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• Conversation started Sunday
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  4/12, 1:17pm

  Danny Chances
  

  
  

  Hey sharif
  How's the family and kids? I've been following you guy since 2008. I'm going to Salvador this summer for a couple of months. I would like to know any tips on Salvador like good places to chow, hang out, cultural events, the do's and don'ts of that part of Brazil and where not to go.
• Sunday
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  4/12, 5:45pm

  Sharif Ali
  

  
  

  Peace, glad to hear from you.
  You know summer here is the rainy season there right? So the weather isn't as good as far as being able to do a lot and go to the beach.
  
  Barra (pronounced baha) is the best neighborhood to stay in for your first trip. It's right in the thick of everything. Definitely try acaraje, you will see people selling it on the streets, try to get it from the ladies wearing the traditional clothing b/c they will have the best ones. Pretty much as long as you stay in Barra you don't have to worry about where to hang or anything else b/c it is all going on right there or walking distance.
  
  There is this jazz concert that is real fun. They have it on Saturdays. It's called Jam no MAM. Tourists don't know about it but it is real cool to check out. There is this neighborhood called Rio Vermelho. On Friday or Saturday evenings right next to the catholic church is a house of candomble and they have this ceremony. Then a few hours later that whole spot starts popping as they have live music and just a lot going on in general.
  
  You can pretty much do whatever you want to. Just don't be stupid. Don't go down any dark alleys but other than that you don't have to dress down or any of the stuff you might hear white people say. Don't pay attention to anything you might have heard or read from white travelers.
  Have a great time!

  
  

  

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  4/12, 5:48pm

  Danny Chances
  

  
  

  Thanx sharif are you guys still down there or back in the states?
• Tuesday
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  4/14, 9:18pm

  Sharif Ali
  

  
  

  glad to be back in the states after 5 years there
  
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  4/14, 9:21pm

  Danny Chances
  

  
  

  What you didn't like about living there? I met a dude in London from São Paulo told me not to move to Brazil. I've heard mixed thing. I know the states is the best country materialisticly. I say when it comes to capitalism it's a all you can eat buffet. I still don't like it here tho.
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  4/14, 11:04pm

  Sharif Ali
  

  
  

  Living there made me realize how good we have it here. It's nice to visit but it's not all it's cracked up to be. I hated how far back our people were there in the power structure. We have no idea how good we have it here. We are the cream of the crop and there is no other place on earth that that has black people in a better position to succeed than in the United States.
  
  The infrastructure of the country sucks, they don't build for the future only for the immediate now so things that are important like pipes, carpentry, electricity, water, and shelter are not built to last.
  
  I have children and it would not be the best option for them or me at all. The education system was not up to par. I would have had to pay a lot of money to send my children to a elite (for Brazil) private school that would have been inferior to the public schools here in America. Seriously. A lot of things that we complain about here are way worse for most people in the world.
  
  I would just visit Brazil in the future. I'll travel all over the world and go to places like Jamaica, Egypt, Fiji, you name it. But unlike many people that go on vacation and talk about how they want to live there I will be like hell no. In the back of my mind I would know that those places are only good in small doses. It's also the last place you want to be if shit really hit the fan b/c it's already in bad shape.
  
  

BLACK HISTORY: FATHER DIVINE

Here's another person you never hear about in Black History Month.  A lot of us, especially the Hip Hop generation, use the word "peace" as a greeting.  Believe it or not, but this man is the one who originated that.  Not only that but he had an impact on the man who would later become known as Father Allah, creator of the Nations of Gods and Earths, also known as 5 Percenters.  That alone is a lot of Hip Hop history right there, just think of how many rappers say "Peace God" on the mic.  Father Divine helped introduce many people (not limited to the black community) to the concept of God in man.

Father Divine (1876-1965)(aka: Reverend Major Jealous Divine, The Messenger and George Baker) founder of the International Peace Mission Movement, was one of the first black preachers to preach the power of positive thinking. Consuming Harlem, New York in his aura, his phrase "PEACE!" was always met by "Thank You Father!"  He was one of the first black preachers to have a luxury sedan and even had a throne placed in the middle of it. He owned multiple businesses and was said to never have collected an offering (publicly). He believed he was God "condescended" to man and was the only true expression of God's Spirit on earth. He was arrested for lunacy in 1914.

"Then I say, in reference to the condescension of GOD to Israel, this was merely an expression to the Israelites and to those who were called Jews. GOD appeared to them at that time, in the time of need, the same as I appeared in this dispensation, in and at the time of great depressions, lacks, wants and limitations; at the time of your need..."When every human agency and every human possibility shall have failed you, then and only then will GOD appear; for GOD cannot work effectively, neither can HE appear to be seen distinctly wheresoever other things are represented and considered. Therefore those things must come to their destination, and man must come to his complete extremity, that GOD might have an opportunity to come; even so much as to come, and especially that GOD might have an opportunity to be ushered into expression and be considered before the masses. For this cause, it was essential and it has always been, for GOD to appear at the time and in places where HE is most needed. That is the mystery."

~Father Divine June 14, 1938 A.D.F.D.

Most are unaware of this connection.  It is hard to ignore the growth and development of the hip-hop movement, especially the elements of the 5% Nation to the influence of this man. Why and how? Well, it was the teachings, influence and personality of Father Divine that went on to effect Clarence 13 X (Clarence Edward Smith 2-28 ~ 6-69) who was the founder of the 5 Percenters. Not only was he also from Harlem, he was also called "Father Allah" remember the Five Percenter Nation greeting..."PEACE GOD!" As referenced above, this was a signature greeting of Father Divine.  Jay-Z has adopted this saying and incorporated into his music and persona also. So we can readily see the influence of these men that still lives on.

Lil Wayne said "I AM God" recently at a New York party.