The Black Book

Author: Comrade E.B. (Eric Brown)

"Throughout this book The Black Family will be referred to as an organization, it has now become a movement." 

This is a book that is designed to change the way our people treat themselves and the way we treat one another. There is nothing but truth within these writings with the desired hope of being a learning tool. This work took a tremendous amount of effort and equally the same amount of time. It is designed to make our people aware of the vision of Comrade George Jackson and the struggle that he lived and died for.

The person who originally gave birth to the idea of this book (E.B.) has worked tirelessly to help uplift his people. There is genuine love in his heart for the people that can only come through true struggle and that is what this book is reflective of. I can bear witness to the countless hours of work and the meticulous editing process that has gone into this piece of work. All of those that were involved with this effort love their people and hate the ignorance, poverty and oppression that have afflicted the people that they are empowered to vanguard.

The essence of any struggle is the revolution that takes place within its people. Within this book you will learn about that very struggle with the hopes that you will embrace the solution and not continue to be part of the problem. The condition of the people must change and it will through these lessons, if the readers would only apply themselves. We must learn to take action independently and not just when our leadership is present. We have a history of burning out our leadership and real leadership is a gift that must be cherished and sustained at all costs.

JAMAA has been misunderstood by many and cast in a negative light for a long time and is now here to elevate the minds of our people. This book must be studied and examined so that the ignorant and oppressed can see the big picture. The big picture is this; we must come together so we can stabilize our people and make it better for future generations to come. Revolution is inevitable but first we must build up the minds of the people. This book is for the people and from the people.

There will be many terms in this book that the average reader will not be familiar with, most of these terms are Swahili so I’ll try to identify a few of them in order to make your reading experience that much smoother. For instance the word Jama is Swahili for Family, its mostly referring to the Black Liberation Movement called The Black Family. Throughout this book The Black Family will be referred to as an organization, it has now become a movement. 

The word comrade means a close friend, in many cases it’s referring to members of the movement. Moja Huba is Swahili for One Love. Many times the author’s refer to Comrade George. Comrade George is George Jackson the late revolutionary leader of the Black Family. Ben (male) and Benita (female) are terms used to identify members of the black movement, they are also referred to as the New Man and New Woman. Mwenzi is Swahili for comrade. Hu Jambo and Si Jambo are Swahili greetings that mean “How are you?” and “I’m fine”. Ham Jambo and Hatu Jambo are plural for Hu Jambo and Si Jambo. Cambone is a term that comes from the Black Panther Party and it refers to their political structure. It's also used to describe members of a particular black organization. Jamaanomics is a term used by the Black Family to describe the economical ideology of their movement.