ASCAC's Study Group Will Meet on November 20, 2021

Newark NJ

01 November, 2021

6:31 PM

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Newark, NJ- In the continued struggle to free Afrikan people from the vestiges of white supremacy and systematic racism, ASCAC in Newark, NJ will be hosting its monthly study group on Saturday, November 20, 2021 starting at 2:00 pm eastern standard time. The theme is the following: "THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF: THE KEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AFRIKAN CENTERED WORLD VIEW FOR BLACK LIBERATION." The book study group will focus on is Dr. Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentricity. The letters of ASCAC mean the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, ASCAC's study group will be completely on zoom. The link to use to participate in the study is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8718... Meeting ID: 871 8546 3137 Passcode: 002701. In the 1980s, and early 1990s, there was an ASCAC study group chapter in the city. In time, ASCAC ceased to exist in Newark. Now in the millennium, the call for ASCAC's resurgence is again echoing in the streets. ASCAC has many committed and consist members. Its local Newark, NJ's study group coordinators are Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele and Doshon Farad. Akinyele is also a history and Africana Studies teacher at Weequachic High School. Farad is a respected journalist and teacher. The President of ASCAC is Dr. Mario Beatty. He is a professor of Africana Studies at Howard University. ASCAC's study group in Newark will focused on the scientific and scholarly researched documents that present facts on Afrikan history, culture, and spirituality. The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) is an independent study group organization founded in 1984 by Drs. John Henrik Clarke, Jacob H. Carruthers, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, Rkhty Amen, and Maulana Karenga (https://ascac.org/). It is devoted to the rescue, reconstruction, and restoration of Afrikan history and culture. But most importantly, ASCAC helps Black people develop an Afrikan centered world view for Black liberation. ASCAC is an organization that provides the opportunity for Afrikan people to educate other Afrikan people about their history, culture, and spirituality. It was founded by scholars deeply rooted in Afrikan American communities in New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Newark, and Los Angeles. It derives its membership from Afrikan / Afrikan Americans across social classes and occupational fields. It has many local study groups and regions around United States. The ASCAC organization has since expanded into an international organization with membership regions and representatives from the Caribbean, Afrika, and Europe. ASCAC has four commissions which advance this agenda: education, research, spiritual development, and creative production. Along with creating study groups throughout the world, ASCAC holds annual conferences, operates a youth enrichment program, and is editing a comprehensive history of Afrika. Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele, says, "ASCAC is a great opportunity for Afrikan people to learn about Afrika being the birthplace of humanity, the progenitor of civilization, and the root of the world's major religions (i.e., Judaism, Christianity, and Al-Islam). On the world stage of human progress, civilizations began in the Nile Valley, and there were many major civilizations in that area of Afrika. However, ancient Egypt reflected humanity's march toward creating the world's first highly advanced civilization in times of antiquity. It played a central role in the development of mathematics, philosophy, medicine, science, government, architecture, a written language, art, monotheism, education, ethics, morals, and religion. Many cultures and nations borrowed from the knowledge and wisdom of the ancient Egyptians, who called their nation Kemet, to push their civilization forward towards the foundations of modern society. The word Kemet means the land of the Blacks. Akinyele added, "unfortunately, white supremacy has made ancient Egypt a European or an Arab civilization. When in fact, Egypt began as a Black civilization. This is because racists cannot accept the genius of Egypt coming from Black people. They had to put a non-Afrikan face on Egypt to justify its greatness being white or Arab. Although white supremacist scholars deny Egypt as a Black civilization, many of them still promote Egypt as the foundation of western and modern civilization. However, many hard core racist still will not accept Egypt as the foundation of western civilization and religions. Therefore, we as anti-racist scholars, educators and activists must work to create curricula and history departments that include Egypt as the cornerstone of ancient and modern-day civilization and religions. And must also tell the truth about the original Egyptians being Black. However, getting back to the struggle of ASCAC, we are not just educating our people on knowledge Afrikan history for knowledge's sake. We want to help Black people connect this knowledge of Afrikan history to Black liberation." This past July of 2021, Akinyele spent three weeks in Afrika studying the history and culture of ancient Kemet with master teachers Ashra and Merira Kwesi's Kemet Nu Educational Tour. He spends a great deal of his time educating Afrikan people, and humanity, on Kemet's role in the development of the world's civilizations and religions. Doshon farad says, "we will use the wisdom and resources of ASCAC as a vehicle to help liberate our minds from the grips of white domination in Black America and in the Afrikan world community. Dr. John Henrick Clarke, the late and great Africana studies historian, Pan-African nationalist, community activist, and co-founder of ASCAC, committed his adult life and scholarship to working to rebuild the Black mind. An African mind that was almost destroyed by White supremacy and the systematic racism. In his book, 'Notes for An African World Revolution: Africans At the Crossroads', he said, "we need an internal cultural revolution, and it's going to have to start inside of our minds." For more information for ASCAC's study group in Newark, NJ please email us at ([email protected]). -Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele is the Coordinator for ASCAC's Study Group in Newark, NJ. He is also a writer, community activist, and history teacher -Doshon Farad co-authored this article. He is also a journalist, activist, and the Co-Coordinator for ASCAC's Study Group in Newark, NJ Note: Spelling Afrika with a k is not a typo. Using the k in Afrika is the Kiswahili way of writing Africa. Kiswahili is a Pan -Afrikan language. It is spoken in many countries in Afrika. Kiswahili is the language used in Kwanzaa. The holiday of Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26 to January1. For More information on ASCAC, please click here: (https://ascac.org/). For More information on Ashra and Merira Kwesi's annual trip to Kemet the information can be found on their website at this link: (https://www.kemetnu.com/egypt_... ). Every Month ASCAC meets on Zoom. For further information on ASCAC's Study Group Chapter Newark, NJ please copy: Topic: The Knowledge of Self: The Key to the Development of An Afrikan Centered Worldview for Black Liberation Our Study Group Book We Read from is the Followng: Dr. Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentricity ASCAC's Study Group in Newark, NJ Meets Every Third Saturday of Each Month. 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