
Some may know the story of Malachi York and the Nuwabian Tribe. If not, I’ll be happy to tell it. The story is about how former Black Panther member, Malachi York, who founded the Nuwabian Islamic Hebrew tribe in Brooklyn, New York in the mid 1970’s entered a guilty plea to state charges, comprising 40 counts of aggravated child molestation, 34 counts of child molestation, one count of sexual exploitation, two counts of witness tampering (77 charges in total) on January 24, 2003. Then on November 18, 2004, York was sentenced to 135 years in prison for molestation of boys and girls whose parents were members of the Nuwabian Tribe. The judge also ordered that York’s 476-acre compound in Eatonton, Georgia be released to the United State Government.
York’s sect incorporates the religions of Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Egyptian religion, African tribal religions, the New Age Movement, UFOlogy, Tomothy Drew's Moorish Science Temple in America, and Prince Hall Freemasonry. York is currently being detained in Florence ADMAX, which is said to be the most dangerous prison in the United States. Now that York is in prison, many members of the Nuwabian Tribe are trying their hardest to have York released. Recently on Labor Day of this year, Nuwabian members in Toronto, Canada held a protest to release York mainly because he suffers from Acute Angioedema, which increases adrenaline, perspiration that causes heart failure.
Since a lot of people of the Nuwabian Tribe wants York to be free, I mainly question, what is so great about York and what are the beliefs of the Nuwabian tribe? The only thing that I found out is that they believe that Jesus was born June 26, A.D. 7 and died in A.D. 127 at the age of 120 in Egypt; Jesus, Mary, the disciples, and all other New Testament figures were black, and that the Angel Gabriel is Jesus’s father. Also, York claims that The New Testament was written by the Jewish writer Flavius Josephus and his sons, and that The King James Version of the Bible was written by William Shakespeare. When I read this I could not believe it. All these beliefs of York and the Nuwabian Tribe is very interesting. How can people join this phony religion? It seems that today, people will believe in anything. This cult even has public figures such as Wesley Snipes, Doug E. Fresh, De La Soul, Jim Jones, etc. as members. Since I am on the topic of celebrities who are affiliated with this cult, I do think that Erykah Badu is a member as well. On her recent album, (which I brought), “New AmErykah, Pt. One: 4th World War Lyrics” she has a song titled “Master Teacher” I found this quite interesting for the fact that Master Teacher is one of Malachi York’s many names, a name that he can be referred to. In the chorus it says, “What if there were no n***** only Master Teachers, I stay woke” it seems like she is saying that the only person she can pay attention to is her Master Teacher and nobody else.
With some celebrities being members of this cult they can influence others especially the younger fans to join their sect. Celebrities are not the only way to obtain new members of the Nuwabian Tribe, Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace has helped as well to increase this cult’s membership. What I don’t understand is how people are still joining this cult when the leader of it is still in jail for molestation of children, sex exploitation, and witness tampering? Being on these websites allows the Nuwabian Tribe to find members who are interested in their sect. Most young people want to belong to something and this cult knows that and preys on that insecurity. The young generation should not join a cult that celebrites join or what their friends are apart of on Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. Hopefully the younger generation does not become easily lead by this phony religion and can see past the fakeness that this cult is trying to present them with.
~Latrice