Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

The world is coming together to stand up for Burkina Faso and its President, Ibrahim Traore after yet another coup attempt and ridiculous accusations by a American General and head of AFRICOM, Michael Langley. We speak on our activities in Burkina Faso, visits to the Gulmu (Gourmantche) King and the Presidential Palace, and our solidarity with Captain Ibrahim Traore.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 3:30 - Intro: Traoré supporters stand in solidarity

3:31 - 18:26 - Kebtah visits Gulmu (Gourmantché) King

18:27 - 19:55 - Kebtah visits Burkina Faso Presidential Palace

19:56 - 31:16 - AES / West Africa Unites Against Neocolonialism

31:17 - 37:56 - A Sovereign African Currency & Gadaffi's assassination

37:57 - 46:17 - U.S. General Langley Accuses Captain Traoré

46:18 - 54:50 - People of African and the Diaspora Stand Up

54:51 - 1:01:18 - Attacks on Traoré & Briberies

1:01:19 - 1:07:00 - Outro: Get Involved & The People of Burkina Faso anthem

Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

After our Annual Pilgrimage to Meritah (Africa), the Sunnyside team revisits the value of Meritah (African) culture and why you won't understand even if you experience it yourself. IYKYK.

In this episode, we spoke about:

0:00 - 2:07 Intro

2:08 - 7:28 Misconceptions about Meritah Culture

7:29 - 9:43 Prioritizing Coming Home to Learn

9:44 - 10:53 Culture of Pseudo-Freedom

10:54 - 26:10 Emotional Approach to Life

26:11 - 27:52 Do Black Americans Have A Culture?

27:53 - 31:08 Preservers of Black Culture

31:09 - 34:14 Being Educated into Culture

34:15 - 40:20 Social Order and Royalty in Traditional Societies

40:21 - 47:28 Functioning on Pleasures or Principles?

47:29 - 50:36 Outro

Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

This is our second installment of our coverage and commentary on Kebtah's (The Earth Center's) 30 Year Anniversary Celebration at the Het Aishat Temple in Togo. This amazing 3 day and 3 night event was part of Kebtah's Annual Cultural and Spiritual Pilgrimage to Meritah (Indigenous Africa).

This episode features footage from our travels to Togo, including:

Pouring libations to honor the Ancestors

Traditional African dance to celebrate initiation (rites of passage)

Master drummers and griots bringing proverbs with profound meaning In this episode, we discuss: 100 degree temperature difference between Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and Chicago

Cultural appropriation of the term "Western"

Modern day slavery prevents us from investing in our evolution and traveling to enrich our lives

The importance of investing in ourselves instead of material gain and how we measure happiness

Nuances in culture that you probably wouldn't notice

Getting the attention of the invisible

Youth taking pride in their culture, traditions and initiations

Speech is the most powerful medicine (or poison)

Structure, etiquette and hierarchy in tradition

Links & Resources:

DuSable Museum of Black History & Education Center with The Earth Center on Resistance and Resilience against the Slave Trade: https://fb.watch/y3-dnhXp2D/

Become a Member of the Kebtah Movement: https://www.theearthcenter.org/signupstep1

Learn more about our Annual Pilgrimage: https://www.theearthcenter.org/pilgrimage

See more of the 3 day celebrations on the Gate of Gates podcast:

Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWva8J1LcQ&t=954s

Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emncLvvVg3M&t=16874s

Pt 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFoXCdF1NHM&t=524s

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Elders of Tahbalo, Tem knife dancers & horsemen

We just returned from our Annual pilgrimage. Every year The Earth Center hosts an Annual Pilgrimage taking members, students, initiates and guests to tour the cultural and spiritual sites of Kemet (Indigenous Africa). This year, pilgrimage activities were focused on the celebrations we hosted in Central Togo commemorating our 30 year anniversary of Master Naba bringing the Kebtah mission to the West. Join us to learn more about the original tradition of spiritual pilgrimage and some of the activities and profound experiences of this year’s trip.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 4:00 - Intro - "He's Our Prophet"

4:01 - 10:39 - Kebtah Mission

10:40 - 25:16 - Annual Pilgrimage to Niger Valley

25:17 - 35:10 - Material Wealth or Wealth of Knowledge?

35:11 - 47:55 - Mola Clan Royalty - Dangers of Modern Ideology & Religion

47:56 - 1:00:16 - Mastery of Nature

1:00:17 - 1:05:23 - Mastering Iron, Impenetrable Warriors

1:05:24 - 1:07:20 - Kebtah Community Membership

1:07:21 - 1:09:46 - Modern Stigmatization of Africa

1:09:47 - 1:13:01 - Cultural Sell-Outs

1:13:02 - 1:22:35 - Outro - Order & Values of African Societies

Links & Resources:

🌍 Become a Member of the Kebtah Movement: https://www.theearthcenter.org/signupstep1

✈️ Learn more about our Annual Pilgrimage: https://www.theearthcenter.org/pilgrimage

🎊 See more of the 3 day celebrations on the Gate of Gates podcast:

Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWva8J1LcQ&t=954s

Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emncLvvVg3M&t=16874s

Pt 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFoXCdF1NHM&t=524s

🇧🇫 DuSable Museum of Black History & Education Center with The Earth Center from Burkina: https://www.facebook.com/DuSableMuseum/videos/1005771514987816

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Elder Anthony Cole

We continue our series honoring our Elders, confronting the way we’re encouraged to devalue them. We speak to genealogist Elder Anthony Cole who teaches us how to get started in investigating in our family history. Our first and most important step must be interviewing the living Elders of our families and getting some of the wealth of wisdom and stories they have. By doing so, we start on a journey towards discovering our Ancestors, who and where we come from. Discovering our Ancestors is discovering ourselves, a critical step that must not be neglected as it expands our understanding of ourselves and the world. Elder Anthony gives advice and detailed instructions on getting started with interviewing your Elders.

