The African American Muslim Summit 2023 – Reflections
Over the weekend of May 6-7, Masjid Muhammad of Atlantic City, New Jersey held their 5th annual African American Muslim Summit. I had the honor of attending the conference for the first time. It was also my first time attending a Muslim conference of this nature since my return to the U.S. In some ways,…
Sabian Mumbo Jumbo: Ishmael Reed and the Polemics of the Modern Sabians
Ishmael Reed’s 1972 Afrofuturist novel, Mumbo Jumbo, is a classic and masterful literary work. However, behind the words on its pages lies a modern Sabian polemic and interpretatio afro-americana…Perhaps the fact that he was on of the first to articulate this concept in an African American context is his greatest feat and few, if any,…
Nationalism in the Nile: Egyptians, Afrocentrism, and Kevin Hart
A small faction of Egyptian neo-nationalists on social media has announced that the wholesome American comedian, Kevin Hart, is not welcome in Egypt leading up to his February 21, 2023 performance in the country. Behind this supposed “viral” campaign is a small cadre of under-educated Egyptians who have recently learned of something called Afrocentrism. In…
The Maurchives 