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Africa Awaits You!
Mubita LLC invites you to join us at the Western Province Tourism & Investment Expo in Zambia. The Expo showcase tourism & investment opportunities in Zambia's largest province that boarders the countries of Angola, Namibia, and Botswana. Mubita LLC will also have the name dedication ceremony for its Wall of Return project, which lists the names of enslaved American African ancestors who labored/lived in or near the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina and Virginia (U.S.A.)
For more information about the Expo, click on the video and then contact Eric "Mubita" Sheppard, Mubita LLC President/Founder, at +1 (757) 395-0768 or email info@Mubita.net for registration and travel details.
For more information about the Expo, click on the video and then contact Eric "Mubita" Sheppard, Mubita LLC President/Founder, at +1 (757) 395-0768 or email info@Mubita.net for registration and travel details.
*Mubita LLC is the official Western Province Tourism & Investment Expo marketing representative for U.S. businesses attending the Expo.
ABOUT MUBITA, LLC
In August 2019, Eric Anthony Sheppard was blessed to be given the Lozi name "Mubita" by The Litunga (King) His Majesty Lubosi Imwiko II of the Barotseland Kingdom (Western Province, Zambia) during the inaugural Africa Homecoming Pilgrimage to commemorate the 400 year milestone of the transatlantic slave trade era, under British rule starting in 1619 at Jamestown, Virginia (USA). The name "Mubita" means "one who is passing through and leads others" or "one here to stay." Mubita initially met the Litunga during his first visit to the Barotseland Kingdom in June 2017, and he made a promise to the Litunga to bring back others to commemorate the 400 year milestone in 2019.
After visiting Barotseland, Mubita found a striking resemblence of the history of slavery in the Kingdom to his research of the Maroon ancestors escaping into the Great Dismal Swamp, seeking freedom from slave owners who held them captive. The Litunga (King) Mulambwa Santulu, the 10th King of Barotseland, designated Barotseland as a refuge for enslaved Angolans and others from neighboring enslaved tribes who escaped from the Arab slave traders in the early 1800's. It is because of this similar history that Mubita brought together the history of the Barotseland Kingdom and the Maroon ancestors of the Great Dismal Swamp to form Mubita, LLC.
Because of Mubita's historical research and inspiration from his own ancestor, Moses Grandy and his 1843 slave narrative, he also established a Strategic Tourism Partnership between the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk, Virginia and the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) in the Barotseland Kingdom. The strategic tourism partnership will help develop heritage tourism, trade and restore relationships between descendants of American Africans and Africans on the Continent. Barotseland in Western Province, Zambia will be the location for his planned Homecoming Headquarters at Restoration Center.
Because of Mubita's historical research and inspiration from his own ancestor, Moses Grandy and his 1843 slave narrative, he also established a Strategic Tourism Partnership between the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk, Virginia and the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) in the Barotseland Kingdom. The strategic tourism partnership will help develop heritage tourism, trade and restore relationships between descendants of American Africans and Africans on the Continent. Barotseland in Western Province, Zambia will be the location for his planned Homecoming Headquarters at Restoration Center.
moses grandy: THE ANCESTOR WHO INSPIRED MUBITA
Moses Grandy was a formerly enslaved ancestor who was born in Camden County, North Carolina around 1786, and ancestor of Eric "Mubita" Sheppard. Moses had his life story documented in an 1843 slave narrative entitled, The Life of Moses Grandy; Late a Slave in the United States of America, by the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (known today as Anti-Slavery International) in London, England. After paying for his freedom THREE (3) times, Moses was finally freed circa 1830, prior to the Nat Turner rebellion insurrection. He eventually purchased the freedom of his wife, son and other Grandy family members with the proceeds from the slave narrative sales and his European speaking tour.
In June 2020, Mubita LLC adapted the Moses Grandy slave narrative into an audiobook called Moses Grandy Legacy Lives. The audiobook is a great primary source for anyone who wants to learn more about Moses' freedom story and life being enslaved around the Great Dismal Swamp area of NC and VA. Click the link to learn more about the storry and how to download it from our website.
The narrative is the story of tragedy, triumph, perseverance, family and entrepreneurship, while exposing the complexity of slavery and race relations in America. This is a must read for all Americans and people globally. Historians have said that Moses Grandy's slave narrative is the only known firsthand written account of how enslaved and freed Africans hand dug the 22-mile long historic Dismal Swamp Canal between North Carolina and Virginia, in the Great Dismal Swamp. The Great Dismal Swamp became a refuge for enslaved people (Maroons) escaping the surrounding plantations. In 2003, the Great Dismal Swamp and Canal were designated as an official Underground Railroad (UGRR) site by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service’s "Network to Freedom" Program.
MUBITA LLC HERITAGE TOURISM INITIATIVES
***GENERAL PUBLIC HERITAGE TOURISM SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES***
WALL OF RETURNDuring the Africa Homecoming Pilgrimage in 2019, The Litunga bestowed to Mubita 300 acres of land for heritage tourism and trade development projects. Mubita, LLC has started pre-construction planning and engineering surveys for the WALL OF RETURN and RESTORATION CENTER projects on the 300 acres of land granted to us in Barotseland of Western Province, Zambia by the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE). The 12 Walls represent a symbolic "homecoming" for our Ancestors to the land of our ancestors in Africa.
