Marcus Garvey and Being Shunned

The Afrikan is a soul that naturally builds civilisation. In this regard stagnation is far from the norm. Rather, the Afrikan not only brought forth the first civilisations ever to exist but also the most enduring. This is all of course, by the grace of the Creator Supreme. For some, the tendency to deny the grand Afrikan continuum is tempting in the light of such powerful, extensive and overwhelming brilliancy. Perhaps such temptation comes in pursuance of a pseudo reality in which more contemporary people can falsely claim this origination or that. Whatever the motives the self-determined Afrikan continuum is a vast and extensive inheritance and foundation for Afrikan souls throughout the world to build from.

Despite the misguided efforts of others that mean the Afrikan ill to diminish Afrikan reality or worse especially during the Maafa of recent centuries, rightful order must prevail. It is surely therefore imperative that Afrikan souls restore their self-knowingness and safeguard themselves against any destructive wave of anti-Afrikan propaganda whether directly from alien forces of anti-Afrikan agency or by proxy. Of course, if the susceptible Afrikan is consumed by alien contaminants of ill, the challenges to be faced for self-restoration may be compounded. Indeed, it may be difficult for Afrikan who ‘waves the white flag’ of conceding to alien inoculation of ill to readily recognise anti-Afrikan propaganda and its destructive effects.

The supreme visionary Marcus Garvey insightfully, powerfully and eloquently elucidates the following:

“There is always a willingness on the part of certain people to shun the [Afrikan]. The [Afrikan] is no dog, neither is he a convenience for anybody. The [Afrikan] is a man, proud and honourable and willing to bear his share of civilisation”.

The essential process of restoration of self-knowingness cannot take place for the Afrikan by some miracle of happenstance. Nor can it be realised through alien-dominated institutions of miseducation. It has to be an independent process of self-determined engagement for which a portion of regular time is allocated. In this, the Afrikan can realise the fullest civilisation building capacity of self and avoid being self-destructive agents perpetuating the relegation of being falsely shunned and its disorder and disfunction as the norm.

The inspiration and wisdom guidance of the great Marcus Garvey is surely mission-compelling for Afrikans worldwide. Here, the imperative thrust of independent learning can be energised throughout the levels of the self: