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CSULA Spring 2010 510 African Diasporic Poetics of Space

Dr. Ramey

• My goal in creating this PowerPoint was to explore how ‘Time’ and ‘History,’ and ‘Space’ and ‘Place’ could be visually represented. The images represent my personal interior intellectual journey of discover.

• The first batch of images signify an anthropological attitude; the middle batch suggest a more reflective attitude; and the third batch hopefully imply an emotional connection.

• All of the images are of books from my library.

• Edward W. Soja stated "whenever you read a sentence that empowers history, historicality, or the historical narrative, substitute space, spatiality, or geography and think of the consequences”(Thirdspace, 182-83).

• In exploring the dynamic relationships between the texts, my goal is to realize the aesthetic beauty I feel exists within the ideological plane of kaleidoscopic images intersecting as these images pile and tumble around in our consciousness.

• I hope to not treat my learning as an exercise in Orientalism, for my belief is that the song sung in the Diasporic Space is ‘beauty,’ as opposed to fetishizing a convention.

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Baba Brinkman I am African

http://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-human-nature

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• My goal in creating this PowerPoint was to explore how ‘Time’ and ‘History,’ and ‘Space’ and ‘Place’ could be visually represented. The images represent my personal interior intellectual journey of discover.

• The first batch of images signify an anthropological attitude; the middle batch suggest a more reflective attitude; and the third batch hopefully imply an emotional connection.

• All of the images are of books from my library.

• Edward W. Soja stated "whenever you read a sentence that empowers history, historicality, or the historical narrative, substitute space, spatiality, or geography and think of the consequences”(Thirdspace, 182-83).

• In exploring the dynamic relationships between the texts, my goal is to realize the aesthetic beauty I feel exists within the ideological plane of kaleidoscopic images intersecting as these images pile and tumble around in our consciousness.

• I hope to not treat my learning as an exercise in Orientalism, for my belief is that the song sung in the Diasporic Space is ‘beauty,’ as opposed to fetishizing a convention.

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FRENCH HISTORIANS AND ARTISTS NOTED THAT THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN BY THE "NOSTALGIC CIRCLES" OF COLONIZATION AGAINST THE FILM " HORS LA LOI" BY RACHID BOUCHAREB, WHO WILL REPRESENT ALGERIA AT THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF CANNES (2010), IS "PREVENTING FREEDOM OF CREATION AND THE NECESSARY RECOGNITION OF THE COLONIAL PAST OF FRANCE." IN A TEXT ENTITLED " RACHID BOUCHAREB’S ‘HORS LA LOI’ FILM: THE WAR’S MEMORIES ARE BACK, THOSE HISTORIANS, AMONG THEM PASCAL BLANCHARD, GILLES MANCERON, JEAN-PIERRE PEYROULOU, BENJAMIN STORA, MOHAMED HARBI, DIRECTOR YASMINA ADI, CONSIDERED THAT THESE REACTIONS ARE "A SYMPTOM THE COMEBACK OF GOOD COLONIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN SOME SECTORS OF FRENCH SOCIETY.“ -HTTP://WWW.ELMOUDJAHID.COM/EN/CULTURE/5106.HTML

Algérie, Les hors la loi ‏الجزائر، الخارجون عن القانون

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• My goal in creating this PowerPoint was to explore how ‘Time’ and ‘History,’ and ‘Space’ and ‘Place’ could be visually represented. The images represent my personal interior intellectual journey of discover.

• The first batch of images signify an anthropological attitude; the middle batch suggest a more reflective attitude; and the third batch hopefully imply an emotional connection.

• All of the images are of books from my library.

• Edward W. Soja stated "whenever you read a sentence that empowers history, historicality, or the historical narrative, substitute space, spatiality, or geography and think of the consequences”(Thirdspace, 182-83).

• In exploring the dynamic relationships between the texts, my goal is to realize the aesthetic beauty I feel exists within the ideological plane of kaleidoscopic images intersecting as these images pile and tumble around in our consciousness.

• I hope to not treat my learning as an exercise in Orientalism, for my belief is that the song sung in the Diasporic Space is ‘beauty,’ as opposed to fetishizing a convention.

