African Roots of our beliefs and science - Dr. Ben (Dr. Yosef ben Jochannan)

Hebrew-Jewish, Islamic, and Christian sensitivity warning. This presentation challenges some many of the commonly held beliefs of these three religions.
The direct link to the video is: http://youtu.be/034gik9aIRE
http://www.africanglobe.net/featured/dr-yosef-ben-jochannan/

African Roots of our beliefs and science is presented by Dr. Ben (Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan). In this presentation he discusses the African roots, connections, and comparable aspects of what is considered as Western Religions and sciences.

http://www.raceandhistory.com/Historians/ben_jochannan.htm
Dr. Ben says, "I shall show that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are as much African as they are Asian in origin, and in no sense what-so-ever European as the title, "Western Religions" suggests;" Dr. Ben's ultimate goal in this work is to show the definite links between exclusively indigenous traditional African learning systems with these so-called "Western Religions." Dr. Ben concludes that the term "Western Religions" "is a misnomer and is as racist as it sounds." "Western Religions" like "Greek Philosophy," cannot escape its indigenous African origin says Dr. Ben.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DrYosef-Ben-Jochannan/51871920311

Ben-Jochannan was born the only child of an Afro-Puerto Rican Jewish mother named Julia Matta and an Ethiopian father named Kriston ben-Jochannan, in a Falasha community in Ethiopia.[2][1]

He was educated in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Cuba, and Spain, earning degrees in engineering and anthropology. In 1938, Ben-Jochannan earned a BS in Civil Engineering at the university of Puerto Rico, despite the fact that the University of Puerto Rico did not offer this degree, nor was there an Engineering Department until 1942. In 1939 a Master's degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Havana, Cuba. He received doctoral degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Moorish History from the University of Havana and the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Ben-Jochannan immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s. He worked as a draftsman and continued his studies. He claims that in 1945, he was appointed chairman of the African Studies Committee at the headquarters of the newly founded UNESCO, a position from which he stepped down in 1970. In 1950, Ben-Jochannan began teaching Egyptology at Malcolm King College, then at City College in New York City. From 1976 to 1987, he was an adjunct professor at Cornell University.[4] Dr. Ben is considered to be a world-renowned Egyptologist.

Ben-Jochannan is the author of 49 books, primarily on ancient Nile Valley civilizations and their impact on Western cultures.[2] In his writings, he argues that the original Jews were from Ethiopia and were Black Africans, while the white Jews later adopted the Jewish faith and its customs.

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Problems in our communities - TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF QUEENSBRIDGE by Booker Sim

TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF QUEENSBRIDGE by Booker Sim

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African Origins of the Bible (#1 of 8) - Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango

African Origins of the Bible (#1 of 8)
Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango

From volume one of the cassette tape series of the same name.

This is a recording of a lecture from the early 1990s. THEOLOGIAN, AUTHOR, SCIENTIST, RESEARCHER & ANALYST Dr. Barashango is a historian in the Black liberation struggle and a citizen of the Republic of New Afrika (Heaven).
Here is the link to the lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kpVTcLtM4

The brother turns those he lectures to, into whole beings of mind, body and spirit. He puts biblical characters and lands in perspective, while providing a wealth of information about the Mother and Father force known as the Creator. While best known as a lecturer on the history of African People, he was also a former ordained and educated Christian minister.

Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango began his journey to Nsamando, the land of the Ancestors on January 14, 2004. The dynamic minister, author, historian, educator and motivational speaker was born April 27, 1938 to Florine Mason in Philadelphia, PA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL and was awarded Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from the College of Doctors of the New Afrikan University Network System, Washington, DC and the Sankore Institute operating under the auspices of Texas Southern Universty, Houston,TX.

Rev. Barashango founded the Temple of the Black Messiah, School of History and Religion and co-founded Fourth Dynasty Publishing Company of Silver Spring. He also taught history and religion at several colleges and universities.

In August, 1996 he married Lydia Umyemi who worked with him to establish the Temple of the Black Messiah, New World Church of All Faiths, Philadelphia, PA.

