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Silverback Society (New Orleans) Profiled on Africa400, Wednesday, December 14

[Editor’s Note: The November 30 show was repeated on Wednesday, December 7 due to a scheduling issue with this show’s interview.  Thus, the Silverback Society show will air on Wednesday, December 14 at 3:00 PM as usual.]

On the Wednesday, December 14, 2022 edition of Africa400, show hosts Sis. Tomiko and Bro. Ty welcome Gregory Rattler Jr., Executive Director of the Silverback Society, a New Orleans, Louisiana-based organization that brings men together to act as mentors, or “jenoch” (plural of jegna”), providing critical rites of passage learning to young Black boys.  This will be the third of Africa400’s series of programs profiling efforts to bring healing and education to young Black males.  The series is titled “No Love For Black Boys”, though during these important shows Sis. Tomiko and Bro. Ty are introducing us all to organizers and activists who truly do possess and demonstrate their love for Black Boys.

Africa400 can be heard every Wednesday at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) on HANDRadio (https://handradio.org).  After the show airs, listeners can check out archived shows on the Web sites for KUUMBAReport Online (https://kuumbareport.com), KUUMBAEvents (https://kuumbaevents.com) and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (https://srdcinternational.org).

After the show airs on December 7, it will be posted here and on our Media Page.

Below is some more information on the Silverback Society, including their history, mission, vision, how interested readers can help and contact information:

There are hundreds of efforts being made by communities of color to support the next generation through churches, schools, afterschool programs and nonprofits.

One such group is the Silverback Society, which was founded in the fall of 2007 by Arthur Wardsworth and Lloyd Dennis. These two gentlemen decided to stop talking about problems they were seeing and offered themselves as part of the solution.

Today, the nonprofit organization supports, trains and coordinates more than 110 men who volunteer and are committed to making a positive impact on more than 600 boys and young men in 20 schools in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast area.

Earlier this month, Dennis relinquished the organization’s reins to longtime volunteer Gregory Rattler Jr.

“Three years ago, I coaxed him into leaving City Hall where he directed the Cease Fire initiative,” says Dennis.

Rattler also served as the program officer for Black Male Engagement at the Foundation for the MidSouth, where he managed a funding portfolio of organizations supporting an increase in the Black male high school graduation rate in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Additionally, Rattler served as the director of the New Orleans Fatherhood Consortium, where he was instrumental in the passing of the Louisiana Fatherhood First legislation in 2013 — a program designed to promote the positive involvement and interaction of fathers with their children.

“I’m not going anywhere,” says Dennis. “Greg’s asked me to stay onboard part time to manage our finances and serve as his ‘legacy’ consultant.”

As the new executive director, Rattler is solidly committed to the Silverback Pledge: “I will live my life as though generations depend on me, and I will teach and encourage all of mine to do the same.”

“We do this by teaching respect, integrity, leadership and love, which results in reduction of disciplinary actions, higher academic achievement, and more productive young men,” says Rattler.  “Our volunteers graciously share their time, treasures and talents.”

The organization uses two to four Silverback Mentors, who are men who have achieved responsible respected manhood. These mentors engage with a troupe of 15 to 30 boys. All participants are in the eighth grade.

“This is a time when the boys are in a critical transition,” says Rattler.

Mentors belong to teams that serve at a specific school for 16 to 18 sessions per school year. The team approach means that if a man can’t make one or two sessions, the other men on the team will ensure the consistency that mentoring success requires.

“Our young men know that every week there will be a mentor breathing life and positivity into their lives,” Rattler explains.

Silverback also relies on Role Model Speakers, mentors who rotate through the troupes to share their stories and detail a variety of pathways used by men who have often had to climb from difficult situations to achieve their success.

“We offer support, love and affection every step of the way,” says Rattler.

“If a young man is going to Warren Easton, he will know others who are also going to be starting high school there,” he says. “They are also given book bags with the Silverback logo on them so that from the first day they will be able to recognize upperclassmen who are also Silverbacks. They’ll not be walking into high school alone because other Silverbacks will see them and support them.”

Dennis believes because their engagement is for a good part of the school year, toward the end of the engagement, its volunteers are rewarded by their mentees’ obvious changes in behavior, academic achievement and hope for a brighter future for themselves.

“This is addictive work,” he says.

By bringing resources to these young men, Silverback Society helps enhance these young men’s school experience.

