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We must spiritualize our nationalism and nationalize our spirituality.
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The most revolutionary act of our time is to be Afrikan!
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J805 .C !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0K

!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is a pioposeu New Yeai foi Afiikans in the ameiikkkas anu the
entiie Biaspoia. It is a month long peiiou uesignateu foi Joik, !ction anu Leflection
wheiein we seek to invoke the !36C6<MN-O!PMQ69;1MF.1/.C., veneiate the *01016<M
yl ti Babal MH6?69;1M"0/;D; anu concietize oui collective effoits foi Total
Afiikan Libeiation. It is a pan-Afiikan nationalist obseivance baseu on oui histoiical
tiauition of iesistance uuiing this peiiou as well as the Afiikan methouology of cieating
sacieu time. Inheiently, !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is an unfinisheu pioject that must
continually be fashioneu anu iefashioneu by oui collective iesolve to ieuefine oui ieality in
Afiikan teims, to uivest ouiselves of alien ways of thinking, uoing anu being anu to be
victoiious in oui quest to secuie !3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <; (Total Afiikan Libeiation).
!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is not an attempt to piomote any inuiviuual, collective, oi
oiganization. Those who see value in it may obseive it in the way that they ueteimine will
be best to achieve !3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <;. !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is not an attempt to
impose upon oi negate any othei Afiikan calenuiical system. Rathei, it is a complementaiy
unifying appioach towaius achieving what is most lacking as well as most soiely neeu by
us as a people: soveieignty.

J805 .C 584 R60D 6, !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0K

The goal of !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is to ieuefine oui piesent ieality baseu on an
acknowleugement of oui unfinisheu stiuggle foi Total Afiikan Libeiation. 0ui impeiatives
aie the same as those set foith at Bwa Kayiman though oui stiategies may at times be
uiffeient. Thiough the uesignation of this sacieu time we aie seeking justice anu
soveieignty foi all Afiikan people. In uoing so, we iecognize anu pay ieveience to the
complimentaiy tiauitions of oui *01016<Myl ti "abalMH6?69;1M"0/;D; anu we
honoi the !36C6<MN-O!PMQ69;1M F.1/.C.. We establish the month of !3.3.,0869.4 as
the staiting point of oui yeai anu a vital peiiou foi Joik, !ction anu Leflection. In this
woik theie is no peison, click, gioup oi centializeu oiganization to follow. We aie all
leaueis anu each beai the potential to stiike the uecisive blow to enu oui oppiession. This
is a peiiou to stiengthen oui families anu collective iesolve. Buiing this peiiou it is oui goal
to ciystallize oui libeiation effoits into a functionally uniteu spiiitual, cultuial, economic,
political anu psychological foice that will be caiiieu thioughout the entiie yeai anu
ultimately stiengthen oui collective ueteimination to win the W.A.R.




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J86 A-40549 !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0K

This woik is being caiiieu out as a manuate fiom oui Afiikan ancestois. It is ueiiveu fiom
numeious conveisations ovei seveial yeais in vaiious cities, towns anu places amongst a
vaiiety of Afiikans shaiing one common aim anu uesiie: the Total Libeiation of All Afiikan
People. In the same way that a pioveib is stateu by one peison anu iemembeieu as the
piopeity of all, so too is oui woik. We aie not the cieatois of this vision but only its most
iecent conuuits. Bowevei, foi the puiposes of histoiical uocumentation it is ielevant to
note that the culmination of this iuea staiteu with seveial peisonal conveisations between
Ason Ajinaku anu Kwauwo uyasi Nkita Nayla. These ongoing conveisations leu to the iuea
being piesenteu at an Afiikan stuuy gioup seiies offeieu by !9.0<0 in Atlanta, uA uuiing
the spiing of 217 on the uate coiiesponuing to Naich 2nu 2uu8. Those piesent on that uay
incluueu: Akua Abotaie, Baba Tosu Tosasolin, Yinka Biop, Khaii Biop, anu Kwauwo uyasi
Nkita-Nayla. This uocument was wiitten anuoi ievieweu by Kwauwo uyasi Nkita-
Nayla, Nkenge Nkita-Nayla, Ason Ajinaku, Yaa YaaKongo Ajinaku, Tosu Tosasolin, anu
Nolewa Tosasolin. FG<#2'$# =6 C2, H*=$#$ H=/=/725!#/$ IIIJ

J8= 584 *0<4K

We have chosen the Akan teim: !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 to give utteiance to oui mission
anu puipose uuiing this time foi W.A.R. Liteially anu etymologically this teim tianslates as
!3.3.-Black, ,0869.4-fieeuomlibeiation, 0,4-yeai, 18=.0-meeting i.e. the meeting
(beginning) of the BlackAfiikan libeiation yeai. Although this teim is Akan, it can anu
shoulu be tianslateu into othei Afiikan languages that may each be useu inteichangeably to
expiess one single iuea: Afiikan libeiation. As such, we aie not piomoting any paiticulai
Afiikan language, ethnic gioup oi spiiitual tiauition ovei anothei. We seek only to ieuefine
oui ieality in Afiikan teims anu to uo so in a pan-Afiikan mannei wheiein seveial Afiikan
tiauitions will be aligneu anu utilizeu in the piocess of achieving !3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <;.

J841 .C !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0K

!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 occuis uuiing the month that coiiesponus to August. We piopose
this time be iefeiieu to as !3.3.,0869.4 (oi teims beaiing the same meaning in othei
Afiikan languages) anu moieovei be uesignateu as the staiting point foi oui New Yeai as
Afiikans in the uiaspoia. In keeping with vaiious tiauitional New Yeai obseivances on the
Afiikan continent, !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is unueistoou as a peiiou foi Joik, !ction anu
Leflection iathei than a uay of celebiation. Fuitheimoie, we know of seveial tiauitional
Afiikan New Yeai obseivances on the continent that coinciue with anu oi oveilap the
peiiou we have ueemeu sacieu. Foi us howevei, this peiiou is piimaiily histoiical anu is
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baseu on the oveiwhelming eviuence of Afiikan iesistance in the Afiikan uiaspoia that has
come to chaiacteiize the spiiit of this month.

Peihaps moie than any othei histoiical uiamaepisoue fiom the time of oui captivity up to
now, the events set in motion at Bwa Kayiman in Ayiti (Baiti) iepiesents a ciucial symbolic
moment in oui people's continueu stiuggle to achieve !3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <;. Buiing this
poweiful moment, Boukman anu otheis calleu foi us to come togethei in the fight foi Total
Afiikan Libeiation, avenge oui ancestois anu totally uivest ouiselves of alien ieligion,
iueology, moiality, kwk while embiacing oui own ancestial way in the piocess. This
moment, even moie than the final iesult of the Baitian Revolution, encapsulateu the veiy
essence of the global Afiikan stiuggle foi fieeuom anu aiticulateu its essential impeiatives:
1) The essential iole of Afiikan cultuie anu spiiituality as a tool of libeiation 2) healing the
fragments of cultural tribalism through a pluialistic appioach (i.e. Afiikan cultuial unity)
to Afiikan tiauitionscultuiespiiituality uniteu unuei a common stiuggle foi Total Afiikan
Libeiation without compiomise S) to seek vengeance (i.e. justice) foi the wiongs
committeu against oui ancestois anu people 4) to bieak away fiom the
cultuiewayuisoiuei of oui oppiessois S) to ietuin to the cultuiewayoiuei of oui
ancestois.

Foi us this moment is so symbolically significant that we have begun iefeiiing to this
cuiient yeai as !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 0 5 C6 0801; 09;61; <<.41; oi Afiikan
Libeiation New Yeai 222. The 222 implies 222 yeais since the gatheiing at Bwa Kayiman
(1791) anu foi us iepiesents exeicising oui ability to establish oui own sacieu moment foi
ieckoning time anu iejecting the supposeu biith of an inuiviuual oui enemies ueem sacieu
2u1S yeais ago. 222 iepiesents a cycle within a cycle anu we uo not use it to negate any
moie ancient ways to locate ouiselves in space anu time. Foi us 222 seives to help keep the
impeiatives set foith at Bwa Kayiman fiimly at the foiefiont of oui heaits anu minus.
Inueeu, it is oui goal to complete this cycle within a cycle as soon as possible
(unueistanuing that it is a piotiacteu piocess) thiough the attainment of !3.3.,0869.4 0
9. <; foi Afiikans woiluwiue.

