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Otta Benga, Formerly Enslaved The Epitome of a Nubian Knight
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QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"
"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."
- Fred Wilson
"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."
- N. Abdul-Wakil
"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."
- Dredlocks Tree
The REEL Black Same Gender Loving Filmography Resource (A 24/7 ONLINE FILM DATABASE)
Click The Pic To Access The Film Library Database! (166 Films) LAST UPDATE: Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Today, December 30th, is the Fifth Day of Kwanzaa!
The Fifth Principle of Kwanzaa is: Nia (nee-AH): Purpose
- To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. (Light The Middle Green Candle on the Right) Traditional Greeting: "Habari Gani?" (Translation: "What's the Word?" or "What's the News?") Response on December 30th: "Nia!"
Find a meaningful way to instill Nia in your life today, and in the coming year.
e-Celebration of KWANZAA: My Heart Just Wasn't In It This Year
by N. Abdul-Wakil
(A Guest Nubian Knight's Perspective)
Peace, Rod:
I see that you moved ahead with e-celebration of Kwanzaa via posts to your blog. Good for you. My heart just wasn't in it this year.
Perhaps, it's the cumulative effect of having lived in the ghetto of Bed-Stuy for over three and a half years. I feel good that my voice for progressive movement is heard by a handful of people online. However, I don't even have to leave my apartment to be aware that my activism only creates one small air bubble surfacing among the relentless tide of ignorance that is eroding the coasts of this nation in daily massive waves. No one hears the faint calls for social justice, black nationalism, or reminders of the lessons taught by our great, martyred leaders of the twentieth century. No one hears above the mobile phones plastered to their ears. No one hears through the black, blonde or "ghetto fabulous" loud pink, horsetail-hair helmets that two thirds of Black women don daily to compete for attention among the dwindling number of straight Black men temporarily on the streets between jail terms. No one wants to hear about how their use of the "N" word denigrates their racial self-esteem (and passes it along to their children). It's not as though this is racial self-hatred. This is a hip form of camaraderie. It must be. They see usage of this word affirmed by music videos and popular films. No one even gives a hoot about recycling (which is the law). Why should they? Hasn't it always been easier to just throw the empty liquor bottles and cans out the window? Surely, it's better to do this than to risk everyone in one's building noticing the overwhelming number of vodka bottles in the recycle can. By throwing trash out the windows it's easier to wallow in the denial that no one knows what building residents have drinking problems. Right?
Today, December 28th, is the Third Day of Kwanzaa!
The Third Principle of Kwanzaa is: Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective Work and Responsibility
- To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together. (Light The Farthest Green Candle On The Right)
Traditional Greeting: "Habari Gani?" (Translation: "What's the Word?" or "What's the News?") Response on December 28th: "Ujima!"
Find a meaningful way to instill Ujima in your life today, and in the coming year. HAPPYKWANZAA!
Aiiight Y'all,The latest calendar in my Black male calendar collection that I just got is Spirit of Black Men (SBM) 2010. SBM is published every year by a Black owned company called Shades of Color.
This is their About Us mission statement:
Shades of Color is a Black Owned business dedicated to bringing you the highest quality African American products available. The company was started in 1995 as a means of filling the void that existed within the calendar business. Our mission is to bring positive images of African Americans to homes and offices everywhere.
So, with this purchase it pretty much completes my collection of 2010 Black male calendars. Unless some other Black male calendar(s) pops up unexpectedly, I don't expect to get any more calendars until the 2011 Black male calendars start rolling out next August of 2010.
Coincidentally, the later part of the summer each year is when the calendar publishing industry begins shipping the succeeding year's new calenders.
For y'all following my calendar blog entries, I previously reviewed and showed pics to the Ebony Soul 2010 18-month calendar and the City Gym Boys 2010 16-month calendar which are some of the highest quality Black male calendars out there (as a total package). These calendars are published every year (Ebony Soul every year and a half because they do 18-month calendars). On average I would place SBM in third place behind the two aforementioned calendars, but standings can fluctuate from year to between them except Ebony Soul which remains exceptionally in 1st place in my opinion every time they launch their product.
My purchases usually average about these 3 calendars per year but can be much more as there are always independent calendar publishers who pop up out of no where with a nice calendar product. Because SBM can be inconsistent from year to year I don't always get it. But this year's calendar is stronger than average. Davide is the photographer who draws the assignment almost every year to photograph these bruthaz. Some years he doesn't do it.
So, SBM 2010 is a standard 12-month calendar. The page preceding January 2010 has the standard mini September, October, November and December 2009 that a lot of calendars "cheat" on. (See picture below.). I say "cheat" because some calendars like Ebony Soul give you September, October, November and December as 4 separate wall hanging pages which I LOVE, and shows a dedication to the customer and it separates oneself from the typical calendar pack.
