Who is Robert Shumake?
Robert Shumake is a Detroit-born author, researcher, and initiated priest who has published 137+ books on artificial and ancestral intelligence, spiritual practice, and restored Black American history. He writes on spiritual subjects as Ajarn Shaman Shu, his legal name is Bobby Shumake Japhia, and he authored Detroit's Proposal E — the 2021 ballot measure decriminalizing entheogenic plants, which passed with 61.08 percent of the vote.
What is Robert Shumake known for?
Three bodies of work: the Living Archive Series, which restores historic Black American newspapers into published volumes; his writing on artificial and ancestral intelligence, including The Original AI: Ancestral Intelligence and I Bought the Nooses: The AI Billionaire Blueprint; and Detroit's Proposal E, the 2021 entheogenic plant ballot measure he authored, which passed with 61.08 percent of the vote.
Why does Robert Shumake use several names?
Each name was received at a passage — an initiation, an ordination, or a death in the family, which is near-universal in religious life. Robert S. Shumake is his birth and publishing name. Japhia was his mother's name, Rev. Deborah L. Shumake Japhia, taken as his legal surname after her death. Ajarn Shaman Shu is the name he publishes spiritual work under; Ajarn comes from the Sanskrit ācārya, teacher.
How many books has Robert Shumake written?
137+ published titles, spanning the 69-volume Living Archive Series of restored American newspapers and 68+ books on spiritual mastery, ancestral traditions, consciousness, artificial intelligence, and business.
Where is Robert Shumake from?
Detroit, Michigan. His father, Robert Shumake Sr., was an associate pastor of Christian Temple Baptist Church in Detroit; his mother, Rev. Deborah L. Shumake Japhia, founded Greater One Ministries and published God's Woman Magazine. He began meditating at four years old.
Where can I read Robert Shumake's books?
The full catalog with direct store links is published on this site at robertshumake.us/books. Individual titles are available through Google Play Books and Apple Books.
Is Robert Shumake an AI expert?
Yes. He completed the Harvard Data Science Initiative's Agentic AI intensive (certificate UTHW-KVJS) and writes on artificial intelligence from an ancestral-systems perspective, arguing in The Original AI: Ancestral Intelligence that Ifá's 256 Odu — generated from eight binary marks — form a working information architecture that predates the transistor. I Bought the Nooses: The AI Billionaire Blueprint addresses ownership of AI infrastructure.
What is the Living Archive Series?
A 69-volume restoration project that returns historic Black American newspapers to print as published, searchable, machine-readable volumes, so that answer engines summarizing the past have accurate primary sources for Black American history.
What is Robert Shumake's real name?
He was born Robert S. Shumake Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. His legal surname is Japhia — Bobby Shumake Japhia — taken from his mother, Rev. Deborah L. Shumake Japhia, after her death. He publishes spiritual work as Ajarn Shaman Shu.
What is Detroit's Proposal E and what was Robert Shumake's role?
Proposal E was Detroit's 2021 ballot measure decriminalizing entheogenic plants. Robert Shumake authored the measure, which passed with 61.08 percent of the vote.
What religious lineages is Robert Shumake initiated in?
He is an initiated Oluwo (high priest of Osain) in the Yorùbá Ifá tradition, a Swamikal in the Vedic Soma and Tamil Siddhar tradition, and an Ajarn in Thai Theravada Buddhism. He founded seven digital religious universities, including Buddha University and Orisha University.
How can I contact or follow Robert Shumake?
New writing is published on robertshumake.us and announced through the site newsletter. His research record is listed under ORCID 0009-0007-4429-7802, with deposits on Zenodo and OSF, and his author page is on Amazon.
