Book Review: Slave Species of God

Author: Michael Tellinger

Genre: Conspiracy/Adult-fiction

Publisher: Zulu Planet Publishers

Year: 2005

Rating: 3 reading glasses 

In the icy cold outer fringes of our solar system, floats Nibiru, a red planet several times larger than Earth which is inhabited by giant, highly intelligent and technologically advanced humanoids called the Annunaki who possess incomprehensible life spans.

The Annunaki

Every 3 600 years, Nibiru’s protracted elliptical orbit brings it blazing through the inner solar system like a wild comet, cutting through the orbits of Mars and Jupiter at its perigee. But millions of years ago, one of Nibiru’s moons collided with Tiamat, a planet which existed between Mars and Jupiter, shattering it to pieces (creating the debris field known as the Asteroid Belt today) and damaging Nibiru’s fragile ozone layer, leaving its surface life exposed to lethal solar radiation.  

Prompted by this natural disaster, the Niburuans dispatched astronauts to Earth to search for gold which they would crush to a fine powder and scatter in their upper atmosphere in order to create an artificial ozone layer to save their world.  They found an abundance of gold in Southern Africa but after tens of thousands of years of toiling in the mines, the Annunaki miners staged a Marikana style revolt which brought their inter-planetary mining mission to a halt for some time.

As a solution, one of the mission commando’s Enki proposed; “let us create a primitive worker” to lessen the Annunaki’s workload. This primitive worker was created by splicing Annunaki DNA with the DNA of large African apes. After much trial and error they created the first Earthling 250 000 years ago whose clones were sent into the gold mines to work as genetically engineered slaves, hence the book title Slave Species of God.

So where is the originality?

If you think Michael Tellinger used this book to add an original theory to the ancient astronaut hypothesis think again. Those who’ve read not only Zecharia Sitchin’s material, but books written by other extra-terrestrial ‘experts’ like Eric von Donaken or UFO cult leader Rael in the 60s and 70s about aliens coming to Earth in remote times and creating humans through DNA synthesising won’t find much that will surprise them in this book.

Moreover, the book almost reads like a transcript from an episode of Ancient Aliens on theHistory Channel, which has cranky looking UFO experts like Giorgio Tsoukalis crediting aliens for unexplained technological marvels in distant history, because we all know people in those times were too primitive to do it by themselves.  “Who built the pyramids? Aliens!”

“How could savage man have known about distant solar systems? Duh, aliens!”  

Michael Tellinger (left) and Giorgio Tsoukalis from the Ancient Aliens TV series. Who took this picture? Probably aliens! Source: facebook

Face palm slap moments

Tellinger also applies that ‘aliens made everything modern Europeans can’t explain’ mind set. E.g. he admits Africans sailed to Mexico thousands of years before the Spanish, siting the giant Olmec stone heads in South America as evidence, but there is no way Blacks were smart enough to navigate the Atlantic on their own so long ago , so he proposes one logical explanation… Bingo, aliens!

The racial subjectivity later contradicts itself. At one point he states how the Annunaki created the Si-ga-ga  or the Black Headed People which was Sumerian for Africans, ‘in their image and likeness’, which would mean the Annunaki had prominent African racial features. However, later on he says the Annunaki were definitely Caucasian, because the Sumerian description of the biblical Noah (who was apparently a human/Annunaki hybrid) describes him as having skin as white as snow and eyes as blue as the sky i.e. Aryan features. With this info I would deduct that the Annunaki were a multi-racial people at the very least. But that’s something Tellinger evidently can’t digest.

Let me guess, aliens cut that rock? Source: Facebook

Moreover, on the last page of the book which is a map of Africa and the Middle East, Tellinger labelled regions like Southern African as Monomotapa and Middle Eastern empires as Mesopotamia and Anatolia, which is what the natives living in those regions called their kingdoms. Yet he omits calling Egypt by what its inhabitants of the same time period called it; Khemit which means The Black Land. If he could research the original names of Southern African and Middle Eastern empires, why continue calling Khemit, an African nation, by what its Greek invaders called it, Egypt?

But you should still read it

Slave Species didn’t become a South African bestseller for nothing. Even if you don’t necessarily believe in extra-terrestrials, UFOs or any contemporary texts about aliens meddling with human DNA in our remote past, this book is an excellent bite size starter to satisfy any curiosity you have about the UFO/ET phenomenon currently sweeping the world by storm.

Apparently Tellinger is a qualified pharmacist. This slightly diminishes his nutter demeanor and adds weighty credibility to his facts about human physiology the opening chapters discuss in detail. (They psychologically prepare readers for later chapters which might be too horrific for squeamish readers to absorb).

