“…History tells a people where they have been and what they have been, where they are and what they are. Most important, an understanding of history tells a people where they still must go and what they still must be.” — John Henrik Clarke, PhD.

Consider this…

“Science informs us that Black Women — a group of living organisms — are the only species that possess the Mitochondrial DNA that comprises all of the possible variations that could give birth to every different kind of human being on the planet — African, Albino, European, Arab, Persian (Middle Eastern), et al. When the DNA of a Black woman mutates, other types of human beings come into existence. This process is called natural genetic engineering — or natural sequencing of genetic DNA material.”

Since her discovery by outsiders, foreign invaders, the African woman has long been the object of desire by many male centric cultures — Roman; Greek; Persian; English; German, ass well as American; et al — all paternally driven male chauvinist cultures. The different colored hands on her body in the painting below, visually depict the different males who coveted her genetic ability to reproduce different colored offspring. The images of hanging, presumably American - African males, represented by her red, white and blue tears, she shed that so vividly project the image of “strange fruit,”Imperial barbarism’s captivity, and, denotes her fear for her countryman… her African (Black) mate, who could not protect her.

“Strange Fruit” Lyrics* — As sung by Billie Holiday…

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop

* Source: “Musixmatch”

* Songwriter(s): Lewis Allan

* Strange Fruit Lyrics © Edward B Marks Music Company, Marks Edward B. Music Corp.

“Mitochondrial Eve” — Mother of all Humankind

The Black Woman is “the Matrilineal most recent common ancestor (‘MRCA’) for all currently living humans.”

“Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics, developmental genetics, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling.

In human genetics, a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA. Haplogroups are used to represent the major branch points on the mitochondrial phylogenetic tree. Understanding the evolutionary path of the female lineage has helped population geneticists trace the matrilineal inheritance of modern humans back to human origins in Africa and the subsequent spread around the globe.

The letter names of the haplogroups (not just mitochondrial DNA haplogroups) run from A to Z. As haplogroups were named in the order of their discovery, the alphabetical ordering does not have any meaning in terms of actual genetic relationships.

Hypothetically, the woman at the root of all these groups (meaning just the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups) is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) for all currently living humans. She is commonly called Mitochondrial Eve.”