Linford Sweeney with Victor Richards, actor, author, poet, playwright and creator of 'Streets Paved with Gold' (with performances having global acclaim!)
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Black History in PicturesA slide show highlighting some positive and some not seen before images of black people from the Ancient Egyptians through to modern times.
African Ways
European ways are not African ways,
no respect for the intuition of ancient days, Not this logical, restricted, and stagnant flow instead a spiritual freedom and creative glow All our history was designed to define us, combine us and refine us. All their history did was to confine us, consign us and undermine us. And yet we survived, through all the pain, and still as strong and dignified people we remain. The sacred laws of Ma'at - Truth, Justice and Harmony, Spiritually connected to the divine universal ceremony; where each enchanting, distant and pulsating star, was admired, celebrated and worshipped from afar In unity there was ubuntu: I am because you are no need for greed, disunity, strife or war; where African principles stood boldly to witness daily dances and celebration of togetherness. There was a great king of Mali, Mansa Musa was his name; the world's richest man, even today remains the same. A man of kindness, dignity and great compassion Who built a great empire and ruled a unified nation, where there was thirst for knowledge, and Timbuktu became the great African learning centre to rise anew. Bless the ancestors, the wise ones, and even the fools, since upon their backs were written universal rules; build civilisations that lasted thousands of years. Today we salute their achievements in joy and tears. ©2015 Linford Sweeney For more poems like this go to: My Poems
Inspiration for Historians
Black History Matters
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