Highlife Series, No. 6: King Sunny Ade "Mo Ti Mo" Plus "Esu buru bo mi"
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Toyin Falola
Sep 13, 2020, 2:52:13 AM9/13/20
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Misclassified as “Juju” music, Mo Ti Mo was King Sunny Ade’s return to his initial Highlife Years. It was one of the biggest turning points in his career, after a one year prohibition from singing, following a major fight with Abioro labels. He mobilized a new public, pleading:
‘my people gather round me,
this journey that I’m on,
is it carrying me forward or backward?’
He answered:
Yes, I know, I now know… I am moving forward.
Then he resorted to incantations about the powerlessness of his enemies to defeat him. He went magical, invoking the most potent incantationary words in Esubiri bomi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFuoaibJLmc
A classic. When imitated by two other singers, Adawa Super and Adekunle, they fell into a mediocrity ditch.
I saw a life performance of this great song---the band grew bigger, over 20 boys, hard to coordinate. The King pulled it off. I memorized all the incantatory lines…..
Give me my dues
Treat the albino as a spirit
You cannot handcuff the flies….
Rally around me…..
Seun Bamidele
Sep 13, 2020, 4:05:01 PM9/13/20
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Please Professor Toyin Falola,
Baba mi Sir, if you can permit me to share this heart touching message
I received from Professor Bangura this evening here. And I will
appreciate it if we can also console him.
Good Greetings CCoM Family Members:
I pray that you and your loved ones have remained super-blessed. This
E-mail is to apologize to all those who had made requests for my
services that I was unable to fulfill. It was not an intentional
dereliction of CCoM duties.
As a few of you know, two of my cousins had lost their husbands who
had taken early retirement from their positions in the United States
to go give back to Sierra Leone. The two died of diseases of which
they would have been cured if they were in the United States. And, due
to the COVID-2019 travel restrictions, they could not come to the
United States for treatment. I had to go spend a couple of weeks with
each cousin to console and help her with the labyrinth of legal
documents.
As a few of you also already know, right thereafter, we had the great
tragedy of my 18-year-old nephew Richard Bangura being butchered in a
section of Washington DC where you would least expect for such a
Satanic act to take place: i.e. in the Brookland area of Northeast DC
where the Catholic University of America, Trinity University, Howard
University Theological Seminary, the Saint Joseph Seminary where
priests from around the globe come to meditate and revive themselves
to return to their bases. The area is also populated by middle and
upper-middle residents where my younger brother Abu Bakar Bangura and
his wife Mary bought a nice house.
Richard was butchered, not by the police or "The White Man," but by us
Blacks. He was on his way home from his part-time job around 6:00 PM
when there was still plenty of daylight, sitting in his car with the
windows rolled down to enjoy the cool evening breeze when two Black
males came up to him and demanded his money or his life. He told them
that he was broke and they can look at his wallet for proof, but that
there was some change in the glove compartment to which they can help
themselves. The next thing you know were insults such as nigger and
you know the rest, "you think you are smater than us; you are one of
those niggers that hode their money in secret places and think we are
fools." What followed were five gum shots. At a traffic light with two
cars in front of his and several behind him, he could not drive away.
Richard fought for five days to survive, but the damage was just too
excessive. He was, nonetheless, able to give enough descriptions of
the two Satanic bozos. One has been caught and the other is still on
the run.
Richard was butchered the week he graduated from the historic Benjamin
Banneker Public Magnet High School in DC and was supposed to begin his
studies at the prestigious Temple University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania with full scholarship two weeks after. Ironically,
Richard had planned to major in Criminal Justice because as he always
said that he must fight the battle for our people in the "Criminal
Just-Us System." While in high school he volunteered in the office of
our Mayor Muriel Bowser and the office of DC Circuit Judge Leone just
to get a good feeling for Criminal Justice. Richard also attended
church with his mom Mary every Sunday and assisted the older members
to and from the church and delivered groceries to them. The Mayor even
came on national TV to denounce the senselessness of Richard's
butchering.
During the viewing and funeral, more than 200 of Richard's classmates
attended and had printed t-shirts with Richard's picture standing in
front of the main building of their high school and another picture in
his Temple University shirt. On the shirt is also his famous mantra
"Greatness Awaits You!" Speaker after speaker lauded Richard's
leadership, his caring spirit and helping his schoolmates with their
assignments. In essence, not only was Richard robbed, but also the
society was robbed.
Indeed, Black Lives Matter! Nonetheless, I must now ask why are we
thoroughly outraged when a police officer butchers a Black person, but
we are not equally outraged when we butcher one another many hundred
times more than the police do? Where are the Al Sharptons? And, I
don’t want to hear the socioeconomic explanation because when I drive
across this country and see what are referred to as “Po White Trash
Living in Trailer Parks,” I do not see them butchering one another
like we do to ourselves. Even more outrageous is that we butcher even
our toddlers and pregnant women, and at peace picnics, carnivals and
community block parties. And, we are more Satanic in butchering our
transgender Black women, which has become a national epidemic.
