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Stop Asking the Storm for Permission to Stand

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Stop Asking the Storm for Permission to Stand: The Science of Unbending Sovereignty Family, take a seat on the porch. Look at the code in front of us today: "I am not what happened to me; I am what I decide to become." — Mossi Proverb: "An upright tree does not fear the storm." Let’s get real for a second. Most people spend their entire lives reacting to the wind. They let systemic dysfunction, toxic chatter, and past trauma dictate their posture. But when your roots are tethered to the Eternal, your standing posture was never granted by the weather—it was decided by the tree. The Code of Incorruptible Sovereignty History doesn't lie. On August 4, 1984, Thomas Sankara looked imperial masters in the eye and erased "Upper Volta"—a name slapped onto his people by colonizers—replacing it with Burkina Faso : The Land of Incorruptible People . Sankara didn’t fill out a government form or ask permission from foreign powers. He exercised Kujichagulia on a con...

A Little About The Fast

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  A Little About The Fast Great Umoja in the 4th cycle of 2022 in the week of Kujichagulia. Man it is great to be back, I thought that I would be able to write and create while on my fast, but No,No,No, my mind nor my body was having it. I took a break for most of the 4th cycle of Umoja. I wrote maybe two blogs so the eMag is going to be light. Today I want to cover the structure of my fast and maybe talk a little bit about why I do it. My particular fast came about because GNJ needed something to deal with our health. Being who I am, I not only wanted to set it up, I felt that it was important for me to model. Although we talk about the 4 pillars of health in our "Drink Yo Water '' song I wanted something that could help people lose weight, stop smoking, stop harmful drugs, develop healthy habits, or destroy negative ones. The #21dayNguzoSabaChallenge does that. Using the idea that it takes 21 days to create a habit I decided to use the 21 days to build up the momentum to...