The Cult of Black and white Cinematic Symbolism (Part 21)...Anansi the spider, "world-wide" webbing, the emasculating trinity of male social engineering, and one mo' tale of "venomous" melanin...

Anansi the spider “god”, is a mythological deity created from Africa’s “Akan” culture, and his folklore is best known amongst Ghana’s “Ashanti” tribes. Anansi is the word for “spider” in Akan’s native language, and at the nucleus of this spirit’s mythology, is his knowledge of all stories—meaning, Anansi isn’t just a masterful storyteller, but he’s a keeper of ancient “storied” narratives as well.

Now, a good part of Anansi’s folklore is metaphysical, as well as mythological. Meaning, he’s often depicted as interacting with God, and other deities who frequently bestow him with supernatural powers, such as controlling the weather, or being able to have a variety of these same kinds of tasks, done for him. And on a more esoteric level, ancient indigenous Black tribes (and their secret societies), used Anansi as a reference for the webbed latticework of the earth’s 3^rd -dimensional matrix—especially in regards to controlling and procuring all of the world’s resources.

Now, I can already hear people saying—look, this is just some stuff you made up, right?

Welp, if you’re one of those people, I’d like you to focus your attention on the graphic to the right. Here, we see the backside of a dollar bill, and the “webbing” surrounding its words and numerals. This was the original concept for the “world wide web” (also, “w” is the 6^th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so www=666).

Now, there’s also a visible creature at the bill’s corner, that looks like an owl (mind you, some say it’s a spider), but freemasons are notorious for their usages of the owl image (Drake), to reinforce the point that their fraternities can see everything that’s hidden in the dark—this also speaks to the freemason’s “all-seeing eye” symbolism (top of pyramid capstone, also on the back of a dollar)—and we should all know that’s symbolism they got from us—meaning, whitey took that from our “eye of Heru” y’all.

Moving on…

Now, the movie “Venom” is yet another flick adapted from a comic book that Hollyweird released in theaters. And for the uninitiated, Venom, is one mo’ enemy in “Spider-Man’s” rogue gallery of villains. But let me give you a bit more info. on this particular character—ya’ see, Venom ain’t human—it’s actually a sentient alien “symbiote”, liquid-like organism, that requires a host. So, how this Black costume-of-a-creature fits into this film’s plot, goes a little something like this: a bio-engineering corporation called the “Life Foundation” (LF), acquires four “symbiotic lifeforms” and brings them to earth. Now, the reason they’re doing this is to study these organisms, in hopes that they can create a wearable “skin” (much more on this later) that’ll help mankind (i.e. whitey) explore, inhabit, and ultimately conquer other planets and their populations.

Eddie Brock, an investigative journalist, finds out that the LF is experimenting on undocumented immigrants for the purposes of creating a functional and fashionable skin for elites to wear, in pursuit of their next genocidal and “manifest destinied” conquest. And in the midst of snoopin’ around for this story, Eddie winds up in an accident, where he’s wearing this skin himself.

Mind you, once again, I’m letting everyone know beforehand, that I haven’t seen this flick—and I’m not gonna’. Cause quite frankly, I don’t go to see white comic book character flicks, and I’ve heard nothing but negative reviews about this one. On top of that, I know what this character’s really supposed to represent—but before I get into that, let me point this out…

Now, on the 5^th of this month, Venom was released in theaters—and a month ago, on September 7^th, the Play Station 4 gaming console, debuted it’s new “Spider Man” video game. Exactly 7 days after the release of this game, the Venom comic book came out, and served as a “prequel” of sorts, to the movie. And the reason I’m writing this is, to show you how calculatingly coordinated these Marvel movie launches are—moreover, as harmless as these events seem, they comprise the insidious troika of how whitey’s socially engineering the effeminate millennial male.

Now, let me break this down even further—white fascists understand that the average age of comic book fans, right now, is between 35 and 40-years-old. And they know this ‘cause they’re the ones who created the initiatives that got middle-aged men hooked on comics. So, question: why would whitey go out of his way to make sure boys and middle-aged men imbibe in comic books, video games, and comic book movies?

Answer: so they’ll be passive and apolitical.

So, now you may be thinking—bruh, these are just entertaining distractions, like sports—this ain’t nothing new. And you’re right, it’s not. But, here’s the difference between the young sports fan vs. the young comic book, superhero movie, and video game fan: the young man watching sports sees muscular, athletically-built men competing to score points—as a result, he’s more likely to be physically active himself, especially in regards to keeping in some kind of decent physical shape and getting his goals accomplished—cause on some level, he’s being shown a model of successful manhood—or at least what it takes to become a successful man. Whereas, the young man who spends his time playing video games and looking at superhero movies and reading comic books, is encouraged to be sedentary, passive, and semi-detached from reality. Meaning, the young boy or middle-aged man who succumbs to these kinds of solitary and stationary past times, easily whiles away limitless hours in a fantasy world where he suffers little or no consequences. Thus, this person is more likely to become (or is probably already) socially awkward, timid, and indecisive—and because of this, he’ll often shy away from challenging any kind of status quo.


Now, let’s talk about one of Venom’s most distinguishing features—that being, his elongated tongue (as seen to the left). Mind you, this is but one hint, as to who this creature really is, so with that said, let's go all the way in...

Now, I’d like you to focus your attention on the graphic above—the first pic is one of the ancient Kemetic spirit called “Bes” (and you can click on the pic to see it better). And let me offer a bit of a primer on what this spiritual entity is used for: Bes was known as an energy that protected households throughout ancient Kemetic/Egypt. Meaning, ancient indigenous Black people would evoke or invoke this spirit to ward off snakes, fight off evil spirits, watch after children and aid women in birthing labor. Now, I want you to note 3 things about this pic of Bes—and they are: #1. Check out this pic’s longish tongue, #2. Note this pic’s “horned” head, and #3. Note how this pic is made to look Satanic or demonic. Mind you, the out-stretched tongue for centuries has been a symbol of awesome power mainly used to fight off evil foes—but in this case, after white fascists made over Bes’ imagery, this spirit was made to look like the personification of evil. And I’ll expound more on that as we go on…

The second and third pics in this graphic, are ones of the spirit/Goddess “Kali” (a.k.a. Kali Ma). Now, Kali was known to ancient indigenous Black people as a symbol of “mother nature” (thus, Kali “Ma”), meaning, this spirit repped an energy that was primordial, creative, nurturing and ultimately loving and benevolent. Kali was also said to represent the “beauty” of life and the inevitability of death, knowing that one couldn’t exist without the other. Mind you, Kali is also referred to as a “fierce Black tongue” and the name itself literally translates into “the Black one”. But like everything else, once whitey did this spiritual energy’s “makeover”, Kali became known exclusively for being a goddess of death and destruction—and according to white fascists, this deity is only associated with violent endeavors. Now, the white fascist’s backstory on Kali is this: in ancient times, she was summoned to fight off a demon on the battlefield, and she ultimately defeats him by draining, drinking, and licking his blood, before she devours him. Behind this, it’s said Kali’s bloodlust became insatiable—thus, the reason for her exaggerated tongue.

The pic after that, is the legendary lips and tongue logo, repppin’ the iconic Rock and Roll group, the Rolling Stones. Now, Mick Jagger himself said this graphic was inspired by the goddess Kali. Mind you, the Rolling Stones got their name from the Muddy Waters song, “Mannish Boy”—in it Muddy utters: “I’m a rolling stone”—and, I hope everyone reading this knows by now, that Black people created Rock and Roll. If not, I’ll get around to writing a post about that someday. Also, beneath the Rolling Stones logo, are pics of Beyonce and Miley Cyrus baring their tongues. And what I need to let you know is this: white fascist freemasons use the elongated tongue as a symbol of insidious power—or what they wanna’ call “dark” power, since whitey needs to connect everything bad to the words dark and Black.

And that leads me to these 3 facts about what Venom is really supposed to represent…And they’re as follows…

Fact#1. The character Venom really symbolizes “Black melanin”.

To the Black men and women reading this, many of us think that melanin is only responsible for the color of our skin—but nothing could be further from the truth. Meaning, melanin not only makes your skin Black, but it’s responsible for our people being able to hear the full spectrum of sound. This is why we hear music differently, and play and perform it differently too—moreover, this is why we not only create the best genres of music, but why we created music period. Also, melanin lets us see the fullest spectrum of color, and it lets our taste buds experience the full flavors of every food—and like Dr. Llaila Afrika said, “…no other ethnic group can taste an apple like we can.” Mind you, this is why we like “seasoned” foods, as opposed to that bland stuff whitey considers palatable. Additionally, it gives us the ability to process thoughts more quickly—cause, thoughts are electrical impulses, and the color Black is the best at conducting electricity. Don’t believe me? Well, tell me the next time you come across a “white” solar panel.

Ya’ dig.

Fact#2. Because Venom represents Black melanin, he’s exponentially stronger than Peter Parker’s Spider Man.

Again, Venom not only represents Black melanin, but how said melanin, makes our bodies (and our dominant genetics) more powerful than whitey’s.

Fact#3. Because Venom symbolizes the strength of Black melanin, he’s been portrayed as a murderous threat to “mankind”.

Notice I didn’t say Venom was a danger to “HUE-MANity”, I said he’s a threat to “mankind”. Cause basically, Venom is the monster reppin’ our people’s dominate genetics breeding whitey off the face of this earth—period. And because whitey has little to no melanin, he’s neither HUE-man or HUE-mane. Because melanin also makes Black people more civilized.

Now, let’s stop here—'cause I can already hear people sayin’, Black people are more civilized, bruh? Really?

YES, REALLY!

First off, if you check your history books, or even whitey’s for that matter, it will tell you how the “Moors” (which is another name for ancient Black people) brought civilization to every part of the world—especially to white folk, who didn’t even have indoor or outdoor plumbing, or private/public bathing facilities. We taught them that. And mind you, if you’re thinkin’, well, we ain’t lookin’ too civilized now bruh—that’s because we’re living under a global white fascist social order, that’s targeted us more than anyone else, for extinction. Meaning, you cannot talk about any Black “dysfunction” without callin’ out the white fascism that created it—and if you do, how could you not hate yourself for being Black?

Moreover, whitey wanna’ be you so bad, that I just found out that the new-new trend in “tattoing”, is something called a “BLACK OUT” tattoo—and you can see an example of this to the right (you can click on this pic as well, and if you do, check out the comments).

So, I’ve said all that to say this: LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN!!

And if you do happen to go see this Venom flick, remember who he (or it) REALLY IS!

Also, when you come back home from seeing this flick, I want you to go to your nearest mirror, look into it, and say…I LOVE BEING BLACK!!

If for no other reason, than the people with all the resources (whitey), showing you more and more, who they wish they were.

Later…

—MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

Now, here’s a review of the new Spider-Man video game for the PS4. And more than anything, I want you to note how engrossing and dramatic this game is—and how it’s meant to keep the gamer playing for hours on end. And I hope after reading this, you see why it’s so addicting. 

*Addendum — 10/20/18: Family, for those who’ve never heard the tale (especially the children's fairytale) of “Anansi” the spider, here's a short vid that gives an old skool storytellin’ flavor to this folklore. Please note the moral messages of family unity, and ancient Black deities who came from and created nature featured in this narrative. Also note, how Anansi’s son, “See Trouble”, had the intuitive powers to know his father was in danger—this I suspect, is where Spiderman’s “Spidey sense” powers come from.