In Prince George's County, which is the richest Black county in
America and should be the exemplar of Black success, the Black
population there is 65%. Yet, 80% of the inmate population is Black.
From January to July of this year alone, there have been 68 murders in
that county; 66 were committed by us Blacks on Blacks and two were
committed by Hispanics.
In Washington DC, from January to July of this year alone, we have had
122 murders, which are 13 more than the total of 109 for the whole of
2019. All of these murders were committed by us Blacks and on Blacks.
The DC population is comprised of 45.5% Black or African American,
42.2% White (36.9% Non-Hispanic White and 5.3% Hispanic White), 3.9%
Asian, 4.4% Some Other Race, 0.3% Native American and Alaskan Native,
0.1% Pacific Islander and 3.6% from two or more races.
We see the same pattern in Chicago, which is the most notorious,
Baltimore, Richmond, and other cities with majority Black populations
across the United States.
So, please forgive me, if I say that Black Lives Matter is BS = Bad Sociology!
Walk Good and Remain CODESERIA Strong!
______________
In Peace Always,
Karim/.
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Baba mi Sir, if you can permit me to share this heart touching message
I received from Professor Bangura this evening here. And I will
appreciate it if we can also console him.
Good Greetings CCoM Family Members:
I pray that you and your loved ones have remained super-blessed. This
E-mail is to apologize to all those who had made requests for my
services that I was unable to fulfill. It was not an intentional
dereliction of CCoM duties.
As a few of you know, two of my cousins had lost their husbands who
had taken early retirement from their positions in the United States
to go give back to Sierra Leone. The two died of diseases of which
they would have been cured if they were in the United States. And, due
to the COVID-2019 travel restrictions, they could not come to the
United States for treatment. I had to go spend a couple of weeks with
each cousin to console and help her with the labyrinth of legal
documents.
As a few of you also already know, right thereafter, we had the great
tragedy of my 18-year-old nephew Richard Bangura being butchered in a
section of Washington DC where you would least expect for such a
Satanic act to take place: i.e. in the Brookland area of Northeast DC
where the Catholic University of America, Trinity University, Howard
University Theological Seminary, the Saint Joseph Seminary where
priests from around the globe come to meditate and revive themselves
to return to their bases. The area is also populated by middle and
upper-middle residents where my younger brother Abu Bakar Bangura and
his wife Mary bought a nice house.
Richard was butchered, not by the police or "The White Man," but by us
Blacks. He was on his way home from his part-time job around 6:00 PM
when there was still plenty of daylight, sitting in his car with the
windows rolled down to enjoy the cool evening breeze when two Black
males came up to him and demanded his money or his life. He told them
that he was broke and they can look at his wallet for proof, but that
there was some change in the glove compartment to which they can help
themselves. The next thing you know were insults such as nigger and
you know the rest, "you think you are smater than us; you are one of
those niggers that hode their money in secret places and think we are
fools." What followed were five gum shots. At a traffic light with two
cars in front of his and several behind him, he could not drive away.
Richard fought for five days to survive, but the damage was just too
excessive. He was, nonetheless, able to give enough descriptions of
the two Satanic bozos. One has been caught and the other is still on
the run.
Richard was butchered the week he graduated from the historic Benjamin
Banneker Public Magnet High School in DC and was supposed to begin his
studies at the prestigious Temple University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania with full scholarship two weeks after. Ironically,
Richard had planned to major in Criminal Justice because as he always
said that he must fight the battle for our people in the "Criminal
Just-Us System." While in high school he volunteered in the office of
our Mayor Muriel Bowser and the office of DC Circuit Judge Leone just
to get a good feeling for Criminal Justice. Richard also attended
church with his mom Mary every Sunday and assisted the older members
to and from the church and delivered groceries to them. The Mayor even
came on national TV to denounce the senselessness of Richard's
butchering.
During the viewing and funeral, more than 200 of Richard's classmates
attended and had printed t-shirts with Richard's picture standing in
front of the main building of their high school and another picture in
his Temple University shirt. On the shirt is also his famous mantra
"Greatness Awaits You!" Speaker after speaker lauded Richard's
leadership, his caring spirit and helping his schoolmates with their
assignments. In essence, not only was Richard robbed, but also the
society was robbed.
Indeed, Black Lives Matter! Nonetheless, I must now ask why are we
thoroughly outraged when a police officer butchers a Black person, but
we are not equally outraged when we butcher one another many hundred
times more than the police do? Where are the Al Sharptons? And, I
don’t want to hear the socioeconomic explanation because when I drive
across this country and see what are referred to as “Po White Trash
Living in Trailer Parks,” I do not see them butchering one another
like we do to ourselves. Even more outrageous is that we butcher even
our toddlers and pregnant women, and at peace picnics, carnivals and
community block parties. And, we are more Satanic in butchering our
transgender Black women, which has become a national epidemic.
In Prince George's County, which is the richest Black county in
America and should be the exemplar of Black success, the Black
population there is 65%. Yet, 80% of the inmate population is Black.
From January to July of this year alone, there have been 68 murders in
that county; 66 were committed by us Blacks on Blacks and two were
committed by Hispanics.
