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The Lone Wolf Lie: Why Your Private Bag Will Rot Before It Saves You

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The Lone Wolf Lie: Why Your Private Bag Will Rot Before It Saves You Drop the hustle-porn mythology. The predatory culture that sold you the "self-made" fantasy lied to you. It convinced you that hoarding paper in a gated enclave makes you bulletproof. It taught you to brag about your solo grind while your community’s economic foundation bleeds dry. Wake up: A solitary granary in a starving village isn’t an asset. It’s a target. Pull up a chair. Take a slow, measured breath down into that power center two inches below the navel. Let the tension out of your shoulders. We are stepping square into the sovereign green current of Ujamaa—Cooperative Economics. Our ancestors left a warning encoded in the Zulu and Xhosa proverb: Indlela ibuzwa kwabaphambili —“The path is asked of those who have walked it before.” And who walked it before us? The brave warriors of Guinea-Bissau under Amílcar Cabral, who taught us that true sovereignty requires returning to the source and stripping off...
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It is a pleasure to sit  down and struggle through a post, I have not been posting on my blog because of all the shows and other activities. I stay busy building a legacy, it is my responsibility to leave a foundation for those that come behind me. I am striving to blaze a trail. I believe that we owe it to our personal Ancestors to celebrate them daily, and this is why I have chosen to start the "Daily Toast". For those that have Ancestors that they would like to add to our list feel free to send your list to us by texting #dailytoast to 614-300-1875. You will receive a form that will allow you to add yourself to GNJ's phonebook. You also be able to put yourself on our various list and I will take some time to explain the list here:
*Our #gnj list is the #dailytoaster list. These are Family members that receive all information about what is going in with GNJ as well as within the Conscious Community here in Columbus. This group recieve text for all shows and also when ever there are perks they are the first to get them.
*Our #kwanzaa list  plugs you into all the cultural appropriate events that we catch wind of. So if you have an event that you want to send it out to our growing list hit us up. We focus on cultural stabilizing events.
*Our #ffgf connects you to our show Folktales For Grown Folks which airs every Kujichagulia (will explain for those that do not speak the language in a post later) @ 9pm. You will receive a text letting you know that the show is starting as well as receive a link to our spreaker station.
*Our #tribalquotes connects you to the Tribal Quotes our show that airs every Ujamaa @9pm.

So join the Tribe sign up to our SuperPhone so that we can keep you in the loop.

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