That is a brief synopsis (my own version) of my literary creation linking ancient African tribes and religious practices to present-day gangs and their affiliated practices called flagging, whereby active gang members carry colored bandanas and dress themselves and their automobiles and paint their neighborhoods in red and blue graffiti to flaunt their respective patriotic colors. It has the potential of changing the old stereotypical notion that the Crips and Bloods are natural-born enemies. "You're wearing blue, so I can't play with you "
My over all 390-page novel manuscript is historically formatted. It is an adventure novel carefully woven with moral fiber and intended not only to entertain but dispel the existing separatist mentality that is so prevalent in the minds of our young, uninformed, and out-of-control youth today.
This story is a properly orchestrated literary campaign to educate and mend the gap between rival street gangs who patronize the colors red and blue. It introduces and emphasizes Tuuwee and Luba Zandi's friendship, a friendship born and derived from the ancient pact between their great ancestral forefathers, the sacred bond of friendship. But besides the ancestral pledge of friendship, the sacred promise of cooperation between the Cuuzan and Ikeely, a decree handed down from the ancient forefathers, Tuuwee and Luba Zandi had a personal relationship. They happen to have been childhood playmates.
My literary assumption that the red-and-blue color phenomenon landed in America with the arrival of Tuuwee and Luba Zandi is just that--an assumption, a creative rendition of my imagination. This story will undoubtedly stir controversy as to where and when the Crips and Bloods originated. But creating controversy is one of the objectives. It will draw attention to my work, and capturing the attention of these young misguided youths of today is all the beginning my literary creation needs. Once we have their attention, my comprehensive works (insights of untold ancient African history) can and will make a viable difference in changing the negative perception about the red and blue ("You're wearing blue, so I can't play with you") into a new positive conception.
Everywhere for viable solutions and ideas to help curb the spread of gang proliferation and the escalating violence associated with gang warfare, Colors: The Ancient African Connection to the Crips and Bloods should be immediately utilized as a tool in the struggle to save our youth.
My Ancient African Connection to the Crips and Bloods, as antigang literature, should be recognized and accepted for its potential alone. There are overwhelming needs in all minority communities.
