The Afrikan Website

My New Blog

The Afrikan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:50 +0000

I have created a new blog. It is on Blogger. I will probably transfer some of my posts to it soon.

so if you want to check it out, go to http://the-afrikan.blogspot.com/

and don’t forget to check out my youtube channel for more videos.

Where I Am

The Afrikan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:29:25 +0000

i just finished making a new video. in it, i mentioned that i have made accounts on many different sites (Twitter, Faebook, Digg, etc.) so below is a list of where you can find me on those sites.

Twitter – The_Afrikan
Facebook – (a work in progress)
Digg – TheAfrikan
Delicious – The_Afrikan
StumbleUpon – TheAfrikan
Bebo – The Afrikan
Hi5 – The Afrikan

Dr. Claude Anderson’s PowerNomics

The Afrikan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:46:35 +0000

A short time ago, i discovered a video by Dr. Claude Anderson. i found the video VERY interesting, and i would like to share it with everyone.

Click Here!

Black Panther Party For Self Defense

The Afrikan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:40:22 +0000

Recently, i’ve been uploading videos of the Black Panthers. So far, it has just been speeches from the Free Huey Rally, but eventually i will upload videos about the Black Panthers.

Click below to watch:

[Videos]
Black Panthers 1968 Film (1/5)
Black Panthers 1968 Film (2/5)
Black Panthers 1968 Film (3/5)
Black Panthers 1968 Film (4/5)
Black Panthers 1968 Film (5/5)

[Speeches]
Speech By H. Rap Brown (part 1)
Speech By Stokely Carmichael (part 1)
Speech By Stokely Carmichael (part 2)
Speech By Stokely Carmichael (part 3)

Genocide in Namibia

The Afrikan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:03:09 +0000

German Schutztruppe in combat with the Herero in a painting by Richard Knötel

A short time ago, i learned about a genocide in Namibia (country in South-West Afrika) that was started by germans in the 1900s… more than 30 years before world war two.

To read the wikipedia page about it, click here.

I watched a BBC documentary about the genocide, that went into great detail about the events that occurred in Namibia. I have uploaded the video to my YouTube channel.

Below are the six parts of the documentary. Clicking them will open up the video on a new page.
Namibia Genocide (1/6)
Namibia Genocide (2/6)
Namibia Genocide (3/6)
Namibia Genocide (4/6)
Namibia Genocide (5/6)
Namibia Genocide (6/6)

Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

The Afrikan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:59:42 +0000

Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)

Today was a sad day. The King of Pop has died.

Michael Jackson was probably one of the world’s best known Black entertainers and musicians. I unfortunately do not know too much about him other than that he was a great musician, that the whole family could enjoy, and that he was a humanitarian. I do not know much about the controvercies in his life, and i do not feel it apropriate to talk about them at a time like this. I greatly enjoyed his music.

For me, it is hard to grasp the concept of him being dead. He was 50… he was still performing at concerts and releasing albums.

I really don’t know what else to say… i guess im still in shock. Below is a music video he made for a 14 year old named Ryan White, who died of AIDS. It is called “Gone Too Soon”. I think that sentiment is shared by most of us when thinking of Michael.

If the video doesn’t play, then click here.

Bye Michael, we all miss you very much. Goodbye.

The Afrikan (YouTube) Channel and Gmail

The Afrikan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:48:36 +0000

I have decided to make a YouTube account for The Afrikan Website. It is called TheAfrikanChannel. You can find it by clicking here. I have also made a Gmail account so that i can be contacted. So if anyone wants to reach me, the address is theafrikanemail@gmail.com

I have already added two videos. They are the 1st and 2nd half of a speech given by Marcus Garvey (i tried to upload the whole speech as one video, but the maximum length allowed is 10 minutes, and the entire speech is around 17 minutes). The speech is entitled “Look For Me In The Whirlwind”.

Feel free to comment on the videos.

I am working on transcribing the speeches (i have finished the first video, and will work on the second tomorrow).

Enjoy.

Whats New

The Afrikan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:58:58 +0000

I am currently working on pages about important Black People. It is crucial that we do not forget them, and their sacrifices for the betterment of Black People around the world. Names such as Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela go unspoken until February, which is when Black History Month is celebrated, but some names, like Marcus Garvey, go unheard for generations.

These Black People, who have made distinct contributions to our racial history, did not work hard only during the month of February. They were not all born in the month of February, or die in February. So why do we only remember them during the shortest month of the year? Black people have suffered the longest in all of history. Four Hundred Years and counting! Does it make any sense to try to fit 400 YEARS of history into 28 days?

It is crucial to learn as much as possible, from as many sources as possible, ALL YEAR ROUND!

I will end this with an excerpt from a speech given by Marcus Garvey:

“Bide Down Black Men, and take. Reach up black men and woman and pull all natures knowledge to you. Turn ye around and make a conquest of everything North and South East and West. And when you have wrought well you will have merited God’s blessing you will become God’s chosen people and naturally you will become leaders of the world”

Off To A Slow Start

The Afrikan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:26:00 +0000

I think the hardest part of having a blog is having the patience to wait… just sit there and wait…

What am i waiting for? People… visitors…

You could be the world’s BEST orator, who never makes mistakes, speaks confidently, and is loved by everyone… but none of that matters if you don’t have an audience to speak to.

That is why being patient is so hard. It’s based on chance. It’s up to someone you have never met before, and have no influence over, to click on your link and read what you have written. They could just as easily choose to click on a different link… one man’s choice is another man’s chance.

Luckily i have at least a little influence over my luck.

Tags help to get my blog noticed by adding them to categories made up of blogs of similar content. So if someone decided to search for sports, they would see sites that seemed similar, then they would select a site based on a single factor… chance.

At least tagging my posts makes it possible for people who share my interests to find my blog… but then that raises the question…

How many people are interested in Black History?

“Afrika” vs. “Africa”

The Afrikan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:14:23 +0000

As you may have noticed, i spell Afrika with a “k” instead of a “c”. That is because of something i recently read and agree with.

“In the spelling Afrika, a ‘k’ is used rather than a ‘c’ because for many activists the “k” represents an acknowledgment that ‘Africa’ is not the true name of that vast continent. When one speaks of Afrika, they’re bringing an Afrikan-centered view to the meaning. Therefore, the Afrika spelled with a ‘k’ represents a redefined and potentially different Afrika, and also it symbolizes a coming back together of Afrikan people worldwide. Let it be understood that when one speaks of Afrika, and when most whites think of ‘Africa’, they are coming from two different worldviews. One view supports the Afrikan ethos, while the other view supports the European ethos.”

In the words of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey,

“Afrika For The Afrikans“.