Editor's Choice Of Twenty Five Pancocojams Posts That Were Published In 2025

Compiled by Azizi Powell, Pancocojams Founder & Editor

This pancocojams post presents some information about and data for this pancocojams blog.

This post also provides links to twenty-five pancocojams posts that were published in 2025 that I've chosen to highlight because of their content. 

Thanks to all those who have visited pancocojams this year.

Happy New Year!

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EXPLANATION FOR THE BLOG NAME "PANCOCOJAMS"
"Pancocojams" is an expansion of the title that I coined* for my previous (now inactive) cultural website- "cocojams".

When I coined the word "pancocojams", I gave it the meaning "Black cultures around the world".

"pan" = worldwide

"coco" = chocolate (= Black people)

"jams" = music (expanded meaning - "cultures")

My "cocojams" cultural blog was launched in 2001 and voluntarily deactivated in 2014.

*It wasn't until some years after I "coined" the word "cocojams" that I found out that it was a previously existing word.

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TOTAL # OF PAGE VIEWS [as of December 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM EST - 16,810,193.

This number doesn't include my views.

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TOTAL # OF POSTS THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN 2025-399.*

*Update: December 31, 2025-An additional post was published on December 31, 2025.

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TOTAL # OF POSTS (from August 29, 2011 to December 29, 2025, including this post) =5,724
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-twenty-five-pancocojams-posts.html for a related post entitled "Links To The Twenty-Five Pancocojams Posts With The Highest Number Of Views (From August 29, 2011-December 30, 2024)"

I decided not to publish an equivalent post for 2025 since the posis on this list has been very similar since I started publishing it. 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S CHOICE POSTS (2025)
These Editor's Choice posts range from serious historical or contemporary subjects to entertainment or recreational topics. 

These posts are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date in this blog. This list isn't given in preferential order as I selected some of the posts on this list because of their historical or contemporory sociological-cultural (socio-cultural) content and I chose other posts on this list because of their folkloric recreational or entertainment content. 

1. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/my-guess-about-why-jennifer-hudson.html
January 4, 2025
Some Differences Between The Mainstream United States "Spirit Tunnels" And The Jennifer Hudson Show's "Spirit Tunnels"

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2. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/aaron-pierre-thats-mufasa-spirit-tunnel.html
January 15, 2025
"Aaron Pierre, That's Mufasa" (Jennifer Hudson Spirit Tunnel video, information, words, & a few response videos)

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3. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/80s-freshs-boots-on-ground-soul-line.html
February 8, 2025
Seven Examples Of 803 Fresh - "Boots On The Ground" Soul Line Dance

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4. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/some-traditional-african-influences-on.html
February 19, 2025
Some Traditional African Cultural Influences On Baton Twirling & Other Elements Of Haitian RaRa, Dominican Republic GaGa & Cuban GaGa

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5. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-history-of-and-changes-to.html
February 22, 2025
The History Of Historically Black Fraternities & Sororities Strolling

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6. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-ten-toes-down-standing-on-business.html
March 11, 2025
What "Ten Toes Down" & "Standing On Business" REALLY Mean (Information & Comments)

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7. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/04/racialized-examples-of-i-like-coffee-i.html
April 11, 2025
Racialized Examples Of "I Like Coffee. I Like Tea" (also known as "Down Down Baby") Hand Clap Rhymes (from the visitors' discussion thread for a pancocojams post about that rhyme)

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8. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/04/correcting-mistaken-belief-that-stomp.html
April 16, 2025
Correcting The Mistaken Belief That Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Is Performed At Every Historically Black University (Part IV: comments from the discussion thread for a 2022 video of a cheer battle between TxSU vs PV University)

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9. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-biscuit-phrase-in-down-down-baby-i.html
April 28, 2025
The "A Biscuit" Phrase In "Down Down Baby", "I Have A Boyfriend" And In Other African American Children's Singing Games & Recreational Rhymes

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10. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/05/comments-about-sassy-black-woman-trope.html
May 22, 2025
Comments About The Sassy Black Woman Trope & Related Subjects

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11. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-has-803-freshs-2024-hit-song-boots.html
May 27, 2025
Why The Song & Line Dance "Boots On The Ground" Became So Popular

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12. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-use-of-92-as-referent-for-black.html
June 17, 2025
The Use of 92% As A Referent For Black American Women Who Voted For Kamala Harris For President Of The United States In The November 5, 2024 Election

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13. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-south-african-gwijo-thina.html
June 30, 2025
South African Gwijo "Thina Siyazalana" ("Mtaka Mama") With Lyrics & English Translations (2025 Reprint)

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14. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-believe-i-can-fly-parodies-comments.html
July 20, 2025
"I Believe I Can Fly" Parodies (Comments From The 2013 Pancocojams Post On These Children's Parodies)

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15. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/08/kings-and-queens-and-partners-two-some.html
August 5, 2025
"Kings And Queens And Partners Too" & Other Old Examples Of Jump Rope Rhymes From An African American Woman's 2007 University Dissertation

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16. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/08/criminal-minded-double-dutch-jump-rope.html
August 7, 2025
"Criminal Minded" Double Dutch Jump Rope Rhymes (Information, Examples, Comments, & A Video)

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17. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/08/ice-ice-too-cold-too-cold-and-other.html
August 19, 2025
"Ice Ice Too Cold Too Cold" And Other Examples Of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "Ice Cold" Chants And Motifs (2025 complete reprint of 2014 pancocojams post)

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18. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/08/what-are-trail-ride-line-dances-how-are.html
August 26, 2025
What Are "Trail Ride" Line Dances & How Are They Different From "Soul" Line Dances?

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19. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/examples-of-jump-rope-rhymes-whose_9.html
September 9, 2025
Examples Of Jump Rope Rhymes Whose Lyrics Refer To Jumping Fast And/Or Doing Different Movements While Jumping (M-Z)

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20. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-does-make-my-heart-beat-or-go-246.html
September 23, 2025
What Does "Make My Heart Beat 246" Mean In "Apple On A Stick" Hand Clap Rhymes? (with the meanings of other phrases in some examples of those rhymes)

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21. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/darker-than-black-boy-line-in-some-miss.html
September 23, 2025
"Darker Than The Black Boy" Line In Some "Miss Susie Had A Steamboat" Rhymes

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22. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/military-influences-on-historical-black.html
November 1, 2025
Military Influences On Historical Black Greek Letter Fraternities And Sororities (2025 reprint of a 2023 post with added content)

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23. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/some-ways-that-african-american-names.html
November 8, 2025
Some Ways That African American Names Are Created: Beginning A Name With A Prefix And/Or Ending A Name With A Suffix

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24. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/50-most-common-african-american.html
November 11. 2025
50 Most Common African American Surnames (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania & Other Communities In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1992-2001) Reprint

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25. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/12/comments-from-discussion-thread-of-2011.html
December 20, 2025
Comments About The Nigerian Word "Akata" That Is Usually Considered To Be A Derogatory Referent For African Americans

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