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Just found out brother Runoko Rashidi died today. 
Runoko Rashidi (born 1954- August 2021) was an American historian, essayist, author and public lecturer based in Los Angeles, California, and Paris, France. He is the author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations (1993) and the editor of Unchained African Voices, a collection of poetry and prose by Death Row inmates at California's San Quentin maximum-security prison. He was a member of the editorial board of Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (www.jpanafrican.org), and he held an honorary doctorate of divinity from Amen-Ra Theological Seminary (Los Angeles, California). He also supported the work of controversial scholars like the late Ivan Van Sertima.[1]
Rashidi was a writer and speaker who lectured on ancient Egypt, his belief in an African presence in prehistoric America, Africans in antiquity, and the African presence in Asia and other parts of the world.
He is the author or editor of 18 books, including The African Presence in Early Asia (1985, 1988, 1995), with Ivan Van Sertima, Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe (2012) and African Star over Asia: The Black Presence in the East (2013).
Runoko Rashidi (born 1954- August 2021) was an American historian, essayist, author and public lecturer based in Los Angeles, California, and Paris, France. He is the author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations (1993) and the editor of Unchained African Voices, a collection of poetry and prose by Death Row inmates at California's San Quentin maximum-security prison. He was a member of the editorial board of Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (www.jpanafrican.org), and he held an honorary doctorate of divinity from Amen-Ra Theological Seminary (Los Angeles, California). He also supported the work of controversial scholars like the late Ivan Van Sertima.[1]
Rashidi was a writer and speaker who lectured on ancient Egypt, his belief in an African presence in prehistoric America, Africans in antiquity, and the African presence in Asia and other parts of the world.
He is the author or editor of 18 books, including The African Presence in Early Asia (1985, 1988, 1995), with Ivan Van Sertima, Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe (2012) and African Star over Asia: The Black Presence in the East (2013).
Just found out brother Runoko Rashidi died today.
Runoko Rashidi (born 1954- August 2021) was an American historian, essayist, author and public lecturer based in Los Angeles, California, and Paris, France. He is the author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations (1993) and the editor of Unchained African Voices, a collection of poetry and prose by Death Row inmates at California's San Quentin maximum-security prison. He was a member of the editorial board of Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (www.jpanafrican.org), and he held an honorary doctorate of divinity from Amen-Ra Theological Seminary (Los Angeles, California). He also supported the work of controversial scholars like the late Ivan Van Sertima.[1]
Rashidi was a writer and speaker who lectured on ancient Egypt, his belief in an African presence in prehistoric America, Africans in antiquity, and the African presence in Asia and other parts of the world.
He is the author or editor of 18 books, including The African Presence in Early Asia (1985, 1988, 1995), with Ivan Van Sertima, Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe (2012) and African Star over Asia: The Black Presence in the East (2013).
Wow
He played a big role in me learning about African diasporan history 
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
Rest In Power to a real one 
Dr. Amos Wilson
One of the most intellectually and systematic thinkers on black psychology I've ever come across. Had to view some of his appearances a few times to grasp his message. Some of the stuff he mentions I still have to go back to mull over. Definitely not for light weights.
Direct descendant of Chancellor Williams and Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Dr. Amos dealt with solutions. True intersectionality of economics, power, organization and goal setting. I've put so many people on to Dr. Amos. His methods or organizing the black mind and experiences is unmatched.
Didn't see him mentioned in here but Dr. Wade Nobles is also another great read or listen. These men all were in a forum together where they could strengthen each other's views and academic strengths. Steel sharpens steel.
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RIP Runoko Rashidi
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
Dr. Wesley Muhammad
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), graduating with honors in 1994. In 2003 Dr. Muhammad received a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), whence he also received a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies with a focus on Early Theological Development in Islam. Dr. Muhammad’s doctoral work included training in Classical Arabic, Biblical Hebrew, German and French and he conducts research in those languages. Twice as a graduate student Dr. Muhammad’s research earned him the highly honored, Great Books of Islam Prize, given out by the Center For Middle East and Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan.
Dr. Muhammad has been invited to present his research at the University of Chicago, Duke University, Emory University, Michigan State University, Western Kentucky University, Howard University, Cleveland State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University.
In September, 2002, Dr. Muhammad was one of a number of scholars selected to present at the First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies held in Mainz, Germany, where 2000 scholars from over 14 different countries participated. He was asked by members of the organizing committee to chair the panels on Islamic Theology.
