Marcus Garvey and Not Being Ashamed

With age-upon-age of outstanding excellence that the Afrikan has pioneered into being as the world’s primary people and bringers of civilisation, there is a bountiful wealth of pride to be had. Far from being false-pride or pride without substance, this is pride of pinnacle quality that empowers the Afrikan to do for the racial ascension of self. This is pride to energise the natural and superlative Afrikan gift to build. Throughout the levels of the self Afrikan self-knowingness lifts the Afrikan soul in quality pride and its application. From beginning through to the eternity yet to come all is possible by the grace of the Creator Supreme. Therefore one may say that the Afrikan holds divine pride.

Despite the efforts of others that mean the Afrikan ill to destroy natural pinnacle quality self-pride and its application, the Afrikan has a duty and responsibility to self to restore and secure the natural pride of self. The alien peddling of false pride or pride void of quality substance must surely be safeguarded against. Psuedo pride must give way to the imperative pride-filled building for Afrikan ascension and nationhood.

The supreme visionary Marcus Garvey necessarily gave of himself to sharpen the focus on Afrikan self-pride of substance. With wisdom and deep foresight he eloquently articulated that:

“The [Afrikan] will have his day again, but the possibility of that depends upon his own conduct, and we have to shape that conduct in keeping with our feelings and aspirations. I cannot see why a black man should be ashamed of being [Afrikan]”.

There is a definite correlation with self-knowingness and quality pride. Here, pride is at a deficit if one does not have some level of knowingness of the achievements, experience and so on of self-determined thrust of civilisation. Any resultant pseudo-pride from such lack is no substitute and can breed self-contempt. Thus, to restore a level of self-knowingness is a fundamental path to functional self-pride.

The great hero Marcus Garvey urged Afrikan souls to restore themselves throughout the various levels of the self (from person to nation and beyond). In energising the person Marcus Garvey pronounced:

“Every man should stand on his own and look the world in its face, with the pride of himself”.

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: