In this RTF lecture, Nicholas Jones (President of Artists’ Alliance for Africa and Nkrumah’s Africa) who explores China’s new paradigmatic initiative premised on cooperation, open system thinking, and the protection of deep civilizational cultural traditions. Nick explores the potential not only for a new world renaissance as a rebirth of old ideas but with new…
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The Secret of the Great Pyramid- Interview Series with Fehmi Krasniqi PART 1
In this first part of a series of interviews with the Rising Tide Foundation’s Matt Ehret, K19 Great Pyramid director Fehmi Krasniqi introduces his motives, intersectional background and research methods. Support Fehmi Krasniqi’s work using his official site
Paul Robeson and the Battle for the Soul of America
By Matthew Ehret This essay is an accompaniment to a lecture delivered by the author honoring the life of Paul Robeson as an unfinished symphony “Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made…
Ethiopia – Part One – From Apollo’s Band Aid to Prometheus’s Africa unbound
By Nicholas Jones [originally published on Nkrumah’s Africa] If one goes by data alone, then many will find themselves in a pit of numbers that have no order or alignment in concordance with natural law. Natural law you say, sounds lofty and idealistic on the surface but on deeper analysis it offers a far more…
Ancient Greece and Africa Share Long History
By Nana Coupeau Africans and Ancient Greeks had long, rich history together often reflected in the depiction of Africa in Ancient Greek art. The first contact between Greeks and Africans was sometime during the Bronze Age. At this time, the Minoan culture on Crete flourished and their shipbuilding skills enabled them to travel to far-flung…
FDR’s Anti-Colonial Vision for the Post-War World: ‘As He Saw It’ Revisited
By Matthew Ehret The 80th Anniversary of the passing of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt should give the world a chance to revisit the immortal life and courage of the man whom decades of revisionism have turned into a popular aristocratic cartoon character. The decades of intense of effort to distort the life of the…
Who Benefits from Africa’s Poverty?
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Africa Agenda editor in chief PD Lawton takes you through a definitive history of Africa with a look to the future. PD introduces ancient African renaissance traditions that have long been suppressed by colonial powers since the 19th century and takes the viewer through the calamitous 20th century with…
Africa Must Unite
by PD Lawton The intention of this article is to give an over-view of the progress of the new paradigm in Africa. Here is an in-depth look at a few countries. Others have been omitted not for any lack of progress. The new paradigm is the emergence of the industrialized sovereign nation states of Africa…
‘The Special Relationship’: How the British Reconquered the United States and Established an Anglo-American Empire
By Cynthia Chung “Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organisation will be gained without … a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States…not only the growing friendship and mutual understanding between our two vast but kindred systems of society, but the continuance of the intimate…
The Dream of an African Renaissance: Cheikh Anta Diop’s Vision
In this class exploring the life, and research of the great Senegalese scientist, philosopher and statesman Cheikh Anta Diop and his life, Nicholas Jones (President of Artists’ Alliance for Africa) introduces a picture of Africa and her deep history that is quite different from what we might expect. A precolonial glory connected with Egypt’s ancient…