This book examines the contemporary operational and theoretical parameters of Pan-Africanism and black nationalism in the post-civil rights era. It uses the Nuwaubian movement as a case study to explore this essential strand in African Diasporan history, culture, and tradition. The author argues that the Nuwaubian Nation, like their contemporaries such as the Nation of Islam, represents contemporary efforts of African descendants to dialectically and culturally fight oppression. He argues that unlike the classical Back to Africa movements, the contemporary ones do not seek to primarily relocate to Africa, but to go to Africa culturally and bring back Africa to the diaspora. This effort can be seen in the Nuwaubian attempts at unearthing and importing classical African traditions, mores, and values in their in their various communities across the United States, especially in Eatonton, Georgia. Their aim was to chart an identity for their adherents and inspire racial pride for people of African descent.

In the second half of the twentieth century, intellectual and passive resistance characterized Black Nationalism. This method of resistance against historic oppression was accentuated by earlier Pan-Africanist principles which emphasized unity as the basis for resistance. Post civil rights Black Nationalism is pragmatic in that it is flexible in operation. Its ultimate goal has always been social and cultural emancipation of Africans in diaspora. Pragmatically, it allows room for cooperation among peoples of African descent in reflection of their shared ancestral heritage. Nuwaubian Nation built on this tradition since its founding in 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. With its philosophy of Nuwaupu which it said stood for Right Knowledge and Wisdom, the group aimed to capture the minds of African descendants by offering pedagogical and paradigmatic alternatives to Eurocentric conventions. Their alternative knowledge encompassed religious and philosophical thoughts, racial and gender discourse, and using an Africa-centered paradigm they aimed to advance such ideals at the same time deconstructing Eurocentric paradigm as flawed and misleadingly exclusive rather than inclusive. The function of this scheme was to revive and restore African cultural consciousness among its adherents in the diaspora. To this end, Nuwaupu did not necessarily advocate massive emigration to Africa, but was not opposed to it either. Its essence was to highlight and sustain interconnectedness among peoples with shared history and ancestry, thus bringing Africa to the diaspora and diaspora to Africa. Utilizing, primarily, the Nuwaubian literature mostly authored by Malachi Z. York, this research demonstrates that Nuwaubian Nation represented the contemporary attempts at rejuvenating African cultural values among diaspora Africans. They sought to inject racial pride, sense of identity and affinity with Africa, traits that were lost through slavery and subsequently, Jim Crow. -- Abstract.

The Nuwaubian Nation takes the reader on a journey into an African-American spiritual movement. The United Nuwaubian Nation has changed shape since its inceptions in the 1970s, transforming from a Black Hebrew mystery school into a Muslim utopian community in Brooklyn, N.Y.; from an Egyptian theme park into an Amerindian reserve in rural Georgia. This book follows the extraordinary career of Dwight York, who in his teens started out in a New York street gang, but converted to Islam in prison. Emerging as a Black messiah, York proceeded to break the Paleman’s spell of Kingu and to guide his people through a series of racial/religious identities that demanded dramatic changes in costume, gender roles and lifestyle. Dr. York’s Blackosophy is analyzed as a new expression of that ancient mystical worldview, Gnosticism. Referring to theories in the sociology of deviance and media studies, the author tracks the escalating hostilities against the group that climaxed in a Waco-style FBI raid on the Nuwaubian compound in 2002. In the ensuing legal process we witness Dr. York’s dramatic reversals of fortune; he is now serving a 135-year sentence as his Black Panther lawyer prepares to take his case to the Supreme Court. This book presents fresh and important insights into racialist spirituality and the social control of unconventional religions in America.

African American religions constitute a diverse group of beliefs and practices that emerged from the African diaspora brought about by the Atlantic slave trade. Traditional religions that had informed the worldviews of Africans were transported to the shores of the Americas and transformed to make sense of new contexts and conditions. This book explores the survival of traditional religions and how African American religions have influenced and been shaped by American religious history. The text provides an overview of the central people, issues, and events in an account that considers Protestant denominations, Catholicism, Islam, Pentecostal churches, Voodoo, Conjure, Rastafarianism, and new religious movements such as Black Judaism, the Nation of Islam, and the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors. The book addresses contemporary controversies, including President Barack Obamas former pastor Jeremiah Wright, and it will be valuable to all students of African American religions, African American studies, sociology of religion, American religious history, the Black Church, and black theology.

"The Man of Many Faces" is a revelation! Finally here is the most comprehensive and objective critique of the Nuwaubian movement, detailing the life and teachings of the man at the helm, Malachi Z. York. What this book does above all, is allow the reader to go on a journey through his life, examining in detail his philosophies and actions, enabling both supporters and detractors to arrive at their own conclusions. Available now, the most 'Groundbreaking' and thoroughly accurate investigation into the history of Dr. Malachi. Z. York & The Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, ever undertaken. African Journalists; Yovan Christenson & Olu Femi Olatula, have conducted almost 10 years of exhaustive research into the history and inner workings of the Nuwaubians and their Enigmatic leader Malachi York. Now for the first time, this book unveils the entire truth behind the man known by many names, and his extraordinary Movement, with over 500 pages of detailed Facts, Photographs, Illustrations & Diagrams.

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