Tellinger's Ubuntu political party failed dismally in this years national elections. He doesn't blame aliens but he says the Reserve Bank rigged the results so Ubuntu couldn't get a seat in parliament...Yep, sure they did. Source: facebook

In conclusion

Slave Species is a good summary of many ancient astronaut texts, a simple go to book for curious people who want to know about the subject in one sitting without having to painstakingly read different books or watch an entire season of Ancient Aliens.

Thanks to fossil evidence the world now knows for a fact that the first human was South African, and it’s about time local writers instead of arrogant Westerners write books detailing this incredible creation of our species here, even though the local writer in this case is a white Englishman with tinges of racial and religious bias. Nonetheless Slave Species provides an excellent African point of view of humanity’s origins and future. 

Master Dancer: Katlego Mphahlele

This is a transcript of a story I wrote that is published on page 38 of the current print edition of global monthly magazine, Red Bulletin. To read the full story get your free copy available at every Sportscene outlet in South Africa. 

Katlego Mphahlele was a key member of dance crew IDA as they powered to Red Bull Beat Battle glory in 2013, but this year’s Battle is shaping up as an even bigger opportunity to showcase his sbujwa moves and beat-mixing skills.

Katlego Mphahlele (aka Sii) might only be 23, but he’s been a professional dancer almost half his life. Growing up in Tembisa township, east of Johannesburg, dance was a way of life: polishing moves on the street, earning a buck at corporate gigs, and building a profile by competing on TV dance shows. A master of sbujwa and pantsula, Katlego’s life got real when he was thrust into fatherhood at the age of 20. Spurred on by the arrival of a baby boy, Sii had little choice but to continue to dance his butt off to support his kid. He has toured Europe, made cameo appearances on Culoe De Song’s music videos, built a reputation as a producer and, of course, helped IDA – Indigenous Dance Academy – make history when they became the first non hip-hop crew to win Red Bull Beat Battle last year. IDA’s champion crew has since dissolved, but all the main members have regrouped and will be defending their title on June 7, this time as Prophelaz, and they’ll be dancing to beats produced by Sii’s house band, Drumetic Boyz.

The Red Bulletin: Why did you leave IDA?
Katlego Mphahlele: We left IDA a month before last year’s Red Bull Beat Battle for certain reasons, like the overall transparency of management. But because we had already auditioned and qualified, we couldn’t change the name, so we danced as IDA and formed Prophelaz after winning.

Sii with his crew IDA now known as Prophellaz at a Red Bull photo shoot. Source: Katlego's Facebook page

Has the crew’s split benefited or disadvantaged you?
It has benefited all five crew members: we have grown tremendously since then and we all know what we are working for.

What progress have Prophelaz made?
We were back-up dancers in Culoe De Song’s Make You Move video as well as in his new video No Contest, which we shot two weeks ago. Beatenberg have also shown interest in having us dance in their upcoming video.

How does performing in the streets compare to taking your dance overseas?
Only your peers and screaming groupies will respect you for street dance. Our parents only began taking us seriously when they heard we were going overseas with this; we got props from young kids to senior citizens when we were in Europe.

Little did Prophellaz know that they would win the competition after this photo shoot.

Where did you tour?
We went to France in 2011 for three months when we had a dance theatre show called uKjika with the old IDA crew. I went to Switzerland in 2011 to DJ at a club called Cancun. And three of us were in Italy three weeks before the 2013 Beat Battle as back-up dancers for PJ Powers.

Tell us more about Drumetic Boyz…
Drumetic Boyz is a DJ duo consisting of William ‘Widjo’ Chilimba and myself. We formed the duo because we have so much in common: we’re both dancers, producers and house DJs.

Read the full story in May's issue of The Red Bulletin.

Eminem in South Africa: Review, Pics & Video

This is a video, article and pictorial of the Eminem concert that happened in Ellis Park, Johannesburg, 1 March 2014. All photo's are sourced from Gas Photographic and Rolling Stone South Africa. Video Sourced from Tenn iBair

Only photographers at the Cape Town event were allowed to take pics of Em during his performance. Lucky bastards

“I love Joburg…’Cos I’m fucking someone’s mom tonight.”  Eminem’s hype man Mr Porter was typically vulgar at Eminem’s concert in Ellis Park on 1 March 2014. He said this after asking someone in the crowd if their mom was a MILF (Mom I’d Like to Fuck).

Viva South Africa!

Mr Porter has a big mouth, but Eminem never said much in between songs to the 60k plus crowd of roaring fans who were hypnotized by the supernatural like aura of the self-proclaimed rap god.

Jack Parrow, hosts a hip hop set in Afrikaans...

