EDITORIAL
Jah Love,
Greetings and Welcome to all our readers and advertizers, old and
new. This publication is a "Reggaezine for 21st Century Minds" and
as such, is livicated to "Teaching Youth The Truth About Their Rootz
& Kulcha". It is our mission to bring you information and viewpoints
from a Rootz viewpoint and perspective which are all too often not
broadcast and not published anywhere else. Traditionally our April/May
publication is a Unity/Liberation issue in recognition of the establishment
of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Africa Hall, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1963 on May 25 -a date which is observed annually
as African Liberation Day in Black communities worldwide.
Rootz
and Kulcha has been described as an oasis; a shelter from the storm
and a beacon of light for zion train passengers. Our advertiser's
recognize that the architects of Nation Building look to these pages
to locate the products, services and nurturance necessary for strengthening
ourselves, our families and our communities to achieve a Marcus
Garvey master plan for the millennium. Garvey's philosophy of unity
and organization will be fullfilled as long as we practice it like
breathing. The fruits of this destiny will be realized, once we
focus with one mind on freedom and the spiritual power it brings
to move mountains .
Our purpose
here at Rootz and Kulcha is also to help Reggae musicians keep their
musical message real, and to ensure that Jah Music remains connected
to its Afrikan Rootz and the Black Kulcha that spawned it. It is
our job to keep you current with the message music and the people
who create it as quickly they . Accordingly, we unapologetically
publish articles that you won't find in your run-of-the-mill Reggae
magazine or in so-called 'urban' magazines. We're doers and not
complainers, we've channeled all our emotion into mobilizing our
communities to organize, centralize, economize and industrialize.
In the
spirit of Marcus Garvey and following in the foot steps of his "Negro
World" newspaper, we see our role at Rootz Reggae & Kulcha as helping
to create the necessary "unity in the community" so eloquently advocated
by Kwame Ture in recent times; and as helping to focus our resources
and efforts towards achieving our real liberation
It doesn't
matter where we're from -down South, up north, east or west coast,
from Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, Canada, England, Australia,
Africa, or elsewhere, it makes no difference. When it comes down
to it, we're seen just one way by some people -as Black (i.e. African).
No, we're not paranoid and yes, we do have the right and responsibility
to speak up and speak out against injustice, intolerance and downpression
--as politically (or economically) incorrect as this may be. We're
with Bob Marley, who said, "Get up, stand up, stand up for your
rights"; and with Peter Tosh, who said there would be no peace without
"Equal Rights & Justice". So if you can handle stimulating, thought-provoking
alternative viewpoints and borderline "radical", sometimes "militant",
always African-centered perspectives, get comfortable and read on....
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