"I was on a quiet beach one evening, feeling very blessed and meditating underneath a tree. Eventually, I found myself in the zone that usually opened up simple and profound truths to me and I wanted to know the next step in my mission. This answer came to me: the most important question humanity should ask itself is WHY. because the WHY determines everything else. WHO we are, WHAT we are, WHERE we are, WHEN we are... all these things are determined by WHY we are. Even HOW we do what we do is influenced by WHY we want to do it.

 

Upon asking myself WHY it is that I do what I do, I realized that I was determined to put an end to anything opposed to natural, sustainable, loving Life. Representing the Universal Truth is my preferred lifestyle. This is why Duttyism exists."

With the recent release of his book, Tried & True: Revelations of a Rebellious Youth, plus his tendency to be involved, in tune or otherwise supportive of various manifestations of revolutionary progress, Dutty is becoming increasingly willing to speak in public settings. For a list of upcoming engagements, complete with dates, times and locations, check his calendar by clicking the link below.

Dutty's schedule of upcoming missions

In 18th century Jamaica, there was an African slave called Dutty Bookman (also Bookman Dutty). He was sold like a commodity to someone in French-colonized Ayiti, more commonly known as Haiti. There, the spelling of his name was Frenchified as "Boukman" but that is of little importance here. What is noteworthy is that he incited the bulk of the slave population to revolt against oppression and that act was the genesis of the Haitian Revolution. The rest is history and history is a part of the present. Two centuries later, a child was born in Jamaica and grew up with a decidedly and unmistakably revolutionary spirit. It is now felt that he might be the returned spirit of Dutty.

Duttyism is a repository for inadequate expressions of his soul.

[ITG] ART’ical Exposure

Posted on: October 20th, 2011 by Dutty Bookman 2 Comments

On this occasion, I felt compelled to read an excerpt from a great book by Atua Dub called IR9: Indigenous and Black Wisdubs. I recently watched this video for the first in a long time and laughed when I saw myself just walk off the stage after an abrupt end to the recital. The audience took a few seconds to realize that this man had nothing else to say. Seriously, I remember that I had absorbed the words so much that I thought I might have begun a long-winded, emotional monologue right there on the stage. To avoid that, I just left.

 

Note that there is about one second of footage missing due to technical difficulties while recording. The missing phrase at about 2 minutes and 56 seconds is, “go out and speak the truth.” (The “go” and the “truth” can be heard in this video but not the four words in between.) 

 

What: ART’ical Exposure

Where: Bookophilia (Kingston, Jamaica)

When: August 27, 2010

 

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