The concert also allowed me to experience Afrikaans rapper Jack Parrow’s energy live for the first time. He had a full on live band; guitarists, drummers, vocalist plus a DJ who all added that unplugged feel to his set.

It was drizzling a bit when Action Bronson, the New York rapper tagging along with Em’, came on after Jack and first thing he did when he appeared on stage was lighting up a marijuana joint, after which he asked the crowd if they know who he is, where he is from, if they are enjoying the show etc but not without using a whole lot of fucks as conjunctions for his sentences.

Action’s performance was barely average, his raps are pretty sharp though unnecessarily vulgar, while his flow brings back nostalgic memories of mid 90s New York rap. Not really sure if he will become a phenomena in SA anytime soon though.

Action Bronson rocking a Bok jersey while smoking zol during his CPT show, Spliffbokke?.

DJ PH, a local hip hop DJ, came on before Jack and got us warmed up with commercial and underground rap music mixed with a little bit of boom bap. After his set PH received claps from the 10k or so people who had arrived early. Not really sure who the other DJ was but he was so wack nobody even noticed or gave a fuck that his set got cut prematurely.

Eminem came on early in the evening and wasted no time shooting raps like an AK, flawlessly, word for word, with non-of that  lip syncing bull shit most international artists shove down our throats when they perform on our shores.

And like true pro’s, neither he nor Mr.Porter stuttered or got their lines tangled when they rapped the second and third tongue twisting, super-fast verses in Rap God.

A facade with the word Eminem projected onto it just before it dropped to reveal Eminem who was standing behind it. 

Em’ also performed controversial songs like White America & Kill You plus majors like Love The Way You Lie and Monster, using a live songstress for Rihanna’s chorus’s which everyone appreciated.

Mr. Porter or Kon Artis’ as he was known when him and Eminem were part of  the now defunct 6 man rap crew D12, is a hype man’s wet dream and the show wouldn’t have been half as dope if he wasn’t there to shadow Eminem, mimicking and backing every song so flawlessly the songs could just as easily been his.

Eminem brought out Royce Da 59, his home boy from way back in the 90s and early 2000s when the two were giants in underground rap, and the other half of Eminem’s latest rap crew, a duo called Bad Meets Evil, to perform Lighters, a joint which features Bruno Mars on the chorus.

"I'm slim Shady cos im the real Shady...Please stand up" Watch these blondes try rapping The Real Slim Shady here

After that, both Em’ and Mr.Porter vacated the stage so Royce could spit one solo track on his own. Thereafter Em came back on to wrap up  his short but very sweet show, which had so many verbal nukes it’s a miracle the stadium didn’t get razed after the bombardment.

"I feel like there weren't enough fans, people just came here cos its 'Eminem' " Listen to the rest of his opinion here

Ellis Park is famously known as the stadium where former president Nelson Mandela and 1995 Springbok captain Francois Pienaar lifted the rugby world cup together,  but there are many similiarities between that and the Rapture2014 concert…

And this was just the Golden Circle hours before the main show

…Eminem’s show filled up the stadium, it united South African’s of different colours and it stirred up many sentimental emotions… So fuck it, why not rename Ellis Park the Marshal Mather’s Stadium?

Watch what people thought about the concert on our vox pops

My Q&A with Big Sean

The following videos of my interview with Big Sean are from I Speak Hip Hop and Rolling Stone conducted at the Michelangelo Towers, Sandton, Johannesburg on Sunday, 2 February 2014.

Big Sean and I smiling for a selfie

"Rolling Stone SA's Mooketsi Nthite caught up with BET and Billboard award winning rapper Big Sean after his first performance in Mzansi at Axecess Jozi on the 1st of February. They riff on the concept of homosexuality in hip-hop, light skin girls vs. dark skin girls, the rapper's early days and his upcoming wedding."

"In 9th grade I got made fun of a lot cos I didn't have the newest clothes."

"Kendrick Lamar is my homy, he calls me, texts me asks how I'm doing..."

"There is nothing wrong with being gay, I have many gay friends." View interview here

View interview here

How Local Acts Out Rapped Big Sean at Axecess Jozi

All pictures sourced from AXE South Africa

The heavy downpours at the Big Sean gig fucked up everything from sisters’ weaves to expensive electronic equipment, the entire stage even blackened after the water short circuited something, but fortunately electricity to the massive LED displays and the rest of the hi-tech stage was swiftly restored.

Strobe lights and many other fancy features adorned the modern Axecess Jozi stage

It Saturday night, 1 February 2014. We’re at the much anticipated Axecess Jozi gig at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, it started drizzling moderately at 11:30pm just when AKA concluded his dope performance which had him bringing out his intimate homy Da Les as well as Maggz to perform Heaven. He also debut upcoming single Congratulations which was well received.  But when Sean ascended the stage after his performance round about midnight, it was raining cats and dogs.

