Thursday, April 29, 2010

World African Diaspora Unio n (WADU)
P.O. Box 115073 Atlanta , GA 30310-0095
718-523-3312/Georgia - 404-527-7756/WADUPAM.ORG 4/20/2010
HUJAMBO! On behalf of our beloved President, His Excellency Baba Dudley Thompson of the World African Diaspora Union (WADU) and its leaders, it is our pleasure to invite you to the next historic WADU Summit and African Heritage Tour from July 5-10, 2010 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . Our 2010 theme is “Economic Self-Determination with a United Africa .” The 2010 Summit marking the 110th anniversary of the first Pan African Congress (PAC) is to continue building a powerful African Diaspora with Africa .
At the last WADU 2009 Summit , Her Excellency Amina Ali, African Union Ambassador to the U.S./Diaspora charged the African Diaspora to do more to support African unity and advancement. Since that 2009 successful Summit , we have taken the message to other parts for the African Diaspora to build support for the political and economic union of African people. Recently, WADU leaders also took this message to President Abdoulye Wade of Senegal during the 50th anniversary commemoration service dedicated to African and African Diaspora unity and renaissance. Our President, Baba Dudley Thompson leaders impressed upon the major leaders from across Africa and the African Diaspora that the time is now to move forward as One Africa.
Our WADU 2010 Summit is focused on the fulfilling our Pan African mission knowing quite well our responsibility to our ancestors to continue reshaping the African world. We are carrying the mantle of those noble Pan Africanists who in 1900 and successively initiated the models for direct civil and global action for African freedom. Our 2010 objectives are to: 1. Press for the political union of African people (2007 Summit ); 2. Promote our Pan African culture as central to African thought and action (2008 Summit ); and 3. Make the economic reconstruction of African communities our business (2009 Summit ). As a result of our 2010 WADU Summit, we will fully engage the long term prospect for a Pan African economic model and agenda that will create new opportunities and promote new networks for trade, businesses and investments across the Africa world. Indeed, WADU intends to mobilize the best of the African Diaspora for the rebuilding of our Motherland and thus urging the African Union to ensure that the African Diaspora has the rights to dual-citizenship, political representation, and business partnerships. Finally, WADU will expand African cultural education and heritage tours to reconnect and recommit our people to our beloved Homeland, Africa .
We look forward to your full participation in the WADU Summit beginning on July 5-15, 2010 in Addis Ababa . Your participation will send a powerful message of our commitment and willingness to move forward with the Pan African agenda envisioned by our Ancestors to build a powerful Africa and African people. Please contact us at 718-523-3312, 404-527-7756 or WADUPAM.ORG to confirm your participation, to become a WADU organizer or to give financially to assist us in meeting our goals and objectives.
Kwaheri (blessings)
MGANGA (Rev.) P.D. Menelik Harris,
Secretary General, WADU

Monday, March 1, 2010

The Coming of the Mother and Birth of the Daughter is the first book in a collection of my writings entitled "Call in Sista Love", which is centered by the Omega Vision of Rastafari and illuminated by the light of Rastafari as well as quotes from Their Imperial Majesties, the Emperor Haile Selassie 1 and His chose bride Empress Menen. It is the result of a command I received in a vision I had of Emperor Haile Sellassie 1 at the Nyahbinghi center at 10 Miles Bull Bay. I had fled there as a refugee from the political tug of war between the rival political parties in Jamaica in the island that placed me in its cross fire because of my position as a leading journalist and a Rastafari. The Emperor commanded me in vision to, "Go tell the world who Queen Omega is."
I began researching the Rastafari woman after this command. I discovered that she played a crucial, undocumented role within the rising of the Rastafari movement. Brother Howell, often called 'first announcer' of the Rastafari faith, who was later reputed to have witnessed the Cornation himself, had in fact adopted the practice of circulating copies of His Majesty's coronation postcards from Sister Annie Harvey, whom he had met in Harlem, NY. David and Annie Harvey had indeed witnessed the Coronation, and went on to initiate a Methodist ministry in Costa Rica recognizing the divinity of HIM Ras Tafari. It is coming to light also that Brother Hibbert, another pioneer patriarch, encountered them in Costa Rica before arriving in Jamaica, thereby receiving firsthand testimonies of the Coronation. Sis Annie Harvey's name cannot be forgotten, for she was not only witness to the Coronation, she will forever be the proof that the Rastafari woman's birth took place at the same time as the Rastafari man's birth at the time of their Imperial Majesties' Coronation.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Queen Makeda

Queen Makeda, the Queen of Sheba lived in the 10th century B.C. Her story is partially recorded in the Bible. King Solomon wrote rapturous love psalms to her in the book, "The Songs of Solomon." Many a young girl pretending to read the bible for spiritual reasons can be found reading "The Songs of Solomon" and dreaming of a lover who could express their love with the beauty and splendor of King Solomon.
Queen Makeda visited King Solomon, after she was told of his wisdom. She questioned him thoroughly and discovered that he was greater than his reputation. As my poem says, she was "empressed" not suppressed and through Solomon's wisemind, she came to love the One True God. It was through their son Menelyik that the Solomonic line was established in Ethiopia. His Imperial MAjersty, the Emperor HAILE SELASSIE 1, is the 225th, ascendant from that line. Because the Ark of the Covenant departed from Israel to Ethiopia through the Queen of Sheba's son with King Solomon, Queen Makeda is regarded as bringing the blessing of Israel to her country. It was Makeda herself also who established that after her, the throne would pass through the male lineage and females would not rule. Up until the time of Queen Makeda, several Candaces had emerged and ruled.