United People

26/11/2023

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“Over the years my religion has changed and my spirituality has evolved. Religion and spirituality are very different. But people often confuse the two. some things cannot be taught. But they can be awakened in the heart. Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn’t belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.”

18/08/2023

Legendz!!! 🆙✊🏾

- Pelé
- Michael Jordan
- Muhammad Ali
- Bill Russell
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1999 - Madison Square Garden

16/08/2023

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20/07/2023

Remember!!! 🆙✊🏾

23/06/2023

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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

~ Malcolm X

21/06/2023

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18/05/2023

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Read this my people 🌍💚😍👊

Mike Tyson _"I went to Egypt to see our history as Africans, and one thing i concluded was the day black Africa realizes themselves and they unite as one , the world will shake "
As Africa we are on trial, from Riches to Rags, and lowest of all nations, but that's how nature works. Soon the leaders will become leaders of Earth ☝🏾💪🏿

02/05/2023

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There is a reason the Powerful Act of Libation is not just the preserve of Kemet, but also very significant across the African continent and the Diaspora. It compliments a deep understanding with our sacred nature to the Earth. It is a deep, solid form of invocation that has stood over time and shown its power, the growth of seeds of ideas and intent.

Learn about its West African manifestations on our course 'The Spirituality of West African Kingdoms', available below:

https://ancestralvoices.co.uk/spirituality-of-the-west-african-kingdoms/

18/04/2023

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13/04/2023

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22 Most Famous and Powerful kingdoms/Empires in the History of Afrika....Know who you Are

1) The Songhai Empire (1401-1600) - Niger 🇳🇪, Mali 🇲🇱, Mauritania 🇲🇷, Senegal 🇸🇳, Nigeria🇳🇬, Guinea 🇬🇳, The Gambia🇬🇲, Algeria (south) 🇩🇿, Burkina-Faso🇧🇫, and Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, Chad 🇹🇩

2) The Kingdom of Kemet and Cush over 11k history before invaders - Egypt 🇪🇬

3. The Great Igala/Attagara Kingdom (800BC - 1700 AD)- Nigeria 🇳🇬/Uganda/Kenya/South Sudan/Congo/Sierra Leone

4) The Aksumite( Axum) Empire(100-940 CE) - Ethiopia/Eritrea 🇪🇹/🇪🇷

5) The Mali Empire (1235 to 1670)- Mali 🇲🇱, Senegal 🇸🇳, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Niger 🇳🇪, Guinea 🇬🇳, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼, Ghana 🇬🇭

6) The Great Benin Empire(40BC-1897AD) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

7) The Empire of Ghana( Wagadu 601 - 1240) - Mauritania 🇲🇷, Senegal🇸🇳

8) The Great Zimbabwe Empire (1220-1450 CE)- 🇿🇼

9) The Ethiopian Empire ( Abyssinia ) 1270 (beginning of Solomonid Dynasty) until 1974 - Ethiopia 🇪🇹

10) The Kingdom of Kush (1069 BCE and 350 CE) - Sudan/ South Sudan 🇸🇩/🇸🇸

11) The Kingdom of Kongo ( 1301 - 1665 ) - Angola 🇦🇴 DRC 🇨🇩 Congo 🇨🇬 and Gabon 🇬🇦

12) The Oyo Empire.(1300s-1835) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

13) The Carthage Empire (814 BC–146 BC)- Tunisia 🇹🇳

14) Kanem-Bornu Empire. (1396-1893)- Nigeria 🇳🇬

15) The Mutapa Empire (c. 1450-1629)- Zimbabwe/Mozambique 🇿🇼/🇲🇿

16) Ashanti Empire. (1701 to 1901)- Ghana 🇬🇭

17) The Aro Confederacy (1690–1902)- Nigeria 🇳🇬

18) The Jolof Empire. (1350 to 1549)- Senegal 🇸🇳

19) The Kingdom of Nri (1100 until 1911)- Nigeria 🇳🇬

20) The Luba Empire.(1585–1889) - DRC 🇨🇩

21) The Nok Civilization.(1500 BC — c. 500) AD- Nigeria 🇳🇬

22) The Zulu Empire (1816-1897)- South Africa 🇿🇦

13/04/2023

A must read 🆙✊🏾

In 1958, Nigeria's Chinua Achebe, one of the greatest African writers of all time, wrote his first novel book "Things Fall Apart" at the age of 28, and sold over 20 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages.

• It was ranked as one of the Greatest Books Ever Written in a list by Encyclopedia Brittanica in 2018.

• It was on number 5 on BBC's 100 Stories That Shaped The World.

• It was also among the 100 books that were featured on the TV series, The Great American Read.

• In 2011, Chinua Achebe forced 50 Cent to rename his forthcoming new movie "Things Fall Apart". He was contacted by Achebe's legal team that he couldn't use the title. Even when he offered Achebe $1 million dollars, Achebe felt insulted and rejected the money. 50 Cent later re-named his movie "All Things Fall Apart".

Read here: https://theafricandreamsl.com/20-years-old-james-samba-has-built-the-first-ever-locally-made-electric-vehicle-in-sierra-leone/

11/04/2023

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Historical photo of Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson during WWII while they were stationed at Fort Riley together. ❤️❤️

25/03/2023

Rest in Power! 🆙✊🏾

While on an expedition in Africa in 1904, an American explorer purchased a young Pygmy man named Ota Benga from slave traders and brought him to the U.S., where he became part of the “African village” at the St. Louis World’s Fair. After the Fair ended, Ota was hired by the Bronx Zoo to work as a caretaker, but as public fascination with him grew the Zoo began to “exhibit” him, leading to controversy and protests. In response to the criticism the Zoo turned Ota over to Reverend James Gordon, who placed him in an orphanage in Brooklyn.

In 1910 Gordon sent Ota to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he lived with Gregory Hayes, president of Lynchburg’s Virginia Seminary. While a boy in Africa, Ota’s teeth had been chiseled into sharp points, as part of a traditional Pygmy ritual. Rev. Gordon had Ota’s teeth capped and had him dress in conventional American clothing. While attending school he was tutored in English by the poet Anne Spencer. Eventually Ota got a job working in a to***co factory.

Ota’s dream was to return to his home in Africa and he believed he was nearing his goal. But when World War I broke out, travel to Africa became impossible and Ota became deeply depressed.

On March 20, 1916, Ota Benga built a ceremonial fire in the woods, broke the caps off his teeth, and killed himself. He died one hundred and seven years ago today.

06/03/2023

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27/02/2023

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A point that I’ve made in my writings is that in pre-colonial African societies one does not find many examples of religious conflicts…

17/02/2023

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Dr Umar Johnson with a message after completing the Fredrick Douglass Marcus Garvey Academy for boys in Wilmington Delaware‼️✊🏾

15/02/2023

Unapologetically Black! ✊🏾

15/02/2023

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar, photographed in New York City by Richard Avedon, 1963

29/12/2022

A soldier without any political or ideological training is a potential criminal. -Thomas Sankara

26/11/2022

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The Black woman is Black Knowledge.

08/10/2022

AFRIKA UNITE 🆙✊🏾