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Hieroglyphics inscription of the word Khem-t, which means “Black” in the Egyptian language, referrers to themselves as a Black African people. The ancient Egyptians were fond of the play on words. Black not only referred to the skin of the people it also referred to the rich black soil deposited by the Nile River. European scholars deny that the Egyptians referred to themselves as Black, despite the fact that most of them were charcoal black.
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Long before the Kardashians could get ass implants, the Hottentot images coming out of Southern Africa inspired European women in the 18th century to enhance their profiles with the available technology.
MIND. BLOWN.
I never thought this.
RE: Hottentot fetish discussed between wiitns and I.
BOOM!
CAKE
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SHIT I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS WEEK WHILE DEAD WITH BRONCHITIS THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE LISTENING TO AS WELL
I haven’t been writing this week at all. I fucking hate being sick, man. I’d rather lose my ability to speak vowels for a week than lie in bed feeling like death. What’s the point of getting sick, anyways? It’s fucking stupid! Though you would think with all of my free time, I would have written a shit ton of great track reviews, right? You are selfish, and should stop thinking like that. But I’ll put up what I’ve been listening to anyway.
Hella.Elliphant - “TeKKno Scene Feat. Adam Kanyama”
Goddamn, this track is bananas. Elliphant’s delivery here reminds me of an early M.I.A, and 15 year old Adam Kanyama tears this shit up! As soon as he starts rapping I get get an uncontrollable urge to start destroying shit. That’s a good thing. Click here to download. Because I love you.Hodgy Beats & Domo Genesis - “Go”
2 days ago was 4/20, so naturally OFWGKTA’s most outspoken smokers Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis put out a song for free on Domo’s Twitter. Download the track here. The smokey “Go” is better than pretty much everything on the new OF Mixtape Vol. 2 (other than Frank Ocean’s “White”), and while no one really gives a shit about these two, this song is pretty dope. See what I did there?Shlohmo - “Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix)”
Shlohmo’s shit is sexy already, but add Nicolas Jaar to the mix and you have an instant panty dropper classic. I fucking love this collab, and Jaar’s signature “silence drop” adds the perfect touch to Shlohmo’s moody tune. The remix is only available on the vinyl release of Shlohmo’s Vacation EP (along with remixes by Airhead, Groundislava and Salva) so go grab that shit.Major Lazer - “Get Free feat. Amber Coffman”
I don’t know why, but it seems like anything Diplo touches gives me an instant boner. Add Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors, and we have ourselves a Sunday night to remember. Click here to download it for free, Son.Daughn Gibson - “Tiffany Lou”
I fucking hate this track. I would rather listen to 4:34 seconds of birthing mothers screaming than listen to this. The smooth-yet-unsettling beat behind the vocals is alright; I give credit to the producer, he knows what he’s doing. However, I can’t tell if Gibson’s vocals are ironic, or just really, really bad. It’s as if John Wayne suddenly got into electronic music and is trying to follow in James Blake’s footsteps. I feel like this is something Mickey Mouse would listen to if Mickey Mouse was addicted to heroin and sold his body to support his habit. Fuck. I wouldn’t even torture people with this. Not because they don’t deserve to be tortured, but because I’d feel so sorry for the people I’m torturing that I’d have to turn it off after the first time through. Shit man, I hope this guy stops making music.
Anyways, that’s what I listened to this week. I’ll be more diligent about posting shit next week, so I don’t have to cram it all into one post. Enjoy it!
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Printable solar cells could turn anything into an energy source.
A team at MIT has developed a process to ‘print’ solar cells onto almost any surface. Using chemical vapour deposition, the process uses “abundant organic molecules” to convert about 2 percent of the available energy into light. Typical solar panels are around 12-17% efficient, but the team thinks 10% efficiency is achievable.
The cost of installing panels keeps many people from adopting solar power, Barr says. By integrating it into ordinary materials, he thinks he can clear that hurdle. “You’re already hanging a curtain in your house,” he says. “Why not add some energy to that?”
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The ancient Egyptians worried about an immigrant-tribe of blue-eyed people among them that seemed to have a proclivity for trouble-making. They had red or blonde hair, and blue eyes and lived at the edge of the dessert.
The Egyptians called them “Tamahu”- the created ones- a clear illusion to their unnatural origins.
In Genesis 30:35, it states that Jacob (English translation of the name Yacub), was able to produce unusually colored livestock through the use of a skillful breeding technique. It took Jacob 6 years to successfully change the color of the flock (Gen. 31:41).
The book of Jewish traditions called the Midrash Rabbah actually uses the Bible story to explain the birth of White children to Black parents.
Knowledge of Self.
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The imporantace of Oral Traditions pt 1.
Perhaps no other method of engendering mystical teachings to future generations is as old as the ORAL TRADITION. The continent of Africa has a plethora of cultures and tribes which still pass along supreme wisdoms by virtue of a GRIOT (African Story-teller) or TRIBAL WISDOM-KEEPER. The Ancient Kemetic culture of Africa was no different and one term used to distinguish a person who bore the great responsibilities of remembering the ORAL TRADITION was “SEDJ’DEE.” The “SEDJ’DEE” was often associated with the “HEM NETER TEPI” or “the priesthood” and their capacity to retain voluminous amounts of information would easily be considered a “miracle” by modern standards. In short, the “SEDJ’DEE” was a literal “WALKING LIBRARY.” Often the traditions passed along by ancient WISDOM-KEEPERS will differ from the traditions accepted in modern academia and by “experts” or they could have an alternate hidden (esoteric) meaning. For this work we will start with Kemet to uncover a few of the hidden oral traditions of Ancient Kemet assisted largely by Griot baba ABD’EL HAKIM AWYAN, who has spent countless years in Kemet as a wisdom-keeper being chosen as a child by female wisdom-keepers of his tribe.
- One of the first teachings that baba ABD’EL HAKIM stresses is that Kemet was a VERY ancient AFRICAN civilization that could very-well be older than 30,000 years and during that time, it has been known by many “secret” names. One of the most cherished names that the land we now call “EGYPT” was known by was “HET KA PTAH.” PTAH is the so-called “creator-god” who hails from MEN’NEFER (Memphis) and it is taught that he manifested things into being from the primeval waters of NUN by using the power of thought and divine speech. The Ancient Kemetic concept of the “KA” embodies the understanding of that aspect of one’s being which “hovers” over the physical body as a “SOUL TWIN” or the “ABSTRACT EGO.” The “KA” is a “projection” of the physical body, not the “BA” (soul) which resides in the body and exits at the time of one’s physical transition (death). The Kemetic term “HET” has a few meanings and the one which factors in the name “HET KA PTAH” is: “place”, “front”, “first”, “before” or “fore.” Therefore one of the ancient names of Kemet, HET KA PTAH means “BEFORE THE KA OF PTAH” or it is also interpreted as “A PLACE BEFORE THE KA PROJECTION OF PTAH.” It is interesting to note that the ancient name of the place HET KA PTAH was known to the ancient Greeks as “HI-GI-PTOS” in their transliteration. “HI-GI-PTOS” is the origin of the Greek term, “AEGYPTOS” which is where the term “EGYPT” is derived.
Also according to Kemetic myth before the time of writing, all records were kept strictly to human memory by a select class of men and women who were usually priests. The goddess of knowledge, Seshat invented writing to make communication and the delivery of messages easier (Seshat is most likely an ancient Ancestor). Her husband Djehuti argued though that humans might get lazy and not bother remembering the records on their own especially if these records become lost or damaged.
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