Dr. Muhammad’s research has been published or accepted for publication in some of the most respected peer-reviewed journals of his fields: The International Journal of Middle East Studies, The Journal of the American Oriental Society, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, and The Harvard Theological Review. Dr. Muhammad has recently been asked to contribute to the much anticipated upcoming Encyclopedia of Muhammad, to be published by one of the leading Western publishers in academic and reference publications. Dr. Muhammad has taught courses on Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, African American Religion, and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, the University of Toledo, and Michigan State University.[1]
Dr. Muhammad’s scholarship is both deconstructionist as well as constructionist. Not only has he challenged important aspects of the Orthodox Islamic historical-theological tradition, but he is also helping to construct a totally new historical paradigm for Islam.
Dr. Wesley Muhammad is popular among the grassroots because of his credentials in the ‘Movement’. In 1990 as a freshman at Morehouse, he met Wakeel Allah who recruited him into the Five Percent Nation. As a fiery Five Percenter at Morehouse College, Dr. Muhammad became known as ‘True Islam’, became one of most visible student activists at the Atlanta University Center. Between the years 1992-1994, Dr. Muhammad, as 'Student Minister Wesley X,' was appointed by the Southern Regional Minister of the Nation of Islam to represent the local and regional Mosque among the colleges and universities around the Atlanta Metro area. Dr. Muhammad was president of the first Nation of Islam Students Association at Morehouse College in 1993-4, and was featured in British Broadcasting Communications documentary, 'The Morehouse Men,' which aired nationally in 1995. Dr. Muhammad is the author of several works, including: The Book of God: An Encyclopedia of Proof that the Black Man is God; Black Arabia and the African Origin of Islam and Take Another Look: The Qur’an, The Sunna, and the Islam of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
On January 10, 2010 the United Muslim Alliance and the New Black Panther Party (NY) presented Dr. Muhammad with The Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad Sayful Islam Award and on January 30, 2010 Student Minister Rodney Muhammad and the members of Muhammad Mosque #12 (Philly) and the Delaware Valley Region presented him with the "Defender of the Ummah" Award.[2]
Dr. Muhammad is currently a scholarly aide to Minister Louis Farrakhan at Nation of Islam National Headquarters Mosque Maryam in Chicago.[3]
I have his work The Book of God….Very mind blowing and powerful read.
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
Dr. Marimba Ani
Dr. Marimba Ani is an anthropologist and African Studies scholar best known for her book “Yurugu,” a comprehensive critique of European thought and culture. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Chicago, and holds masters and doctorate degrees in anthropology from the Graduate Faculty of the New School University.
In her ground-breaking work, “Yurugu: An Afrikan-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior,” Ani uses an African perspective through the myths of the Dogon people and the language of Swahili to examine the impact of European cultural influence on black people and the world. She developed a framework that methodically debunked the belief that Western civilization was the best, most constructive society ever built and instead she pointed out its inherent destructive tendencies.
Source: Marimba Ani - Wikipedia
I bought Yurugu a good six years ago and to this very day, I still haven’t finished it yet. It’s a highly critical and engaging read but it’s one of the heaviest books I have ever read in my life. It’s definitely not something to just skim through, you gotta go slow and steady with this one and it’s not uncommon to come back into it after a long while. It’s a very advanced and technical book I must say, not too dissimilar to The African Origins of Biological Psychiatry by Dr. Richard King.
Cliff notes on Yurugu? I'm thinking about getting it. Is it on Amazon?
RIP Runoko Rashidi
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
This website provides a good list of cliff notes and summarization of Yurugu
Book: Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior (1994) (PDF) - by Marimba Ani “Y... - samim
And yes, it’s still available on Amazon at the price of $34.95
This book has been on my to read list since last year. Gonna knock it out one of these days. I know the note taking is going to be something serious like Blueprint to Black Power.
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
This book has been on my to read list since last year. Gonna knock it out one of these days. I know the note taking is going to be something serious like Blueprint to Black Power.
I like to put it like this:
The Isis Papers - Undergraduate level reading
Yurugu - Graduate level and even Doctorate level reading
I gotta get Blueprint to Black Power
I saw it at Sankofa Bookstore in DC before…Huge book with crazy facts and in-depth information but I was a lil intimidated by the piece tag at the time lmaoI like to put it like this:
The Isis Papers - Undergraduate level reading
Yurugu - Graduate level and even Doctorate level reading
I gotta get Blueprint to Black Power
I like these comparisons. A lot of these books are structured amongst various tiers for sure. I read Man-Not by Dr. Tommy Curry and I'd put that book in between your ranking here. The thesis pieces our writers have left us need to be read and put to action, we have the answers.
Lmao. Blueprint is definitely a tome, I think I paid like $70 for it Canadian from a black bookstore over here.
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