The first 2 Walls will list the names of our enslaved ancestors who had slave narratives published about their lives and enslaved ancestors that labored in the Great Dismal Swamp, Maroons that escaped slavery and found refuge in the swamp and supporters of the Underground Railroad connected to the Great Dismal Swamp and Canal (VA/NC). In addition, 2 Walls will be erected for listing Gold sponsors. Other sponsors ($10 or more) will be listed in our database for digital signage display in Restoration Center. The remaining 8 Ancestor Walls will have a variety of themes listing names of enslaved American Africans in U.S. history.
NOW is the time to choose the best sponsorship option below that fits your budget to help support the Wall of Return project and Restoration Center. To learn more about sponsoring the WALL OF RETURN and RESTORATION CENTER funding campaign, email info@Mubita.net. We appreciate your sponsorship at any level and WE CAN HEAL TOGETHER!
MOSES GRANDY AFRICA HOMECOMING ORIENTATION CENTERTo honor Moses Grandy and others who fought for freedom, Mubita LLC is developing the Moses Grandy Africa Homcoming Orientation Center. The Africa Homecoming Orientation Center will serve as a heritage tourism site to tell the stories of our enslaved African-American ancestors and to formally introduce the Motherland to those who are coming back "home" for the first time. Over 178 years after the narrative was first published in 1843, Moses Grandy still inspires Mubita and others to free their mind, body and spirit by using his legacy to open doors to promised land opportunities in Africa.
MOSES GRANDY HEALING PIER AT LAKE DRUMMOND (Suffolk, VA)Mubita LLC, in collaboration with the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, is planning a healing project to honor Moses Grandy at Lake Drummond in Suffolk, VA. Moses described his experiene living in the Dismal Swamp at Lake Drummond to heal from his wounds he got by laboring on the Dismal Swamp Canal contruction. People from around the world will be able to come and experience the same type of healing to gain restoration and peace.
To help sponsor any of the Mubita LLC Heritage Toursim groundbreaking projects, please click on the HOMECOMING & HERITAGE TOURISM INITIATIVES link above. You can also watch the commercial video below or download a flyer about the Wall of Return for details on this signature project.
The first 2 Walls will list the names of our enslaved ancestors who had slave narratives published about their lives and enslaved ancestors that labored in the Great Dismal Swamp, Maroons that escaped slavery and found refuge in the swamp and supporters of the Underground Railroad connected to the Great Dismal Swamp and Canal (VA/NC). In addition, 2 Walls will be erected for listing Gold sponsors. Other sponsors ($10 or more) will be listed in our database for digital signage display in Restoration Center. The remaining 8 Ancestor Walls will have a variety of themes listing names of enslaved American Africans in U.S. history.
NOW is the time to choose the best sponsorship option below that fits your budget to help support the Wall of Return project and Restoration Center. To learn more about sponsoring the WALL OF RETURN and RESTORATION CENTER funding campaign, email info@Mubita.net. We appreciate your sponsorship at any level and WE CAN HEAL TOGETHER!
MOSES GRANDY AFRICA HOMECOMING ORIENTATION CENTERTo honor Moses Grandy and others who fought for freedom, Mubita LLC is developing the Moses Grandy Africa Homcoming Orientation Center. The Africa Homecoming Orientation Center will serve as a heritage tourism site to tell the stories of our enslaved African-American ancestors and to formally introduce the Motherland to those who are coming back "home" for the first time. Over 178 years after the narrative was first published in 1843, Moses Grandy still inspires Mubita and others to free their mind, body and spirit by using his legacy to open doors to promised land opportunities in Africa.
MOSES GRANDY HEALING PIER AT LAKE DRUMMOND (Suffolk, VA)Mubita LLC, in collaboration with the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, is planning a healing project to honor Moses Grandy at Lake Drummond in Suffolk, VA. Moses described his experiene living in the Dismal Swamp at Lake Drummond to heal from his wounds he got by laboring on the Dismal Swamp Canal contruction. People from around the world will be able to come and experience the same type of healing to gain restoration and peace.
To help sponsor any of the Mubita LLC Heritage Toursim groundbreaking projects, please click on the HOMECOMING & HERITAGE TOURISM INITIATIVES link above. You can also watch the commercial video below or download a flyer about the Wall of Return for details on this signature project.
NEED MORE INFORMATION? For more information or to inquiry about all Mubita LLC projects and sponsorship opportunities for the Heritage & Tourism projects, Wall of Return, Restoration Center or Mubita Air Charter initiative, contact Eric Sheppard, President/Founder at info@Mubita.net or call +1 (757) 395-0768.
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Where the idea began
In 2012, Eric Sheppard and his team at Diversity Restoration Solutions, Inc. (DRS), laid out a comprehensive plan at the 2012 Africa Business Conference to reconnect descendants of enslaved African-American ancestors, in the areas of trade and cultural heritage, back to Africa during the 2019 400th Anniversity commemoration of the transatlantic slave trade era under British rule. Watch this video to see how that plan was laid out with the vision that is coming to fruition now through Mubita LLC.
Wavy 10 : "Road to Reconciliation: Redemption's Refuge" - The Great Dismal Swamp (February 11, 2022)
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2019 Africa Homecoming Pilgrimage Video (Barotseland)