In this episode we talk about:

0:00 - 0:37 - Intro

0:38 - 4:55 - Valuing Our Elders Series

4:56 - 8:39 - Introducing the Episode

8:40 - 13:29 - Happy New Year - Holy Days vs Holidays

13:30 - 18:50 - Welcoming Anthony Cole

18:51 - 22:08 - Confronting the Disconnect with Our Past

22:09 - 30:56 - Genealogy - fastest growing hobby

30:57 - 38:38 - Getting Started in Family History

38:39 - 1:06:16 - Personal Stories

1:06:17 - 1:10:18 - Our Elders are Passing

1:10:19 - 1:14:04 - Writing & Genealogy

1:14:05 - 1:16:04 - Artificial Intelligence & Genealogy

1:16:05 - 1:19:52 - From Special-Ed to University Teacher

1:19:53 - 1:26:16 - Outro & Contact info

Links & Resources:

storycorps.org

https://communitycuration.org

Black Roots books - https://a.co/d/c4PX0NS

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Dr. Haki Madhubuti

The Sunnyside crew got out to Third World Press to interview its founder and co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education & Betty Shabazz Charter School, distinguished poet, writers, activist and organizer, Dr. Haki Madhubuti.

In this Episode, we discuss: His elders and contemporaries who inspired him The meaning of his name and significance of taking a name from ones culture His travels to Africa and meeting African presidents Leadership in Black Chicago The importance of being self-funded Why he's never taken a salary from his enterprises Helping Louis Farrakhan re-establish the Nation of Islam and plan the Million Man March Why not everyone should homeschool

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Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. of the Black Panther Party Cubs

The Sunnyside Podcast crew came out to Maywood, Illinois for a tour of The Hampton House, the childhood home of the late Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. of the Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter. On December 4, 1969, the Chicago police raided Chairman Fred's home in the middle of the night and assassinated him in his sleep, also murdering Defense Captain Mark Clark. The 21 year old Chairman Fred Hampton and his 19 year old wife, Akua Njeri (formerly known as Deborah Johnson) were expecting the birth of their son at the time of his murder, which Njeri was present for. We interviewed that son, Fred Hampton Jr. in his father's childhood home that he and his organization, The Black Panther Party Cubs, have recovered and restored.

He spoke about:

Challenges and support he's received in carrying on his father's legacy

He and his mother's participation in informing the production of the movie "Judas and the Black Messiah" about his father's life and death

Trauma and abuse in juvenile detention

Acknowledging the 55th anniversary of Chairman Fred Hampton Sr.'s assassination, 12/4/24

Get engaged with the Black Panther Party Cubs

Schedule a Tour

Join the One Prisoner, One Contact Campaign

savethehamptonhouse@gmail.com

Free Em All Radio

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@chairmanfredjr7032

Social Media

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/officialchairmanfredhamptonjr/

IG StreetzParty - https://www.instagram.com/chairmanfredstreetzparty/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thechairmanfredjr

The Hampton House

804 S. 17th Ave, Maywood, IL

https://www.savethehamptonhouse.org/

International Revolutionary Day - Dec 4th, 12pm

2337 S. Monroe, Chicago

The Wall - Madison & California

Judas & the Black Messiah

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Elmer Dixon, Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party’s Seattle Chapter

The Black Panther Party was a powerful movement of young people motivated by the love of themselves and their communities took responsibility for the protection and well-being of their neighborhoods. Though it’s been demonized by the American government and mass media it has influenced freedom movements around the world. Hear part two from Elmer Dixon, co-founder with his older brother Aaron Dixon of the first chapter of the Black Panther Party started outside of the state of California.

In the final episode of this two part series Mr. Dixon talks about his experiences in the Black Panther Party, the Party's global influence and the lessons future revolutionaries and freedom fighters can take from the movement even in today's climate. He talks about what is on the horizon for him in his commitment to justice and freeing communities from oppression. One of his biggest messages is youth need to read more and stay informed so as not to be taken advantage of.

Read more in his book, Die Standing:

https://a.co/d/7pynx2Y

Read his brother's book, My People are Rising:

https://a.co/d/0IIS94U

Read To Die for the People by Huey Newton:

https://a.co/d/5EbXAZ5

All Power to the People!

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Elmer Dixon, Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party’s Seattle Chapter

Happy Sunstick Day!

The Black Panther Party was a powerful movement of young people motivated by the love of themselves and their communities took responsibility for the protection and well-being of their neighborhoods. Though it’s been demonized by the American government and mass media it has influenced freedom movements around the world. Hear from Elmer Dixon, co-founder with his older brother Aaron Dixon of the first chapter of the Black Panther Party started outside of the state of California.

In part one of this two part series Mr. Dixon talks about how his predecessors and upbringing contributed to his revolutionary spirit and his contribution to the movement. He goes over stories with Emmit Till, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), H. Rap Brown, Bobby Seale, and Bobby Hutton.

0:00 - 5:08 - Intro of Guest: Elmer Dixon

5:09 - 24:04 - Familial Influences

24:05 - 29:37 - A Family's Focus on Diversity & Multiculturalism

29:38 - 32:02 - Childhood Ambitions

32:03 - 35:04 - Seattle: Stokely Carmichael's Black Power Speech

35:05 - 46:57 - Getting Political Consciousness

46:58 - 48:36 - Meeting Bobby Seale

48:37 - 50:29 - Murder of Lil' Bobby Hutton

50:30 - 51:08 - Aaron & Elmer Dixon Start Chapter of Black Panther Party

51:09 - 52:35 - Bobby Hutton's Funeral

52:36 - 53:40 - Ready to Die for the Revolution...

