My name is Ahjamu Umi.  Ahjamu is Yoruba (West African) for "He who fights for what he wants!"  Umi is Yao for Life giver.  I have a masters degree in Economics from Sacrificial State...Oops!  I mean Sacramento State University.  I have spent my entire adult life as an organizer in the All African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).  I remain committed to the humanitarian, egalitarian, and collective ideas and aspirations of that organization.

I was born and raised in the inner city section of San Francisco, California. I manuevered through that often negative experience (dabbling seriously with trouble) before finding out I would qualify to graduate from high school just three days before graduation.  I had a cumulative grade point average of 1.75.  After turning things around I got my receipts...I mean degrees...And embarked on supporting my family while engaging in intensive political work and activities.  I've organized extensively in the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. I've been to places like Cuba, Libya, and many other countries.  I've worked with villagers, peasants, trade union workers, gang members, elderly, women, students, and virtually every segment of society for positive social change.

Yes, I can wear a suit and tie

At Portland State University with Ramona Africa from MOVE, Kent Ford from Portland Black Panther Party, friend Shaun Callahan, and Pam Africa.

Barnes & Nobles stocks "FInd the Flower that Blossoms"

Introducing "Dead Prez" at African Liberation Day in 2008

African Liberation Day - Guinea Bissau, West Africa, circa 2005

Conference in 2007 in Sacramento with former Black Panther Chair Elaine Brown

African Liberation Day 2011, Oakland

African Liberation Day 2009 - Oakland