The Battle of N's Pt II

Correction: Nas' album will not be titled "Nigga", but "Nigger". It makes no real difference to the conversation, but I wanted to make that correction from the Battle of N's Part I.

The conversation around the “N” word has caused much debate and healthy conversation. I ran across some information that may shed more light on the topic. In my original post I said that the term nigga comes from the Spanish word negro. I was only partly correct. The Spanish word for the color black also has a history that I was not aware of until now. Below is information taken in pertinent part on the topic of the infamous "N" word.

"Thou shall not take the name of the Lord, thy God in vain," is one of the ten commandments, yet, the racist term "Nigger" a derivative of the original name for God, "N-G-R"(pronounced "Net-ger") is continually used and taken to insult. The term "Nigger" has its origins in the sacred and divine title for "God," and came from the Egyptian WORD FOR GOD. That word is "Net-yer" or "Net-ger" from which the English terms "nature" and "nurture" came from. The idea of God being nature and nature being God, comes from the African and Egyptian idea of what God is which shows down to the similarities in the terms used to describe aspects of the Godhead.

The ancient Egyptians called their Pharaohs "N-G-R" (Net-ger) because the Egyptian Pharaoh was seen as a representation of the sun and the Sun God. The original Pharaohs who were pure Black Africans SAW BLACK SKIN AS SACRED AND A DIRECT BLESSING FROM THE SUN GOD, ATEN. In fact Blackness and black skin became associated with God and the sun. BLACK PEOPLE WERE POWERFUL, CULTURALLY ADVANCED, MILITARILY SUPERIOR, BLACK/DARK BROWN IN COMPLEXION, STRONG STATURE, TALL AND DESCRIBED AS A "HANDSOME" RACE , (SEE HERODOTUS, "THE HISTORIES, DESCRIPTIONS OF "ETHIOPIANS" OF AFRICA AND SOUTH INDIA).

The recognition of the Pharaoh as a living God and the black skin as a blessing spread worldwide to other cultures. In fact the term "Net-ger" became the Ethiopian "Negus" or "Negashi."

The term "Ngola" (Angola) means "King" in the Angolan languages. This term was mistaken by the Portuguese to mean the DESCRIBE "Ndongo," the kingdom.

The first people to corrupt the term "N-G-R" were the Roman invaders of Egypt who may have heard the term used to describe the leader of Egypt or Nubia. The term "Niger" was later used to mean any Black/Negroid person that the Romans saw in Africa or anywhere else.

The Romans colonized and spread the Latin language to Europe. Due to this linguistic influence, the Latin term "Niger" became "Negre" in French and "Negro" in Spanish.

The English colonialists and slave entity borrowed the term "Negro" from the Spanish. The term for Black people in England before Shakespeare was "Moor" or "Black-a-Moor." The English slave owners degraded and defiled the entire name by turning the Negro into a slave and turning the original term "Ned-ger" or "God" into the racist term "Nigger." One can say that they have insulted the sacred name for "God" and have oppressed the original people created by God. This phenomenon is due to their sense of inferiority.

http://africanamerica.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/19370808/m/2301023941

I find it interesting that the sub conscious of the youth have taken a word back to its root in an obscure way. Is it a coincidence that the Bastards of the Party have begun to call the finest marijuana Cush? Is it a coincidence that some of the dances created by the youth are very similar to that of Africa? I don’t think so, I think their minds have suffered the worst type of torment, resulting in a twisted sense of reality. Yet, they still find ways to get back to their root. The sad part is that there is no one to explain this to them. Consequently, they grow up and become adults, with a world view similar to that of a kaleidoscope. They need to be educated around this information, instead of being criticized and blamed for every thing under the sun. Nas calls himself the "N". The letter "N" is one of the most important prefixes in many African languages, and dialects that have arrived from those languages. The letter "N" is also the word that denotes any title pertaining to human beings. In fact in Bantu or Niger-Congo and Cushic languages, the letter "N" is found as the first letter in many names. For example the name "Ndaba," = "consil" while the name "Ndabaningi" is the first name of Africans in region thereof. In short, Nas has a plan around his album, but he hasn't been given an opportunity to present his material. Read the lyrics to I Know I Can, http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nas/ican.html . Nas is very familiar with the theft of African culture. We were robbed, and many of us refuse to take what is ours back. The white power structure has done a number on the minds of all of us. It is our responsibility to engage in a process to take our minds back.
Stolen Legacy, by George GM James, speaks in large detail about the theft of African culture. The information provided sounds similar to the reality discussed in James’ book. I would suggest that all of you do more research around the topic In order to come to your own conclusion.

Marvo

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I changed the settings to allow anyone to post to the blog. You no longer have to be a member of Google. Let me know if it works without a log in.

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This is a story about the EIGHTH noose found in the NY area, this is the most recent, this one at a high school in Brooklyn. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/nyregion/23noose.html Another noose found in GA (http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/109913), tied around the neck of Tupac, at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. This didn’t get much press, I guess because he was a rapper. Most people don’t know about this Tupac http://youtube.com/watch?v=KM6MwXZ84gc or this Tupac http://youtube.com/watch?v=5gRlnxSey2s. All they know about Pac, is that he was a rapper, and according to most people that means criminal, misfit, drug dealer, etc etc. They fall for all the same BS the media spits about young Black males. I say Pac is a N-G-R of my generation.