   

And family, I’d really be remiss if I didn’t include this: one mo’ item on the “Anansi Addemdums”, is this vid by the brilliantly inimitable Prof. A.C.E. (African Creation Energy). Here Prof. A.C.E. not only tells about the origins of Anansi the Spider, but breaks down how this folklore is directly responsible for the scientific “String Theory” that whitey so happily thinks is his own. Remember, it all comes from us fam—every art and science, and this is just more evidence of that. 

I LOVE BEING BLACK Y'ALL!

One last thing fam, there’s a lot of text to read in this vid. So if you need to see it larger, you can click onto the vid’s “heading”, and that will take you to Prof. A.C.E.'s YouTube page.

   

*Addendum — 11/3/18: Fam, I’m real remiss, cause I left out this—here’s a vid I meant to include wit’ my list(s) of  “Anansi Addendums”. It’s a video game featuring Marvel’s characterization of Anansi the Spider. And this is just one mo’ piece of evidence (at least to me), that proves how the real origins of Marvel’s “Spider-man” come from this ancient indigenous folklore of ours—just like everything else in this universe. 

     

The cult of Black and white Cinematic Symbolism (Part 15)...What do Tupac Shakur and Erik Killmonger have in common?

“I put the ‘K’ in illuminati ‘cause I’m killin’ that sh#t.”

—Tupac Shakur

“…y’all sittin’ up here comfortable—must feel good. There’s about 2 billion people all over the world that looks like us, but their lives are a lot harder. Wakanda has the tools to liberate ‘em all…”
—Erik Killmonger explaining why T’Challa should help his people outside of Wakanda

 

The Black Panther’s “Erik Killmonger”, was created by writer Don McGregor and (comic book) penciler, Rich Buckler. And his first appearance was in the Black Panther comic series titled: “Jungle Action”, vol. 2, which ran from September 1973 to January 1974.

Now, I can’t possibly go any further without saying emphatically that there are NO JUNGLES IN AFRICA! The African continent is mostly populated with flat “grasslands” and “rain forests” that some white person might call a jungle, but the majority of the world’s “jungles” are in asia and south america. Also, if you check out Tariq Nasheed’s “Hidden Colors” series, he and other Black scholars show how there’s more “jungle-like” areas in the american state of “Florida”, than you’ll find anywhere in Africa.

But let’s move on…

A native of “Wakanda”, Killmonger was born with the name, “N’jadaka”. And when Ulysses Klaue and his army attacked Wakanda, they forced Killmonger’s father to further their agenda. But when Klaue was defeated, his father died and his family was exiled. Killmonger wound up living in poverty in Harlem, New York, where he fomented a hatred for Klaue and T’Challa, the king who exiled him. And it was then that he changed his name to Erik Killmonger. Shortly thereafter, he began studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and began plotting his revenge against T’Challa, the Black Panther.   

Now, that was the “comic book’s” mythology.

But in the Black Panther “movie”, N’jadaka was the son of N’jobu, brother of T’Chaka. And for those who don’t know, T’Chaka was the deceased ruler of Wakanda (T’Challa’s father). And in this movie, a young Killmonger spent his youth in the projects of Oakland, California. And like I’ve said previously, Oakland, CA. was where the brothas Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed the real revolutionary group, “The Black Panthers”.

Now, T’Chaka had plans to share Wakanda’s technology with the Black Diaspora to empower them, before he was killed and T’Challa inherited the throne. And after T’Chaka’s death, Killmonger killed Klaue and took his remains to Wakanda in hopes of challenging his cousin, T’Challa, for the throne. Killmonger defeats T’Challa in a ritual battle and assumes the throne as the “Black Panther”. While thinking T’Challa is dead, Killmonger prepares to release vibranium weapons around the world to his operatives. However, T’Challa returns from hiding and mortally wounds Killmonger. And while dying, Killmonger refuses to let T’Challa heal him, preferring to die a free man as opposed to facing a long prison sentence.

