Omowale Malcolm X – Eulogy

The Creator Supreme is all-knowing and Afrikan souls of the world have been bestowed upon with superlative knowingness from the Ultimate Divine. Remembrance is an important part of knowing. For the Afrikan it is recollection and rejuvenation of spirit. For the Afrikan it is the bringing forth of the best s/heroes of the Afrikan pantheon. For the Afrikan it is key in the process for restoration of self. For the Afrikan it is honouring the best of the Afrikan self. For Afrikan it reconnects the soul to higher purpose. For the Afrikan it is profound learning. For the Afrikan it is a part of spiritual and cultural the life and example of this great hero. This great Heru. This great Ogun. His impact on Black is Beautiful is profound. These are words that speak to the Afrikan aesthetic and substance of being. The following is the eulogy for Omowale Malcolm X as expressed by Ossie Davis at the ceremony for his passing. Malcolm’s powerful and rightful living assertion that, ‘We are Afrikan, we’re not American’, is reflected in the eulogy detail presented here where the people identifier of Afrikan is aptly inserted:

“Here – at this final hour, in this quiet place – Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes – extinguished now, and gone from us forever.

For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought – his home of homes, where his heart was, and where his people are – and it is, therefore, most fitting that we meet once again – in Harlem – to share these last moments with him.

For Harlem has ever been gracious to those who have loved her, have fought for her, and have defended her honour even to the death. It is not in the memory of man that this beleaguered, unfortunate but nonetheless proud community has found a braver, more gallant young champion than this [Afrikkan] who lies before us – unconquered still.

I say the word again, as he would want me to: [Afrikan] – [Afrikan] Malcolm, who was a master, was most meticulous in his use of words. Nobody knew better than he the power words have over the minds of men. Malcolm had stopped being a ‘Negro’ years ago.

It had become too small, too puny, too weak a word for him. Malcolm was bigger than that. Malcolm had become an [Afrikan] and he wanted – so desperately – that we, that all his people, would become [Afrikan] too.

There are those who will consider it their duty, as friends of the [Afrikan] people, to tell us to revile him, to flee, even from the presence of his memory, to save ourselves by writing him out of the history of our turbulent times.

Many will say turn away – away from this man, for he is not a man but a demon, a monster, a subverter and an enemy of the [Afrikan] – and we will smile.

They will say that he is of hate – a fanatic, a racist – who can only bring evil to the cause for which you [fight]!

And we will answer and say unto them: Did you ever touch him, or have him smile at you? Did you ever really listen to him? Did he ever do a mean thing? Was he ever himself associated with violence or any public disturbance? For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honour him; Malcolm was our manhood, our living [Afrikan] manhood! This was his meaning to his people. And, in honouring him, we honour the best in ourselves.

Last year from Afrika, he wrote these words to a friend: ‘My journey’, he says, ‘is almost ended, and I have a much broader scope than when I started out, which I believe will add new life and dimension to our [fight] for freedom and honour and dignity in the States, I am writing these things so that you will know for a fact the tremendous sympathy and support we have among the Afrikan States for our Human Rights [fight]. The main thing is that we keep a United Front wherein our most valuable time and energy will not be wasted fighting each other’.

However much we may have differed with him – or with each other about him and his value as a man – let his going from us serve only to bring us together, now. Consigning these mortal remains to earth, the common mother of all, secure in the knowledge that what we place in the ground is no more now a man – but a seed – which, after the winter of our discontent, will come forth again to meet us. And we will know him then for what he was and is – a Prince – our own [Afrikan] shining Prince! – who didn’t hesitate to die, because he loved us so”.

Throughout the annual cycle of the spiritual and cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation observance to observance, Afrikan life is endowed with the essential of living knowingness. For the Afrikan souls, being a part of an organ for mission ascendancy is key. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation is a spiritually and culturally rooted organ for Afrikan ascension.

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Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Omowale Malcolm X Kukumbuko, the text: From Ajar to Omowale – The Spiritual & Garveyite Journey of Malcolm X by this author is available to purchase online here. The trailer for this important text can be found online here. This publication provides detail on the life and example of this great hero. You can also visit the institution of Yemanja to pick up a copy.

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