Silverback Society’s Mission: Bringing together men to effect generational change by preparing boys to be respectful and responsible men.

Vision: A better community by increasing the number of productive men.

How Readers Can Help: Become a volunteer, mentor or speaker. And, if you can, donate here.

How Businesses Can Help: Consider encouraging and allowing staff to mentor at a school for one hour a week. “This would be an example of how important it is to give back to the community,” says Rattler.

A business could also help sponsor the organization’s end of the year event and/or help provide book bags for the young men.

Phone: (504) 208-1034

Email: ld@silverbacksociety.com

Website: silverbacksociety.com/index.php
https://thesilverbackway.com/home

Listen to the Wednesday, December 14 edition of Africa400 here:

Part 2 of “No Love for Black Boys” on Africa400, Wednesday, November 30, 2022

On the Wednesday, November 30 edition of Africa400, show hosts Sis. Tomiko and Bro. Ty welcome Instructor Antonio Stovall and Manager Lateefah Trent of Total Action for Progress (TAP), based in Roanoake, Virginia.

The show can be listened to at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) Wednesdays on HANDRadio, https://handradio.org.

About Total Action for Progress (TAP), from the Web site https://tapintohope.org/about

Total Action for Progress (TAP) is a community action agency that serves eleven localities in the Roanoke Valley and adjacent communities: the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, and Rockbridge, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, Lexington, Roanoke, and Salem.

A community action agency is an anti-poverty organization that was originally enabled by the Equal Opportunity Act of 1964. Most community action agencies, including TAP, are private, non-profit corporations run by a community-based Board of Directors. TAP is not a federal agency.

All of the normal stresses that threaten the stability and security of every family are greatly magnified for low-income families who may find it difficult to get by, especially in emergencies like loss of a job, eviction, illness, or a family member is incarcerated.

Community action is about getting people involved in their own lives and enabling them to help themselves – not about fixing things for now or providing hand-outs.

Because people can’t begin to solve their long-range problems of poverty until their immediate physical needs have been met, all of TAP’s programs give priority to helping either directly or by referral to other local agencies and resources.

TAP offers direct services, working with individuals and families, to help them overcome their problems and improve their lives. Our goal is to help them assert themselves as advocates for their own needs.

Bio of Antonio Stovall

Antonio Stovall is an inspiring indigenous shaman, 10-year martial artist (Kung Fu/Boxing), writer/poet, researcher, Kemetic Yoga instructor, and holistic wellness practitioner born and raised in Roanoke, VA. He is the founder of Ancestral Perspective, a grassroots movement that educates people on the importance of relearning their ancestral identity by providing educational books and DVDs (children’s literature, Ancient History, Health, Spirituality, Economics, etc). Antonio holds lectures on the importance of cultural awareness and wellness. He also does blog talk radio and organizes self-empowering study groups. Antonio has traveled across the United States and around the world (including Egypt). He has had the opportunity to learn at multiple indigenous alternative healing schools that teach the importance of balancing the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and aspects of the self to achieve optimal health. Antonio’s goal is to continue learning and growing as a human being and share his ten years of holistic wellness experience/lifestyle with others.

Teachers and Alternative Healing education

  • James Cabbler R.I.P (Boxing Coach/Champ Gym)
  • Herbie Hollands (Wing Chun Kung Fu)
  • Master Naba Kemetic Dogon High Priest
  • Chief Amachi (Priest of Tim and Bokata)
  • Queen Afua (Man heal thy self)
  • Dr. Jewel Pookrum (Jewel Pookrum University)
  • Yiser Ra Hotep (Kemetic Yoga)
  • Kwesi (Ausarian Tantra Yoga)
  • Yeye GoGo (Sangoma Training)

“Holistic wellness is a lifestyle that has to be cultivated each moment of each day. The present moment is where the origins of all healing begin.”
– Antonio Stovall

Other Upcoming Activities by TAP

TAP also is hosting Community Healing Workshop Series (Quarterly)
December 3rd@10am – January 21st @3pm

Join TAP for these FREE workshops to learn how to help keep our community safe and free of gun violence.

Upcoming Workshops

How to be a H.O.O.D. (Health, Optimism, Ownership, Discipline) Healer with Antonio Stovall
December 3, 2022 • Begins at 10 a.m.
Roanoke Higher Education Center
108 N. Jefferson Street, Room 618
Roanoke, VA 24016

Contact TAP

For more information, email antoniostovall90@gmail.com or lateefah.trent@tapintohope.org, or call 540.819.8828.

