Brothers and Sisters,
This is just quick note to introduce myself and a way to avoid being put in "time out," for not posting after becoming a member over a year ago.
I offer no excuses as we are all busy and laziness is also to blame in my case. Here's my attempt to "Blacktify" (to rectify in a Black sense) the situation.
I am Laanyuni Moyo Chionesu and the first name (Lahn - U - Knee) was given to me by the Masai in a naming ceremony during a visit to Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa, August 2000. It means "brother or man who has been waiting a long time." The second name Moyo, I added later and it means "life, well being, and good health." Chionesu (Cho - Ness - Sue) or "guiding light," is from the Shona language in Zimbabwe. Moyo is a Malawian name in the Ngoni tongue. Laanyuni is a Kiswahili name. Combined, the three names could say this about my identity: "[The] brother or man who has been waiting a long time [to be] a guiding light to life, well being, and good health." Obviously that combination is not strictly aligned with my name order, but BlackNificently frames my identity and purpose as an educator, thinker, and Black Liberation Fighter.
Along those lines, here are some BlackCifics (Black Specifics) about me.
I am an educational psychologist, writer, lecturer, critical thinker, and musician with an emphasis on the importance of reading, critical thinking, identity issues, conceptual and abstract thinking in addition to health as they pertain to improving the quality of life for Afrikans everywhere. In this framework, conceptual thinking is defined as the ability to use generalities to solve problems and abstract thinking is being able to pull from different disciplines or areas of study and knowledge in order to derive meaning or more fully comprehend (Blackprehend) and appropriately act on phenomena. Critical thinking can be considered as thought with the express purpose of distilling the essence of any given situation or challenge resulting in optimal decision making and problem solving.
The works of Malcolm X, Dr. Amos Wilson, John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, Dr. Kamau Kambon (I have known/worked with Bro. Kamau and Family since July 1994), Dr. Kobi Kambon, Mwalimu Baruti, Dr. Francds Cress Welsing, Dr. Marimba Ani and other Afrikan-centered scholars will serve as the foundation for literature, music, lectures and other scholarly products that I have/will produce focused on the liberation of Afrikan people.
I am glad to be in the company of such BlackNificent Afrikans and look forward to doing my part to solve the problems of Afrikan people.
Black Liberation,
Laanyuni Moyo Chionesu