In Washington DC, from January to July of this year alone, we have had
122 murders, which are 13 more than the total of 109 for the whole of
2019. All of these murders were committed by us Blacks and on Blacks.
The DC population is comprised of 45.5% Black or African American,
42.2% White (36.9% Non-Hispanic White and 5.3% Hispanic White), 3.9%
Asian, 4.4% Some Other Race, 0.3% Native American and Alaskan Native,
0.1% Pacific Islander and 3.6% from two or more races.
We see the same pattern in Chicago, which is the most notorious,
Baltimore, Richmond, and other cities with majority Black populations
across the United States.
So, please forgive me, if I say that Black Lives Matter is BS = Bad Sociology!
Walk Good and Remain CODESERIA Strong!
______________
In Peace Always,
Karim/.
E-mail: akba...@gmail.com
My URL: https://theafricaninstitut.wixsite.com/abdulkarimbangura
URL to My 94th Book: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137495167
URL to My 95th Book: https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611635485/Falolaism
URL to My 96th Book: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498594998/Branches-of-Asanteism
URL to My 97th Book: https://vernonpress.com/book/882
URL to My 707th (seven hundred and seventh) Scholarly Article:
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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI
Sep 13, 2020, 7:06:38 PM9/13/20
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Im not sure its misclassification as Juju.
Highlife does not feature the incantatory trope.
The beat and guitar runs are still quintessential Alade African beats...
OAA
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We pray Ojogbon Bangura is consoled in this multiple tragedies. We mourn with him.
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Gloria Emeagwali
Sep 13, 2020, 9:22:39 PM9/13/20
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May their souls Rest In Peace. I am truly sorry for the loss.
Black Lives do Matter, though, and I will have to see the belly of an ant with my naked eye before I vote for Trump.
These senseless killings point to the dire need for social justice, good education policy at the grassroots level, access to well paying jobs, good housing, and judicious rather than vicious, vindictive policing.
Black Lives Matter
Gloria Emeagwali
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Michael Afolayan
Sep 15, 2020, 2:50:00 PM9/15/20
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I am saddened by this upsurge of tragedies that have visited the Banguras of late! "When it rains," as the saying goes, "it pours" indeed. If my friend, Karim, is reading this, please know that my heart goes out to you and your family. I support your position that we experience black-on-black violence too often than not. In fact, one just happened to my very close friend a few days ago in Chicago and this one is Nigerian-on-Nigerian violence, which brutally terminated a life in an inconsolable circumstance.
I must add, though, these tragedies do not excuse police brutality targeting blacks at all times and in disproportionate intensity as compared to members of other races. Karim, we cannot dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement as "Bad Sociology" as you have just nomenclatured it because, in my mind, it has raised more awareness of the anguish of the silenced minority more than any other movements post-MLK. We have to support it, encouraging it to make decrying black-on-black violence an integral part of its MO and battle cries. I was forced to pause and take a picture of a large crowd in Flint, MI last week, all carrying Black-Lives-Matter placards with at least 80% of them being Whites and Asians.
We can talk about this at other times so it won't digress us from your pain for which I am truly sorry. Your 18-year old nephew, Richard, did not deserve the termination of his life by anyone - black or white. He was just starting to live, yet strangled in the crib! May the hand of justice mete out the well-deserved retribution on such dastardly act! In the anathema pronounced by Anthony over the death of Julius Caesar, I say, "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood . . ."
May you be comforted, Karim. Pain inflicted on one of us is pain inflicted on all of us!
Michael O. Afoláyan
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Biko Agozino
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Kpele o, Mwalimu Bangura.
Death stalks the world and even the US does not offer a safe haven to any skin color. When you go beyond homicide and look at all injury-related deaths in the US, the CDC shows that there are more white victims and they die at a slightly higher rate than Black Americans - White deaths and white population and the crude rate in 2018
| 196,212 | 254,564,236 | 77.08 |
Black rates:
| 35,295 | 46,262,846 | 76.29 |
Females are killed at a much lower rate than men:
| 75,775 | 166,038,755 | 45.64 |
Here is the rate for me who died from injuries:
| 164,808 | 161,128,679 | 102.28 |
#BLM should remind us that the police also kill white Americans more than they kill any other group with 2.5 whites killed for every African American killed by cops in a year, according to the Washington Post and The Giuardian. That is why everyone is against police abuse of power because it is a problem to all and as professionals, they should serve and protect rather than kill over 1000 in the US every year, though the rate of killing is highest for American Indian Natives, followed by African Americans, according to The Guardian of London.
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CDC interactive database can be accessed here:
I recommend the free breakfast programs of the Black Panthers which was also endorsed by Mandela as one of the ways to reduce anger in the community to hopefiully reduce violence, injuries and unnecessaqry death.
Biko
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Gloria Emeagwali
Sep 15, 2020, 6:08:05 PM9/15/20
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At least fifty thousand people died in “Black- on - Black” violence in Sierra Leone. Would we say that Black lives do not matter because of that atrocity? To a large extent, though, the “Black-on- Black “ concept is some kind of shaming strategy that seems to be rather selective in its application.
Gloria Emeagwali
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