Marcus Garvey and Hell’s Back Door

It is a well-known truism that Afrikan souls brought forth culture and civilisation by the grace of the Creator Supreme. Such self-determined life cultivation is not only primary but also superlative and of pinnacle endurance. It is a natural norm for Afrikan souls develop their self-knowingness apply it to their skills of building prowess and rise accordingly.

However, disruption and interruption such as that of the Maafa of recent centuries has presented a skewed set of circumstances for the Afrikan to victoriously face. This is certainly not a call to deal in the rhetoric of escapism or false denial of interruption occurrence. Rather, the Afrikan can restore knowingness of self during the extensive natural norm of self-determined civilisation in such a way as to become better equipped to deal with the reality of circumstance and rise.  

The supreme visionary Marcus Garvey articulated in deeply insightful poetic expression a conception of Hell’s Back Door. In it he cautions Afrikan souls to avoid the perilous descent into the realms of disorder of wretched oblivion.

“The way we flitter through our span
And break the laws of loveliness,
Does show an open Hell of man
On earth, with all his naughtiness.
The coming and the going out,
Are just the same in sinfulness;
Of all our ways, there is no doubt,
For they do show our wretchedness,
We’ve made a back door to Hell,
And we do slip ourselves within.”

Despite the imposed interruption and disruption of the Maafa of recent centuries, Afrikan souls need not self-perpetuate the will of alien forces of ill by proxy. Here the great Marcus Garvey challenges the Afrikan to restore the self-determined virtues of rightful order and ascension.

“To close completely Hell’s back door,
We have to turn our faces round,
And this should be for rich and poor,
If man’s best virtues must be found.
We’ll have to change the Hero’s mark,
And set examples good indeed”.

The Afrikan must surely learn and build. The Afrikan must surely build and learn.

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: