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Originally Posted by Glice
Does the fella talking about black supremacy in that Nyabinghi one not worry you?
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no, surprising as it my seem to some those are my folks.. when I first went to the university I was in some black studies courses and I was waiting for some militant, pissed off black nationalist to try and tell me what was up.. turns out I
was the militant black nationalist
when Rastafari speak of Black Supremacy, they do not mean it in the context as say the KKK or Nazism, rather they mean Black Supremacy within the black man's borders and lands. Nyabinghi say "fire to all who preach racism and yet cross white man's borders.." I can easily agree with black supremacy in black areas, it is a kind of spiritual manifestation of self-determination.. remember Rastafari comes directly from 'africa for the africans' movements in the 1920s
and there was a bit more here than just the nyabinghi, though the nyabinghi does mean quite a bit to me personally..
chanting is a wonderful music, I often wonder why some people feel intimidated even frightened of it.. i was meditating with some tewahedo chants one time on vacation with family, and my grandmother, in a deeply concerned fashion, asked me if I wasn't listening to devil music. it took a bit of effort to seriously convince her!