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  Date / Time: 9/2/2008 2:59 PM UTC

  Meet Runoko Rashidi
  

   
  

  
   

  
  "History is a light that illuminates the past, and a key that unlocks the door to the future. "
  By Runoko Rashidi
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
   

  

  
  
  
  
  
  Great historians researchers and intellectuals of previous decades such as Ivan Van Sertima, Chancellor Williams, and Francis Cress Welssing to name a few. Have given us back the history and identity that was stripped through the institution of slavery. 
  
  Knowing our history has been vital to our individual and collective self esteem, allowing us to regain a sense of pride in our anscestery and our selves.
  
  This brings up a question...we were black Kings and Queens, but  who and where are we  as a people now? 
  

  Preeminent present day historian, and research specialist,  Runoko Rashidi facilitates our awareness in the truth of our divine identity, and shows us how to use that awareness as a key that unlocks the door to the future. Recognizing the fact that there are new generations of people who need to be educated about true black identity.
  
   This Thursday Runoko and I will discuss the implementation of  practical tools for prosperous, abundant living in the  present , as well as highlight our illustrious history. Listen live to this powerful show, September 4 at 7:00 pm PST 10:00pm ET at Illuminations Radio www.blogtalkradio.com/illuminations Join the conversation or ask a question by calling 347-838-9577

   

  Runoko Rashidi is a historian, research specialist, writer, world traveler, and public lecturer focusing on the African presence globally and the African foundations of world civilizations. He is particularly drawn to the African presence in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, and has coordinated historic educational group tours to India, Aboriginal Australia, the Fiji Islands and Southeast Asia as well as Egypt, Ghana, Turkey, Jordan and Brazil.
   
  Runoko is in great demand. Sought out for radio, television, and newspaper interviews, having now been interviewed on more than 200 radio broadcasts and more than a hundred television programs. As a public lecturer, during the past twenty years he has made major presentations at more than 125 colleges and universities and scores of public and private schools, libraries and book stores, churches and community centers. On the international circuit he has lectured in Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Martinique, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Panama, Peru, Russia, St. Maarten, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
   
  Rashidi's presentations are customized and suitable for all audiences and ages, and are lively, engaging, and vividly illustrated.

  contact:
  Runoko Rashidi has dedicated his entire adult life to African people. For additional information on educational tours, to schedule lectures, to purchase books, dvds, photos and more Runoko can be easily reached via the Internet at runoko@yahoo.com, or call him at (210) 337-4405. You may write Runoko at Runoko Rashidi, Box 201662, San Antonio, Texas 78220
   
  For additional information on educational tours, to schedule lectures, purchase audio and video tapes Runoko Rashidi can be easily reached via the Internet at runoko@yahoo.com, or call Runoko at (210) 648-5178.  You may write Runoko at Runoko Rashidi, Box 201662, San Antonio, Texas 78220
   
  Runoko Rashidi is very active online.  His most comprehensive and popular web site, The Global African Presence, is brilliantly illustrated, regularly updated, and designed and maintained by Kenneth Ritchards. The Global African Presence Web site may be visited at http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/runoko.html
  
  
  

  Publications:
  
  Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations
  By Runoko Rashidi
  
  African Presence in Early Asia
  Edited by Runoko Rashidi with Dr. Ivan Van Sertima 
  
  Global African Community: The African Presence in Asia, Australia and the South Pacific
  By Runoko Rashidi
  
  Unchained African Voices, a collection of poetry and prose by Death Row inmates at California's San Quentin maximum-security prison
  Edited by Runoko Rashidi
  
  A Thousand Year History of the African Presence in Asia
  By Runoko Rashidi
  

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KONSCIOUS_VIBRATIONS 9/2/2008 3:27 PM UTC THE IMPORTANCE OF KONSCIOUS WARRIOR CAN NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED IN A SOCIETY SEEKING IT'S LIBERATION! WE HAVE THESE RAYS OF KONSCIOUS THAT REFLECT THE BRILLIANCE OF WHAT WAS HISTORICALLY HIDDEN PERTAINING TO WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE.THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATION SUFFERRED TO LIBERATE THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE CAN BE SO CHALLENGING FOR THESE WARRIORS,BUT THEY PREVAIL JUST THE SAME AS A SHIP CAPTAIN NAVIGATING THEIR WAY THROUGH A STORM!RESPECT UNTO THE ANCESTORS WHO ARE RESRRECTED THROUGH THE ONES WHO CAN PLAY HOST TO SUCH MIND AND NOUS,FOR THEY ARE THE TRUTH RESURRECTORS OF THE DEAD. ASE TO THE ONES WHO BACK IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DJED,AND THE TRUTH OF ALL HUMANITY. HETEPU KHEMMUNITY! BRING THE LIGHT!

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