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  “It's a forum to have our own space and to be able to exist. To be our most creative and open selves and everyone is accepted.”                                                  - Elyse Hines.    Why is Afropunk so important to blacker America? because as an experience, it symbolizes everything the African race has been fighting for, for hundreds of years: the power of Self-definition. The ability to see, describe and express ourselves in a manner unique to us. No history lesson is required to understand that identity has constantly been either torn from, or imposed on us for more than 'a while' now, Afropunk is that space where black bodies reach within and blossom in different forms. This Pixel Tour unravels this powerful phenomenon through imagery. <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbyg...

AFRICAN ORIGINS OF ANCIENT ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS. According to the “Out of Africa” hypothesis, all people of today have inherited the same mitochondria from a woman who lived in Africa about 160,000 years ago, so named Mitochondrial Eve. The Y chromosomes possessed by all men was inherited from a man who lived 140,000–500,000 years ago, probably in Africa. This man is known as the Y-chromosomal Adam. This fact is pivotal in understanding Africans' place as ancestors of all humanity, and architects of the world's first civilizations. Early China. The Blacks of China were known in historical literature by many names, including Negro, Austroloid, Oceanean by the Europeans. The East Indians and Mongoloid groups had other names for these Blacks such as Dara. Yueh-chi. Yaksha, Suka, and K’un-lun. Lushana and Seythians.  It’s been over  100,000 years ago  since m odern humans left Africa.  Indeed, the modern Chinese have African origins, their ancestors having migrated t...

         This article belongs under our 'Pan-Afropedia' content category which is designed to house a wide and diverse library of articles by original African thinkers, home and abroad. Placing emphasis on knowledge over popularity, we collaborate with, reach out to, and feature both well-known writers and the lesser. Let us be your platform, email us via afrorealitytruth@gmail.com for a chance to feature your articles at A.R.T. This article is written by  Narmer Amenuti, you can reach him on his social media page, with the same name, on Facebook. Why Africans Pour Libation; Aliens Don’t. What we accept as “civilized” in a colonial and neocolonial era needs scrutiny. In order to understand the point of pouring libation we must delve deeper into the interstices of traditional African philosophies. It is there that the link between civilization and the pouring of libation are firmly established. The essence of civilization from an African fulcrum r...

    This article belongs under our 'Pan-Afropedia' content category which is designed to house a wide and diverse library of articles by original African thinkers, home and abroad. Placing emphasis on knowledge over popularity, we collaborate with, reach out to, and feature both well-known writers and the lesser. Let us be your platform, email us via afrorealitytruth@gmail.com for a chance to feature your articles at A.R.T. This article is written by Dr. Runoko Rashidi, learn more about him, and his articles at  drrunoko.com BLACK MAN IN EARLY ROME   Ancient African people, sometimes called Moors, are known to have had a significant presence and influence in early Rome.  African soldiers, specifically identified as Moors, were actively recruited for Roman military service and were stationed in Britain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Romania.  Many of these Africans rose to high rank.  Lusius Quietus, for example, was one of Rome'...

Izixeko zaseAfrica zeKamva    One of A.R.T’s favorite slogan says, “The future is African or nothing,” well, what would the future be like if it wasn’t ‘nothing.’ The creation of this Pixel Tour required visiting many horizons where the gap between the real and imagined is bridged, to recreate the world in Afro’s image. We have brought together various afrofuturistic concepts relating to architecture, fashion, transport among others, to imagine what an African city of the future can be like. Welcome to Izixeko zaseAfrica zeKamva, or as you would say in English, ‘ The  African Cities of The Future.’ LET'S GO! #1 Cities of Wonder.      First, we begin our tour of this African city by imagining what itwould look like, from the skies, in the streets, during the strolls. Ikiré Jones in collaboration with Nigerian-born fashion designer Walé Oyédijé and illustrated by artist Olalekan Jeyfous, created the project, ‘Our Africa 2081 A.D.’ reimagining major Afri...