NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK

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

Monday, December 27, 2010

A Nubian Knight ...
Out In The Snowy Streets of Coney Island Today

ROD, A Nubian Knight Out In Da Snow...

Fine Fare Supermarket Was Open!
You Gotta Eat, Right?

Qool!

Still Looks Like a Oversized Big Ol' Toy Truck I Had As A Kid!
Ulltra-Qool

Snowbound!

Kids On The Snowy Playground

Self-Portrait Of An African Warrior!

Monday, December 20, 2010

44th Anniversary KWANZAA Celebration
With KWANZAA Creator Dr. MAULANA KARENGA
Monday, December 27th, 2010
5:30PM - 9:30PM

The New York Chapter of the
National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO)
presents a
44th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration
with Dr. MAULANA KARENGA
this year's message
Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba:
An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World

At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme.

TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM

BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226.

$10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children

Trave: "A" or "C" train to Utica Avenue

GOOGLE MAP

"...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense."
Dr. Maulana Karenga
(quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement)

Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Threee

At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme.

TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM

BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226.

$10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children

"...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense."
Dr. Maulana Karenga
(quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement)

Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Three

KWANZAA
A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture

Dr. Karenga is Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, at Long Beach. He is also chair of the Organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations. He has been an activist scholar since the 60s especially in such educational and social movements as Black Studies, Black Power, Black Arts, independent schools, Afrocentricity, ancient Egyptian Studies, Ifa ethical studies, the Million Person Marches and Reparations. He is the author of numerous books, some including Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle,and; Introduction to Black Studies as well as numerous articles. He has earned two Ph.D.s, one in social ethics (University of Southern California, and the other in political science (U.S.International University).

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Black Heritage Postage Stamp Series Retrospective
Beyond The Perf - USA Philatelic

1978 Issued Stamp Of Harriet Tubman

www.surfbtp.com/heritage

Thursday, December 16, 2010

I LOVE MY BOO.
GMHC Ad Campaign In New York City
(On The "N" Train)

I LOVE MY BOO
GMHC Ad Campaign In New York City (On The "N" Train)

BIG ROD @ Prudential Center (Stadium) In Newark, New Jersey
On Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Prudential Center (Stadium) In Newark, New Jersey

My friend Ernest treated me to an NBA game to see the New Jersey Nets in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center (Stadium) on Wednesday December 1st, 2010.

I haven't been to a live sports game in about 15 years and it was so qool to be there and humbled to have such GREAT friends in my life.

Quickly I will say that prices are outrageous and I couldn't imagine bringing a family to see any type of games on a regular basis. The prices for food and drinks could put me on a "fast".

Overall, I had a GREAT, GREAT TIME!! Can you believe that this game ended in TRIPLE OVERTIME!!!! This game was meant for me!!

Foreground (Left to Right): My Friend Ernest and ME (ROD)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Chocolate Babies (1997) Film Screening
Billy Wilder Theater In Los Angeles, California
Friday, December 10th, 2010 @ 7:30PM

“Chocolate Babies” (1997)
Directed by Stephen Winter
Running Time: 83 minutes (35mm film print)

When a band of HIV-positive African American drag queens have had enough of patronizing activists and politicians, they launch an underground terror campaign to fight for justice. Writer-director Stephen Winter's scathingly funny and tender feature debut hits like a hand grenade, demolishing independent film conventions as thoroughly as the political marginalization and complacency that are its main targets.

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's Legacy Project series, in partnership with OutFest. Chocolate Babies is distributed by Frameline Distribution.

Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente.
Screenwriter: Stephen Winter.
Editor: Francisco Macias.
Cast: Suzanne Gregg Ferguson, Dudley Findlay, Jr., Jon Kit Lee, Michael Lynch, Claude E. Sloan.

In person: Ernest Hardy, Tisa Bryant, editors, War Diaries; Kevin Simmonds, contributor, War Diaries; Pato Hebert, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA); Keith M. Harris, associate professor, UC Riverside.

Tickets: $10.00
Purchase Tickets...

Archive events FREE to UCLA students with ID.

Purple Galaxy Presents Yolo Akili's
New Black Same Gender Loving
Spoken Word Music Video Concretely

Brutha Yolo,

I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH MY BRUTHA!!

What an INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL and SENSUAL PIECE OF MOTION ART about the Black Same Gender Loving (SGL) experience Concretely is.

MAN! The video is so beautiful. For some reason it reminds me of something the late Black SGL filmmaker Marlon Riggs would have done.

Spoken Word And SGL Artist Yolo Akili

And check out Yolo's website, too. I went to Amazon.com and downloaded Yolo's new CD Purple Galaxy back in September 2010. CDBaby.com and iTunes also has his music as well.