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Kasabez Maakmaah

Happy Charm of Aishat

In this episode, our hosts speak about the hypocrisy of the modern world presenting Indigenous People's Day after a thorough extermination of Indigenous People and their Culture. They speak about the calendar and holidays of the Pharaonic Calendar, preserved by indigenous communities in Africa and wish everyone a Happy Charm of Aishat - the original model of Mother's Day. They get into speaking about Kebtah's upcoming 30 Year Anniversary Celebration Event happening in Burkina Faso where Kebtah, a BIPOC organization honors the wisdom keepers, Elders and Dignitaries which allow it to do what it has been doing for the past 30 years.

Purchase the Kemetic Sidereal Calendar: https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/kemeticcalendar424

Learn More about Kebtah's Upcoming 30 Year Anniversary Event:

https://www.theearthcenter.org/celebrating-30-years

Sponsor the Event:

https://www.theearthcenter.org/get-involved/become-a-sponsor

Travel with us on Pilgrimage:

https://www.theearthcenter.org/pilgrimage

DONATE to our Children's Education Campaign HERE: http://charity.gofundme.com/ec-childrens-education-project

0:00 - 6:41 - Irony of Indigenous People's Day on Columbus Day

6:42 - 10:11 - Charm of Aishat / Original Mother's Day

10:12 - 22:59 - Celebrating 30 Years of Kebtah

23:00 - 29:24 - Ambassadors of Colonization

29:25 - 35:26 - Message to African Youth

35:27 - 42:04 - Outro: How You Can Support

Visit our website: theearthcenter.org

Check out our publications and more at: https://www.risingfirefly.org/

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kebtah

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kebtah

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Kasabez Maakmaah

Happy Kemetic New Year

The Sunnyside Podcast returns after a short hiatus. In this episode, our hosts speak on the Kemetic Sidereal Calendar, which is humanity's original calendar. We get into the disconnection of the modern human from our understanding of and harmonization with nature and how our understanding of time helps us reconnect with the Divine Order. We also describe the great blessing of being connected with a temple that gives us access to Divine and Ancestral wisdom of the year.

Purchase the Kemetic Sidereal Calendar: https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/kemeticcalendar424

Read the Annual Divination from the Kebtah Temples:

https://www.risingfirefly.org/annual-divination

Understanding the Annual Divination Workshop:

Coming soon on risingfirefly.org

0:00 - 5:42 - Happy Kemetic New Year, Exploring Other Calendars

5:43 - 9:46 - The Start of the Farmer's Year & Real Natural Rhythms

9:47 - 15:14 - The Political Manipulation of Modern Calendar

15:15 - 18:14 - Astronomical Calendars, Timing & Tracking Energetic Shifts

17:35 - 22:30 - Various Kemetic Years: Farmer's Year & Astronomical Year

22:31 - 25:17 - What is a 1/4 of a day? - Exploitation towards Mental Instability

25:18 - 28:18 - Indigenous Technology: The Great Year & Munny Cycle

28:19 - 32:29 - Modern Plagiarism & the War on Nature

32:30 - 39:09 - Indigenous Alignment - Annual Divination Workshop

39:10 - 43:29 - Connect to Ancestors/Nature & Holy Days

43:30 - 47:53 - Practical Benefits of a "Real" Calendar

47:54 - 50:06 - Challenging all Freedom Fighters!

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Hosts: Giziribtah Debasah & Kasabez Maakmaah

Guest: Owen LeRoi

We continue our series on cultural diversity in Chicago with the city’s Haitian American Museum of Chicago. We speak to their Special Projects Coordinator about his history as a high profile radio host in Haiti, Haiti's legacy of funding revolutions in the western hemisphere and America's manipulation to marginalize Haiti's potential and alter the Creole language.

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Hosts: Giziribtah Debasah & Kasabez Maakmaah

Guest: Desmond Owusu

We continue our series on cultural preservation and diversity with Desmond Owusu of the Ghana National Council Chicago and Betty Shabazz International Charter School.

Links:

Ghana National Council, Chicago: https://gncchicago.org/

Betty Shabazz International Charter School: https://www.bsics.org/

We All We Got Apparrel: https://www.weallwegot.co/

New Kebtah Website: https://www.theearthcenter.org/

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Giziribtah Debasah & Kasabez MAAKMAAH

Guests: Omar Torres & Jose Guzman

We begin a series on the cultural diversity that exists within Chicago with the city’s longest standing Latino or AfroCaribbean cultural center, the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. We speak to the executive director and one of the directors from the center about Puerto Rica’s culture, resistance and African roots as well as the cultural programming and education that SRBCC has brought enriching Chicago for over 50 years now.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 1:05 - Introduction

1:05 - 3:48 - Our Chicago’s Cultural Diversity Series & SRBCC

3:49 - 8:05 - Kebtah opens the doors of initiation on July 6th

8:06 - 9:27 - First Chicago Kebtah Community Meeting

9:28 - 18:39 - Welcoming guests & their road to cultural preservation?

18:40 - 21:55 - SRBCC: Revolutionary activism & promoting African Roots

21:56 - 25:10 - Youth Programs & Professional Artistry

25:11 - 29:48 - Segundo Ruiz Belvis & Agua de Libertad

29:49 - 35:28 - Preserving Culture through the Arts at SRBCC: Bomba & Afro-Caribbean Jazz

35:29 - 41:31 - What does it mean to be Puerto Rican?

