Omowale Self-Determined Name Gift (An Acronym)  - Amia (Safeguard)

The ability for Afrikan souls to name themselves is substance gifted by the Creator Supreme brought into fruition through self-determined effort. Afrikan names are deeply meaningful and a living part of the soul. The Afrikan name is not an id-tag, label or merely aesthetic. Rather, it embodies life purpose, character, vision and beingness of the person. The great hero Omowale Malcolm X knew the importance of what having a name means to the Afrikan and the devasting impact of others that mean the Afrikan ill in recent times:

‘Formerly we could be identified by the names we wore when we came here. When we were first brought here, we had different names. When we were first brought here, we had a different language. And these names and the language identified the culture that we were able to point towards what we had produced, our net worth. But once our names were taken and our language was taken and our identity was destroyed and our roots were cut off with no history, we became like a stump, something dead, a twig over here in the western hemisphere. Anybody could step on us, or turn us, and there would be nothing that we could do about it’.

In his extensive journeying upon Afrikan soil he was gifted with the name Omowale which he described in the following way:

‘I was given a new name. Omowale. It means in the Yoruba language ,’the son who has come home’. I meant it when I told them I had never received a more treasured honour’.

Omowale Malcolm X had a deeply profound impact on the creative restoration process that brought forth Kwanzaa with its Nguzo Saba. It is not by happenstance that the naming of the self is part of this fabric. The principle of Kugichagulia (Self-determination) is thrust:

‘To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. Instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others’.

Here then, is an acronym of the name Omowale, the powerful Afrikan name befitting of the great hero Omowale Malcolm X. The acronym is compiled by this author with Kiswahili identifiers (except for the first identifier):

Ogun (Ogun warrior spirit)

Maagizo (Direct Command)

Onyesha (Show)

Wadia (Be Time)

Amia (Safeguard)

Linganya (Harmonise)

Elemesha (Educate)

The fifth part of the Omowale acronym is Amia (Safeguard) – To safeguard the Afrikan names and the Afrikan way generationally.

To safeguard Afrikan names means that Afrikan souls must restore or reclaim and use their Afrikan names. Names in relation to the person are an essential part of the soul. In safeguarding a person’s name the person is being safeguarded culturally and spiritually. In having an Afrikan name and accordingly live for righteous ascension, the person is exercising his or her divine right of self-preservation and self-protection. By converse, for the Afrikan to be void of his or her Afrikan name is to walk the earth in a state of spiritual-cultural deficit venturing unprotected. As it is for the person to be without and unprotected, so it is for a whole people, their lands and otherwise. The power of an Afrikan name is superlative in its expression and exponentially more in its meaning. Hence, others that mean the Afrikan ill have attempted to permanently destroy, replace, denigrate  or otherwise thwart Afrikan names throughout its various uses. Omowale Malcolm X accepted his Afrikan name and stated clearly the value it held for him. Afrikan souls, wherever located can and surely must do likewise to restore themselves to the spiritual-cultural heights of living. For some, it may be more immediately comfortable to reclaim their Afrikan name by starting with its informal use whilst for others confidence to make it an openly formal standard expression throughout the various spheres of their life is appropriate. For some a grand Afrikan ceremony to formalise the process may be appropriate, whilst for others a small and intimate setting is relevant. Whatever the arrangement an Afrikan name is an essential attribute of the Afrikan soul and every Afrikan ought to be blessed with their rightful living name and the spiritual-cultural safeguarding that comes with that. 

Naming or name reclamation can be brought to fruition through and vast panorama of circumstance. For the great hero Omowale Malcolm X it was gifted to him on Afrikan soil. For vast multitudes of Afrikan souls throughout the world such a beautiful and vital endeavour can take place wherever they reside either on the continent itself, in the Americas, in the islands, in UK, in Europe or elsewhere. Self-determination in this is deeply empowering. At the same time it is a removal of the abominable attempt to render the Afrikan property.

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an organ that is rooted in spiritual and cultural fabric for the imperative the mission of global Afrikan ascendancy. Throughout its annual observance calendar cycle URAN energises active knowingness in and from the core spirit levels of Afrikan beingness. To find out more about URAN and its spiritual-cultural mission for liberty and nationhood click here. The exquisite URAN pendant can be obtained online by clicking here.

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The important 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.

Also, the text: From Pert-En-Min to Kwanzaa - A Kuumba (Creative) Restoration of Sacred First Fruits by this author is available to purchase online here. This publication provides informative detail on the of the Kwanzaa celebration. You can also visit the institution of Yemanja to pick up a copy.

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