Some of the later posts in this thread (the ones on Sufism and hippies in particular) got me thinking.
The 60s and 70s counterculture had black elements, but more civil rights, black power associated and very urban, as compared to the primarily white hippies and yippies.
But some black power/nationalists subcultures did have elements that might possibly have gone in that direction. John Africa's MOVE, while still very urban based, has a lot of belifes common to the hippie's "back to the land" ideals - raw foodism, radical environmentalism, some stong Luddite elements. Rastafarianism has some as well, like vegetarianism, cannabis use, rejection of materialism.
I thought it might be interesting to have a movement that might strengthen some of those elements and broaden them.
What might it take to get a strong black nationalism/power movement directed away from urban areas and more back to nature/the land oriented? And what might it look like?
The 60s and 70s counterculture had black elements, but more civil rights, black power associated and very urban, as compared to the primarily white hippies and yippies.
But some black power/nationalists subcultures did have elements that might possibly have gone in that direction. John Africa's MOVE, while still very urban based, has a lot of belifes common to the hippie's "back to the land" ideals - raw foodism, radical environmentalism, some stong Luddite elements. Rastafarianism has some as well, like vegetarianism, cannabis use, rejection of materialism.
I thought it might be interesting to have a movement that might strengthen some of those elements and broaden them.
What might it take to get a strong black nationalism/power movement directed away from urban areas and more back to nature/the land oriented? And what might it look like?