Afrikan Wisdom: new voices talk Black liberation, Buddhism, and beyond

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xvii, 364 pages ; 21 cm

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"A collection of spiritual essays written by Black thought leaders and teachers that discuss what it means to be Black in the world today"--

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Prologue: The negro national anthem
Foresord by Professor Jan Willis, PhD
Introduction by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)
Index
Acknowledgements
Contibutor biographies (in order of appearance).
Part one: Reappropriating the Buddha ; The Black Buddha, by Shaka Khalphani / Black African descendant Buddhas, by Marisela Gomez / Parenting Black children in a joyful and sorrowful world: the Buddha's teaching of the heavenly abodes, by Allyson Pimental / Coming home to embodied nonduality, by Anouk Aimée Shambrook / Sadhana of awakened melanin: Devotional practices to help transform self and other, by Justin F. Miles (Shiwa Chuwo)
Part two: Black liberation ;
There is a balm: Black liberation theology and the contemporary struggle, by Andrea Murray-Lichtman, MSW, LCSW, and Ashton Murray, M.Div. / Africa, Islam, and liberation, by Nisa Muhammad / The Wisdom of Rastafari: Key moments that led to the uprising of the Rastafari movement in the mid-1970s until now, by Elisha Precilla / Vajrayana Buddhism: A path to healing an liberation for people of African descent, by Karla Jackson-Brewer, MS / Kwanzaa in Canada, by Dr. Afud Cooper / Africanity: An interview with an African elder priestess, by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)
Part three: Social justice: The revival of an old religion ;
Black lives matter: An anthem for intersectional black liberation, by Cicely Belle Blain / Twelve-step approach exploring cultural bias, racism, and otherism, by Rev. Seiho Mudo Morris / They call you a Bodhisattva: Homage to Martin Luther King Jr., by Larry Ward, PhD / Bringing Malcolm X down home, to Canada - and to Nova Scotia, by George Elliott Clarke / African wisdom traditions: Womxn, embodiment, and creative expression, by Arisika Razak / Purification and protests: The murder of black bodies in America, by Alex Kakuyo / Wisdom teachings for our black incarcerated brothers and sisters, by Audrey Charlton / Extinction rebellion: Also a concern for people of color communities, by Amaragita Pearse / Committing to truth: An interview with JoAnna Hardy, by Laurie Amodeo
Part four: Decolonizing mindfulness ;
African mindfulness, by Olusola Adebiyi a.k.a. Sola Story / Mindfulness from the cradle of humanity, by Elizabeth Nyirambonigaba Mpyisi / Being silenced, claiming silence: The practice of stillness in the movement for liberation, by Rima Vesely-Flad / Kemetic yoga, an ancient Egyptian spirituality, by Yirser Ra Hotep (Elvrid Lawrence) / Ancestralization, by Cosmore Marriott / Why did Jesus turn water into wine?, by Biko Agozino / When will we sing, dance, tell our stories, dwell in silence, and begin breathing again?, by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)
Part five: The personal is political ;
In search of Hypolites: Making sense of my African and Native American ancestry, by Kabir Hypolite / Turning, turning, turning, by Dr. g / Jesus and Buddha pointing to black liberation, by Thomas Davis IV / Healing my broken heart, by Angela Dews / Encourage others by overcoming your own suffering, by Venerable Dr. Pannavati Bhikkuni, Theri / The Web dancer: DarkNight, Zamani, Dip, by Sojourner Wright / For all beings, by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel.

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African American philosophy
African Americans
African Americans -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Buddhism and humanism
Buddhism and social problems
Philosophy
Politics and government

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Cooper, Afua.Kwanzaa in Canada
Willis, Janice Dean,writer of foreword
Jackson-Brewer, Karla.Vajrayana Buddhism
Khalphani, Shaka.Black Buddha
Shambrook, Anouk Aimée.Coming home to embodied nondualtiy

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9781623175627

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