Hey Castle Voodoo Bold As Wing Wind


November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970
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Demsay, imitation is the highest form of flattery:
Chaka - Little Wing

SRV - Little Wing

Sting - Little Wing
Yuta

African Lioness in Church


Shackle, an 11-year-old African lioness rode out hurricane Ike in the First Baptist Church of Crystal Beach, in Cyrstal Beach, Texas on Sept. 16, 2008 (from Big Picture Globe). Seen? (smile).

Crossed Lines

Showing the community center yuts this well-written yut fruit. Lions & Lionesses. Different reactions, generally good. Fia try to get dem out of Chris Brown youtube mode without posting battered picture of girlfriend on center walls... esheAfianaWoa.

We Will All Live In Afrika One Day


Isn't this just Afrika? (smile).


This is afrika too (fi yellow arrow above).


Dem yuts-also: Afrika.


Yep. Asi, ashe.

Bob Marley Interview with Patrick Barrat, 1980 in Tuff Gong, Jamaica
....
PB: Isn't Africa a bit a dream for you?
Bob: No, no, it's a reality.
PB: Will you go and live there one day?
Bob: Yeah man. We will all live in Africa one day, for even France will be Africa.
PB: How come?
Bob: But of course, France will be Ethiopia! When the french were in Africa, they used to control some places and declared them french. The times will change and France will belong to Africa. The tables are turning, but this time, there won't be blood, people won't be forced. They will agree. Africa is the fruit basket of the earth. It will unite without opressing the people for God loves Africa.

Edward Wilmot Blyden
"There is no better rallying ground".

"Bird in de air!"


Walter Rimm, Age 80
"My pappy wasn't 'fraid of nothin'. He am light cullud from de white blood, and he runs away sev'ral times. Dere am big woods all round and we sees lots of run-awayers. One old fellow name John been a run-awayer for four years and de patterrollers* tries all dey tricks, but dey can't cotch him. Dey wants him bad, 'cause it 'spire other slaves to run away if he stays a-loose. Dey sots de trap for him. Dey knows he like good eats, so dey 'ranges for a quiltin' and gives chitlin's and lye hominey. John comes and am inside when de patterrollers rides up to de door. Everybody gits quiet and John stands near de door, and when dey starts to come in he grabs de shovel full of hot ashes and throws dem into de patterrollers faces. He gits through and runs off, hollerin', 'Bird in de air!'"

'cause it 'spire other slaves to run away if he stays a-loose' Seen? Mainland maroons, kilombos, palmares eh? (smile). Pon dem yuts teach dem a 'stays a-loose' idren...'stays a-loose' o' & take life chance of bird in de air asi old john.

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Why Rootz?


“The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there. In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.”
~Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of The Negro