This came about as a referral by a good friend/big sister/client, Aiyisha over at Disturbing Tha Peace (Thanks Aiyisha!). I was instantly honored to be awarded the privilege to work on the project seeing as how I was familiar with his story as well as the stories of similar freedom fighters such as Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Jamil Al-Amin, Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Malcolm X. These are the ones they don't want us to learn about. They'll teach us about how courageously some of their "heroes" fought for things like slavery (The Civil War), and against this concept of terrorism. Don't get it twisted, there were/are a lot of GOOD people fighting the GOOD fight, but at the same time, we are also taught about the ones who died just so we could stay slaves, or violently take over somebody's land or natural resources.
This is a work in progress, and the general layout for the site. I'll more than likely change/add a few things, but we're currently awaiting feedback on the layout and design from Sekou. I'll definitely keep you posted!
"You know who it is, you know what it is...peace out."
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now thats what's up.
ReplyDeleteSekou now has a new address it is as follows..
ReplyDeleteSaturday, October 17, 2009
SEKOU ODINGA STILL IN STRUGGLE
SEKOU ABDULLAH ODINGA # 09A3775
SHAWANGUNK CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
PO BOX 700
WALLKILL,NY 12589
Just as some were horrified by the treatment of the so called terrorists at Abu Garaib prison, so it should be wITH those freedom fighters with African ancestry known in the US as the Black Panthers.
As you read the information and continue to read the articles i will post as time permits, i ask for patience from those whom i have neglected, as i have ventured off my true path.
I now realize and accept that i as continue to reside in the US as an African descendant, that i am obligated to keep my focus on those who have sacrificed far too much with far less return, those true freedom fighters worldwide.
Suffice that,i accept thaty my focus as a semi retired retired attorney, nationalist, and social justice advocate must return to its natural state.
In struggle
withoutacountry
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90milesfromKuba
Sekou Mgobozi Abdullah Odinga is a prisoner
of a war that started more than 400
years ago and that rages even today.
“When we say prisoner of war, explains
Odinga from behind the walls of Lewisburg
Federal Penitentiary, “the obvious questions
that should come to mind is, ‘What
war? Is there a civil war going on in this
country?” No, not a civil war. New Afrikan
(Black) people are not part of this country.
So, it can’t be civil war. Our people were
illegally kidnapped and brought to this
country more than 400 years ago. That
was an act of war”
“We have to distinguish first who we are
and how we can be at war with the U.S.
government, “says Odinga. “We are a colonized
people, but many of us don’t understand
what that means. A colonized people
are a group or nation whose every aspect
of life is controlled by another nation.
Among the colonized, there are those who
don’t accept the colonized force.
International law gives them the right to be
free and independent by ant means,
including armed struggle. We want to
establish a New Afrikan State. While participating
in that war I was captured, which
makes me a prisoner of war.
”
He didn’t declare the war, nor did he
start it. But Sekou Odinga, 49, and a father
of eight, has committed his life to fighting
back. First as a community activist, then as
a Black Panther Party leader, and later as
a soldier in the Black Liberation Army.
Odinga earned international recognition
from his efforts to educate, organize, and
liberate Afrikan people worldwide. Even
from behind bars, Sekou Odinga remains a
cornerstone of the New Afrikan
Independence Movement.
Comprised of a
broad coalition of New Afrikan-nationalist
organizations, the NAIM seeks to establish a
Republic of New Afrika in land currently designated
as the states of Mississippi, Georgia,
Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina.
As part of its efforts to crush this movement,
the United States has mislabeled Odinga as
an outlaw, saddling him with a lifetime sentence
for crimes that he did not commit.
I/we all/ people who love freedom can now correspondand visit with this magnificient strong New African who has reached the epitomy of what it means to struggle.