41:32 - 51:44 - Revival of Bomba & AfroCarribean Music history in Puerto Rico

51:45 - 58:06 - The National Anthem of Puerto Rico

58:14 - 1:02:09 - Culture as a Commodity vs. Living Culture

1:02:10 - 1:04:23 - The Puerto Rican Flag

1:04:24 - 1:07:27 - Expanding SRBCC Staff & Programming

1:07:28 - 1:09:00 - Upcoming July Event (19th & 20th weekend)

1:09:01 - 1:10:55 - Exchange Programs & Artist Residencies

1:10:56 - 1:13:48 - Cooking Cuisine, Garden & Mural Project

1:13:49 - 1:18:49 - Personal Projects

1:18:50 - 1:25:18 - Come Visit SRBCC - Summer Events & Programming

1:25:19 - 1:28:58 - Juneteenth an AfroDescendant Holiday

1:28:59 - 1:29:26 - Outro

Links:

Kebtah Doors of Initiation Opening in Chicago

https://link.theblackmall.com/widget/form/AGLNzfRHZZvQLO7XALWl

Kebtah Doors of Initiation Opening in Upstate New York; Toronto, Ontario; Coventry, Midlands UK & Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

https://www.theearthcenter.org/our-branches/mtam-temples?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1UQJTf8nZaYji0X9tS5Hn4mLEfyvK5aJiArPeWsDpAnr8B8wg8c0WBqhc_aem_uGlTlftyt8b9uq-XnlTWlg

Kebtah Membership:

https://www.theearthcenter.org/membership

SRBCC:

https://segundoruizbelvis.org/

Muralists:

https://www.colectivomorivivi.com/

Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective

https://acjcmusic.com/home

https://www.youtube.com/@JoseGuzmanMusic

Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Melendez-Badillo

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691231273/puerto-rico

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Jahzra Shemzura

Coming out of our Community Defense series, we return to celebrating the 25th year of Kebtah’s impact on the city of Chicago. We discuss the transformational potential of the mission in assisting all of us in confronting the prison industrial complex of America. Our guest Jahzra Shemzura began The Earth Center prison project to bring the Kebtah mission (indigenous African wisdom) into inmate populations. Listen to her experiences, challenges and what’s to come.

0:00 - 2:20 - Introductions & Welcoming the Guest

2:21 - 5:35 - 30 years in the West

5:36 - 10:50 - Master Naba brings mission to Chicago

10:51 - 12:34 - Chicago Juneteenth Events Ad

12:35 - 17:49 - Initial Impression of Kebtah Mission (Giziribtah Debasah)

17:50 - 20:49 - Jahzra Shemzura & Kebtah's Mission Answering the Questions

20:50 - 23:52 - Kebtah Africans securing the future of Africa

23:53 - 26:47 - An escape from the colonial tract - Kasabez Maakmaah

26:48 - 28:49 - Impression of the humility of Master Naba & Kebtah Community

28:50 - 30:23 - American Epidemic of Devaluing Life (Homicides, Suicides)

30:24 - 49:49 - Jahzra's Insights into American Prison Industrial Complex

49:50 - 53:17 - Imprisonment in Indigenous Cultures?

53:18 - 56:27 - Power of Kebtah Mission for True Rehabilitation

56:28 - 1:02:08 - Initiating the Kebtah Prison Project & Possibilities of Continuing

1:02:09 - 1:07:00 - Kebtah mission in the community - Get in Touch

1:07:01 - 1:08:19 - Next series: Chicago's Cultural Diversity & Outro

www.theearthcenter.org

www.anhlife.org

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Orion Meadows & Shunda Collins

In our final interview in our Community Defense series, we speak to two members of the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC) a non-profit organization working in community violence intervention and victim services. Like many others, not just within the Institute but around the nation, our guests strive to live by and apply Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr’s philosophy of nonviolence. Listen as they explain the depth of this well-known but too often misunderstood philosophy and its usefulness in transforming individuals and neighborhoods around the city of Chicago.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 04:53 Series Wrap Up Intro

4:54 - 15:19 Guest Introductions

15:20 - 18:17 INVC & Kingian Philosophy of Nonviolence

18:18 - 24:49 Kingian NonViolence in Community Violence Intervention

24:50 - 32:42 - Departments of INVC

32:43 - 34:39 - Economic Opportunity vs Recidivism & Mass Incarceration

34:40 - 37:42 - Programming Focused on Household Leadership

37:43 - 44:03 Contending with the Media Portrayal of Dr. King

44:04 - 48:27 - Teny Gross road to Chicago & Kingian Nonviolence around the country

48:28 - 50:49 - Understanding the depth of Violence

50:50 - 55:48 - Women more involved in Violence

55:49 - 58:57 - INVC & correctional facilities

58:58 - 1:07:07 - The Surviving Vision of the Beloved Community

1:07:08 - 1:10:49 - A Principled Lifestyle & the Depth of Culture in our Communities

1:10:50 - 1:11:59 - How to Get Involved with INVC

1:12:00 - 1:19:09 - INVC, the church & the ancient legacy of nonviolence

1:19:10 - 1:27:14 - Hosts’ Conclusion

1:27:15 - Sunnyside Outro

Get in touch with the Insitute for Nonviolence Chicago:

Website

https://www.nonviolencechicago.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/nonviolencechi

Orion Meadows

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/institutefornonviolencechicago/

@orion_meadows_

Locations:

1856 N LeClaire Ave.

5114 S. Elizabeth (Precious Blood)

4401 W. Madison (at W. Garfield)

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Hosts: Giziribtah Debasah & Kasabez Maakmaah

In this special live episode, we cover Burkina Faso's new national holiday, the Day of Customs and Traditions. We cover the transitional president, Captain Ibrahim Traore's historic visit to the National Culture Museum in the nation's capital, Ouagadougou, where he reemphasized the importance of traditional knowledge in the protection of Burkinabe communities and lands, particularly in the face of the scourge of jihadist terrorism sweeping the Sahel region of Africa for nearly 15 years now.

Your hosts field questions from the live audience on the emergence of the Alliance des États du Sahel (Alliace of Sahel States, or AES) between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in response to aggression and sanctions imposed by ECOWAS (Economic Organization of West African States) aimed at pressuring Niger to restore power to their deposed president last year.

We noted the history that has led to the emergence of this alliance and the break of its leaders from the democratic model that has failed to bring benefit to the people of their countries. The Day of Customs and Traditions brought to light the value instead of traditional masks and hunters' societies such as the Dosso in Bobo Dioulasso, Western Burkina Faso and the neighboring countries of Mali and Ivory Coast.