Related Articles

A few articles about TAP which hosts African American classes by Instructor Antonio Stovall under management of Lateefah Trent.

TAP Websites:

https://tapintohope.org/event/african-american-studies-class/ and coming in 2023, https://tapintohope.org/event/community-healing-workshops/

Articles about TAP:

https://thegrio.com/2022/10/19/culture-class-to-help-black-boys-stay-in-school/
https://www.essence.com/news/tap-youth-va-education/
https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/10/12/early-years-william-fleming-teacher-bringing-mindfulness-training-more-area-youth/
https://news.yahoo.com/african-american-culture-class-virginia-174144355.html

How to Listen

Africa400 airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) on HANDRadio, https://handradio.org.  After the show airs, listeners will be able to hear the show on this post and on our Media Page.

Listen to the November 30 show below:

AFRICA400
Wednesdays @3pm EST.
https://handradio.org/
https://kuumbareport.com/
https://webuyblack.com
https://kweli.tv

Kimoyo Shule Africana and PLM’s Umoja Karamu Celebration, Sunday, November 27 in Baltimore

The Pan African Liberation Movement (PLM) and Kimoyo Shule Africana announce their first annual Umoja Karamu (“Unity Feast”) Celebration, to be held on the afternoon of Sunday, November 27 from 2pm – 6pm at 6 East Lafayette Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.

The event will include arts and crafts, African drumming, face painting, African dance, an African market and a feast.

The event will celebrate African familyhood and will indeed be an afternoon of wholesome African-centered fun for the entire family!  For more information, please call (443) 708-6978 or (443) 819-6610.

 

Africa400 Returns to the Airwaves with “No Love For Black Boys”

 

Africa400 returns to the airwaves on HANDRadio (https://handradio.org) with the first installment of a hard-hitting and critical series of programs on the efforts to counteract the School-To-Prison Pipeline and the current social work system’s attack on young Black males.  “No Love for Black Boys” will air on Wednesday, October 26 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) and will feature the following special guests:

Bro. Mike Guynn
National Board Member, National Association of Black Social Workers
https://www.nabsw.org/default.aspx
https://www.nabsw.org/page/History
Los Angeles CA, member of the Reparations Committee

Bro. Cincere Allah
Washington DC chapter, National Association of Black Social Workers
Certified Restorative Justice Facilitator, implementing restorative justice programs in schools and the community including anti-violence and community healing

Baba Olufemi Shepsu
Richmond chapter, National Association of Black Social Workers
Head of the National Committee, Pan-African Affairs and Activities

Baba Terry Williams
Re-entry Counselor, C.A.R.E. Youth Program for Boys
Stockton, California
Spent 40 years in California prisons, 35 years in Solitary Housing Unit (SHU)
Head of the California APP-HRC Chapter

Mama Cortaiga Collins
Founder, Good Shepherd Pre-School Academy for Boys
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/all-boys-preschool-planned-for-north-st-louis/article_858ff42e-a744-5fcd-bb3a-f043ec363359.html
https://www.stltoday.com/all-boys-preschool-to-open-in-north-st-louis/article_7e18bf3b-ca35-57bd-965a-59e151f3eacc.html
https://foundationforstrengtheningfamilies.org/team/cortaiga-s-collins/

About Mama Cortaiga Collins

Cortaiga S. Collins serves as founding Executive Director of the Foundation for Strengthening Families (FSF). In addition to her work as executive director of FSF, Mrs. Collins serves as Head of School for Good Shepherd Early Learning Center, a nationally accredited early childhood education center she founded in 2009.  She’s the visionary behind the Show Me Family Zone, an ambitious, Herculean effort to end generational poverty and close the wealth and achievement gap in the West End neighborhood in St. Louis.  The Show Me Family Zone will house the first all-male preschool designed to disrupt the preschool to prison pipeline by ensuring all students are academically, socially and developmentally prepared for kindergarten.

Cortaiga holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Missouri St. Louis, a second bachelor’s in child development from Central Methodist University and a master’s degree in business administration from Webster University. 

Hosts Sis. Tomiko and Bro. Ty will also talk with the mother of an 8-year-old son who has been fighting to prevent his being labeled as a “violent” child since he was 4 years old.

This program is the first of a series inspired by iconic Pan African educator Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu’s seminal work, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys and film/documentary ‘Black Boys’.  This book and documentary/film will be referenced in every show.


After the show airs, the audio from the broadcast will be available on our Media Page.

 

 

Sankofa Summer Camp Begins Summer Activities for Children

Baba Charlie Dugger has held cultural and educational events in the Baltimore, Maryland area for several decades through his organization Camp Harambee (The People), including the annual Marcus Garvey Day celebrations of the birthday of the Pan-Afrikan giant and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).  Now Baba Charlie Dugger is sponsoring the Sankofa Summer Camp, a summer series of events taking place at the Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures at 4330 Pimlico Road in Northwest Baltimore.  The Camp will be held Mondays and Tuesdays from 10 am – 2 pm.  For more information, call (443) 742-5193 or email communiversity8@gmail.com.

SRDC and Sehwah-Liberia Inc. Announce the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship Fund

Sehwah-Liberia, Inc. and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) are announcing the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship for high school students in Liberia.

The Scholarship Program represents part of SRDC’s continuing efforts to build bridges between the Pan-African Diaspora and the African Community on the Continent, and Sehwah-Liberia’s continuing commitment to lift up the people of Liberia as the country continues to rise up from decades of civil war.

The Scholarship Program is named after Mama Maisha Washington, who as a member of the Maryland SRDC Organization and the Maryland Council of Elders (MCOE) had led efforts to launch a successful 2020 Pan African Summer Camp in Liberia, administered and taught by teachers in Liberia and the United States.  Mama Maisha was also one of the leaders of the Pan-African Library Project, which will build the first-ever public library in Monrovia, Liberia, and which will primarily serve the countries of Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Siera Leone and Cote D’Ivoire.

Mama Maisha transitioned to the Honored Ancestors in October 2020.

The initial goal of the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship is to grant educational scholarships to 150 high school students (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders) in Liberia during 2022, and to expand the Scholarship Program from there.  Also, in support of the Pan-African Library Project, Liberian college-age students will be trained in Library Science to equip them to manage and operate the library once it is completed.

Another objective of the Scholarship Program will be to build relationships between Scholarship donors and students in Liberia who will benefit from the Scholarship Program.  SRDC has included a Scholarship Program Donor Form, which can be completed by checking out the SRDC post at https://srdcinternational.org/maisha-washington-education-foundation-scholarship-fund/ or by visiting the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Web page at https://srdcinternational.org/scholarship/.

To make a tax-deductible donation to the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship Program using PayPal, please visit the SRDC post at https://srdcinternational.org/maisha-washington-education-foundation-scholarship-fund/ or the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Web page at https://srdcinternational.org/scholarship/.

Update: Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship Fund Appeal for Donations and Support

The most recent fund raising letter discusses the current progress of the Scholarship Program and makes the following appeal for donations:

The Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) paid the school fees for 150 Liberian high school students for the 2021-2022 school year ($30.00 each).

We were able to raise $4,500.00 through the Maisha Washington Education Foundation Scholarship Fund to pay for those students’ school fees.

This money was collected through donations from people like you.

We need $4,500.00 (US dollars) to pay the school fees for another 150 students for the 2023 school year.

44 of those first 150 graduated students from 2021-2022 will be going to college in 2023. We also need $11,000 US dollars to sponsor those students’ yearly college fees for year 2023. ($250 each).

Thus, the total fundraising goal for this year is $15,500.00 ($4,500.00 plus $11,000.00).

Funds will be forwarded to our coordinating partner in Liberia (Sehwah-Liberia), under the leadership of Madam Louise M. W. Siaway.

Make your tax deductible donation (check) out to SRDC International.

Send your check by mail to:

Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus
3818 Crenshaw Blvd. #350
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Or donate online through our PayPal donate link at https://srdcinternational.org/scholarship/.

Thank you for your support.

