rates Amongst Afrikan Youth: Deliberate Attempts To Destabilize The Afrikan Economy?”

“This music…is a fascinating combination of poetry, music and dancing. Its secret also lies in a religious and spiritual dimension which gives it a kind of therapeutic power…” – Anass Fassi Fehri. The power of sound has since the days of old been acknowledged for its transformative and destructive power alike. The ancient Chinese used the powerContinue reading “Morocco’s Gnawa Music: This Sound Will Possess You, Then Heal You!”

The Kaonde Tribe are a Bantu-speaking people who occupy the North-Western regions of present-day Zambia. A number of these tribesmen can also be located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They trace their descent along the mother’s family tree and are exceptional farmers who grow corn, millet, cassava and sorghum to mention but a few.Continue reading “Kongamato: The Real ‘Batmen’ of East Afrika!”

The grief accumulating from the loss of a loved one has the tendency of shattering the joy, internal peace and balance with which we hitherto carried ourselves about. The wise ones have said that when you lose somebody dear to you, one with whom you shared camp and company, the loss takes from you itsContinue reading “Nandi: The Woman Who Shaka Zulu Killed For & For Whom He Was Killed!”

Desert oases have remained one of the wonders that grace the planet Earth’s surface, unique rest ‘islands’ in the midst of a sweltering desert atmosphere specially made for the weary traveller whose mission it is to create for himself his fair share of an oasis in a morally deserted world. The question surrounding the existenceContinue reading “How The Berbers of North Afrika Used Gravity to Transport Water Under The Desert!”

Afrikan traditional textiles are a visual representation of history, philosophy, ethics, social conduct, religious beliefs, political thought and aesthetic principles.” – Abraham Ekow Asmah. The narratives surrounding the origins of the Kente cloth and Kente weaving are of varying measure and degree. Kente weaving is said to be indigenous to the West Afrikan country of Ghana. Some scholars have however forwardedContinue reading “The Talking Fabric: Hidden Symbolism of The Kente Cloth!”

The time was 7:43 pm on a Sunday evening, I was laying on my bunkbed when I felt the phone vibrate from beneath my pillow where I had kept it earlier on. It was Nii Amu my course mate from the ‘Consciencism’ philosophy class; PHIL 407. He called to inform me that Monday’s lecture hadContinue reading “Kwame Nkrumah’s ‘Consciencism’: A Solution To A Dying Afrikan Conscience!”

Come with me all ye who will to that solemn place on this Hill where my dwelling hermits, that quiet place where we can hear those timeless echoes of mercies and whispers of love from loved ones both here and ascended. The heart pulsates of their longing to bond once again in remembrance of theContinue reading “Whispers & Echoes!”