In 1984, Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mom, moved a young ‘Pac to Baltimore, MD, so they could be closer to family. And it was in Baltimore, that Afeni fought to get ‘Pac into the “Baltimore school for the Arts”. This is where he’d meet lifetime friend, Jada Pinkett, who we all know would eventually go on to marry Will Smith.

Concurrent to ‘Pac’s attending the Baltimore School for the Arts, he regularly attended meetings of the revolutionary group called the “New Afrikan Panther’s” (NAP). And this was the young adult faction of the revolutionary group, the “New Afrikan People’s Organization”, or “NAPO” for short. Now, one of the founding members of this coterie was an L.A.-based Black Panther, who served as this group’s National Security Director. And anyone who knows anything about ‘Pac’s mom, Afeni, knows she was a tenured member of the East Coast Panthers. So these organizations were unifying the Panthers on national, and not just regional levels.

Because of the escalating violence in ‘Pac’s hood, Afeni chose to move to Oakland, CA. (Black Panther’s HQ) in the summer of 1988, to stay with Geronimo Pratt’s (if you don’t know who he is, google him) wife, Linda. And before the end of ‘Pac’s senior year in high school, NAP elected ‘Pac as their youngest National Chairman. ‘Pac stated that the group were determined to replicate what the original Black Panthers had accomplished, without making the same mistakes they did. Now, NAPO’s National Chairman, Chokwe Lumumba, stated that ‘Pac had the top sales of their newspaper, “By Any Means Necessary” in California. And as a result, ‘Pac created a separate insert for the NAPO’s newspaper called, “Panther Power”, to represent NAP. And it was stated that both NAP and NAPO, were active in 8 american cities at that time.

‘Pac was also starting his rap career. And the above events happened two years before ‘Pac would meet Atron Gregory, the manager of the rap group, “Digital Underground” (DU). Eventually, he would go on to become a back-up dancer for DU, before recording his first professional rap verse on their soundtrack album hit, “Same Song”.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t include this: In 1993, 3 years into ‘Pac’s rap career, he shot two off-duty police officers.

Now, according to a police spokesperson, the incident went down like this: one evening, two brothers, Mark and Scott Whitell, were almost hit by cars as they crossed the street with their wives. An argument broke out moments later, at which point, one of the brothers pulled out a gun, aiming it at the people in the cars. And it’s not known whether the brothers identified themselves as cops or not.

The police report says ‘Pac fired at the brothers, and 9mm casings were found at the scene. Both brothers arrived at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. with wounds to the stomach and buttocks.

And now that ya’ heard what was in the police report, let me tell ya’ what really happened…the charges against ‘Pac were dropped, cause it was found that the police officer brothers had been drinking and initiated the incident. Additionally, the prosecution’s own witness testified that the gun one of the cops threatened ‘Pac with, was seized from a drug bust and it was stolen from an evidence locker.

At this point, you might be thinking—these brief bios are nice, but they still ain’t showin’ me what ‘Pac and Killmonger have in common.

Now, I did promise to tell you what trait these masterminds had in common, but I can’t limit it to just one—so I’ll give you three. And these are…

Trait #3. Both ‘Pac and Killmonger represent our living Black manhood.

My favorite movie of all time is Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X”. And that’s not just based on the film’s subject matter, but how deftly and masterfully Spike and Denzel brought Malcolm to life for a whole new generation of Black people. And young Black men especially. And in the latter parts of Malcolm X, the master thespian, Ossie Davis, said the reason we love Malcolm is cause he represented our “living Black manhood”. Same goes for Killmonger—and most especially for brotha ‘Pac.

Meaning, these two brothas were unwilling to compromise their goals on behalf of our people, so they couldn’t be negotiated with or bought off. 

