Monrovia – He was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 135 years, by what his supporters believe was a biased court in Georgia on allegations of racketeering, money laundering and transporting minors in interstate commerce for purposes of engaging in an unlawful sexual activity.
The Daily Observer has in its possessions an Amicus Brief that was filed on behalf of Dr. Malachi York by the Republic of Liberia in 2004 expressing his innocence of all charges due to witness tampering by the United States prosecutors.
Dr. York’s literature has influenced the likes of Jimmy Cliff, Afrika Bambaataa (known as the Godfather of Hip-Hop), Jay-Z, Music Soul Child, Erica Badu’, India Arie, Nas, and many more prominent people as he developed communities and schools throughout the Diaspora.
He has received awards from the Key to the City in Brooklyn New York by its former Mayor Ed Koch and awards and acclaim from the Mayors of Macon, and Augusta Georgia in the United States for his works. In the 1970s he owned and operated his own Record Label and Recording studio, worked with various artists like Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie, as well as being a performer himself, he was a part of a Trio called Passion.
Numerous foundations have been formed by Dr. York and his supporters and they still carry on his philanthropic works. The United Nuwaupian Nation which is a conglomerate of indigenous African Tribes that were in the United States prior to colonialization all, is a formidable team in the transformation of many lives of less fortunate across the world.
These various foundations are composed of tribal members of United Nuwaupians Worldwide who are Freemasons and Eastern Stars that continue the humanitarian and charitable works of Dr. Malachi Z. K. York. There are men in Black and Gold with crowns seen through-out Monrovia over the last 6 months. They are in the country to seek government’s support in saving their teacher, Dr. York’s life and repatriated hence is a Liberian citizen and diplomat.
Accomplishments in Liberia
In the year 2000 Dr. York founded the West African & African-American Educational Endowment & Humanitarian Foundation (registered in 2005) and erected a 9-classroom Elementary & Junior High School, a 12-room Clinic and a Church, in Bong County, about 70 miles from the Capital Monrovia to cater to the health, educational and spiritual needs of the people of Liberia.
This Educational Endowment & Humanitarian Foundation was created by Dr. York and Cllr. Francis Y.S. Garlowalu as a not-for-profit and a non–political organization that had been engaged in humanitarian (health & educational) services. It was founded principally in 2000 by Rev. Dr. York and formally incorporated in 2005 by Mrs. Serena F. Garlawolu and Dr. Richelle D. York.
The Most Worshipful Nuwaupian Grand Lodge of Freemasonry Worldwide, makes charitable donations to sponsor 100 orphans and supplement/subsidize salary payment and benefits for 19 staff members for the New Hope Foundation Academy in Zayzay Community of Paynesville, Liberia.
Dr. York’s Foundation Founded in Liberia in January 2017 by Dr. Doosua York, and operating in Ghana since 2007, is a not-for-profit and a non-political organization focused on providing humanitarian services to the needed in the areas of education, health, sanitation services, agriculture, and general construction.
The Foundation works alongside the New Hope Foundation Academy by procuring donors and sponsors to help cover its annual rent, paying the annual school fees for its orphans, and facilitating educational and cultural field trips for the students. Earlier this year the Foundation covered a field trip on which the students were taken to see the international blockbuster movie Black Panther.
In addition, the foundation is providing accomplished individuals, including Cletus Kofi Sunday, in the fields of Real Estate Development, Investment Banking, and more on key issues to success for the students and their respective communities.
The United Nuwaupian Nation, on the need to boost tourism sector in Liberia, is interested in producing its 2nd Annual Journey Home Festival (AJHF) in Liberia and it is dedicated to reintroducing Africans in America, UK, and the Caribbean to West Africa.
This particular installation of the Annual Home Journey will be that of Liberia’s “The Door of Return (DOR)”. The Door of Return is a new name coined by the United Nuwaupian Nation for the Republic of Liberia, due to its history in embracing the return of Africans from the Americas and the Caribbean.
The African Americans spend $48 billion (Mandala Research, 2011) in Travel and Leisure, and tend to seek out Vacation sites that focus on African Heritage. Therefore, the goal for the 2nd Annual Journey Home Festival is for 3000 members of the United Nuwaupian Nation to travel to Liberia in February of 2019 (Black History Month). It is expected that its members, most of whom are investors will spend a minimum of $1000 per person which would create US$3M in spending, new revenue generating actions on the ground, and memories to be shared throughout their respective communities in the Diaspora. They expect those numbers to triple in just one years’ time as this will be an annual implementation. This annual coming home festival may bring a lot of economic benefits to Liberia as a sovereign nation.
The Republic of Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently reviewing documentation from the Garlowalu Law Firm, Dr. Malachi Z York’s Liberian attorneys regarding re-engaging the Department of State for the United States to have him (Dr. York) released and repatriated.