We express the message The Day of Customs and Traditions brings to the people of Burkina Faso to return to reliance on their traditional knowledge and ways of life to address their problems without continued dependence on foreign aid and interference.

We talked about the value of traditional knowledge for those of us in the "West" where that knowledge is lacking, and the benefit of seeking it wherever we can find it. We discussed the historical movements for liberation in the West and how they have been derailed or coopted and the importance of having strong values to protect our institutions, knowing the history of COINTELPRO and other efforts to subvert our grassroots movements.

We also fielded questions on the spiritual and strategic approaches to community defense and protection in line with our ongoing series on the topic. The the many was we can protect ourselves before the possibility of violence comes into play, including the veneration of Ancestors, Deities, Genie and the forces of nature our lives depend on in general.

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Hosts: Giziribtah Debasah & Nehez Meniooh

Guests: Dr. Ameena Matthews

We continue our series on community protection with a daughter of Chicago Royalty when it comes to street organization. Dr. Ameena Matthews is a mother, political activist and violence interrupter. During the episode, she sheds some light on her path to peace building.

She brings stories of Chicago’s hidden history with Chairman Fred Hampton, Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, J. Edgar Hoover, Muammar Gaddafi and her father, Abdul Malik Ka’bah’s (Jeff Fort - the founder of the Blackstone P Rangers, aka El Rufkns). She gets into her experiences in her fight to free her father from a prison in Colorado.

She gained national notoriety with the PBS documentary, the Interrupters presenting her work with Ceasefire. Today, she is active on Chicago’s Southside bringing spiritual and cultural awareness with IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network) as she leads countless programs and activities to bring positive change to Chicago’s streets.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 1:18 - Sunnyside Intro

1:19 - 5:17 - Welcome & Introductions

5:18 - 6:37 - Ameena’s Invitation to Kebtah Temple & Introducing Herself

6:38 - 16:21 - My path to peace building

16:22 - 24:16 - A Mother’s Influence & Fighting Obscurity & B.S.

24:17 - 24:44 - My Father’s Influence & Spiritual guidance

24:45 - 27:46 - Islam’s Effective Reforming in Black America

27:47 - 32:24 - Meeting Husband & Marrying Deeper into a Movement

32:25 - 39:25 - The Legacy of Jeff Fort (Abdul Malik Ka’bah)

39:26 - Get in touch with us. We love to hear from you!

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Hosts: Giziribtah Debasah & Nehez Meniooh

Guests: Dr. Ameena Matthews

We continue our series on community protection with a daughter of Chicago Royalty when it comes to street organization. Dr. Ameena Matthews is a mother, political activist and violence interrupter. During the episode, she sheds some light on her path to peace building.

She brings stories of Chicago’s hidden history with Chairman Fred Hampton, Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, J. Edgar Hoover, Muammar Gaddafi and her father, Abdul Malik Ka’bah’s (Jeff Fort - the founder of the Blackstone P Rangers, aka El Rufkns). She gets into her experiences in her fight to free her father from a prison in Colorado.

She gained national notoriety with the PBS documentary, the Interrupters presenting her work with Ceasefire. Today, she is active on Chicago’s Southside bringing spiritual and cultural awareness with IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network) as she leads countless programs and activities to bring positive change to Chicago’s streets.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 1:18 - Sunnyside Intro

1:19 - 5:17 - Welcome & Introductions

5:18 - 6:37 - Ameena’s Invitation to Kebtah Temple & Introducing Herself

6:38 - 16:21 - My path to peace building

16:22 - 24:16 - A Mother’s Influence & Fighting Obscurity & B.S.

24:17 - 24:44 - My Father’s Influence & Spiritual guidance

24:45 - 27:46 - Islam’s Effective Reforming in Black America

27:47 - 32:24 - Meeting Husband & Marrying Deeper into a Movement

32:25 - 39:25 - The Legacy of Jeff Fort (Abdul Malik Ka’bah)

39:26 - 42:08 - Nixon & FBI vs Black Chicago Street Organizers Jeff Fort & Fred Hampton

42:09 - 45:53 - The Saudi Arabia Meeting with Farrakhan & Muammar Gaddafi

45:54 - 49:12 - Ending Solitary Confinement & Freeing Jeff Fort

49:13 - 53:54 - America’s Fear & the Mission to Prevent the Next Black Messiah

53:55 - 59:39 - Where the Real Fight Is in Chicago

59:40 - 1:03:50 - Ceasefire, The Interrupters & Peace Builders

1:03:51 - 1:12:08 - Starting with Chicago's CeaseFire

1:12:09 - 1:21:35:20 - Rise in Crime Among Young Girls

1:21:36 - 1:25:57 - The Rise of the Spirit of the Mother in Our Communities

1:25:58 - 1:31:02 - Contact Ameena & Get Involved

1:31:03 - 1:31:30 - Sunnyside Outro

Links:

Ameena Matthew

Amatthews.drameena@gmail.com

605 E 75th St.

Pause for Peace

PauseforPeaceChicagoNFP.org

Inner-City Muslim Action Network

https://www.imancentral.org/

Weekend Warriors

https://www.imancentral.org/chicago/p...

The Interrupters Documentary

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/do...

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Host: Kasabez Maakmaah

Guest: Ameera Pernebsati

In this episode, we touch on the tragic trend of disappearing girls in Chicago and tie it into the worldwide pandemic of human trafficking.

Topics include:

Dangers faced by migrants around the world in search of a "better life" in the US and Europe

Signs of ssexual abuse and abusers

Accountability of parents

Community solidarity to protect our babies

Modern education should be balanced by cultural guidance

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Kasabez Maakmaah

Guests: Nubian Malik & Osei Sankara of the Chicago Bolozi Wazee

This is a special LIVE episode to give our guests an unfiltered opportunity to express the value of Kwanzaa. We will also speak on their work in self-defense and survival training.

