Brother Nizar on
“Overcoming Negative Stories & Fulfilling Your Potential”
Air Date: Saturday, May 8, 2021

“History is what is told and what’s not told. And most people don’t glorify the people they conquer… We have victories, even here, that people tend not to talk about, because we’re still in as system where the victors write the history. So there are competing forces as it relates to what is being taught and what’s rewarded for being taught.” – Brother Nizar

Did you know that Black and African people’s resistance to enslavement began as far back as 1418? Brother Nizar is an Army vet, former member of the Charleston PD SWAT Team and Special Ops Tactical Squad as well as a self-taught artist on a mission to educate people about the rarely-heard history of the Gullah people. Listen as he tells Chef about the Gullah’s earliest uprisings and victories right here on Charleston soil and why we so rarely – if ever – hear about them.

Bio:
Brother Nizar whose birth name is Kelvin M. Blufton, Sr., is a Baptist Hill High School Class of 1980 graduate and Hollywood resident. A 22 year law enforcement veteran, former member of Charleston Police SWAT Team, Special Operations Tactical Squad and a disabled US Army Veteran. Nizar is a self-taught, Gullah Interpretive Realism Painter whose collection is considered the largest collection of Anti-slavery, collective resistance art in America. Known as the Father of the “History of Resistance” Brother Nizar seeks to educate others on the seldom told resistance of Africans brought to these shores from as early as 1526. He chronicles the history by telling these stories through his prolific art work.