Honoring George Floyd, 9: Bob Marley, War
Toyin Falola
Until the philosophy
Which hold one race superior and another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XHEPoMNP0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFDn94oZJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XHEPoMNP0I
Until the philosophy
Which hold one race superior and another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war
Me say war
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the color of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the color of his eyes
Me say war
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all
Without regard to race
Dis a war
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained
Now everywhere is war
War
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
That hold our brothers in Angola
In Mozambique
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled
Utterly destroyed… More
Ibrahim Abdullah
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Dompere, Kofi Kissi
ALL THESE TRIBUTES AND HONORS TO MR. FLOYD ARE GREAT.
The image also represents A WESTERN KNEE ON THE AFRICAN NECK AND CHANISE AND AFRICAN POLITICAL COLLABORATORS’ KNEES ON THE AFRICAN BACK AND AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS COVERING THE LENSES OF THE CAMARAS WITH THEIR WESTERN EDUCATION WITHOUT TRADITIONAL UNDERSTANDING.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
There are some of us who do not know the HISTORY OF SLAVERY, WHEN IT BEGAN, HOW IT BEGAN AND DO NOT ASSOCIATE MR. FLOYED’S conditions to
AFRICAN HISTORY. This is one of many reasons why NKRUMAH’S SLOGAN AFRICA MUST UNITE but not unity with corrupt politicians’ that are selling AFRICA as FELA ‘S song “BUY AFRICA”
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
PEACE
KOFI
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Yes, just as Malcolm X later popularized Wallace D. Fard’s NOI (Nation of Islam) — aka Wali Fard.
NOI founded in 1930 in Detroit. Apparently, he claimed to be Noble Drew Ali. He authorized his then assistant (Elijah Muhammad), formerly Elijah Poole, to start NOI’s second center in Chicago. In 1934, certain serious issues at the Detroit NOI center motivated Elijah Muhammad to take over (assumably with Fard’s blessing) as Fard “disappeared.” EM presented Fard as a prophet (in an Islamic sense). Of course, Malcom X became (at least temporarily) EM’s “son” — a favorite “son”....
Thank you brother Ibrahim for contextualizing Bob's lyrics.
It is well known that Bob Marley as I pointed out earlier to GE is a Rastafarian who holds the Lion of Judah ( Selassie) in high esteem as his religious leader and popularised the religious movement across the globe with his iconic dreadlocks and music with lyrics such as:
'Lion like iron
In Zion.'
The lion image on the cover jackets of his music also refers to Selassie.
OAA
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Dompere, Kofi Kissi
YES I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. MR Floyd’s neck is also AFRICA’S NECK. THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH MR. FLOYD GOT HERE IS A CRIME AGAINST
HUMANITY OF WHICH MR. FLOYD’S TREATMENT IS A CONTINUATION OFCRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. RFLECT ON WHAT HAPPENED TO AFRICANS IN CHINA .
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
THANKS AND PEACE.
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