Black Drill Teams - Nation Of Islam Style

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcase five videos of Nation Of Islam drill teams.

For a related post, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/nation-of-islam-drill-team-videos.html. That post which is published on my pancocojams blog showcases nine videos of Nation of Islam Drill teams. (Video #2 in this post is also included in that earlier post.) That post also includes information about the Nation Of Islam's Savior's Day convention, an annual convention during which these drill teams competitions occurs.

The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are presented in chronological order based on the date of their YouTube posting, with the oldest dated videos posted first.)

Example #1: F.O.I. Drill Team



MosqueNo7, Uploaded on Apr 29, 2008

www.Mosque7.org

The Mighty F.O.I. of The Nation Of Islam. Drilling is The Exercise of The Gods!...

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Example #2: FOI Drill Team, MM#1B, West London, UK, 1997



Uploaded by quintillion2black on Jan 4, 2012

FOI Drill Team, Nation of Islam, Muhammad Mosque 1B, West London, UK, 1997.
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Click http://cocojams.com/content/black-drill-teams for my transcription of this chant. That post also includes additional videos of other African American drill teams.

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Example #3: 2012 Saviour's Day Drill Competition/Chicago FOI



Dmindjewels, Published on Apr 5, 2012

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

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Example #4: 2013 Saviours' Day Drill Competition Promo



Karriem Muhammad, Published on Jan 15, 2013

Saviours' Day Drill Competition 2013 Coming This Saviours' Day
For More Information visit www.noi.org

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Example #5: Nation of Islam Drill Team



QueenZim365,Published on Feb 18, 2013

This is the Nation of Islam's drill team.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the members of these featured drill teams, and thanks to the authors of the article that is quoted in this post.
My thanks also to the publishers of these videos.

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