K-A-R-A-M-U - Afya (To be healthy)

Afrikan people are blessed with the greatest culture known to the world by grand orchestration of the Ultimate Divine. From the beginning, and with living knowingness of the Creator Supreme, Afrikans have cultivated themselves at the deepest levels with spiritual and cultural living of the highest order. The wonderful observance of Kwanzaa is a beautiful manifestation of Afrikan spiritual and cultural life. It is a celebration of Afrikan living and necessarily carries the substance of reflection and projection. Reflecting upon the progressive strides made in the conclusion of one annual cycle of ascension and projecting forward onto ever-greater heights for the annual cycle to come. One of the special features of the wonderful Kwanzaa observance is the celebratory feast. This is called the Karamu and represents (amongst much else) the beneficial rewards of bountiful yield from the harvest of all-year-round effort. Here detailed is an acronym of Karamu compiled by this author. It can be seen as spiritual and cultural energising prompt for annual ascension. Or, it can be viewed as a spiritual and cultural checklist for continually rooted living. The identifiers are in Kiswahili and are detailed thus:

Kikoa (To Cooperate)

Afya (To be healthy)

Raha (To be happy)

Akina (To be connected)

Madhubuti (To be reliable)

Ujazi (To be of abundance)

The second part of the Karamu acronym is Afya (To be healthy) – To engage in activity throughout the annual cycle that promotes well-being of the self – spiritually, physically and otherwise together with healthy consumption.  

By grand orchestration of the Creator Supreme the Afrikan has been naturally blessed with an abundance of spirit and endowed with brilliant and beautiful physical attributes. Thus, it is natural for Afrikan souls to take care of their own spiritual and physical needs. The core substance of ‘care’ for life is culture and spiritual enlivenment. Here, Afrikans live according to the ways that best serves their unique beingness: the nurturing and care for their spirit; the nurturing and care for the melanated self and so on. In this, what the Afrikan consumes is of vital importance. Whether it is consumption of food or drink, consumption of energies from others, consumption of media and so on. Of course, others that mean the Afrikan ill seek to contaminate Afrikan consumption in its various forms with toxicity of ill-intent. Yet, Afrikans have a duty of care to themselves to control what is consumed (as best as it is possible to do) for their own elevation, protection and continuance. Efforts for self-determined and self-beneficial consumption is a wonderful endeavour to celebrate with a Karamu.    

Victoriously, even if the Afrikan (for survival) is compelled to work in the clutches of alien institutions, is able to still energise spiritual and cultural substance with the Kwanzaa and its wonderful features such as the Karamu. Carving out as much time as is possible for themselves throughout the year for effective nation use, Afrikans can celebrate, reflect and project year-on -year for ever-ascending heights.  

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an organ that is rooted in spiritual and cultural fabric for the imperative the mission of global Afrikan ascendancy. Throughout its annual observance calendar cycle URAN energises active knowingness in and from the core spirit levels of Afrikan beingness. It is from this all-year-round living which includes the other forms of Afrikan knowingness that Kwanzaa (also of the observance calendar cycle) yields celebratory triumph.  

All-year-round and life-long learning for the Afrikan (independent of others) is a wholesome and ever-ascending endeavour. Living knowingness of self is a firm part of this endeavour and its annual yield can be celebrated as a part of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is one in the series of annual observances of the Afrikan spiritual and cultural calendar cycle to bring about and lift the imperative of Afrikan spiritual and cultural maturation.

The wonderful observance of Kwanzaa takes place from the 26th of so-called December to the 1st of so-called January. It is seven-day period of Afrikan celebration and spiritual-cultural enrichment. Based upon the harvesting traditions of the Afrikan world this celebration of first fruits has at its core the Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles) together with an beautiful array of deeply meaningful symbols established elevate the Afrikan world community to its fullest flourishing.

Kwanzaa is one of the essential cultural observances of life within the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an Afrikan-centred spiritual and cultural mission for ascendancy that embodies living spiritually and culturally rooted life. To find out more about URAN and its spiritual-cultural mission for liberty and nationhood click here. The exquisite URAN pendant can be obtained online by clicking here.

In his capacity as an Afrikan-centred spiritual cultural practitioner this author is available for further learning in this regard and also for the carrying out of ceremonies such as naming and name reclamation. For details please click here.

Afrikan World Studies programmes are an important forms of study in understanding the Afrikan experience. There are a range of subjects covered on these programmes including History, Creative Production, Psychology and Religion. To find out more about these learning programmes please click here. For the video promo for these learning programmes click here.

Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Kwanzaa, the text: From Pert-En-Min to Kwanzaa - A Kuumba (Creative) Restoration of Sacred First Fruits by this author is available to purchase online here. This publication provides informative detail on the of the Kwanzaa celebration. You can also visit the institution of Yemanja to pick up a copy.

At nominal cost, also consider acquisition of an a4 laminate poster of articulations by this author when visiting the Yemanja institution to enrol, consult, learn, gather or otherwise.

Also, visit www.u-ran.org for links to Afrikan liberation Love radio programme on Universal Royal Afrikan Radio online.