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Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah, Giziribtah Debasah & Nehez Meniooh

Guests: Marquinn McDonald

We start our new series on community protection with Marquinn McDonald of Watchguard Chicago. McDonald is a master of self-defense. Studying and teaching martial arts as well as competing in martial arts competitions he teaches self-defense to men, women and children. He mentors young men and works with others to organize community towards village values and self-responsibility and protection. His Watchguard organization patrols Chicago’s South side neighborhoods in order to take extreme ownership for the Chicago streets that we call home. Watchguard is available for coaching you to start block clubs and form block chains in order to take an active role in the protection of yourself, your family, your neighborhood and city.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Introducing Marquinn McDonald

2. Grandmother Nana Ruby Griffin - Legacy of Defense

3. Uncle First Sensei - Legacy of Martial Artist

4. The Sensei of Chicago - Teaching Self-Defense

5. Value of Martial Arts to Youth & Health

6. A Family of Police Officers - Good Examples & Bad Examples

7. What is Watchguard?

8. Scope & Impact of Watchguard?

9. Training, Skills & Focus of Watchguard

10. Size of Watchguard & Expanding the Impact

11. Holistic Approach to Real Problem of Violence

12. Importance of Block Club Associations

13. We must take “Extreme Ownership”

14. Contacting Watchguard

Links:

Marquinn McDonald

m.mcdonald@watchguardchicago.org

https://www.instagram.com/the_sensei_of_chicago/

Watchguard Chicago

Website: watchguardchicago.org

Email: info@watchguardchicago.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchguardChicago/

Toni Anderson

https://speakerhub.com/speaker/toni-anderson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-mindfulrant-llc-904175255

mindfulrantllc.life

Chicago Beyond

https://chicagobeyond.org/

Ujimaa Medics

https://www.umedics.org/

Chicago CRED

https://www.chicagocred.org/

The Kerner Report

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691174242/the-kerner-report

Black Researchers Collective

https://www.blackresearcherscollective.com/staff

Community Assistance Programs

https://capsinc.org/

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Nekhitem Kamenthu, Executive Director of The Earth Center

In this continuation of our commemoriation of 25 years of the Kebtah mission in the West, we speak with our Executive Director, Nekhitem Kamenthu. We talk about our experiences working to keep this mission going after the death of our founder, Master Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, and how our activities ahve expanded since that time.

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Kasabez Maakmaah

In this final installment of our series on health and healing your hosts bring the topic to a close with some poignant analysis.

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Kasabez Maakmaah

Guest: Cicely McClennon

In our final interview in our series on health resources, we turn our attention to food. Our guest this time is Cicely McClennon. Cicely is a long time activist and organizer for revolutionary struggle. Her focus has been on food sovereignty, the effort to control our own land and grow our own food, whether in an urban or rural setting. Cicely is a "native" of Englewood in Chicago and a repatriate to Ghana in Africa. She works with many food growing and processing organizations and cooperatives, in addition to legislators involved with food policy to provide access to quality food and profitability to food producers.

In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 - 0:41 - Intro

0:42 - 3:31:6 - Welcome & Today’s Guest Introduction

3:31:7 -6:17.6 - Kebtah Milestones & Upcoming Events

6:19.1 - 7:55 - The Year of Truth

7:56.2 - 25:49.8 - Byron Allen & The Griot Awards

25.50 - 27:32.2 - Episode Proverb

27:32.3 - 35:52 - Introducing Cicely McClennon

35:53 - 41:55 - Englewood Food Deserts, White Flight & Gentrification

41:56 - 46:28.2 - Student of Llaila Afrika & Understanding Nutritional Value

46:28.3 - 48:39 - Assessments & Healthy People dying young & Metabolic Capacity

48:40 - 57:37.9 - Food as luxury vs Food as medicine

57:38.0 - 1:05:14.1 - Local Growers/Local Food Advocacy with State Rep

1:05:14.2 - 1:08:56.7 - Other pillars/resources in the Food Advocacy Movement

1:08:56.8 - 1:15:37.3 - Work in Ghana with Food Cooperatives

1:15:37.4 - 1:23:59 - Current projects to raise awareness on Food Advocacy

1:24:00.7 - 1:29:09.7 - Building from the basis of human society

1:29:09.8 - 1:34:24.3 - Control your food or surrender your freedom: Work vs Slavery

1:34:24.4 - 1:39:33.4 - Spiritual aspect of nature

1:39:33.5 - Dietary considerations

Contact Info for Cicely McClennon:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cicely-mcclennon-59323b4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newafrikan/

X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cicelymcclennon

Email: cicely.mcclennon@gmail.com

Resources for the Episode:

Byron Allen Griot Awards full speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GlIO09WVr8

Dr Kweli Kwaza’s instagram

https://www.instagram.com/drkwelikwaza1/

Kemetic Diet Part 1

https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/survivors-notebook-the-kemetic-diet?rq=diet

Kemetic Diet Part 2

https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/the-kemetic-diet-part-ii?rq=diet

State Representative Sonya Harper

https://www.repsonyaharper.com/

Illinois EATS Initiative:

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=154467

Chicago Botanic Garden’s Kenya Sample: 
https://www.chicagobotanic.org/urbanagriculture/staff

Grow Greater Englewood:

https://www.growgreater.org/

Growing Home:

https://www.growinghomeinc.org/

Urban Grower’s Collective (Erika Allen)

https://www.urbangrowerscollective.org/

Ankhkasta Natural Healing Spiritual Healing Services

https://anhlife.org/pages/healingservices

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah & Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Dr. Obari Cartman

We continue our series on healing resources with an episode on mental health. We talk to a leading African-centered mental health practitioner, Dr. Obari Adéye Cartman. Dr. Cartman Is the former director of the Chicago chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists. He explains the revolutionary approach of America’s community of African centered psychologists or sakhu sheti on a troubled, unhealthy medical field.

