This is a memorial praise poem rooted in the West African praise tradition, adapted in the Americas by Afro Descendants. It leans upon the subject’s radical appreciation of scripture and elucidates picture of an original life of tremendous human solidarity. It was crafted upon his passing in 2010 and was previously published in The Journal of PanAfrican Studies......
We propose a panel that considers that importance of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) to the development of critical consciousness in the African Diaspora. We will discuss the possibilities of a maritime anthropology in Cuba as it relates to a shipwreck involving the UNIA’s Black Star Line in Havana. Further, we will discuss Malcolm X’s critical engagement with both the UNIA...
Founded in 1967, the Interreligious Foundation of Community Organizations/Pastors for Peace (IFCO) has and continues to play an instrumental role in the movement for social transformation in the United States and abroad. Under the leadership of Rev. Lucius Walker, IFCO not only brought a faith-based perspective to the fight for reparations, Black political power, and economic justice, but IFCO...
La formación del profesional en la universidad es una necesidad en la búsqueda de alternativas hacia el desarrollo de sólidos criterios identitarios y puntos de referencia bien orientados que aumenten su capacidad para comprender el mundo y participar en él de forma responsable y consciente. Desde esta perspectiva se aprovecha la experiencia del autor de más de 30 años en estudios sobre...
Antecedentes: Como dijo nuestro líder Fidel Castro: “Y siempre fue la universidad foco de lucha y foco de rebeldía en la historia de nuestro país“y recientemente se demostró cuando todo el estudiantado estuvo presente en la lucha incansable durante la pandemia de la COVID 19, cumpliendo así con el concepto de Revolución expuesto por él en el año 2000. Objetivo: Exponer la manera en que los...
This is a memorial praise poem rooted in the West African praise tradition, adapted by Afro Descendants in the Americas honoring the life legacy and enduring resilience of Commandante Fidel Castro. It was originally prepared for a NY Memorial Tribute to Fidel back in the Winter of 201 just after his passing. It is framed by both the polemical and rhetorical love for the Cuban Revolution that...
This paper will look at a dimension of the legacy of Malcolm X not often mentioned in international circles: His incredible transcendent persona who then became a ‘model’ for personal human transformation in spite of once being trapped by the genocidally dangerous conditions and ‘lumpen’ violence. This paper will also seek to establish that his emergence as the tremendous beacon of...
This presentation examines the Black Power ecumenism and anti-poverty advocacy of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations (IFCO). Under the leadership of Reverend Lucius Walker, IFCO was founded in 1967 and became the vanguard ecumenical apparatus for Black community support and anti-colonial/imperialist liberation during the significant historical period of the Black...