Now, you may be thinking—bruh, ‘Pac was bought off by Suge, in so much as, Suge got ‘Pac out of prison to the tune of a million dollars. Well, you’re right. Suge got him out to exploit him, but ‘Pac was employing the old axiom of compromising strategy and not principle. Meaning, after ‘Pac was out of prison, and gave Suge the albums he asked for, ‘Pac began work on the “One Nation” album. This was a collaborative project dedicated to uniting artists for the East Coast and West Coast, to show people that the beef between west and east was basically fueled by the media, and not by the Hip-Hop community. Again, compromising strategy, not principle.

Trait #2. Both men were a near perfect combination of revolutionary warrior and academic scholar.

Meaning, Pac went to the Baltimore School of the Arts and was known to be a voracious reader. And ‘Pac’s love of reading can be attributed to his mom, Afeni, cause for punishments, Afeni made a teen ‘Pac read the Sunday New York Times cover to cover. And in Killmonger’s case, his mythology involved him attending school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). And this school is known for producing the best financial, biochemical, software and architectural engineers the world has to offer.

And, it’s my belief that a Black man with a college degree is powerful, but if he’s also socially adept and knowledgeable about how to comport himself when he hears gunshots on a street corner at 3 a.m., and if he can combine those skill sets, then he’ll not only be educated, but he’ll be smart as well. And finally…

Trait #1. Both ‘Pac and Killmonger died trying to unite separate factions of revolutionary, like-minded Black people.

When Malcolm X was saying, “Kill the white man”, either implicitly or explicitly, white people for the most part, found it more amusing than frightening. And quite frankly, whitey and white fascists alike, like this more than not, cause it lets them know they’ve hurt us in some form or fashion.

But it wasn’t until Malcolm broke away from the Nation of Islam to form the O.A.A.U. (Organization of African American UNITY), that he was assassinated. That’s cause he began forming alliances with heads of state and Prime Ministers from African nations. And as a result, some white multinational corporations were blocked from doing deals within African countries. Meaning, they had a harder time exploiting our people. And whitey can’t have that.

Likewise, after Killmonger mortally wounded the Black Panther and was about to deliver his Vibranium to his peoples, he was killed off. And once ‘Pac began working on the collabrative “One Nation” album, which would have united rap artists from the east and west coasts, he was killed a short time later.

And that says what?

It says that UNITY is the ONLY virtue that will get us out from under the oppressive thumb of white fascism. PERIOD. Which is why at the end of Marvel’s Black Panther, T’Challa agrees to reach out to his brothas outside of Wakanda. And when the Wakandan spaceship arrives at the basketball court those young brothas are playing on at the end of the film, Ryan Coogler's using it to say, only unity will transport us to a safe and prosperous future.

Now, will we heed Ryan’s call?

Well, the success of Marvel’s Black Panther, says to me that the psychological revolution needed to start the process has already begun—now what’s needed, is to do the work to bring this revolution into a physical reality.

So by any (and all) means necessary, LET’S GET TO WORK!!

Later…

MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

Here’s ‘Pac’s video, “Holla' if ya' hear me”, which shows how his mind was more focused on community activism, than making scandalous amounts of money in the music industry. *Note: The imagery in this video is backwards in order for it to be broadcast on "YouTube", so I apologize about that up front. But I think this video's message makes up for it's visual discrepancies.

                                                                                    

P.P.S

*Addendum: 4/3/18—Below, is another of my favorite “old skool” Hip-Hop tracks, “Sirens”. And it’s a song by UK artist (London, England artist more specifically), “Dizzie Rascal”. Now, the reason I’m including this vid, in this post, is I wanna’ show Black folks who listened to ‘Pac’s diatribes, especially about police brutality, that this ain't just a problem for us. Our people suffer the same internationally as well. Now, Dizzie’s vid is more aesthetically stylized than ‘Pac’s, but their message about police, or those working in law enforcement, is the same. And this clip reinforces the point that a Black man existing anywhere, is a threat to white people everywhere, cause we have the most genetic power to breed them out of existence. And mind you, this vid is 10 years old...

Check this out y’all…