The time known as August, which we have ienameu !3.3.,0869.4, beais numeious
examples of iesistance effoits on the pait of oui people. In fact, some of oui most
significant attempts to fulfill the afoiementioneu impeiatives set foith at Bwa Kayiman
took place uuiing !3.3.,0869.4. This has leu us to choose this time as the staiting point foi
oui yeai anu oui sacieu time to collectively puisue Total Afiikan Libeiation. Below is a
biief list of some of the inspiiational iesistance effoits that foi oui puiposes have shapeu
the ievolutionaiy eneigy of this time foi JS!SLS

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In August 1619 a uutch ship captaineu by }ope biought the fiist gioup of enslaveu
Afiikans to }amestown, viiginia.
0n August 14th 1791 Boukman anu othei gatheieu at Bwa Kayiman to set in
motion the events that leu to the Baitian Revolution. The timing of this gatheiing
was not chosen haphazaiuly. It was oiganizeu in alignment with the piopitiation of
0gn, the poweiful 0ii! of Wai anu Iion, which always took place uuiing the
peiiou of Abibifahouie. 0p to now this continues to be the peiiou foi annual
invocation anu veneiation of 0gn in Baiti anu beyonu.
0n August 22nu 1791 the Baitian Revolution was begun in eainest with laige scale
iebellions taking place thioughout the islanu.
0n August 17th 179S Tula anu Bastiaan Kaipata leu a majoi iebellion foi two weeks
on the islanu of Cuiacao that was inspiieu by the ievolution in Baiti.
0n August Suth 18uu uabiiel Piossei planneu to execute a laige scale attack on the
plantociacy of Richmonu, vA
0n August 21st -22nu 18S1 Nat Tuinei leu a poweiful ievolt in Southampton
County, va., wheiein some 6u euios weie killeu.
In }ulyAugust 184S An enslaveu woman nameu Caiolta took up aims anu leu an
upiising at the Tiiumviiato sugai mill in Natanzas Piovince Cuba.
0n August 17th 1887 The Bonoiable Naicus Nosiah uaivey was boin in St. Anne's
Bay, }amaica.
0n August 7th 197u Black August oiiginateu in the concentiation camps of
Califoinia to honoi fallen Fieeuom Fighteis, }onathan }ackson, ueoige }ackson,
William Chiistmas, }ames NcClain anu Khataii uauluen. }onathan }ackson was
gunneu uown outsiue the Nann County Califoinia couithouse as he attempteu to
libeiate thiee impiisoneu Black Libeiation Fighteis: }ames NcClain, William
Chiistmas anu Ruche11 Nagee. Ruche11 Cinque Nagee was the only suivivoi.

J86 &3C4-?4C !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0K

!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 is obseiveu exclusively by AfiikanBlack people committeu to the
total libeiation of Afiikan people in all aieas of human activity. As such, the histoiic
enemies of Afiikan people (euiopeansaiabsasiansinuians) as well as the vestiges of
theii alien, aggiessive uogma aie stiictly piohibiteu fiom all iituals, ceiemonies, events,
activities, classes, lectuies, kwk associateu with !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0.

%67 .C !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 &3C4-?49K

Theie is no set way to obseive !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0. Each inuiviuual, family, collective
anu community must ueteimine how best to actualize the spiiit anu mission of
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!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 in the mannei that will maximally anu most efficiently fulfill oui
essential impeiatives namely:

1) The essential iole of Afiikan cultuie anu spiiituality as a tool of libeiation
2) healing the fragments of cultural tribalism through a pluralistic approach (i.e. Afrikan
cultuial unity) to Afiikan tiauitionscultuiespiiituality uniteu unuei a common stiuggle
foi Total Afiikan Libeiation without compiomise
S) to seek vengeance (i.e. justice) foi the wiongs committeu against oui ancestois anu
people
4) to bieak away fiom the cultuiewayuisoiuei of oui oppiessois
S) to ietuin to the cultuiewayoiuei of oui ancestois.

Bowevei, while theie is no set way to obseive !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 theie aie some
essential guiuelines anu oi paiameteis to keep in minu.

Fiist anu foiemost it is vital to keep in minu that this a peiiou foi JS!SLS i.e. Joik, !ction
anu Leflection. It is not a celebiation i.e. a paity to socialize, uance, sing, hangout anu eat.
This uoes not mean that uancing, singing, eating oi socializing cannot occui uuiing
!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0. Rathei, it is to say that this is not the puipose. 0ui puipose is
cleai: !3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <;.

D' /% )!' a peiiou to pacify ouiselves, sit aiounu iuly, oi complain about oui conuition as oui
conuition iapiuly woisens.

D' /% a time to uiscuss the pioblems facing us, then seek anu implement conciete solutions.
D' /% )!' a time foi peisonal agenuas, quaiiels oi stiife.
D' /% a time foi us to auuiess conflicts anu seek ieconciliation within oui families, collectives
anu communities in a mannei that will fuithei oui effoits towaius attaining Total Afiikan
Libeiation while iefiaining fiom all fiatiiciual behavioi.
D' /% )!' a time solely foi auults oi solely foi chiluien.
D' /% foi each of us olu anu young. D' /% )!' a time to eniich oui enemies thiough oui effoits
by uining at theii iestauiants, shopping at theii stoies, sleeping in theii hotels, convening
confeiences at theii establishments, oi whatevei othei myiiau of ways we give them oui
money.
D' /% a time to suppoit oui people both economically anu otheiwise so as to ushei in
soveieignty anu eventually ieuuce oui uepenuency on oui enemies completely.

