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Saturday, December 31, 2005

christ: the prequel

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I'm in the middle of reading Anne Rice's new book, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. It is actually quite surprising on a number of lev...
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amiri baraka

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Bringing up Amiri Baraka's comments about the Nguzo Saba made me think it would be good to add some links about him. He's definitely...

kuumba

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Today is the sixth day of Kwanzaa and today's principle is Kuumba or Creativity; to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in o...
Friday, December 30, 2005

swahili and arabic

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From The Baheyeldin Dynasty: List of Swahili Words of Arabic Origin

nia

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Today is the Fifth day of Kwanzaa and today's principle is Nia or Purpose; to make our collective vocation the building and developing o...
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even a stopped clock...

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Here is an old Ann Coulter piece on Karenga and Kwanzaa. Snide and insulting comments aside (and there are plenty), it is interesting to se...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

why i like it, why i don't

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In spite of me really getting into Kwanzaa-blogging this year, I actually have a number of reservations about Karenga and cultural nationali...
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dhul-hijjah and eid al-adha

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According to ISNA , the first day of Dhul-Hijjah is expected January 1. That would mean the Day of Arafah will be the 9th of January, and Ei...
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julius nyerere and ujamaa

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Ujamaa: The Basis of African Socialism by Julius Kambarage Nyerere

ujamaa

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Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa and today's principle is Ujamaa or Cooperative Economics; to build and maintain our own stores, shops...

hoax or lie?

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Xpatriated Texan is a Liberal Christian blogger who pokes a few holes in the story that mosques were being put under surveilance in order to...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

prison magazine

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Muslim blogger, Umar Lee is trying to put together an informal magazine for prisoners and is looking for volunteers, either in terms of writ...

new addition to blogroll

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Check out the Woman of Color Blog by activist Chicana blogger, brownfemipower.

carlos santana

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"Spirituality to me is water. Religions are like Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, wine, beer, or whatever. But spirituality is what's really ...
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ujima continued

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In a similar vein, we should also stop to consider the connection between social justice issues globally and our personal individual lifesty...

ujima

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Today is the Third day of Kwanzaa and today's principle is Ujima or Collective Work and Responsibility; to build and maintain our commun...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

kujichagulia

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Today is the second day of Kwanzaa and today's principle is Kujichagulia or Self-Determination; To define ourselves, name ourselves, cre...

tawhid (umoja cont')

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Since umoja means unity/oneness I also wanted to build on the Islamic notion of tawhid (oneness) as well. One of the most straightforward, e...
Monday, December 26, 2005

black and hispanic

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Having been born in New York to a Puerto Rican family, Ronald Flecha is, at the same time, Hispanic and black. Since the African heritage is...
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umoja

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Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. And the principle for the first day is umoja or unity. More specifically, according to Maulana Karenga um...