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• Who Are We looking For?

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Who are we looking for,

who are we looking for? It's Equiano we're looking for. Has he gone to the stream?

Let him come back. Has he gone to the farm?

Let him return. It's Equiano we're looking for. - Kwa chant about the disappearance

of an African boy, Equiano

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DEFINITIONS

• Space

• Time

• History

• Identity

• Place

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"You are not an African because you are born in Africa. You are an African because Africa is born in you." --Marimba Ani

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January 30..RSS.. ..Badge..Get Badge .. "This propaganda of dis-associating Western Negroes from Africa is not a new one. For many years white propagandists have been printing tons of literature to impress scattered Ethiopia, especially that portion within their civilization, with the idea that Africa is a despised place, inhabited by savages, and cannibals, where no civilized human being should go, especially black civilized human beings. This propaganda is promulgated for the cause that is being realized today. That cause is COLONIAL EXPANSION for the white nations of the world." —Marcus Garvey (Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey, edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey .. Africa is the mother of Homo Sapiens. This network is dedicated to our Africa , to both blacks and whites on the globe . With all respect for our great mother land . - Eric Eyutchae Glitter Graphics - GlitterLive.com Share on Facebook God Bless Africa We thy children and thy flock In all our endeavors Bless Africa, our family, God Bless Africa God Bless Africa Kingdom loyalty a must, Where Africa, the kingdom Africa, our family, God Bless Africa God Bless Africa Dear home we love and cherish Beloved home forever Africa, our family, until eternity THE KING OF POP MUSIC MICHAEL JACKSON DIES AT 50. R.I.P (1958 -2009) MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE! “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson quote Oath To The Ancestors O ancestors! Blacker than a thousand midnights. Afrikan Ancestors! It is YOU that we, your children , give respect and honor. O Ancestors! We call upon You and welcome you in this place. Afrikan Ancestors! Let your presence fill this place. O Ancestors! Who have been purposely excluded from the history books, so that the world would not know of your greatness. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave civilization to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the arts to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave music to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the sciences to the world. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave mathematics to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave medicine to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave literature to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave philosophy to the world.. Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave God consciousness to the world.. O Ancestors, We thank you for devoting your life to make a future for us, your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Now stand with us, strengthen us, guide us, teach us, and protect us from the snare of our enemies! Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and let our enemies be scattered! And give us the wisdom and the boldness to deal with our oppressors and those who would hinder the liberation and empowerment of our people. Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and live in us. We will not fail to honor you! We will not fail to respect you! We will not fail to hear you! And we will Not betray you! Ase' Ase' (In Agreement With) "Written By Dr. Ray Hagins" THE BEAT GOES ON! AN ASPECT OF HISTORY: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION From November 15, 1884 through February 26, 1885, an international conference, the first Berlin Conference was convened in Berlin/Germany, represented by Fürst Otto von Bismarck. France supported the German convening of the conference, with a clear diplomatic agenda: to resist the British and Portuguese attempts to control the Congo Basin. The conference's goal was to create an agreement, so as to restrain the existing tensions between the colonial powers and to rule Africa, by dividing the continent among the European states. David Livingston said, the mission of the Europeans in Africa had four purposes: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization and Conquest. 14 Nations participated in the Berlin Conference: Germany, Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Also involved were Russia, Turkey, Austria/Hungary, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway/Sweden and the U.S.A.. Though it is widely thought the conference averted a European war, the occasion for Africa, resulted in the injustice and exploitation of African nations by European powers in the short term. Bitterness, disunity, wars and genocide were and are the results for Europe, Africa and the world, until the present. 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According to Capitalism Magazine, it has 50 percent of the world’s gold and diamonds. It possesses a seemingly endless supply of minerals, including most of the world’s bauxite, chromium, cobalt, manganese and platinum, along with large untapped oil reserves. It has an abundance of timber, millions of acres of fertile land, and lakes and rivers capable of producing 40 percent of the world’s supply of hydroelectric power. The list could go on. Yet, despite these riches, most Africans live in societies troubled by war, instability, corruption, poverty, hunger, disease and untimely deaths. The United Nations said that Africa has the largest number of poor countries of any continent, including 34 of the 50 least developed countries. Tragically, as many as 50 percent of Africans live on less than $1.25 a day (USD throughout article). Wars ravage the continent. Since 1981, no fewer than 28 nations in sub-Saharan Africa have been at war. Deadly diseases like AIDS and malaria wreak havoc throughout nations. The world’s wealthiest countries have provided billions of dollars in aid, but to no avail. Indeed, Africa is poorer now than when it first achieved independence from the colonial powers some 50 years ago. Every year, the continent is high on the list of the world’s priorities for development, but its circumstances continue to deteriorate. As the international community ponders the plight of this troubled continent, the question must be asked: “Can Africa be saved?” Simply put, Africa is a treasure trove of natural resources. EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I H.I.M. Haile Selassie I Speech to the United Nations (excerpt) New York City, NY October 4, 1963 "...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil..." br /> NubianGraphics.com MARCUS GARVEY "This propaganda of dis-associating Western Negroes from Africa is not a new one. For many years white propagandists have been printing tons of literature to impress scattered Ethiopia, especially that portion within their civilization, with the idea that Africa is a despised place, inhabited by savages, and cannibals, where no civilized human being should go, especially black civilized human beings. This propaganda is promulgated for the cause that is being realized today. That cause is COLONIAL EXPANSION for the white nations of the world." —Marcus Garvey (Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey, edited by Amy Jacques-