00:00 - 1:15 - Intro

1:16 - 4:05 - Today’s Guest: Dr. Obari Adéye Cartman

4:06 - 8:50 - Dietary Superstitions & Ideologies

8:51 - 12:46 - Proverb of Episode 11

12:47 - 14:42 - Welcoming our Guest

14:43 - 21:37 - Modern Psychologists vs Sakhu sheti

21:38 - 25:59 - Path to African-centered Mental Health

26:00 - 29:27 - Effective mental health practice techniques

29:28 - 35:45 - Afrocentric Upbringing & Family Roots

35:46 - 51:40 - Mental Health Issues in Black Communities of Chicago

51:41 - 55:57 - Power of Words & Emotional Culture

55:58 - 59:54 - Dr. Cartman’s projects in Chicago community

59:55 - 1:02:59 - Lady’s Man - Conversations for Black Men About Manhood and Relationships - book

1:03:00 - 1:05:59 - Infiltrating a colonial system from within?

1:06:00 - 1:13:54 - Curriculum inside Juvenile Detention Centers

1:13:55 - 1:18:55 - A New book on Spirituality, Mental Health & Spiritual warfare

1:18:56 - 1:20:47 - PSA on African Clothes vs. #GarbMonkeySuit

1:20:48 - 1:30:27 - Modern Education vs. Initiative Traditions

1:30:28 - 1:37:13 - Spiritual Healing & Ankhkasta Natural Healing

Dr. Obari Adéye Cartman’s website:

https://www.drobaricartman.com

Purchase the book:

https://www.drobaricartman.com/product-page/book-lady-s-man

Black Class Press Books

https://www.blackclassicbooks.com/

Association Of Black Psychologists, Inc.

https://abpsi.org/

Ankhkasta Natural Healing Spiritual Healing Services

https://anhlife.org/pages/healingservices

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh and Giziribtah Debasah

Field Correspondent: Kasabez Maakmaah

Guests: Menkaseb Pernebsati, Z’wadji Merutepiaou, Cashus D, Nubian Malik, Kwabena Rasuli, Joshua Akrun, Nicholas Brooks-Bey & Anthany Michael

Kwanzaa Presenters: Osei & Anita Andrews-Hutchinson, Gimbu Kali & Del Marie

We take a break from our series on healing resources in order to join in the Kwanzaa celebrations happening around the city of Chicago. We talk to elders who lead events, presenters, visitors and newcomers to the holiday. We investigate the history, the symbols, as well as the language and meaning of the nguzo saba, the seven principles that make up the Kwanzaa holiday celebration that was started in 1966.

We speak with two members of Kebtah from Kenya to give an authentic perspective on the Swahili words used in Kwanzaa, from the name to the seven principles. We also speak about the roots of language and holidays and the current Kemetic fasting period that reaches back before the current era and was practiced in Pharaonic Africa and has been preserved in traditional Africa until today.

In this episode, we discuss:

The Kwanzaa Holiday Celebrations of Chicago in 2023

The Meaning & History of Kwanzaa

The Swahili language

The meaning of the nguzo saba:

Umoja - Unity

Kujichagalia – Self-determination & The importance of choosing

Ujimaa – Collective work, responsibility & duty

Ujamaa – Collective Economics & Brotherhood

Nia – Purpose

Kuumba - Creativity

Imani - Faith

Colonization & Neo-Colonization

Black Panther Party & Us Movement vs COINTELPRO

Culture & language in Kenya

Energetic Vulnerability of Winter

Ongoing revolutionary fights in Africa

One language for Africa

National language

Importance of knowing your history

Links:

F.A.C.T. Fundamental African Centered Thought – a chapter on the history of Kwanzaa: https://www.offthecorner.net/2020/08/fact-fundamental-african-centered.html?m=1

It Takes A Village Family of Schools: https://itavschools.org/

Village Leadership Academy: https://www.vlacademy.org/

Learn More about the Kem Fasting Period: https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/origins-of-fasting?rq=Fasting%20Period

Kem Fasting Journal: https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/10-day-fast-journal?rq=Fasting%20Period

Keywords: Kwanzaa, African holidays, African revolutionaries, African thought, Swahili language, One language for Africa, African Sovereignty, Repatriation, Kenya, Fasting, Origins, Hieroglyphs, Medu, Medu Ntr, Medu Ntchr

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh, Kasabez Maakmaah, and Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Chairman Tanya Lozano and Chairman Allen Washington of Healthy Hood Chicago

Interview starts 30 minutes in.

We continue our series on healing resources with Healthy Hood Chicago a non-profit organization founded by Tanya Lozano. Healthy Hood Chicago is a revolutionary organization aimed at erasing the alarming gap of life expectancy between communities of color and white affluent neighborhoods. They offer an array of programming to the community for health, nutrition, mental health, art entrepreneurship, political education and community building and partnership to provide a backdrop conducive to leading a healthy lifestyle.

In this episode, we discuss:

Legacy of activism in the Lozano Family - Rudy Lozano and Emma Lozano

The origins of Healthy Hood Chicago

KNVS Arts & Culture

Evolution of community movements

Coming together across cultural boundries for the common good

AES (Alliance of States of the Sahel) new alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Season for spiritual pilgrimages and Ancestral ceremonies

MAAYA SIRA Animist pilgrimage 2023 in Mali

Definition of Voodoo/Voudoun and it's history as a heritage for descendants of the African Diaspora

Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast

Conspicuously simultaneous rise in terrorism and mining in Burkina Faso

"Hidden countries": traditionalists living outside post-colonial rule

Here are some links to information, people and groups referenced in the episode:

Healthy Hood Chicago:

https://www.healthyhoodchi.com/

https://www.instagram.com/healthyhoodchi/

https://www.youtube.com/@healthyhoodp.e.7467

KNVS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLrF2zAzqsA

Centro Sin Fronteras:

https://familialatinaunidacom.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/centrosin.fronteras/