At one point, the weight of the rain water accumulating on top of the main stage’s roof became so heavy that it eventually came cascading down onto the stage like a waterfall. Big Sean didn’t give a shit at all that his stage was getting flooded; he stood topless underneath the waterfall with arms outstretched like the Christ the Redeemer statue, while the thousands of people soaking wet in the rain cheered him on like sports fans at a stadium rooting for their favourite jock.

Water cascades onto the Axecess Jozi stage, damaging electronic equipment, but Big Sean continues performing.

The snazzy VIP section where we indulged in free finger snacks and two open bars

The lucky few people in the tented VIP section who were sheltered from the heavy showers could only watch in horror as some of the nearly 9k people in the uncovered general area scuttled for shelter. Some found shelter in the tented food court.  Some gave up altogether and from VIP I could see droves of people dashing out of the venue to the parking lot faster than Oscar Pistorious chasing a cheeky blonde.

Mad props to the vast majority of the crowd who soldiered on despite the awful deluge, you guys are true hip hop fanatics, and many salutations to the Axecess crew, who took the initiative of running out into the rain, taking the heavy umbrellas in the food court and carrying them to the general area so folks could have some form of shelter from the elements, albeit flimsy. 

Sean’s performance was short and average at best. Firstly, he didn’t even have a hype man but his DJ Mo Beatz rapped Meek Mills verse’s on Burn, a joint which features Sean. And when Sean performed Dance, featuring Nicki Minaj, he actually ran Nicki Minaj’s entire verse while he hopped around the stage like pogo stick until the hook came in. I mean who does that?

He also made inappropriately phallic gestures with the mic stand, such as sliding it in-between his legs and holding it in front of his crotch as if he was trying to pass time to get this show over and done with and collect the money.

But there were moments of glory, the Detroit rapper didn’t disappoint when he performed his other major bangers from Finally Famous and Hall of Fame albums such as Guap, Beware, Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay and the trap laden 10 2 10 where he used a loudspeaker as a mic, just like in the music video, even the opening acts chilling in VIP went ape shit for that one. He also brought out his momma on stage at some point, err, cute?

The warm and partly cloudy weather was way more hospitable when Mzansi’s opening acts ascended the stage at twilight. And coincidentally just a few blocks away, residents of Chinatown were blasting fireworks to celebrate the Chinese New Year. We gaped in awe as the colourful fireworks crackled and blossomed like giant Lotus flowers in the darkening sky, while on the ground,  the high tech stage’s confetti, smoke machines, strobe lights and fire shooting nozzles all came alive like a mechanical monster to start the main event.

Residents of Chinatown were celebrating their Chinese New Year with fireworks just a few blocks away from Axecess Jozi

Reason was one of the first local rappers on stage and arguably the best performer of the night.  He ruthlessly raped the mic when he rapped over some Kwaito beats, but when his DJ from Audio 3D cut the beats, Reason went on an uncontrollable acappella rampage.  He received some claps and bows after spitting I Am Not An Ordinary Human Being , Ricky Rick who is featured on the song came on stage for his verse and fucked shit up with some wicked punch lines.

Some argue that the best rapper of the night was Khuli Chana, the Motswako rapper gracefully rapped all of his classics, plus he also did some throwbacks with his old crew Morafe which was met with overwhelming appraisals from the crowd, the fancy strobe lights and hypnotic graphics in the background LED’s made his performance even more unforgettable. But nobody will forget the end of his show, Khuli shouted “FUCK THE POLICE!” before dropping the mic and swaggering of stage.

Granted, the rain scattered the crowd like insects when Sean was about to perform, but is that an excuse for the b-grade performance he gave us, or was that the best he could do? If so the people who bailed as soon as it rained didn’t really miss much, AKA wrapped up the best entertainment of the night.

Considering this was the first among many forthcoming Axecess parties, it was a completely successful gig. The microphones were perfect, the speakers boomed crystal clear audio and the pyrotechnics synced perfectly with the live performances which were streamed live in 3D to Sky Room and the Axe VIP section.

Reasons performance was one of the best if not the dopest

If anything, Axecess Jozi proved one thing, and that is given the same equal platform as big name US rappers like a modern stage and a passionate crowd, South African m’rappa’s can viciously out rap any Americans.

A polite warning to the next international rapper Axecess will bring later,  come with your A-game and don’t insult local hip hop with a mediocre performance “just ‘cos it’s Africa,” because you will get embarrassed by our emcees.