The Historical Jesus and Mythical Christ with Dr. Charles Finch

Jared Ball Africana Studies, iMWiL!

How and why did Heru become Jesus and Aset become Mary?  How is John Coltrane’s “Sheets of Sound” an extension of ancient African wisdom, specifically spiritual mathematics played out through music?  All this and more as Dr. Charles Finch joined this week’s Jazz and Justice.* * Originally aired December 31, 2008 Segments from Brother Tehuti come from…

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Kemet, Cabral and Afro-Latinas!

Jared Ball iMWiL!, Africana Studies

In this edition of iMiXWHATiLiKE! we talked with Dr. Charles Finch about the African foundations of religion, science and philosophy; we then spoke with Dinizulu Gene Tinnie about Amilcar Cabral; filmmaker Valerio Lopes about his new/free  documentary on Cabral, Cabralista, and Yvette Modestin on Afro-Latinas!

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