The Death Gap – David A Ansell

https://www.amazon.com/Death-Gap-How-Inequality-Kills/dp/022642815X

Coffee, Hiphop & Mental Health:

https://chhamh.org/our-mission

MaShaun Ali – Trap House Chicago

https://www.traphousechicago.us/events-1/crime-drought-no-crime-no-violence

https://www.mashaunhendricks.us/

Dion Dream Produce

https://dionschicagodream.com/

Alternative Schools Network

https://www.asnchicago.org/

Kôrêdjo-Missa Doumbia, organizer of MAAYA SIRA Animist pilgrimage

https://www.facebook.com/moussa.doumbia.3760

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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh and Giziribtah Debasah

Guests: Jahzra Shemzura and Zetanefert Zipewtu

We start our new series on healing resources with Ankhkasta Natural Healing. ANH is a non-profit organization founded by wisdom keepers of indigenous Africa. It is comprised of a network of traditional healers who approach healing from a holistic perspective based on the goal of preserving life. ANH is aimed at reintroducing humanity to traditional forms of holistic healing by providing superior alternatives to the modern world’s approach to health, while strengthening and preserving traditional healing wisdom.

In this episode, we discuss:

Starting the Elder’s Fast in the temples

Starting our series of episodes on Healing

Celebrating 25 years of Master Naba’s mission in the West with Kebtah’s sister organization, ANH

Holistic Healing from an indigenous perspective

The process of indigenous divination

Importance of protecting the sacredness of indigenous lands

Importance of maintaining or rebuilding a harmonious connection with nature

Approaching your health preventatively

The business of keeping us sick by modern medicine

Modern medicine’s lack of humility leads to experimenting on our families

Menstrual cramps are a sickness

Medicine vs Drugs

Alternative herbal treatments to COVID

Africa’s resilience to COVID 19

Links:

10 day Fasting Journal:

https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/10-day-fast-journal

Ankhkasta Website:

https://anhlife.org/

COVID 19 herbal remedy:

https://anhlife.org/collections/immunity/products/ankh-revive-ahlome-set

Menstrual Cramp remedy:

https://anhlife.org/collections/reproductive-organs/products/feminine-cleanse-strong

Find out more about Divinations (Energy Readings):

https://anhlife.org/pages/healingservices

Keywords: Health and Wellness, Indigenous Medicine, Indigenous Healing, African Healing, Holistic Healing, Fasting, Health is Wealth, Ankhkasta, Kebtah, Master Naba, Menstrual Cramps, COVID alternative treatments

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Video version available on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_LQbASTx98&list=PLEMAg3o2IWd9RjUwBFwGKKjYndHi0DXUi

Hosts: Nehez Meniooh and Kasabez Maakmaah

Guest: Olévié Kouami, original member of Khepra

Khepra is the original Earth Center (Kebtah), originally founded in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Olévié Kouami was one of the original members who saw first hand the vision presented by our founder, Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig and recent visited our temples in Houston and Togo. He shared his perspective on how the mission has evolved since its inception and where he see the direction is needed for the future of Meritah (Africa).

This episode is dedicated to tonton Olévié Kouami who made his transition after the filming of this episode.

In this episode, we discuss:

Master Naba in 2006 predicting the Israel Palestine conflict will continue and why

The origins of Kebtah, Khepra in Burkina Faso

The vision of a young Prophet come to fruition

The revolutionary act of honoring our Ancestors

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Watch in video on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMAg3o2IWd9RjUwBFwGKKjYndHi0DXUi&si=rIs60aevwTAsRYta

Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah and Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Mutulu Olugbala (M1) of Dead Prez

In this episode, we discuss:

The meaning of revolution

Lessons from using Hip Hop for revolutionary struggle

History organizing in Chicago to free Fred Hampton Jr.

The inspiration for "Let's Get Free" album

How "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop" became the anthem and theme song for the Chappelle Show

Dave Chappelle on tour with The Roots, Dead Prez and Black Star

Transforming anger and frustration productively

Fighting the long fight

Footage from our Kemetic New Year celebrations at the Het Aishat temple in Togo

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Video versions available at youtube.com/kebtah

Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah and Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Dr. Kim Dulaney, Vice President of Education and Programming at DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

In this episode, we discuss:

Bringing relatable leadership to the Black Community

Repair of our communities begins our own efforts and intelligence

Cancel culture and reactionary rhetoric

Our communities at war

Immigration conflicts of interest

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Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah and Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Dr. Kim Dulaney, Vice President of Education and Programming at DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

In this episode, we discuss:

DuSable Museum's rebranding to an Education Center

Our guest's professional journey from city employee to author to professor to DuSable VP

Holdovers of traditional African Cultures in Black American communities

Legacy of Margaret Burroughs

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Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah and Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Baba Sundiata, principal of Betty Shabazz International Charter School

In this episode, we discuss:

Wildfires in Hawaii and Canada.

New word: scoundrelry - behavior of an actual scoundrel

Medical malfeasance by drug company Gilead

Challenges of and benefits of introducing culture in a modern school setting.

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Hosts: Kasabez Maakmaah and Giziribtah Debasah

Guest: Saingbey (Patrick) Woodtor, founder of the Africa International House and Chicago's African Festival of the Arts.

In this episode, we discuss:

Revolt and revolution in Niger and West Africa with the recent military coups in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Is democracy the will of the people?

The importance of initiation, names, sacred objects, self sufficiency and secret societies in African traditions. Why we need to value and preserve our culture.

The impact of the African Festival of the Arts and the 34th annual festival this year.

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Episode 1: Welcome to the Sunnyside

In this episode, we explain the premise that our podcast is based on. In short, we are focused on building bridges in the Chicago area. Our goal is to connect chicagoans with grassroots leaders and connect the efforts of grassroots movements to inspire a more potent and informed element to the revolutionary spirit that is growing by the day.

Watch in video at youtube.com/kebtah