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On overcoming anger

December 22, 2020
kamaurashid
Mindfulness

I was asked recently about how I deal with anger and frustration. This is a good question, as I, like perhaps every other person, have found myself having to manage such feelings. In my teenage years, I realized that anger

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Culture and Freedom: The imperative of Re-Africanization

September 27, 2020
kamaurashid
Culture

I often say that of all our strivings the most consequential are the reclamation of our culture and the restoration of sovereignty. Here I am not presenting these as de-linked or sequential processes, but rather as processes which are inextricably

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On spirituality and alienation

October 22, 2019
kamaurashid
Culture

Q: How does the issue of alienation apply to spirituality? There is a noted dialectic between the harmful effects of alien religions and the corresponding rejection of African spiritual systems. A: I’ve tried to follow in Jacob H. Carruthers’s footsteps

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2009 interview in Shiai Magazine on the African fighting arts, Kawaida theory, survival training, and community transformation

May 30, 2018
kamaurashid
Martial arts

Shiai Magazine: Who is actually Kamau Rashid? Talk about your life and martial arts experiences? Kamau Rashid: Well I’m originally from the South Side of Chicago. Growing up in Chicago in the 80s and 90s left an indelible mark on me.

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Being on the path: Meditations on Living and Re-Africanization

May 27, 2018
kamaurashid
Culture, language, Martial arts

I am convinced that when we are on the path, when we are doing the things that we are supposed to be doing, we are consistently presented with reminders of the correctness of the direction in which we are moving.

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On repatriation

January 13, 2016
kamaurashid
Political-economy

Some brief reflections on the article Nigeria: The “repats” who have returned. This is a promising development. It is also somewhat unsurprising. While the Black elite has fared marginally well in the West, the suffering of the masses reflects the tenuous

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African spirituality and the warrior tradition

July 31, 2015
kamaurashid
Culture, Martial arts

After both participating in and observing a dialogue about spirituality and the martial arts, I was compelled to reflect upon the ethical and conceptual modalities informed by African cultural systems, and the ways in which these inform processes of social

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Duplicity in the opportunistic embrace of Black motherhood

April 30, 2015
kamaurashid
Uhuru

As if America has ever had any regard for Black folks or Black mothers. The subtext of this is that the current Baltimore rebellion and protests are devoid of legitimacy, and that the participants are unruly thugs bereft of sound

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Legitimacy, authenticity, and the African martial arts

June 28, 2014
kamaurashid
Martial arts

I suspect that the debates regarding authenticity & African martial arts stem from the maafa and its assault on African culture in the U.S. The idea that only traditional African combat arts are authentic suggests that African American cultural production

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