What are Infinity Lessons?

The Infinity Lessons came into common use under the leadership of Afrika Bambaataa, the founding father of Hip Hop Culture, in the 1970's, Bronx, New York. It contained various writings, essays, and information designed to organize, unify, and educate the young street tribes. By drawing core lessons of knowledge, wisdom, understanding and love from a broad base of religious and philosophical frameworks, the lessons have taught the principles of Universal Zulu Nation and Hip Hop for over three decades and are recognized by many scholars, historians, and pioneers as a formative part of Hip Hop history.

From the book Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang

Page 105: While gang legacies remained, Bambaataa steadfastly pushed the organization in the direction of his new motto: "Peace, Love, Unity and Having Fun". By the early '80s, he had largely succeeded. But without the military hierarchy of the gang structure, the Zulu name was still prone to being tarnished by knuckleheads.

Bambaataa says, "We had to come up with something to get the order back. That's when I started thinking, and it was coming back to me, all the teachings and everything I experienced. I started sitting down and writing things from my head. Other people started saying .'Well this is a belief that I've had.' So then I started taking from all people of knowledge to make up our lessons. And it started catching on and keeping people in check."

In place of a set of beliefs or a ten-point platform, the Universal Zulu Nation offered Seven Infinity Lessons, which formed the basic foundation of principles for a member. The lessons established a fundamental code of conduct and gave broad directives to the Zulu "way of life."

Page 106: Most important, the Lessons were an evolving document. They would expand and change as more members came into the fold. By definition, they were open ended, infinite.

Push the ' knowledge' button of this website to find many of the official Infinity Lessons as well as articles on different topics that are gathered throughout the years by UZN Chapter Holland. Its content doesn't necessarily show the opinion of Universal Zulu Nation Chapter Holland but is put online to share with you, giving you food for thought.

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