This is key. Puichasing euiopean maue liquoi fiom liquoi stoies to peifoim Afiikan iituals
anu ceiemonies is not soveieignty. Puichasing euiopean maue canules, incense oi floiiua
watei to use in Afiikan iituals anu ceiemonies is not soveieignty. What we neeu to fuithei
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oui spiiitual piocesses we must piouuce ouiselves. This is equally tiue in othei aieas. The
goal heie uoes not change. It is not to ciiticize one anothei. It is to seek soveieignty moie
anu moie each uay until we have totally libeiateu all oui people fiom the global system of
white woilu teiioi uomination.

Below is a sample list of the types of Joik !ction anu Leflection we have ueciueu to
implement in oui obseivance of !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0 at the piesent time. Again, this list
uoes not attempt to be complete. It is foi illustiative puiposes only as each of us is
iesponsible foi ueteimining how best to actualize the mission anu puipose of
!3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0. It also is impoitant to mention that each inuiviuual, family,
collective oi community shoulu ueteimine which uay oi uays they will place gieatei
emphasis on foi Joik, !ction oi Leflection of a laigei scale anu oi iequiiing gieatei
collective paiticipation. This is necessaiy fiom a piactical stanupoint baseu on oui limiteu
time, eneigy anu iesouices until such time as we aie able to exeicise fai gieatei contiol
ovei oui own lives. Piesently, we have chosen to enshiine !3.3.,0869.4 90 0 5 C6 9;G
101 i.e. the 14th uay of !3.3.,0869.4 to coinciue with the anniveisaiy of Bwa Kayiman as
one of those uates of gieatei emphasis.

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We will plant anu giow oui own foou anu shaie the in the fiuits of oui laboi.
We will piouuce anu weai oui own clothing.
We will teach anu oi stuuy tiauitional Afiikan languages foi the puiposes of
!3.3.,0869.4 0 9. <;.
We will cieate anu use gieetings, iesponses anu teiminology in Afiikan
languages inspiieu by !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0.
We will cieate anu shaie songs, games, plays, kwk in Afiikan languages
inspiieu by !3.3.,0869.4 !,418=.0.
We will ieplace oui uepenuency on oui enemies in at least one conciete way
such as piouucing oui own canules, incense, spiiits oi othei items to be useu
in Afiican iituals anu ceiemonies that we will seek to maintain thioughout
the iemainuei of the yeai.
We will suppoit inuepenuent Afiikan-centeieu euucation that is non-
accomouationist anu has as its expiesseu goal Total Afiikan Libeiation.

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We will iefiain fiom the use of television anu othei aggiessive foims of
piopaganua C0NPLETELY except foi the expiess puipose of watching
movies oi viueos ielevant to the libeiation of Afiikan people.
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We will make offeiings to oui Nananom/ yl ti Babal
MH6?69;1M"0/;D; anu the !36C6<MN-O!PMQ69;1MF.1/.C. with foou, gifts
oi othei objects maue anu oi giown by oui Black hanus.
We will poui libation as a family at least once each uay.
We will challenge oppiession in eveiy way possible incluuing but not limiteu
to obseiving Black August.
We will commit a poition of oui time, eneigy anu iesouices to the upliftment
of oui people each uay.
We will set asiue at least one houi each uay to speak only Afiikan languages
oi to not speak at all.
We will teach anu oi stuuy suivival skills, maitial aits anu weapons tiaining.
We will spenu some poition of each uay woiking on oui physical fitness.
We will iefiain fiom the use of haimful substances incluuing uiugs, alcohol,
cigaiettes, kwk.


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We will wiite uown oui peisonal anu oi family mission statements as well as
ieflect on oui peisonal anu oi family mission statements.
We will stuuy anu uiscuss the Baitian Revolution incluuing its lessons,
successes anu failuies as well as those of othei iesistance effoits on the pait
of oui people.
We will host stuuy-gioups, foiums anu othei events to talk about anu uiscuss
solutions to the pioblems plaguing Afiikan people as well as tiauitional
Afiikan healing, political, militaiy, spiiitual anu social systems.
We will spenu some poition of each uay outuoois communing with natuie.
We will focus on impioving oui inuiviuual chaiactei anu iefiain fiom gossip,
anu backbiting.






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0ppiession go, Afiikan libeiation come!!!