News Release
Artist and Philosopher, Okpara Nosakhere, will be speaking at Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center. His lecture/workshop will be on “The Making of a Culture”. The audience will explore how cultures are created and examine the diversity in ...
Posted Wednesday, July 6th 2011 at 2:08AM
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Three boy experience the ways of bullying and learn the importance of caring and helping others. ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 4:45AM
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New Children's Book by artist and educator Okpara Nosakhere called "Why Hyenas Laugh".
A story about an African elder who shares a magical experience with his grandson that changed the life of his village and himself.
We would like the support of t ...
Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 11:18PM
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Who are the "Leaders" in your community that address these 5 areas?
1. Food ( Health and Nutrition)
2. Clothing ( Affordable and appropriate )
3. Shelter ( housing for the poor and elderly )
4. Education ( an emphasis on Ancient and contemp ...
Posted Monday, December 6th 2010 at 12:01PM
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Why Teenagers Appear To Be Lost and How We Can Save Them
By
Okpara Nosakhere
American society is very disconcerted about the condition of young people today, and should be. It appears that the dilemma lies with the American’s cultural adaptation ...
Posted Sunday, August 29th 2010 at 2:16AM
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Peace!
The word evokes a calmness that houses the inner spirit. That place where all outer forces are restrained from affecting the “Chi” or inner God. For example, your home is your Peace. It protects you from the forces that can affect having “bal ...
Posted Friday, July 2nd 2010 at 3:33PM
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I was in my car, sitting at a traffic light, when two young African American boys crossed the street. They were between the ages of 12 and 14. Both wore Afros, causing me to flash back to the 60’s and 70’s, when the “Bush” hairstyle represented a Kin ...
Posted Thursday, July 1st 2010 at 4:37PM
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Is it not time to have a global discussion with our " white " brothers about greed, abuse and his destruction of the planet earth. And if not, why not?
There are four elements of nature: Air, Fire, Earth and Water. Without one of them life can not e ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 2:15PM
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Should "woman" be brought back into the "Godhead", as it was before Mose?
The Golden Calf, symbolizing/represented the Goddess Hathor (female). Shouldn't the creative forces of life reflect both male and female? ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 1:56PM
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Do you consider yourself religious (church/temple/mosque going) or spiritual (belief in a higher form of consciousness based on your own terms) based on new found information on belief systems? ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 1:35PM
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As an elder, how can or should your knowledge, wisdom and understanding of life be used to help young people and our communities? ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 1:25PM
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Black Buddha Parts 1 and 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZUIxHwil-g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qdQjrLNPU&feature=related ...
Posted Saturday, May 15th 2010 at 12:15PM
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Read "Sixteen Crucified Saviors" by Kersey Graces.
Origin of the Black Madonna and Child was in Kemet aka Egypt. It is the ancient story of Isis and Horace.... Notice the crown she wears...The horns represent the Goddess Hathor and the Sun disk re ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 5:24PM
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We know now that religions were created by men to establish a beginning, middle and sometimes end. If you were to start a new religion for today, what would it look like?
1. Male, Female, both or other. (Define your other)?
2. What would you want o ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 11:22PM
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Upper World
The gods and the good souls live in the Upper World. Gods have the same rank, although the most important figure of them is Isten (meaning 'God' in Hungarian). He controls the world, shapes the fate of humans, observes the Middle World ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 6:11PM
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THE MAJESTIC LIFE OF PRESIDENT VICENTE RAMÓN GUERRERO
1782- ?
By William Loren Katz*
Vicente Guerrero, a mulatto ex-slave, was the George Washington and Abraham Lincoln combined of Mexico. He freed his country and then freed its slaves. Guerre ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 7:16PM
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"Hear, Poseidon, ruler of the sea profound, whose liquid grasp begirds the solid ground; who, at the bottom of the stormy main, dark and deep-bosomed holdest they watery reign. Thy awful hand the brazen trident bears, and sea’s utmost bound thy will ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 12:45PM
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"The people who populate the island of Japan today are descendants from Blacks....Let us not forget that the first population of Japan was Black...and gave to Japan their first language."
--Leopold Sedar Senghor
"African ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 11:16AM
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An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe
Paras. 20–39
Herodotus
Moreover the naming of almost all the gods has come to Hellas from Egypt: for that it has come from the Barbarians I find byinquiry is true, an ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 10:59AM
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Was Heracles black
By Andre Austin
What did Homer say about Heracles
“And I caught sight of mighty Heracles
(that is to say, his shade…)
Like birds that scatter everywhere in terror;
And he (Heracles) , like dark night, gripping his bare ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 10:57AM
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