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	<title>Orijin Culture &#187; Free Your Mind (Poetry, Spoken words)</title>
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		<title>acirfA rethoM</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acirfa Rethom, the earliest memory I have of her has been glossed over by the passage of time and yet the sensations of our first meeting still come to mind. The warmth of her embrace was like the sun coming through a gap in the curtains on a lazy Sunday morning. Her laugh was infectious, and sparkled like the early evening sun reflecting back off the rippling waves of Lake Victoria. Her eyes deep and seemingly fathomless, held promise of understanding that endeared trust. Her smell was like the damp earth just after a rainstorm.
Like a child I loved her completely. Like a child, understanding was not a prerequisite for love.

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Time passed and I grew up. I was exposed to others who though beautiful in their own right could never quite measure up to the adore with which I held her. With time and appreciation, her smile had taken on a more mischievous glint. Her hair fell over her eye, like the reeds on a riverbank, hiding the mystery that lurked therein. The mere mention of her name sent shivers down my spine and had me puffing out my chest, strutting around like a young buck on the Savannah.
I had begun to hear whispers though. She was broken. She was twisted. She was not who she claimed to be. She was a plaything for the highest bidder. She was a bad apple that simply knew how to dress up nice.  

I paid them no mind. What did they know? How could they doubt the realness of what we had between us? Could they not see that ours was a love that little could break? With a flippant attitude, I rattled off the list of whisper to her, confident that like myself she would pay them no mind. That we would laugh at the haters and carry on where we had left off.
She didn’t laugh though. She simply smiled as I came to the end of the list.  It was a different smile. This one tinged with sadness, robbed of the warmth that I had come to know and expect. 
 
A tear worked its way down from her left eye as she raised her hand to pull away the hair from the right side of her face. That is when I saw the first bruise. Like a blemish on a Sunday dress, prominently unmistakable. I sat there in horrified silence as she continued to strip away the rest of her clothing, revealing with each layer scars both new and old. Some scabbed over while others festered. Purple bruises, old burn wounds replete with purulent discharge. The sickeningly sweet smell of liniment washed over me where once there were only sweet fragrances.
How could I have not noticed? How could I have been so blinded? My mind spinning, my heart filled with thoughts of betrayal, I ran as fast and as far as my legs could carry me. The last sound I heard as my frantic feet cleared her doorstep was the anguished sobbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lost Black and White Keys of Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The surest way to keep people down is to educate the men and  neglect the women. If you educate a man you simply educate an  individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family”
A powerful message from Dr James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (an intellectual, missionary, and teacher ) , who in his fight to educate women as well as men  persuaded Governor Guggisberg that Achimota college(Ghana, West Africa) should be co-educational in the early 1920&#8242;s.

 
Quick Bio before the lost Black and white Keys:
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey was born on October 18, 1875  in Ghana. Acknowledging his brightness, he was selected to be trained as a missionary in the USA at the age of 23. He lived in North Carolina and attended the Livingstone College where he ended up teaching. It was during this time that he met and married Ross Douglas, a native of Virginia. From a minister at African Methodists Zion church in Salisbury (North Carolina) to his various doctorate degrees earned from Livingstone College to Columbia University, he has been &#8220;the quite, yet powerful&#8221; influences in African education. He is credited for his 1920&#8242;s visits to Nigeria,  Liberia, Gold Coast(Ghana), Congo, Sierra Leone,  South Africa, Cameroon, and Angola for a research to improve education in Africa. He is also acknowledged as the co-founder of Achimota college. Believe me when I say, James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey had a great impact on famous leaders such us Dr Kwame Nkrumah (The first president of Ghana),  Nnamdi Azikiwe A.K.A &#8220;Zik&#8221; (First President of Nigeria) ,Hastings  Kamuzu Band( Appointed as Prime minister of Nyasaland  who later led the  country into independence and called it Malawi)
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The lost Black and White Keys of Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey?
During his visit in South African on a mission to improve Africa&#8217;s education, Dr Aggrey made a significant speech while he was there.A speech that I believe should be revealed more often and not hidden behind the curtain. He used the keys of the piano as an image of racial harmony. As I quote him:
&#8220;I don’t care what you know; show me what you can do. Many of my people who get educated don’t work, but take to drink. They see white people drink, so they think they must drink too. They imitate the weakness of the white people, but not their greatness. They won’t imitate a white man working hard&#8230; If you play only the white notes on a piano you get only sharps; if only the black keys you get flats; but if you play the two together you get harmony and beautiful music&#8221;
As significant this was then to whom he was addressing, this can be significan in todays world as we deal with the struggle of race, religion and culture. Can we play the the black and white keys in harmony?


