Elijah Muhammad: The Unsung Father of Modern AfroFuturism

I knew that it was on when my wife sent me a text message in all caps.

“THE UFOS ARE IN JERSEY. GET HOME SAFE. THE PENTAGON DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS. PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEM CAR SIZED DRONES. YOUR PEOPLE ARE COMING!!! LOL.”

After I read the text in New Jersey I smiled at the random humor from my wife who is a comedian. She and I both knew that I had been working on this article at the time of the “drone” invasion from the murky waters of nun.

The ability to look at a topic that you’ve researched, studied, and contemplated at great length over 30 years ago with new eyes—to gain a fresh perspective on it—is truly a gift. Consciousness is always expanding, and an old obsession can take on new meaning when you come back to it after having 30-plus years of personal life experiences. Understanding is the ripe fruit that we pick once our knowledge is given time to mature and gestate in the fertile womb of time. Bite the apple. Think Different.