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Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen

Here Ye! Here Ye! The Royal House has issued the following Decree: I Officially Declare June 16 the

About Me

trendsetter. lover. laugher. liver of life. jet-setter. go getter. my better is...mo betta.


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My Interests

google me...

I'd like to meet:

The spirits of my transitioned ancestors - only when I'm ready - not at four in the morning during a thunderstorm.

Music:

Cee-lo Green, Rebirth Brass Band, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, Erykah (Mama's Gun stopped me from really messing somebody up), Steve Spacek, d'angelo, Buena Vista Social Club, Bassa Nova, Malene Younglao, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, Charlie Parker, Nina Simone, Coltrane, James Brown, M.A.Z.E., Verve Remixes, Fertile Ground, j*davey, dwele, eric roberson, Raheem before and after he blew up, D.P., Black Star, Old G.O.O.D.I.E., The Kast, Little Brother, MF Doom, and the other usual suspects aka conscious rappers

Movies:

Sankofa, Sometimes in April, Car Wash, Coming to America, Life Aquatic, Royal Tennenbaums, City of Gods, Black Orpheus, Love Jones, Monsoon Wedding, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, House of Flying Daggers, Iron Monkey I, Hero, Afro Punk, Cidade das Mulheres.

Television:

Fat Albert, Shaka Zulu Mini-Series, Entourage.
Highlights from the Shootout opening reception-Friday, August 11, 2006: Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

Books:

Harry Potter I - VII, Shining Legacy - a book I read when I was five that taught me about Toussaint L'Overture, Assata, Ishmael, Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, that big ole' autobiography of Che, Bang Bang Club, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Two Thousand Seasons, New Moon by my bf Liberty, When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost, Afrocentricity, Wretched of the Earth, Die N.gger Die, anything by Diop, anything by Du Bois, and my 1st autobiography...I'm still working on material.

Heroes:

My Pa even when he gets on my nerves, mother (as she likes to call herself in 3rd person), my daddy EJ, both of my grandpas, my Grandma Gladys, my great great great grandpa Henri Christophe I, Oya, all warrior women, all freedom fighters, my madrina. Oh, and how could I forget, Pooty Tang?

My Blog

transnational elitist

...says don fela about me. basically, i just wanted to say medase...to everyone who made this weekend not only possible, but incredible. two events...two different cities...and what a dope time we had...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:22:00 PST

New Orleans Women...

A girl from New Orleans and a girl from California were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from New Orleans, being friendly and all, said, 'So, where ya from?' The Califo...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PST

is your name shango? hell no, it's got to be ogun.

the beautiful thing about love is that it never really runs out... the funny thing about life. is that it's always reinventing itself. this spring. let somebody love you....
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:53:00 PST

i love...

new orleans... i say it like 25 times a day. i love this city with a passion...real deep like. thank you egun, for bringing me back home.    
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:20:00 PST

bobby is coming! bobby is coming!!!

to the greatest show on earth! yes, bobby cato, will be flying down to new orleans, to not only support her royal majesty and fellow member of the royal court of zamunda, but he will be participating ...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:20:00 PST

love of my life

well, well kind of... www.youngfriendssociety.org. please check it out if you haven't already done so, it's been a long time coming...and i'm sure you'll be delighted. if you have questions about yfs,...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:10:00 PST

please allow me to introduce www.themckennamuseum.com

and the George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art...we hope that you will join us for our Grand Re-Opening Weekend February 22-23rd. Please check out our calendar of events for other ex...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:02:00 PST

this morning weckea made me cry

by posting the following blog on his page... Of BlaY and Lewis (Part II): "The Indispensable Agency of an Elevated and Trained Womanhood" Current mood: blissful Reading Anna Julia Cooper (1892...
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:02:00 PST

oh and one more thing

the cards dem... dey neva lie!
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:38:00 PST

busy busy little bee

www.themckennamuseum.com www.youngfriendssociety.org the royal enstoolment my 30th b(earth)day the fun brigade here for nye the coming of 2008... i'm excited, are you? let the countdown begin......
Posted by Her 30 Year Old Majesty, the Imperial Queen on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:32:00 PST