I was tapping on the window...now I'm kickin the door in

[Seshat7]

Greetings All,

Most of us agree that African Centered Education is the only way for our youth to make any significant progress and restore their rightful place in this world. I am one of those people that believe that, however, the reality is that most of our young African/Black children are in the public school system and they need our help there too. We cannot forget about them as we educate ourselves and our own children on Africa, her power, and the descendants of the diaspora. I have made it apart of my work to make life altering presentations in the worst Black schools in the city.

The YourStory series was created as a tangible resource for African/Black Youth to study history and perspectives for and about the African Diaspora. My name is Zekita, I am the creator of the series, CEO of Zeniam Publications, host of The African Diaspora Hour on Harambee Radio, Administrative Coordinator of Collective Black People Movement, and most importantly- I am a Mother. Although everyone here home schools, I take lessons of the African Diaspora right into the public school system where most of our babies go everyday. There I give presentations to African/Black youth and transform lives in the harshest Black communities. I would love to be able to share the YourStory series with you and your family.

Please visit us at ZENIAM PUBLICATIONS today or listen in to The African Diaspora Hour w/Zekita Mondays 11pm(est)/10pm(cst) on Harambee Radio (www.harambeeradio.com).

An Activist Creates Awareness...
A Mobilizer Creates Change....
Let's Do Both....

Bless,
Zekita Seshat Re

[Sistahs_Keeper]

I clicked on your Zeniam Publications link and the first piece of information made me think of a conversation I'd had with a friend of mine. How so many of our young adults (and elders) can provide information on George Washington but have not much more to provide on George Washington Carver except for the fact that he was a Black Man. We know more about Christopher Columbus but can't tell our brother who Crispus Attucks was. Seems like the Holocaust has more of an effect on us than the Transatlantic slave-trade which directly effected us.

I wonder why................?

[Im The Truth]

Bad education. I cringe every time I heard GW Carver reduced to a peanut man. He was one of the greatest agricultural minds on the planet - still today. But this is what they do to our people. They teach us KKKolumbus was an amazing adventurer and discoverer but really was an evil slaver and a pirate.

[Sistahs_Keeper]

True indeed. You know, I remember going to school and never wondering why our lessons on Afrikan influences were never deeper than they were. And when I did, there wasn't much in the form of an afterthought -it just was what it was. I wondered why "Black History Month" was the shortest month of the year, but still participated in the "celebration" faithfully. Looking back, I get sick with myself thinking on how easy it was to conform to "their" ideals, how naive both myself and my family were to the complete fabrication of our truth, and when the conviction pounded me in my back to question the status quo, how weak and scared I was to go against the only truth I'd ever known.

And you know what? I still go through the same mess to this day. I guess that's to be expected though. I now know enough to know there's so much more for me to know. I love folks to question me, debate with me, "put me on blast", read to me and preach to me because it forces me to build within me. And I'm thankful for that.