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Iniko Ujaama
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« on: March 19, 2015, 03:01:04 PM »

Dr. Ben joins the ancestors



After being bed-ridden and placed in a specialized care unit at the Bay Park Nursing Home for the past several weeks, legendary Kemetaphysician Dr. Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan, a.k.a. Dr. Ben, transitioned on to the ancestral realm Thursday (March 19) at approximately 3:30 a.m. Those close to him said he had stopped eating and drinking several days earlier, as his metabolism slowly churned down.

While the news saddened many, some of his colleagues acknowledged that he physically lived for almost a full century, having celebrated the 97th anniversary of his birth this past December 31st, and made plans to celebrate his life in a most glamorous fashion.

“He was one of last great race men of his era,” said Nayaba Arinde, Amsterdam News Editor. “He was a master teacher who just wanted to share our amazing African history. He was a man of the people. He was always amongst us, educating, and sharing. Sitting with him was a gift of tremendous proportions. He was loved, and he loved his people.”

Some people noted his immeasurable accomplishments which established him as a legendary figure in the eternal annals of Black history, and whose impact has spanned several decades, and who many contend will continue to be felt for many generations ahead. Jochannan’s is mostly recognized for proving that Black people are the indigenous inhabitants of Kemet (Egypt), and dispelling the myth of a fictitious place named ‘the middle east’ ever existing.

Much mention has been made of Dr. Ben’s cultural journey, from… being a student of Arthur Schomburg in Puerto Rico as a teenager, to studying with Edward Wilmot Blyden in St. Croix – where he spent time as a youth-, to participating with Pedro Albizu Campos during Puerto Rico’s independence quest in the 1950s, to suggesting African-centered reading material to Malcolm X in the early 1960s, to educating young teenaged Five Percenters at Harlem Prep during the late 1960s, to conducting his annual fact-finding tours to Kemet (Egypt) for over 4 decades, to his many appearances on Gil Noble’s “Like It Is” television program.

“Of all our greats, Dr. Ben physically took tens of thousands of scholars, activists, students and associations to the Nile Valley to make the pages of his book more authentic,” shared colleague, Brother Reggie Mabry. “We saw our own experiences of what he wrote… For that the Black world is indebted to the this Black man of the Nile and his family.”

Many contend that Dr. Ben is one of the last of a dying breed who divulged countless hours tirelessly doing research, reading books page-by-page. He now joins his partner Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Be in peace great one.

For going home services: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Yosef-Ben-Jochannan/204544862922249?sk=timeline

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2015/mar/19/dr-ben-joins-ancestors/
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Iniko Ujaama
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2015, 03:05:42 PM »

Interview (Portion) with Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan by Jared Ball

http://imixwhatilike.org/2015/03/19/docben/ - imixwhatilike Interview with Dr. Ben(2000)
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