GreatPriestess

Hotep Queen Preistess. I sent you an ivite after seeing ur page ...I was overwhelmed w/all that afrikan stuff nhad to be ur friend! Holla back at a Soldja..... Asante sana Ndada

Nubian Princess
What a sight to behold
A valuable treasure worth more than Gold
Material things could never compare
To the sparkle she gives
When in her eyes "I" stare

Beautiful Black women from which all races evolved
Short, Full figured, slender or tall
In whatever shape or form you take
You will never be second rate
I sit and observe
Every stride in your strut
Even though it was your back they attempted to break
You stood your grounds
With your eye brawls roused
When your families were torn apart
You remained faithful in prayer
And they consumed neither your pride nor your Heart
Amongst the mixture of cultures
Still YOU STAND OUT
Strong and dominant are your genes
Which have remained since the very beginning
You are the yellow of the sun
To the dark black of the Night
You are the Brown Sands of the Earth
From which all Life was birthed
Complexions that vary from Brown sugar to cream
Peanut butter Baby
If you know what I mean Vanilla,
Almond to Chocolate as in candy covered Kiss
Maple as in syrup
Yes.... You are MRS. IT!
Seductive and gentle
Yet inwardly strong
Mild in Appearance
However, you carry a wrath as mighty as an ancient sea storm
We`re all Facets of the same Diamond
The core being YOU
That`s why it`s Black Women this Black man respects
Because of your stand and perseverance through it all
So..As a Black man I extend my hand and HEART to YOU

Uhuru! Comrades, Sisters, Brothers and Allies,

At the 2007 International InPDUM Convention, held in Huntsville, AL, we heard a report from the International Steering to Defend Shaquanda Cotton. This historic process gave us the ability to turn what was once a local effort to defend Shaquanda in Paris, TXinto an international campaign that exposes the U.S. government's use of the colonial education system as a tool to criminalize an entire generation of young Africans.

While many of us are somewhat familiar with Shaquanda's case, we have not had the ability to organize as one people to defend her and the countless other African youth currently serving unust jail sentences in the colonial prisons across this country...Until now!

The Case
Shaquanda Cotton, an African girl who, in March 2006, at the age of 14, was sentenced to 7 years (an indeterminate time not to exceed her 21st birthday) in the Texas Youth Commission's juvenile detention facilities for allegedly shoving a hall monitor at her high school in Paris, Texas.

Creola Cotton, Shaquanda's mother, is a political activist in Paris. She began filing complaints against school administration when her own children were being mistreated in the schools. She along with her long time friend, Brenda Cherry then began an organization called Concerned Citizens for Racial Equality (CCRE). Together, they would defend countless African children who were being terrorized in the schools.

During Shaquanda's trial, it became clear that Shaquanda was being persecuted for her mother's political activism and that government in Paris, TX wanted to teach them both a lesson. During the trial, the DA made reference to Shaquanda's mother and her political beliefs. At one point, he referred to her home as revolutionary and "racial". Due to this colonial injustice, Shaquanda's right to political belief and free speech was thrown out the window and she was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison

But the People Fought Back!
On March 20th of 2007 political activists from throughout the region organized a march on the Paris Courthouse. Because of the attention the march brought onto her case, the state was forced to release Shaquanda after serving 1 year of her 7 year sentence.

Although Not In Jail, Shaquanda is still in Bondage!
On July 6, 2007 a court in Texarkana, Texas denied the people's appeal of her conviction, giving the state the legal right to put her back behind bars. Part of the fundamental struggle her family and supporters have been making is that Shaquanda is completely exonerated of any charges and her conviction be overturned.

This is why we must DEFEND SHAQUANDA AT ALL COSTS!

What You Can Do
The International Executive Committee of the InPDUM is calling on all local branches and organizing committees to begin carrying out the following tasks in your areas (within respective timeframes).

Bring the Hands Off Shaquanda Speaking Tour To Your City (January) Start Up a Shaquanda Cotton Defense Committee in Your City (January) Circulate the petition in your area and online (immediately) Circulate Hands off Shaquanda flier in your area and online (immediately)

If you are interested in participating in any of this work, please contact the International Steering Committee to Defend Shaquanda Cotton at info@handsoffshaquanda.org.  A representative wil l soon follow up with youto provide you with direct leadership in implementation of this strategy.

We can also be reached at 214-646-1907

Talib Aatiq
Chair of International Steering Committee to Defend Shaquanda Cotton

this is a poem I wrote inspired by nikki giovanni work
" ego trippin " do you know this ? It gave me a magical
way to look at the black woman at an early age that
stuck with me all my life.

namo nikki

I call this ego clippin or me

you could stomp me
kick me
knee me
elbow me
punch me
slap and chop me
but you could not hurt me
only break and bruIse my body
you could stone me
club me
spear me
dart me
strike me with an arrow
and hit me a linchi stick
three times in the head
and I may only learn something
you could stab me
shoot me
blow me up
and attack me
from all sides
with any weapon fashionable
and you may not affect
the mear essence of me
you could track me
hunt me down
and catch me
maybe in a pit snare
like a big old tiger
and stand over me and say
" Look at it " and
" get the net "
cause you was going to need
a good strong rope net
to barnswoggle me down
and chain me
shanghi me
and stow me in the belly the beast
even one with the name " The Good Ship JESUS "
and sail me like the trade wind west
offload me like "dried salmon walking "
I'm talking about a true salty dog
and sell me like some strange fruit
sold in a new world
you could buy me
covet me
and think you profit from me
while destroying yourself
and you may have had the misfortune
of never having the opporunity
of ever seeing me
because the '' i " that is me
is an intangible
present when not present
never was yet always have been
before all past or present ever
before time space matter form or decay
looked for and not seen
yet is both every vision
and the vision of every eye
listened for and not heared
yet is both the breath and tounge of every voice
both all the water and air and every ear
of every sound
all things and all points relative
all thought and intention
all emotion and indiffrence
I am both sides of every equation
there is no duality
only fractionallity
fractions of me
therefore you are no threat to me
and will be treated as I would treat
my left foot or my right eye
more than that
you are my matter
made into an image of me
in my likeness
and as a matter of fact
how do you like being me?

AMINA
QUEEN Of ZARIA (1588-1589)
This queen of Zazzua, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. She was probably his granddaughter. Zazzua was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west. Its wealth was due to trade of mainly leather goods, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals. At the age of sixteen, Amina became the heir apparent (Magajiya) to her mother, Bakwa of Turunku, the ruling queen of Zazzua. With the title came the responsibility for a ward in the city and daily councils with other officials. Although her mother's reign was known for peace and prosperity, Amina also chose to learn military skills from the warriors. Queen Bakwa died around 1566 and the reign of Zazzua passed to her younger brother Karama. At this time Amina emerged as the leading warrior of Zazzua cavalry. Her military achievements brought her great wealth and power. When Karama died after a ten-year rule, Amina became queen of Zazzua. She set off on her first military expedition three months after coming to power and continued fighting until her death. In her thirty-four year reign, she expanded the domain of Zazzua to its largest size ever. Her main focus, however, was not on annexation of neighboring lands, but on forcing local rulers to accept vassal status and permit Hausa traders safe passage. She is credited with popularizing the earthen city wall fortifications, which became characteristic of Hausa city-states since then. She ordered building of a defensive wall around each military camp that she established. Later, towns grew within these protective walls, many of which are still in existence. They're known as "ganuwar Amina", or Amina's walls. She is mostly remembered as "Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana," meaning "Amina, daughter of Nikatau, a woman as capable as a man.
Contributed by Danuta Bois
CANDACE
EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA (332 B.C.)
Alexander reached Kemet (Ancient Egypt) in 332 B.C., on his world conquering rampage. But one of the greatest generals of the ancient world was also the Empress of Ethiopia. This formidable black Queen Candace, was world famous as a military tactician and field commander. Legend has it that Alexander could not entertain even the possibilty of having his world fame and unbroken chain of victories marred by risking a defeat, at last, by a woman. He halted his armies at the borders of Ethiopia and did not invade to meet the waiting black armies with their Queen in personal command.
DAHIA-AL KAHINA
QUEEN KAHINA
She fought against the Arab incursion in North Africa where under her leadership Africans fought back fiercely and drove the Arab army northward into Tripolitania. Queen Kahina was of the Hebrew faith and she never abandoned her religion. Her opposition to the Arab incursion was purely nationalistic, since she favored neither Christians nor Moslems. Her death in 705 A.D by Hassen-ben-Numam ended one of the most violet attempts to save Africa for the Africans. She prevented Islam's southward spread into the Western Sudan. After her death the Arabs began to change their strategy in advancing their faith and their power in Africa. The resistance to the southward spread of Islam was so great in some areas that some of the wives of African kings committed suicide to avoid falling into the hands of the Berbers and Arabs who showed no mercy to the people who would not be converted to Islam
HATSHEPSUT
QUEEN OF KEMET (Ancient Egypt the land of the blacks) (1503-1482 B.C.)
One of the greatest queens of ancient Kemet was Queen Hatshepsut. While she was known as a "warrior" queen, her battles were engaged with her own rivals for the position of power in Kemetic hierarchy. A born dynast in her own right, Hatshepsut proved to be an aggressive and overpowering force. However, it was not in war, but in her aspiration to ascend to the "Heru (Horus) consciousness," she displayed the strength that has given her a place in history. She adopted the Truth of Maat and became involved in the elimination of undesirable people and elements from Kemet. Determined to be revered in times yet to come, Hatshepsut depicted herself in as many masculine attributes as possible, i.e. male attire, king?s beard, etc. Although she ascended to the throne upon the death of her king-brother Thutmose II, she exerted her rightful claim to the throne. In exercising her power, she involved herself in foreign campaigns, a concentration on domestic affairs, extensive building and commercial ventures. The most famous of her commercial ventures was the Punt expedition in which goods and produce were acquired from the rich market there to be brought back to Kemet.

To me you are a Great Queen, I love your page, take care & may peace & blessings be upon you....

All Power 2 The People! Peace & Blessings Preistess. Love the page. I wish you much love , success & prosperity.