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Nduku is committed to connecting with her Brothas and Sistas who descend from Our Ancestors who were taken from Our Motherland and shipped to foreign lands where they were enslaved, connecting with them to help them reclaim Our Ubuntu Culture through language among other cultural aspects.
Nduku is the host of Kumbukeni, a weekly podcast which airs every Sunday at 12pm EST on YouTube, and LinkedIn, on which Nduku joined by other WanaUbuntu (Afrikans), speak on matters affecting Nsi ya Ubuntu (Afrika) and WanaUbuntu from an Ubuntu Perspective. She is also a co-host on The Emerging Alkebulan Awakening Series, an Ubuntu grounded podcast with conversations twice a month on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Nduku has taught KiUbuntu to non-KiUbuntu speaking Diasporans for more than six years in a non-academic capacity and continues to do so online to communities of WanaUbuntu who are reaching back to learn more about their culture. Nduku approaches language teaching from an Ubuntu perspective.
Not only does Nduku have KiUbuntu as one of her Ubuntu tongues, Nduku learned KiUbuntu using the building of both speaking, reading, and writing skills throughout her school years in Kenya.
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Given the threat of digital colonization that Michael keeps warning us about, and given that you are a member of this community, what steps are you taking to avoid this threat from being realized. If you’re going about your life like things are okay, why do you do so? Why are you not taking a battle stance given the implications of this threat?
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Religion has always been a tool of exploitation, specifically in this case, Christianity. Adding insult to injury, and straight up insulting our intelligence, the Kenyan government is sending a religious mission to accompany its police deployment to Ayiti. ”We believe that we are a tool that God will use to help.”- Serge Musasilwa (Kenya Evangelical Pastor of BaKôngo origin) Yes, they are tools of God. The question though is what God are they serving? Their God seems to have a white face and serve white needs. Their God seems to be accompanying them in an invasion of their brothers and sisters whose situation has been caused by those who first rang them and “asked” them to take on this mission. Who is this God using this tool to help? What is Kenya getting in return from this mission? Is this mission serving the people of Kenya, the masses, as we refer to them? More importantly, is this mission serving the well-being of Ayiti’s People’s? The U.S., who have “asked” Kenya to intervene in this matter, what is their interest in Kenya keeping “peace” in Ayiti? ”The more you’re connected to the population, the more you can format the kind of intervention you’re going to lead.”- Daniel Jean-Louis (President of Baptist Haiti Mission) You, my brothers and sisters who attend church and the other Christian gatherings following these men and women, you are the population that they have connected with!!! And for what purpose? Well, they tell you it themselves, “To format the kind of intervention they are going to lead.” I will not analyze and give my opinion on this one. I will, however, ask you all to pay attention to the actions on the ground. Pay attention to what these people are doing. Pay attention to how they’re showing up in Ayiti and in Kenya. Once you have done that, remember their words that I have highlighted above and ask yourself, “Whose well-being are these missionaries serving?” “What kind of intervention are they leading?” We had our elder Chester Higgins on one of our collaboration sessions with Kumbukeni and The Emerging Alkebulan Awakening Series on Sunday, June 2nd, and he left us with this question; HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORTH?
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It was a pleasure sitting in Mzee Omowale’s words. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7PnmjZOKdP/?igsh=MnVuZ3R4dTR3NjYz
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What does Black Resistance mean to you? I write this piece in honor of our dear Brother, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dr. King). I am tired of seeing our Brotha curated to fit a model that the dominant group in the United States wants to potray of what he represented. I do not take away from the fact that Dr. King saw humanity represented beyond the Black Person and that he cared for all People's well-being, but I want it to be known and remembered that this System that is the United States Government made it very hard for Dr. King to do his work, and that he struggled with this fact! Our Sista, Nina Simone, upon Dr. King's transition to the ancestor realm, a transition that was brought upon by hate, a transition that was done in an inhumane way, wrote a song honoring him and confronting us, confronting this System! She and her band learned and prepared for this song in one day. Nina Simone's Tribute to The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In the song, 'Why? The King of Love is Dead,' Sista Nina says that, "Once upon this planet earth lived a man of humble birth preaching love and freedom for his fellow man. He was dreaming of a day peace would come to earth to stay and he spread this message all across the land." Sista Nina continues to say that Dr. King always lived with the threat of death ahead. She urges us not to forget the fact that, "They're shooting us down one by one. Don't forget that because they are killing us one by one." "Why? (The Kings of Love Is Dead)" by Nina Simone and Band Sista Nina asks whether her country will stand or fall and whether it's too late for us all. At the end of the song she asks, "What is going to happen now that the King of love is dead?" Dr. King had moments of despair despite his love for the United States. In expression of this despair, Dr. King in his book 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?' says of the United States, "A true revolution of value will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. We are called to play the Good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be beaten and robbed as they make their journey through life. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it understands that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring." Dr. King lived, practiced, and was committed to Black Resistance. This is especially seen in his writings in 'A Letter From Birmingham Jail,' and 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community.' In 'A Letter From Birmingham Jail,' Dr. King expresses his frustration with the System. He shares how he and those working with him reached out to both political and business leaders in Birmingham to negotiate solutions to the unjust treatment of Black People in Birmingham, but they refused to engage in good-faith negotiation and broke their promises. Dr. King admits that he and his colleagues were, "...confronted with blasted hopes, and the dark shadow of a deep disappointment settled upon us." Dr. King explains this as a response to criticism from white clergymen in the South, of the protests carried out in Birmingham in 1963. Dr. King states that he and his Brothas and Sistas wanted to create tension, non-violent tension, but tension all the same. He explains that this non-violent tension is necessary for growth. Dr. King writes that, "...the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation." Dr. King says that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor and that it must be demanded by the oppressed. Mama Coretta Scott King (Mama King), who is now an ancestor, writes in the forward to 'Where Do We Go From Here,' "It is our common tragedy that we have lost his prophetic voice but it would compoung the tragedy if the lessons he did articulate are now ignored." What are these lessons that Dr. King shares with us? He says that, "Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention. There is not other answer. Constructive social change will bring certain tranquility; evasions will merely encourage turmoil." The United States Government and all the institutions under this nation have evaded the conversation on racism, and the fact that this nation is built under the false notion of white supremacy and continues to run under this false notion to this day. This has resulted in turmoil: mass shootings; killings of Black Women, Men, and Children at the hands of Law Enforcement; indiscriminate imprisonment of Black People both adults and children 'Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson;' a large number of homelessness; food deserts...it has become our reality. Although Dr. King preached non-violence, he did not acquiesce to the status quo...he was not a Gatekeeper, he resisted this criminal System and it cost him his life! Dr. King speaks of "devotees of civil rights." I will go a step further and call them devotees of human rights, inalieanable human rights that belong to all human beings on earth despite the color of one's skin. The oppressive systems will try and take these rights away, but they will never take away the fact that they are inalienable and the human beings who are under oppression will continue to resist, and will one day overcome. We must heed Dr. King's lessons and continue to resist! We, especially as Black People, must make sure that we do not let the inhumane taking of our Brotha's life be in vain. We honor you our Dear Brotha, Dr. King. We are grateful for your commitment to the well-being of the Black Man, Woman, and Child...the Black Community, withing and beyond the borders of the United States. May you continue to guide us as we clear the path to Our Liberation and build structures that will sustain this Liberation! Asante.
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Want to learn KiUbuntu (erroneously known as KiSwahili)? The herufi (alphabet) are the foundation of KiUbuntu learning. Learn the 31 KiUbuntu herufi with an accompanying $10 pronunciation video to help with speaking KiUbuntu. Mbôngi ya Ubuntu serves WanaUbuntu (Afrikans/Black People/Descendants of Afrikans at home and abroad/Afrikan Americans/Afrikan Caribbean/Afro-Latino). First 50 WanaUbuntu to purchase the $25 (plus shipping and tax) Herufi Flashcards will get FREE access to the accompanying pronunciation video. Asanteni na kila la heri. #KiUbuntu #LanguageLearning #Flashcards #SpecialOffer Click her to Buy: https://buy.stripe.com/00gfZ92Lm4lKa7S3cf
Want to learn KiUbuntu (erroneously known as KiSwahili)? The herufi (alphabet) are the foundation of KiUbuntu learning. Learn the 31 KiUbuntu herufi with an accompanying $10 pronunciation video to help with speaking KiUbuntu. Mbôngi ya Ubuntu serves WanaUbuntu (Afrikans/Black People/Descendants of Afrikans at home and abroad/Afrikan Americans/Afrikan Caribbean/Afro-Latino). First 50 WanaUbuntu to purchase the $25 (plus shipping and tax) Herufi Flashcards will get FREE access to the accompanying pronunciation video. Asanteni na kila la heri. #KiUbuntu #LanguageLearning #Flashcards #SpecialOffer Click her to Buy: https://buy.stripe.com/00gfZ92Lm4lKa7S3cf
Want to learn KiUbuntu (erroneously known as KiSwahili)?
The herufi (alphabet) are the foundation of KiUbuntu learning. Learn the 31 KiUbuntu herufi with an accompanying $10 pronunciation video to help with speaking KiUbuntu.
Mbôngi ya Ubuntu serves WanaUbuntu (Afrikans/Black People/Descendants of Afrikans at home and abroad/Afrikan Americans/Afrikan Caribbean/Afro-Latino).
First 50 WanaUbuntu to purchase the $25 (plus shipping and tax) Herufi Flashcards will get FREE access to the accompanying pronunciation video.
Asanteni na kila la heri.
#KiUbuntu #LanguageLearning #Flashcards #SpecialOffer
Click her to Buy: https://buy.stripe.com/00gfZ92Lm4lKa7S3cf
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