The 5 spheres of life make up your entire existence on this Earth and beyond. If these spheres are not stable and balanced, your life as a whole will be unstable and thus incomplete. If you read the article, Achieving Black Consciousness and Knowledge of Self via Pan Africanism, you will remember that those 5 Spheres [...]
How did a poor Black woman without a high school education help Jonas Salk create the Polio vaccine? Her name was Henrietta Lacks and she possessed the HeLa cells which have been used for polio research, cancer research and many other studies. These cells have been used for understanding pap smears, and to be the [...]
On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. During that meeting, he was brought to the platform and given a standing ovation by the audience. It would be the last speech he would give. Shortly after he returned home, Frederick Douglass died of a massive [...]
United Black America is proud to take a pause in our regularly scheduled programming to bring you another guest post from H.A. Jabar of Jabar International. Mr. Jabar has written two articles for us, including Consistent and Constant, and is the author of the fantastic ebook, The Well Made Man. We are proud and honored to have [...]
If you have been in the Black conscious community for any length of time, you have heard the term ma’at used. Ma’at is the daughter of Ra – Supreme God of Kemetic culture – and is the goddess of truth, justice, divine order, and cosmic balance. Her polar opposite, Set, is the God of darkness [...]
First and foremost, shouts out to Bro. Michael Imhotep at the African History Network Show. His fleshing out of the psychological impact of slave – themed cinema like Django Unchained was impeccable and inspired this article. I find myself more and more frequently meditating and reflecting on the state of the media as it relates [...]
For years, I have been asked what my political affiliation was. I am not a fan of Barack Obama – despite his African heritage. Nor am I a fan of the American Conservative disposition for reasons I will address later this week here. I vote for Third Party Candidates for lack of better options in [...]
Some of you loved Part one of this series, some of you didn’t. Some of you ripped my first round of selections pretty viciously. It’s all love over here though, and personally, I enjoy the debate.As I told one commenter, music is subjective. If you are from Los Angeles, your list is most likely different [...]
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So its Independence Day here in the United States of America. I am surprised to see a number of so-called Pan-Africans repping the holiday with gusto. When I confront these men and women and hold them accountable for what it means to be a Pan-African there is tension. If you seek to honestly call yourself a Pan-African, [...]