 

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(Full video) The Conspiracy to destroy - Jawanza Kunjufu

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu provides advice for parents, educators, community, and church members is provided in this guide for ensuring that African American boys grow up to be strong, committed, and responsible African American men. This video answers such questions as Why are there more black boys in remedial and special education classes than girls? Why are more girls on the honor roll? When do African American boys see a positive black male role model? Is the future of black boys in the hands of their mothers and white female teachers? and When does a boy become a man? The significance of rite of passage activities, including mentoring, male bonding, and spirituality, are all described in the below video. 
http://africanamericanimages.com/AAI/Black%20Parents%20Must%20Do.htm

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http://youtu.be/DQ779V1JEjQ 

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Raising Black Boys - Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Raising Black Boys: Exploring the Journey from Boys to Men
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu - April 25, 2011
 
Watch the video on the below website:
http://youtu.be/caiU8FvZUsY

(Chicago, Illinois) - A three-year-old boy struts down the street wearing "gangsta" gear. A fourth grade boy can't read the comic book he holds in his hands. A teen male sells drugs to support his mother. A high school senior won't be going to college because his parents can't afford to send him. The old saying, "Boys will be boys," takes on new meaning in the Black community, where boys are suffering from academic failure, low self-esteem, frustration, and a lack of direction.

According to Jawanza Kunjufu, author of the bestselling Raising Black Boys and a father of two sons, "The spirits of too many of our boys have been broken. During the preschool and kindergarten years, our boys are energetic and curious. They love learning and ask thousands of questions. There's a glow in their eyes. By the time they reach high school, however, that glow has been replaced with suspicion and anger."

The statistics paint a disturbing picture of life for Black boys: 72 percent of African American boys lack a father in the home. Nationally, African American males have a 53 percent chance of dropping out of high school. In some districts, the rates are significantly higher. While African Americans make up 17 percent of the total school population, they account for 32 percent of the suspensions and 30 percent of all expulsions. One of three Black males are involved with the penal system. African American male teens are placed in remedial or special education classes at triple the rate of their white counterparts, and they are underrepresented in gifted and honors classes.

The top three influences on African American boys today are peer pressure, rap music, and television. However, Kunjufu believes that the greatest problems facing Black boys are a lack of spirituality and fatherlessness.

"If you look at all the woes in our society-drug addiction, teen pregnancy, illiteracy, grade retention, incarceration-the common thread running through them all is the absence of the father in a child's life," says Kunjufu.

The 9 Types of Fathers Explained in Raising Black Boys
Sperm Donors - define their masculinity based on the quantity of children they create, not the quality of their childrearing.
No-Show Dads - promise to pick the child up for the weekend, but they don't show.
Ice Cream Dads - instead of spending quality time with the child, they buy presents out of guilt.
Dead Broke Dads - may be penniless, but they still want to participate in the child's life. Some mothers' "pay to play" philosophy prevents the Dead Broke Dad from raising his child.
Dork Dads - are physically in the home but are not emotionally present.
Divorced Dads - although divorced from their wives, they would never abandon their children.
Stepfathers - often see their wives' children as their own.
Daddies - stay with their spouses, and they enjoy being fully involved fathers.
Single-Parent Dads - assume full responsibility for the children when the mother walks. Single-Parent Dads demonstrate that men, too, can develop a strong bond with their children.

Using research and examples from his own life and the lives of prominent African American men such as neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, Kunjufu goes beyond the gloom and doom reports that haunt the Black community and provides sound strategies and a ray of hope for parents, teachers, ministers, and mentors who are struggling to raise Black boys against tremendous odds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are receiving this correspondence via email and are not able to view the accompanying video please visit http://www.blackimprovementmedia.blogspot.com to watch the video described in the above text. The views expressed in the media presented on this site are not necessarily the views and opinions of the Imani Foundation, our members, staff, or sponsors. Find us on FACEBOOK under the name "The Black Improvement Movement". Subscribe to our posts by emailing imanifoundation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .