Joseph Ward and Baba Olusegun Williams have a discussion about Kujichagulia Mentality and, the importance of African oral traditions.
#OTSOG #Kujichagulia #oraltradition #blackhistory #babaolusegun #youtube Baba Olusegun IG: @baba_olusegun Educator, Folklorist, Historian, Musician and Storyteller. Baba Olusegun Samuel G. Williams grew up in Atlanta. He is a 1968 graduate of Morehouse College, where his father was chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religion and was a teacher/mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. Olusegun was one 12 African American men who became commissioned officers in the US Coast Guard in 1969, thus increasing the number of black commissioned officers in the Coast Guard from two to twelve. Before receiving his commission, he was part of the military honor guard on the platform at Richard Nixon’s first term inauguration in January 1969. His last official duty before leaving the Coast Guard in 1971 was to be the military escort to Cherie Creque, the first black woman to reach the semi-finals in a Miss Universe Pageant. He is also a founding member of the M Ensemble Co., Inc. in Miami. It is Florida’s oldest continuously operating theater company, celebrating 50 years of operations in 2021. Since moving to Tallahassee in 1987, Olusegun has been an integral part of Tallahassee’s cultural community in the area of African drumming & dance, and theater. He has been affiliated with FAMU’s Orchesis Contemporary Dance Theater and the Essential Theater as well as the African Caribbean Dance Theater. He was the organizer of Phoenix Uprising Reggae Band, one of Tallahassee’s most popular bands during the 1990’s. Bob Marley’s mother, Cedella Booker, invited the band to be a part of the 1994 Bob Marley Festival Tour. Other areas of interest to Olusegun include African Religions, Astronomy/Astrophysics, Aviation, Bicycle Racing, Camping, Egyptology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Photography, and Sailing. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @ontheshoulders1 Visit us at www.ontheshoulders1.com or www.ontheshoulders.org Visit www.ontheshoulders1.com to download out African history curriculum app Like us on Facebook: On the Shoulders of Giants Follow on Tiktok: @thejoeward Connect on LinkedIn: Joseph Ward Click the link to get your copies of the 3 volumes of the On the Shoulders of Giants book series: http://ontheshoulders1.com/store/ Click the link to get your Amazon Kindle version https://www.amazon.com/Shoulders-Gian... 
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This is a story about women who ruled the Limpopo Province of South Africa, the only matrilineal monarchy in the world; I introduce to you the Modjadjis or Rain Queens of Balobedu. Two stories exist that tell the origins of the Rain Queens, the first is in the 16th century, the Chief of Monomotapa was told his daughter Dzugundini could gain rain making skills if he impregnated her. The second story is that Dzugundini was impregnated by her brother but was able to flee to the Sotho region of South Africa. Dzugundini eventually went on to found the Balobedu Kingdom of South Africa, which at the time had a male ruler. As warfare increased so did problems within the Balobedu Kingdom, the Mugudo or male ruler of Balobedu wanted to restore peace within his kingdom so he impregnated his daughter, the child was the first Modjadji or Rain Queen. The succession of Rain Queens are as follows; Rain Queen I was Maselekwane Modjadji who ruled from 1800 to 1854, Rain Queen II was Masalanabo I Modjadji who ruled from 1854 to 1894, Rain Queen III was Khesetoane Modjadji who ruled from 1895 to 1959, Rain Queen IV was Makoma Modjadji who ruled from 1959 to 1980, Rain Queen V was Mokope Modjadji who ruled from 1981 to 2001, Rain Queen VI was Makobo Modjadji who ruled from 2003 to 2005. From 2007 to 2018 Prince Regent Mpapada Modjadji led the Balobedu Kingdom.
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On April 27, 1945, Frederick August Kettel, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents Frederick August Kettel, Sr. and Daisy Wilson. His father was a German immigrant who worked as a baker, his mother was a black woman from North Carolina who was a domestic worker. August was the fourth of six children who were raised mainly by their mother in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. In the late 1950s, Daisy Wilson remarried a man named David Bedford, the family then moved from the predominantly black Hill District to the predominantly white Hazelwood neighborhood. Being biracial in the Jim Crow era was difficult for August, he was often harassed in his neighborhood and at school because of his complexion, finding a space where he felt he belonged did prove to be difficult. 1959 was also August’s first year of high school. He was one of fourteen black children attending Central Catholic High School, unfortunately, he faced racist acts so often it drove him to drop out of school. He later enrolled in Connelley Vocational High School but again dropped out because he wasn’t learning anything. August had a thirst for knowledge but the educational institutions he attended were not adequate to intellectually stimulate him. He gave receiving a formal education one last try before dropping out again after he was accused of plagiarising a paper he wrote about France’s Napoleon I. His teacher was not smart enough to realize she had a literary genius in her presence.
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The African American Contribution To The Building Of The Ledo Road | Interview With Dr. Gerri Seay9/2/2020
Joseph Ward is interviewing Dr. Gerri Seay about the African American contribution to the building of the Ledo Road. During WWII the Ledo Road was built by 6,000 men, 65% of the men building the road were African American soldiers. The road was 1079 miles long and served as a supply route to China. Join us as Dr, Seay breaks down the history of the Ledo Road, how black soldiers were the driving force behind the building of the road, and how the African American contribution was forgotten.
To learn more about the Ledo Road click the link https://www.ledoroad.org/ Connect with Dr. Gerri Seay on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/geraldine.seay Email: [email protected] Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OTSOG Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @ontheshoulders1 Visit us at www.ontheshoulders1.com or www.ontheshoulders.org Visit www.ontheshoulders1.com to download out African history curriculum app Like us on Facebook: On the Shoulders of Giants Follow on Tiktok: @thejoeward Connect on LinkedIn: Joseph Ward Click the link to get your copy of On the Shoulders of Giants Vol 3: South America. http://ontheshoulders1.com/store/ Click the link to get your Amazon Kindle version https://www.amazon.com/Shoulders-Gian...
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