Build Where You Stand – Self-Image

As Afrikan souls lived their natural norm of pinnacle civilisation the outward display  or showcasing of themselves reflected their excellence. It would have been a great contradiction for their natural brilliancy to have been represented by an image of being anything less than their optimal selves. Thus, their upright substance of constructive life informed and harmonised with their aesthetic representation. Indeed, grand life constructions determined by this people wherever they were located reflected not only magnificent prowess in the act of building itself but also the rightfully structured dignity of secured and continual ascension.

According to a contemporary mainstream source the word image attracts the following meaning:

“the general impression that a person, organisation, or product presents to the public”.

In addition, another such source offers the following:

“a picture produced on an electronic display (such as a television or computer screen)”.

In a state of interruption and disruption, what image do Afrikan souls have of themselves? Surely, if others that mean the Afrikan ill had their way any positive Afrikan self-image would be denied or destroyed. Here, the general impression of the Afrikan outwardly expressed through speech, cosmetics, dress, posture and so on could be encouraged to lend itself to negativity especially where souls are steeped in unknowingness of self. The various popular vehicles of media can be used to amplify the problem.

The great hero Omowale Malcolm X eloquently highlights the importance of self-knowledge and self-image with an experience of a discussion in relation to a great historical figure from the Afrikan continuum:

“I remember one day I told someone that Hannibal was Black. Some Negro, he was in college, one of these colleges – I told him Hannibal was a Black man, and he had a fit. Really, he did, he wanted to fight me on that. He said, ‘I know better than that’. ‘How do you know?’ He said, ‘I saw him’. ‘Where did you see him?’. He said, ‘In the movies’. And he was in college, really, he was a highly educated Negro – and he had a fit when I told him Hannibal was Black. And some of you all right now are having a fit because you didn’t know either”.

If Afrikan souls restore a level of self-knowingness to their lives, then surely their standards of acceptable self-imagery will reflect their natural peoplehood of excellence. This is not tied to any specific location for whether Afrikan souls are here, there or elsewhere positive self-image carries weight. From whatever, station, level or status Afrikan souls can reconstruct their self-image of excellence in reflection of restored civilised living and secure themselves against degradation. See, building is necessary on a range of levels for Afrikan optimality to rightfully be realised and only Afrikan souls can do this for themselves. Of course, civilisation cannot be brought to fruition without building. As such, Afrikan souls surely ought to build wherever they stand.

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