Joe Palmer
843-452-4880

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Bridging the Gap Between Ourselves (Our African Connection)

by Kumasi Palmer, SRDC-South Carolina Facilitator

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2021 SRDC International Summit will be held November 8-13 in Monrovia, Liberia.  We will be advancing our outreach to the Mother Continent through concrete projects and programs with grassroots organizations on the ground there, starting with the effort to build Liberia’s first public library and sponsoring the 2021 Summit in cooperation with the Liberian grassroots organization Sehwah-Liberia.  The official announcement of the 2021 International Summit, with Registration Page and information regarding travel and accommodations for the Summit, will be made in the next week.  Meanwhile, we invite our readers to enjoy this brief history of some of the connections between Africa and the Diaspora, specifically as they relate to the Republic of Liberia, from Baba Kumasi Palmer, SRDC-South Carolina Facilitator.

Lott Cary

Daniel Coker

The Republic of Liberia was established as an independent nation state off the coast of West Africa in 1847 by freedmen from the United States. The first set of freedmen from the U.S. settled on Sherbo Island in modern day Sierra Leone in 1820. After a year of hardship at Sherbo Island the returnees moved on further along the coast landing at Providence Island in 1821 which is today known as Liberia. Lott Cary (1780-1828) and Daniel Coker (1780-1846) were the first group of pioneers that arrived in the newly formed colonies of Sierra Leone and Liberia, Coker being one of the founding members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Philadelphia in the year 1816.

Paul Cuffee

It was through the aid and support of the American Colonization Society (formed in 1817) to send freed Blacks to the colony of Liberia. During this same period Freetown, Sierra Leone was established by the British (1808) as a colony that served as a refuge for enslaved Africans. Paul Cuffee (1759-1819), a freedman and owner of his own shipping vessel, was one of the earliest pioneers with the vision to repatriate freed Blacks from the United States to a new home in Sierra Leone. But it was Liberia that eventually became the new home for Repatriated Blacks from the US. This migration started by ship in 1820 and continued into the 1880’s.

The search for political, economic and physical security by Africans in the southern United States at the ending of Reconstruction created the condition for many Black families to seek refuge to Africa. Liberia was at the center of this migration and reconnection.

Edward Wilmot Blyden

Henry McNeal Turner

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912), Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) and Martin R Delany (1812-1883) were three prominent 19th century Black leaders at the forefront to reconnect the Diaspora to Africa by way of Liberia during and after the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. Blyden was the foremost intellectual thinker and activist to advocate Diasporan Blacks to repatriate to Liberia. Blyden, the originator of the concept called “The African Personality”, was born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands but migrated to Liberia in 1850. Turner, who made numerous trips to Africa, was born in Newberry, South Carolina and became the 12th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E) in 1880. Delany was born in West Virginia and served in the Civil War, and was commissioned as a medical doctor with the rank of major.

Martin R Delany

The early repatriates to Liberia also emigrated from the West Indies islands of Barbados, the Virgin Islands and Jamaica. From the United States they came from the states of Virginia, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and Ohio.

We find cities in Liberia named after the states and towns where the early repatriates came and settled. Greenville, (Greenville-SC) and Maryland County (Maryland) are some of the names similar to names of US cities and states. Then there are cities named after families that emigrated from the Caribbean such as Barclayville, (president Barclay-born-Barbados-West Indies), Bensonville-(president Benson-born in Maryland-U.S.).

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

William R Tolbert Jr

All elected presidents of Liberia from 1848 until 1980 were born in the Diaspora or were the children of those born in the Diaspora. The first ten (10) presidents of Liberia were born in the Diaspora. Liberia’s first president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1848-1856), was born in Virginia. The grandfather of William Richard Tolbert Jr., the 20th president of Liberia (1975-1980), was born in Charleston, South Carolina.

Bridging the gap between Liberia and the Diaspora is a continued legacy established in the 19th Century by men and women who built the bridges for our Pan African connections. Many of those who left the United States for Liberia during the 19th Century embarked on ships docked at the Charleston Harbor located in South Carolina. Join us as we continue the journey of our pioneering ancestors who reconnected us over 200 years ago.

Our organization, The Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC), is presently working with our partner organization in Liberia (SEHWAH) to construct a public library in the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia. Books for nation building are welcome. Contact us at panafricanlibrary@gmail.com or our website: https://srdcinternational.org.

 

SRDC Holds Successful 2021 Summit in Liberia to Launch the Pan-African Library Project

The Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) held its 13th International Summit in Monrovia, Liberia, over the week of November 8 -13, 2021.  While the annual Summit normally provides SRDC organizers with an opportunity to make reports to each other and share the organization’s progress with invited guests and the general public, this year’s Summit also served a larger purpose — the official launching in Liberia of the SRDC Pan-African Library Project.

