Maafa:
Usage of the Swahili term Maafa ("Great Disaster") in English was introduced by Marimba Ani's book "Let the Circle Be Unbroken: The Implications of African Spirituality in the Diaspora", is derived from a Swahili term for "disaster, terrible occurrence or great tragedy". The term was popularized in the 1980s. The term Maafa may serve "much the same cultural psychological purpose for Africans as the idea of the Holocaust serves to name the culturally distinct Jewish experience of genocide under German Nazism." Other arguments in favor of Maafa rather than African Holocaust emphasize that the denial of the validity of the African people's humanity is an unparalleled centuries-long phenomenon: "The Maafa is a continual, constant, complete, and total system of human negation and nullification."
We want to thank those that participated in his year's Historic 150th Anniversity of The END Of Slavery! We must CELEBRATE Ourselves & Our History 365 Days a YEAR!!!
Continued Blessings........ PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE 2018 MAAFA DATE..
Continued Blessings........ PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE 2018 MAAFA DATE..
WHY WE SHOULD CELEBRATE & PRAISE GOD? We praise God
for delivering the Israelites from the slavery of the Egyptians.
Should we not praise that same God for delivering Black people from the dehumanizing slavery of the Confederates? Slavery and segregation were secured and maintained through violence. Our communities are still suffering from the legacy of that violence. Millions died during the most horrific dehumanizing slavery in human history, known as the MAAFA.
Let us remember those who died at our MAAFA Ceremony. Let us praise God in sincere gratitude for the survivors who made it possible for us to be here today.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016
4:00 p.m. – Ceremony of Remembrance (MAAFA)
4:30 p.m. – Celebration of Freedom
CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL PARK
Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge
YOU, YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS ARE INVITED
All are invited to sing songs of praise & gratitude. Bring food to share in unity and gratitude for the end of slavery and those who died to make it happen.
for delivering the Israelites from the slavery of the Egyptians.
Should we not praise that same God for delivering Black people from the dehumanizing slavery of the Confederates? Slavery and segregation were secured and maintained through violence. Our communities are still suffering from the legacy of that violence. Millions died during the most horrific dehumanizing slavery in human history, known as the MAAFA.
Let us remember those who died at our MAAFA Ceremony. Let us praise God in sincere gratitude for the survivors who made it possible for us to be here today.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016
4:00 p.m. – Ceremony of Remembrance (MAAFA)
4:30 p.m. – Celebration of Freedom
CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL PARK
Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge
YOU, YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS ARE INVITED
All are invited to sing songs of praise & gratitude. Bring food to share in unity and gratitude for the end of slavery and those who died to make it happen.
