YORUBA AND AFRICAN CULTURAL SURVIVAL AND RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS THROUGH BELIEFS By Anago James Akeem Osho The Yoruba Culture has influenced the Culture and Civilization of the Americas and the Caribbean Islands. The Yoruba impact in the Americas proves that Culture is life and Strength. You can call Culture or a peoples way of life ''the Opium''. The African Culture survived in the Americas through the beliefs, resistance, and most importantly the religion of the Black Slaves.

The ball is in the court of African Youths and Africans/Blacks in Diaspora. The time is overdue for the youths to put their destinies into their hands. To put ones destiny into ones hand does not mean you should cause chaos on the streets or go and rob a liquor store or a bank and get killed by security agents. To put your destiny into your hands means to reorganize your life and become responsible. You should become a Visionaire. You should repackage your life and work toward a great and positive dream you have set for yourself. Dream big and have a positive mind set.

The voices of Africa's past Heroes continue to speak to the present but how many of us hear these voices? What are the quest of today's Africans and Africa Diaspora? Of course the desires are numerous and differs from one individual to another. It differs from one country and continent to another. What are the desires of Africa's Ancestors? What's the hope of those whose blood and sweat littered the foot path that lead to the Slave Markets on the Coast from the hinterland? What's the desire of the unfortunate enSlaved people whose dead bodies were eaten by Fishes or ''maybe'' whose bones still lay protected at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The voices of the past is constant, encouraging and gentle. The voices of the past despite all odds remained hopeful. The heirs of these great people, the African people and Africa Diaspora are the hope of the struggle of the past. We should not betray that hope. Africans and Africa Diaspora must be cons...

The re-connection of Africa and Africans in Diaspora is the will of the conscious in this generation and hopefully the generation yet unborn. Look around the Americas and places in Africa, you'll realize that the connection is growing and the bond is becoming adhering. I perceive this to be the desire of our Ancestors and the creator of the circle of life.