Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)

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American new religious movement Black nationalist movement Nation of Gods and Earths cultural movement religious leader religious movement spiritual movement

The Five-Percent Nation, or Nation of Gods and Earths, is a Black nationalist cultural and spiritual movement that emerged from the Nation of Islam in the 1960s, emphasizing self-knowledge, empowerment, and the belief that Black people are the original people and divine.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Five Percent Nation	6
Five-Percent Nation	4
Five Percent Nation teachings	3
Five-Percent Nation theology	2
Five Percent represent the poor righteous teachers	1
Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths) canonical	1
Five-Percent Nation ideology	1
influenced by Nation of Islam theology	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)
Context triple: [RZA, religion, Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)]

A. Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a religious and political organization that combines Islamic teachings with Black nationalist ideology, advocating for African American self-sufficiency, empowerment, and separation from systemic white oppression.
B. Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black nationalist and socialist organization in the United States known for its armed self-defense against police brutality and its community social programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
C. Shango Baptist
Shango Baptist is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religious tradition, particularly prominent in Trinidad and Tobago, that blends West African Yoruba-derived Orisha worship with Protestant Christian (especially Baptist) beliefs and practices.
D. Republic of New Afrika
The Republic of New Afrika is a Black nationalist and separatist organization that emerged in the late 1960s advocating for an independent Black-majority nation in the U.S. South as part of the broader Black Power movement.
E. The Roots
The Roots are a critically acclaimed American hip hop band from Philadelphia known for their live instrumentation and role as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)
Target entity description: The Five-Percent Nation, or Nation of Gods and Earths, is a Black nationalist cultural and spiritual movement that emerged from the Nation of Islam in the 1960s, emphasizing self-knowledge, empowerment, and the belief that Black people are the original people and divine.

A. Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a religious and political organization that combines Islamic teachings with Black nationalist ideology, advocating for African American self-sufficiency, empowerment, and separation from systemic white oppression.
B. Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black nationalist and socialist organization in the United States known for its armed self-defense against police brutality and its community social programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
C. Shango Baptist
Shango Baptist is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religious tradition, particularly prominent in Trinidad and Tobago, that blends West African Yoruba-derived Orisha worship with Protestant Christian (especially Baptist) beliefs and practices.
D. Republic of New Afrika
The Republic of New Afrika is a Black nationalist and separatist organization that emerged in the late 1960s advocating for an independent Black-majority nation in the U.S. South as part of the broader Black Power movement.
E. The Roots
The Roots are a critically acclaimed American hip hop band from Philadelphia known for their live instrumentation and role as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American new religious movement ⓘ Black nationalist movement ⓘ Black nationalist movement ⓘ Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ religious leader ⓘ religious movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Five Percenters ⓘ NGE ⓘ Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ
coreBelief	Black people are divine ⓘ Black people are the original people of the planet Earth ⓘ each person is responsible for their own salvation ⓘ rejection of a mystery God ⓘ self-knowledge leads to empowerment ⓘ the Black man is God ⓘ the Black woman is Earth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalPractice	building (sharing lessons and knowledge) ⓘ street-based teaching ⓘ
dateOfOrigin	1964 ⓘ
doctrine	120 Lessons ⓘ Supreme Alphabet ⓘ Supreme Mathematics ⓘ
ethos	Black nationalism ⓘ
foundedBy	Clarence 13X ⓘ Clarence Edward Smith ⓘ
founderOf	Five-Percent Nation ⓘ linked to: Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)
influenced	hip hop culture ⓘ rap music ⓘ urban slang ⓘ
influencedBy	Islamic concepts ⓘ Nation of Islam theology ⓘ linked to: Nation of Islam
languagePractice	use of coded terms and acronyms based on Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet ⓘ
membershipConcept	Eighty-Five Percent represent the uncivilized masses ⓘ Five Percent represent the poor righteous teachers ⓘ linked to: Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths) Ten Percent represent the rich slave-makers of the poor ⓘ
organizationalStructure	loosely organized decentralized movement ⓘ
originatedFrom	Nation of Islam ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Harlem, New York City ⓘ linked to: Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
rejects	formal mosque-based worship structure ⓘ
scripturalSource	Bible (reinterpreted) ⓘ Qur'an (reinterpreted) ⓘ linked to: Quran
separatedFrom	Nation of Islam ⓘ
teaches	knowledge of self as knowledge of God ⓘ self-discipline ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited