"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] Caribbean American Youth Leadership Forum

Posted on: October 20th, 2011 by Dutty Bookman No Comments

A part of my rationale for relocating from Jamaica to the USA was to investigate how useful I could be networking and doing outreach on behalf of Manifesto|Jamaica. Much more of the reason was personal but I was happy when I heard about this event and when my theme suggestion (‘Strengthening Youth Contributions’) was used for the event. I sat on a great panel of like-minded individuals, especially one young lady (not captured in this footage) who represented a great organization working with the youth in Haiti.

 

The first video is my presentation. The other two videos capture parts of the Q&A discussion afterwards.

 

What: Caribbean American Youth Leadership Forum

Where: Inter-American Development Back (Washington, DC, USA)

When: June 24, 2011

 

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