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		<title>Erykah Badu&#8230;“Quick to assassinate what they do not understand.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free your mind!!!
Can I say what I want to say without people holding their mouths in shock?
Can I do what I want to do with out having that dirty stir?
Can I be me without being judge?
Did you ever take your time to watch Erykah Badu&#8217;s video &#8220;Window Seat&#8221;?  If you never watched it this is it. Tell me what you think?

The rules of society: Culturally Misunderstood: What is accepted and what is not.
There had been a lot of speculation about the controversial Erykah Badu’s video “Window Seat”… A whole lot of noise about her nudity, sexually explicit scene and the “that is just soo wrong”… mhh!! I could here  folks sitting at the balcony speaking, “God forgive that child,  Erykah Badoon,  Erykah Baboon or something like that… Whatever her name is”.
PAUSE!!! Why are we soo narrow minded?
Because society is narrow minded and it teaches us to be that way. Society does not accept anyone.You are not accepted, you are not accepted and even you  that is reading this is not accepted by society… Race, Color, Gender, Homosexuality, Nationality, Religion and what have you.
Society is the biggest mother fu&#8230;emmm!!! Sorry … I just got a bit emotional.
Yes, Erykah Badu took off her cloths at the end, butt naked, I admired the beauty of that body, very, very beautiful, sexy but you know what? It was a work of art, period. I never, not even once thought of you know&#8230; wham wham whaming her!!!! even though things like that strike my eyes and third leg easily. Not in this case. Why? Why because it was not in that context  just as I will not think deep in a miss Universe. Please watch it again and this time with an opened mind, let me know what you think  http://facebook.com/orijinculture
Do you know what I saw in that video? Poetry . There is no better way to express yourself, free your mind  than to be naked. BUTT NAKED. The ending was classic,  with her statement after getting assassinated by society
“They play it safe. Quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs adjusting more and more to fear for every act to hate one another. They feel most comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us.
This is what we have become. Afraid to respect an individual. A single person under circumstance can move onto change. To love herself. To evolve.” Erykah Badu
Yep that is a classic, period.
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		<title>Shyne to be released from Jail Today, and to sign with&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Remember Shyne, The Belizean–American rapper who sounded exactly like Biggie and got signed to Badboy Records right on the spot. Yeah him, yeah the same dude that came with that hot singles Bad boyz featuring reggae artist Barrington Levy. Yeah, he is set to be released from jail today from his December 27, 1999 incident at the Manhattan night club. An altercation with some people, which got Diddy and Jennifer Lopez (then diddys girlfriend) involved that night. It was rumored that Shyne allegedly pulled a gun which left three people injured landing him in a 10 year jail sentence for attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment.

What you might not Know
Shyne is the Son of the current Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow. Shyne legally changed his name from Jamal Michael Barrow to Moses Michael Leviy in 2006  after his father made a public statement that Shyne is &#8220;unwanted&#8221;
Hope fully family matters could be resolved.
Diddy also comments about Shyne&#8217;s release:


“It&#8217;s a blessing that he&#8217;s coming home&#8230;I spoke to him like a couple of weeks ago and he sounded like he was in good spirits. I know he can&#8217;t wait to get home. I know he is definitely going to heat the whole scene up. He was definitely one of [many] talented young artists that I had the pleasure to work with. I&#8217;m quite sure he&#8217;s been using his time wisely and has some heat.”
Well a while back , this is what Shyne had to say about Diddy and the incident:

Anyway, I know people are waiting impatiently for drama, some few diss songs here and there. As long as it doesn’t land anyone in jail or 6 feet underground, it is good sports. FReedom of speech and aggression on a mike&#8230; all hip hop, good entertainment for the people, and good money making business for the hip hop industry&#8230; menn, if they had that on Scottrade, I would have bought me some Diss stocks, good investment, cant go wrong with that in this recession&#8230;. but i will conclude by asking ,
Where does Shyne go from here? JayZ&#8221;s Roc-Nation, Murder Inc, Death Row or go back to Bad Boy&#8217;s?

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