Mini September, October, November and December 2009"Cheat" On One Page As Opposed To Each Month HavingIt's Own Wall Page Hanging (It's Typical On Most Calendars Though); Pictured Again Is The Model Chris
Below I took some pics of my favorite sexy brutha models to show y'all. Click the pics to enlarge them...
Dimitrius, Mr. January 2010
Derek, Mr. February 2010
Marshall, Mr. April 2010- Definitely My Favorite Brutha In The Entire Calendar. I LOVE The Way Those LIPS Of His Are Pursed. What A Beautiful Brutha.
André, Mr. July 2010
Terrance, Mr. August2010 - Great Picture! Davide (The Photographer) Has a Too Familiar Pattern Of Having His Models "Crouching" Over Too Much. It Works For This Model Though.
AND LASTLY...
Omatayo, Mr. November2010
- Hmmmm... He Definitly Gives Marshall (Mr. April) A Run For The Money. Definitely A Cutie And Has A Really Nice Name, Too.
So, overall I really like this year's Spirit of Black Calendar. I give this year's calendar 4 stars out of 5. Excellent!
PLEASE SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES! I had a Black owned business called Sister's Uptown Bookstore & Culture Center in Harlem, NYC (1942 Amsterdam Avenue, on the corner of 156th Street & Amsterdam; "C" train to 155th Street or #1 train to 157th Street; either train is a short 2 block walk) order the calendar for me. I think they still have a few in stock. You can call (212) 862-3680 and ask for either sistah Tracy or sistah Janifer and reference my name (ROD) and ask for the calendar. It retails for $14.95.
If you can't get to the bookstore or don't live in NYC then you can order it from another Black owned on-line business called CushCity.com (direct link to calendar web page) - I have ordered from them over the years and they are a reputable and reliable online Internet resource. So you can shop Black with confidence from them.
Shades of Color, the Black owned calendar publisher I mentioned before , (direct link to web page) has it as well.
One FUN thing I LOVE playing is a game called WARRI . It is the oldest game in the world and originated in AFRICA. It is played many different ways and called numerous names depending upon the region of the world. The play mechanics in terms of thinking is as challenging as chess YET incredibly easy to learn and play like the simplicity of checkers. I have two WARRI game boards (the bigger one shown above). I bought both of them and learned the rules of WARRI from my friend and mentor, Oba. Click the pic to find out more. Really qool!
The Term "Same Gender Loving" (SGL)
"Same-Gender-Loving" or "SGL", its meaning which was coined and derived out of the Black community "...emerged in the early 1990s to offer Black women who love women and Black men who love men (and other people of color) a way of identifying that resonated with the uniqueness of Black life and culture". READ MORE...
Basically, it's a CULTURAL AFFIRMATION SPECIFIC to PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. We speak for ourselves and self-identify for ourselves.
I live its ideology through LOVE and ACCEPTANCE.
All The AFRICAN Resource Links Starting From Here & Downward Are Alphabetized By Category. HAVE FUN! | | | V
FIRE!! (Reprint of the 1926 Issue) In 1926, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Wallace Thurman, Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Gwendolyn Bennett and John P. Davis Created The Publication Called FIRE!!
The 2009 List: 25 Film Festivals Worth the Fee (by MovieMaker.com)
Every moviemaker has dreams of his or her film landing at Sundance or Cannes and instantly acquiring the enduring acclaim that fests of that caché can offer. There ’s nothing wrong with striving for those rarified venues, but moviemakers need not get their celluoid in a bunch if it doesn’t happen, because now more than ever there are excellent alternatives—festivals that go the extra mile to make certain that a moviemaker ’s efforts are well compensated.
Whether the payoff comes in the form of a generous cash prize, the opportunity to hobknob with an industry titan, or just a fattening of one’s press kit and crew Rolodex, the festivals that are worth your fee and your time can make all the difference in your burgeoning career:
• Action on Film International Film Festival • Angelus Student Film Festival • Ashland Independent Film Festival • Austin Film Festival • Bermuda International Film Festival • Boxur Shorts Film Festival • Calgary International Film Festival • Dark Carnival Film Festival • DC Shorts Film Festival • Doorpost Film Project • Elevate Film Festival • L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival • Mammoth Film Festival • Marfa Film Festival • Myrtle Beach International Film Festival • Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival • Ottawa International Animation Film Festival • Oxford International Film Festival • Palm Springs Shortfest • Poppy Jasper Film Festival • Red Rock Film Festival • Screamfest Horror Film Festival • SILVERDOCS • Syracuse International Film Festival • Whistler Film Festival
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