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The Revered Queens of MKU

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Malika Kambe Umfazi Sorority, Inc. was founded on June 16th, 1995 in Buffalo, New York by twelve collegiate women from various institutions. Our founders, were distinguished women of Afrikan and Latino heritage who worked to create an organization where women could understand themselves as REVERED QUEENS and embrace their culture. The name of our sisterhood is a combination of two languages (Swahili and Zulu) and is translated to mean “Woman is Naturally Queen”. The Queen Mothers, worked diligently to found and create an Afrikan and Latino based organization where women could unite in knowing themselves, embracing their culture and giving back to their communities through support and services. Our sisterhood is a living reflection of the Queen Mothers’ ideals and initial intentions. MKU is a non for profit (501 C-3), charitable organization. Malikas are collegiate, graduate/alumnae and professional women, working toward educational, professional, spiritual, social and economic growth and development. As a driving force on campuses of educational institutions and throughout communities, MKU Sorority, Inc. boasts amongst its membership educators, mothers, artists, business owners, entrepreneurs, writers, health care professionals, law professionals and most profoundly, women dedicated to the uplift of our communities. The purpose of Malika Kambe Umfazi Sorority, Inc. is to cultivate sisterhood amongst collegiate and alumnae women while advocating academic and personal achievement, fostering cultural pride and encouraging spiritual growth. Moreover, we aim to encourage our members toward social awareness, and economic efficiency for the betterment of our sorority and community at large. It is the mission of Malika Kambe Umfazi Sorority, Inc. to provide diligent service in the areas of our programmatic foci to the Afrikan and Latino communities while upholding our principles, achieving our objectives and sustaining our bond of sisterhood as set forth by our Queen Mothers.Our vision as members of Malika Kambe Umfazi Sorority, Inc. is to build on the foundation of the legacy of our Queen Mothers. It is our aim to continue to exist as a sisterhood of leaders and workers dedicated to leaving a positive and visible impact on the communities we service. We strive to make conscientious, progressive and lasting contributions and to enhance the quality of life in our communities.To visit MKU's official website log onto www.malikakambeumfazi.orgExtended Network Banner made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!

My Interests

As women dedicated to the uplift and betterment of our communities our programs center on issues of HEALTH, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT and CAREER DEVELOPMENT. People of Afrikan and Latino descent face gross disparities in these areas. As such, we strive to bring about positive change through our programs and various services. Past projects include study groups, community discussions, film showings, cleanup initiatives, health forums and educational workshops for men, women and children of all ages. Additionally, we facilitate positive change through our many collaborative efforts with universities, colleges and community organizations. We seek to serve where we are needed. Our Objectives To orient women of Afrikan/Latino descent on the history, culture and contributions of the continents of Afrika and Latin America to current world development To foster and present programs on issues affecting women of color To emphasize, promote and maintain community service in the Afrikan and Latino communities To foster unity by networking with other organizations, on the campus of educational institutions and in the community To develop and further programs and policies that promote academic, philanthropic, social, spiritual and cultural growth.UPCOMING EVENT!

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Show your support by ordering books from our online bookstore at www.mkubooks.com!Our National Reading List includes but is not limited to: Afrikan Literature: A Taste of Power (Elaine Brown) Assata (Assata Shakur) Black Spark, White Fire (Richard Poe) Bone Game (Louis Owens) Doing What’s Right (Tavis Smiley) Enemies: The Clash of the Races (Haki Madhubuti) From Plan to Planet (Haki Madhubuti) Kaffir Boy (Mark Mathabane) No Lye (Tulani inard) Preface to a 20 Volume Suicide Note (Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka) Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton) Soul on Ice (Eldridge Cleaver) The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X and Alex Haley) The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin) The Negro (W.E. B. DuBois) The Street (Ann Petry) Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience (Jill Nelson)Latino Literature Always Running (Luis Rodriguez) Beer Cans in the Rio De La Plata (Jorge Stamdiano) Eva Luna/The Infinite Plan (Isabel Allende) I, Rigoberto Menchu (Rigoberto Menchu) In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez) Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquival) Salsa Stories (Lulu Delacre) Sweet Diamond Dust (Rosario Ferre) The Cuban Mile (Alejandro Diaz) When I Was Puerto Rican (Esmerelda Santiago)Spirituality 10 Bad Choices that Ruin Black Women’s Lives (Dr. Grace Cornish) Acts of Faith (Iyanla Vanzant) Between Black Women: Listening With the Third Ear (Joy Jones) Black Excellence (Sonya Tinsley) Black Pearls (Eric Copage) Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives (Dr. Gail Elizabeth Wyatt) The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual and Community (Malidoma Patrice Some) The Holy Bible The Qu’ranHealth Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity (Queen Afua) How to Eat to Live (Elijah Muhammad) Like A Natural Woman (Ziba Kashef) Nutricide (Llaila O. Afrika) Sacred Woman (Queen Afua) Sacred Woman (Queen Afua) Satan, I’m Taking Back My Health (Jawanza Kunjufu)Afrikan-based Theory African Intellectual Heritage (Molefi Kete Asante) African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality (Cheikh Anta Diop) Black Skin, White Mash (Franz Fanon) Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology (Cheikh Anta Diop) Hip-Hop vs. MA’AT: A Psycho-Social Analysis of Values (Jawanza Kunjufu) Know Thy Self (Na’im Akbar) Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (Barry Chavannes) Return to the African Mother Principle of Male and Female Equality (Oba T. Shaka) SBA: Re-awakening the Afrikan Mind (Asa G. Hilliard) Stolen Legacy (George G.M. James) The Chains of Psychological Warfare (Na’im Akbar) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa (Cheikh Anta Diop) The Egyptian Book of the Dead (E. A. Wallis Budge) The Isis Papers (Dr. Frances Cress Welsing) The Psychopathic Racial Personality and Other Essays (Bobby E. Wright) The Souls of Black Folks (W.E.B. DuBois) The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon) They Stole It, But You Must Return It (Richard Williams) Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education (Mwalimu Shujaa) Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) What If Blacks Did Not Exist? (Felix Ehui) Yurugu (Marimba Ani)Rites of Passage African Centered Rites of Passage and Education (Lathardus Goggins, II) Herstory: Black Female Rites of Passage (Mary Lewis)Afrikan/Latino Historical Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America (Lerone Bennett, Jr,) Black Indians (William Loren Katz) Black Nationalism in America (John H. Bracey, August Meier, Elliott Rudwick) Black Women for Beginners (Saundra Sharp) Black Women in Antiquity (Ivan Van Sertima) Blacked Out Through Whitewash (Suzar Epps) Eyewitness: A Living Documentary of the African American Contribution to American History (William Loren Katz) Fanon for Beginners (Deborah Wyrick) Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America (Ayanna Byrd and Lori L. Tharps) Latinos (Earl Shorris) Mis-education of the Negro (Carter G. Woodson) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization (Anthony T. Browder) Survival Strategies (Anthony T. Browder) The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (Randall Robinson) The Destruction of Black Civilization (Chancellor Williams) The Missing Pages of “History” (Indus Khamit Kush They Came Before Columbus (Ivan Van Sertima) We, the Black Jews (Josef ben-Jochannan)Theoretical Literature-General A People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn) Behold a Pale Horse (William Cooper Colored Contradictions (Harry J. Elam and Robert Alexander Guerilla Warfare (Ernesto Guevarra) Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Friere) Re-reading America (Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle) The Illuminati 666 (William J. Sutton) The New World Order (A. Ralph Epperson)