Omowale Malcolm X’s Organiser in Afrika Remembers Him

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. Many recall his magnificent spirit. One such recollection comes from Omowale Malcolm X’s organiser in Afrika, Leslie Alexander Lacy:

“When we finally arrived in Accra we drove directly to the Ghanaian Press Club. Malcolm was to be the guest of honour at a press soiree that had been organised by the Association of Ghanaian Journalists and Writers. We parked our car and then proceeded to squeeze through a long line of chauffeur-driven…expensive European automobiles, which were owned by party and government officials. We were greeted by Mr Kofi Batsa, Secretary General of the Pan-Afrikan Union of Journalists and a director of the Ghana Graphic Company, Limited.

‘How did you like our reactionary university?’ said Kofi Batsa to Malcolm. Malcolm smiled sympathetically and replied, ‘I always enjoy talking to my brothers and sisters’…The journalists had been very nice to Malcolm since his arrival. He had been given a press conference the day before and had received excellent coverage in all of the local papers, including the Daily Graphic, a somewhat less radical news medium. The press soiree was fabulous. There were excellent Ghanaian dishes supported by excellent imported drinks and the very excellent domestic palm wine. And since Malcolm never drank, he, unlike the rest of us, had more room for the delicious fried fish and fried plantains…

After a long and pleasant evening, the Malcolm X Committee, which had formed to organise Malcolm’s visit, drove him back to the hotel. Our long days of preparation and planning for the arrival of Malcolm X had paid off. The Ghanaians seemed pleased and excited about him and he was pleased and excited about them….

By the next morning, the cry of ‘Malcolm X!’ had swept the university. Mensah Sarbah Hall seemed to be the centre of excitement…Since I was a member of the Malcolm X Committee, I wanted to have an early breakfast in order to take the eight a.m. bus to Accra. But I had come to breakfast early for another important reason. I wanted to hear what the students would say about Malcolm X the morning afterward. I didn’t have to wait long. Students filed in by the dozens – pushing and excited as usual – shouting the slogan which they had chanted the night before: ‘Malcolm X! Malcolm X! Malcolm X!...

Later that day, Malcolm X spoke at the Parliament Building to members of the Ghanaian Legislature. This pleased Malcolm very much because he had never before had the opportunity to address [Afrikans] who made laws for [Afrikan] people. I remember Malcolm standing on the steps of the Parliament building just before his scheduled appearance, saying, ‘If I had grown up in a country where [Afrikans] made the justice, who knows what my life would have been like’.

After Malcolm spoke these words, we were carried into the main legislative chambers. The Ministers of Parliament clapped politely as Malcolm was introduced. Malcolm spoke on the degrading status of the [Afrikans in the diaspora]; repeating and reemphasising some of the issues he had raised at the university. He described the United States as the ‘master of imperialism without whose support France, [white racist] South Africa, Britain and Portugal could not exist’. Malcolm appealed for support from all Afrikans for their brothers and sisters in the United States. He said, ‘The [fight] for civil rights in the United States should be switched to a [fight] for human rights to enable Afrikans to raise the matter at the United Nations'.

He praised their President Osagyefo and said that as a result of his able, sincere and dedicated leadership, America feared Ghana. Brother Malcolm ended his talk by saying that for the first time he felt at home’”

In the approach to Omowale Malcolm X Kukumbuko, learning can become a progressive and purposeful mission. Time taken to learn can go a long way. Learn of Afrikan progressive mission and live Afrikan progressive mission is the becoming of vital Afrikan acumen.

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