The recently-established SRDC office in Liberia is run by The Honorable Ms. Louise W. McMillan-Siaway, who also serves as the founder and president of Sehwah-Liberia, an on-the-ground activist organization operating primarily in Monrovia and the surrounding rural areas.  Among the important projects Sehwah-Liberia has accomplished in the recent past are the Pan-African Virtual Summer Camp in 2020 and a major food distribution project undertaken to assist families who were deprived of adequate food sources as the COVID pandemic was first ravaging the world in early 2020.

The 2021 Summit featured appearances by special guests that included His Excellency George M. Weah Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, and Mrs. Clar M. Weah, the First Lady; several Liberian government Ministers; as well as SRDC’s International Facilitator, Professor David L. Horne, who brought an SRDC delegation from the United States; and Dr. Barryl Biekman, who serves as the president of Tiye International and the African Union African Diaspora Sixth Region-Europe (AUADS) based in The Netherlands.

The crowning achievement was the signing of an agreement between SRDC and the Government of Liberia that essentially green-lights the Library Project.  The video above, provided by CEO TV Africa, includes statements from Ms. Siaway, Profesor Horne, Dr. Biekman, Baba Kumasi Palmer (SRDC-South Carolina) and several other attendees at the Summit, as well as the signing ceremony.

We will share more detailed information on the 2021 SRDC Summit in the coming weeks.

Africa400 Goes on Hiatus; Check Out Classic Shows on Our Media Page

Africa400, the weekly Pan-Afrikan radio show hosted by Mama Tomiko and Baba Ty, with Special Episodes guest-hosted by Grandmother Walks On Water (“Mothership”) and Baba Francois Ndengwe (“Fresh News From Africa”), is taking a break from broadcasting as they make plans for the coming year.

Africa400 has discussed issues of children’s education (with a variety of guests including Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu), women’s issues, political prisoners (especially Imam Jamil Al-Amin), Afrikan-centered business ventures, Afrikan and Afrikan-American history (significantly, with historian Dr. Gerald Horne), culture, music (most notably highlighting pioneering jazz bagpiper Ancestor Rufus Harley and singer-rapper-songwriter Sis. Maimouna Youssef), health and spirituality (with health and spiritual experts such as Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi), among other compelling topics and guests.

While we will not have live shows for the immediate future, we are certain our readers have not had the opportunity to listen to all the shows of Africa400.  To remedy that problem, you are invited to visit our Media Page, which features every Africa400 episode from the show’s inception on traditional radio (WFBR in Baltimore) and even the show’s predecessor that was briefly broadcast under the Little Africa title.  All of these shows are available, with written introductions to the shows’ topics and guests, on our Media Page.

And keep visiting this site for updates on when Africa400 will resume live broadcasts.

“Fresh News From Africa” Welcomes Dr. Gerald Horne on Africa400, Wednesday, September 29

Dr. Gerald Horne, noted historian and author of several groundbreaking books on African and African-American history, will be the special guest of host Baba Francois Ndengwe on the “Fresh News From Africa” program, presented courtesy of Africa400 on HANDRadio.  The show airs on Wednesday, September 29.  He will discuss The Urgent Need for an International Global Analysis, particularly among African People and People of African Descent.

To listen to the September 29 show, click below:

Africa400 is broadcast live every Wednesday at 2:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) on HANDRadio (https://handradio.org).  After the broadcast, the audio is made available on the HANDRadio Podcasts Page, an update of this post and the Media Pages of KUUMBAReport (https://kuumbareport.com), KUUMBAEvents (https://kuumbaevents.com) and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (https://srdcinternational.org).

Africa400 Rebroadcast of Wednesday, May 26 Show: “A New Movement and Pipeline to Save Black Boys”

The Wednesday, September 22 edition of Africa400 is a rebroadcast of the May 26 edition, “A New Movement and Pipeline to Save Black Boys”.

Mama Tomiko and Baba Ty welcome Special Guests Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, Dr. Jamie Jenkins, Mr. Bruce Jackson and Dr. Ricki Gibbs.  They are building a comprehensive program to help educate young Black boys and save them from the “School-to-Prison Pipeline” that victimizes so many young people, from primary miseducation to criminalization and incarceration.

For the full writeup and to listen to the show, go to our Media Page under Wednesday, May 26: A New Movement and Pipeline to Save Black Boys”.