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POEM BY MUTABARUKA – Reggae Artist/Dub Poet

dis poem shall speak of the wretched sea

that washed ships to these shores of mothers cryin for their young

swallowed up by the sea dis poem shall say nothin new dis poem shall speak of time

time unlimited time undefined dis poem shall call names

names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey

haile selassie dis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism

the klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta jim jones

dis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world 3rd world division man made decision

dis poem is like all the rest dis poem will not be amongst great literary works

will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion

dis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire blazin for freedom

yes dis poem is a drum ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors

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uhuru uhuru

uhuru namibia

uhuru soweto

uhuru afrika

dis poem will not change things

dis poem need to be changed

dis poem is a rebirth of a peopl

arizin awaking understandin

dis poem speak is speakin have spoken

dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin

dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history

in your mind

in time forever

dis poem is time only time will tell

dis poem is still not written

dis poem has no poet

dis poem is just a part of the story

his-story her-story our-story the story still untold

dis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin

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makin u want to stop it

but dis poem will not stop dis poem is long cannot be short

dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed the story is still not told about dis poem

dis poem is old new dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book

playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest the c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files

dis poem is no secret dis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless

dis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem dis poem is messin up your brains

makin u want to stop listenin to dis poem but u shall not stop listenin to dis poem

u need to know what will be said next in dis poem dis poem shall disappoint u

because dis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind

in your mind your mind

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Saul Williams Why Africa Matters

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Long Road by Bessie Smith

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It's a long road, but I'm gonna find the end It's a long road, but I'm gonna find the end And when I get back, I'm gonna shake hands with a friend On the side of the road, I sat underneath a tree On the side of the road, I sat underneath a tree Nobody knows the thought that came over me Weepin' and cryin', tears fallin' on the groun' Weepin' and cryin', tears fallin' on the groun' When I got to the end I was so worried down Picked up my bag, baby, and I tried it again Picked up my bag, baby, and I tried it again I got to make it, I've got to find the end You can't trust nobody, you might as well be alone You can't trust nobody, you might as well be alone Found my long lost friend and I might as well stayed home

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Yinka Shonibare: The anarchist artist‏

Yinka Shonibare MBE:

Where Art meets

Post-Colonial African Artifice

“I am very interested in using the idea of something which is visually very beautiful because I think that I want my audience to

engage with my work even though I am actually tackling quite serious issues…” Yinka Shonibare

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sounds

• kenya nchi yetu‏

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu9PIAzGkCI&feature=PlayList&p=66DC1475DB49EE81&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=21

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…au début

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Bellflower High School Haiti Youth Photo Exhibit

February 19, 2010

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