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especially in ya dis ya time!

The Other Side of the Story

The other side of the story - The golden ages of Africa
by Djehuti-Ankh-Kheru

'And still the notion p0revails that the history of 'africa only started with the arrival of the first European 'explorers', who quickly proceeded to all forms of disreputable trade which eventually culminated in the colonization of the continent. To this day it is overlooked that from the very earliest times, high cultures and true civilizations existed in Africa, and that these high cultures could be found all over the continent. But unfortunately, the image of a civilized Africa was psychologically and politically, absolutely, unacceptable to the colonial European powers. the had, as a consequence, engineered the deliberate obscurity of the history of the second largest continent on earth, even negating the facts if it served those puposes.

This work tells a history which will anger people with a Eurocentric outlook on the world. However, that is not considered a legitimate reason for the author to leave this history whre it is now - pushed under the carpet. Therefore, let us be witnesses to an odyssey through the past, which commences with the origin of man, then continues with the Nile Valley civilizations, the great migrations, the civilizations of East Africa, the achievements of the Moors, the civilizations of West Africa, and also the presence of Africans in the Americas long before Christopher Columbus was brought to the surface. This work lays continuous emphasis on what Africans have created by themselves, for, the less credible historians were mainly interested in which elements of 'civilization' Europeans had introuced into Africa, suggesting that there were no developments of note in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans. This book, however, shows another side of the story, both literally and figuratively speaking. This document puts the Eurocentric view of Africa, which many have internalized, completely upside down.'

Djehuti Ankh-Kheru

The Grapevine Publications
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In ya dis ya time!

Spicing up me life

Bin listenin to a lot of richie spice of late
Thats him on the side deh…chillin
Is bin a joyful spicy musical ride

an acquaintance once remarked:
~I overstand now why how Richie can sing the way he does~
She happen to be travelin with Richie on a tour
From one African country to another
A long journey of over six hours
And thru out da whole trip
Richie neva said a word
Until them got to the destination
And when Richie did speak it was to ask
What time is sound check…or singthing to that effect..practical
Then off to his room to rest an meditate…
A true rasta man this here Richie
He even say so his self:
~I mah true rastaman smoking me herb doin mah ting~
I rememba whe I first heard Richie
Marijuana had just catapulted him into world charts
and everywhere yu go yu cud hear that hauntin dedication to Marijuana
~nah nah nah nah nah nah yeeah~
That was such a refreshing sound to hit the scene
And I was down in the island call Sicily
Back in the daze of mah island haze in Palermo
Reggae music was/is a rarity there but is there awright
The massive is scattered far and wide and in isolation
So we wud wait fo summer to colour the island red gold n green
Summer was opportune ca we cud jus camp by the seaside an listen to all the reggae weneed
It was also perfect ca all the yutes com back fo holydaze
If is not by the seaside it wud be at some camping area in the midlands
I memba chillin by the seaside meditatin an watchin mr sun takin his leave
The magic of the orange ball of fire setting
Accompanied by the sounds of richie spice
~nah nah nah nah nah nah yeeah~
That was majestical
And eva since then I hav always bin a Richie spice reader/listener
I rememba also whe I first catch him live
It was at rototom sunsplash
And I believe t’was his first euro tour and everyone wanted a piece of him
~ Babylon A Gwaan~
But Richie In his black skull cap and red hand glove was neva fooled
That’s why he is where he is now and why he sings the way he sings



Then yu can have a full on session on his ganja chunes
Then almost as sudden he would humble you an bring ya back in ya dis ya time reality
An acute observer and commentator of social decadence and social upliftment he is
And if your hearing is keen yu will ear that his imagination is alive
Yu can ear his message is deeper than the light breeze’s sound.
I was gonna put up some quotes from his repertoire
Snippets from here and there

But I think i better leave that to the experts
here is a better write up on Mr Spice

In ya dis ya time y’all

How to write about Afica / The danger of a single story

I read this article long time ago
but i was not blogging then...
i also happen to kno that the writer is a good cook too
met him back in da dayz
in mah cape town daze
but i also did not expect to find it on youtube


funny thing is
now some other multi-western-ngo
is using it for its benefit....sigh!
i guess that why he felt he needed to respon
here
but wait
mah favourite story teller
in the same vain as the other article
has this to say:
The danger of a single story



in ya dis ya time y'all

Forget Africa: the response

Here is the response from the man
whats disturbing about this whole thingie
is that these are the self elect people who claim to be championing Africa's cause
and this is a common thread here in Europe
its irritating to say the least
but eh go so
...
ofcourse i responded, but will let it go
an move on to other tings n times
in ya dis ya time y'all

The mo tings change the mo dem stay da same

In ya dis ya time y'all