Shared Culture of Oneness- Here, There and Elsewhere: What of Authentic Cultural Expression?

Culture authentic to Afrikan souls is culture that is established and practiced by Afrikan souls (whether creatively restored or otherwise) in service of their fullest flourishing and security. At the core level of shared oneness, Afrikan culture naturally has its self-determined pioneers of its development and its practitioners of engagement here, there and elsewhere. Likewise, authentic Afrikan cultural expression is naturally and outwardly realised - born of its core substance - whether the Afrikan is located here, there or elsewhere.

Unfortunately, in a state of interruption and disruption the optimal living norms of Afrikan souls and their natural processes of self-cultivation may be destructively set upon in acute ways by others that mean the Afrikan ill. With damaging vices such as miseducation, Afrikan souls may – even at the fundamental level – become derailed from their Afrikan identity let alone their lived cultural core and outward cultural expressions of wholesomeness. The erroneous substitutes of destructive pseudo-identity, pseudo-culture and pseudo-cultural expressions may be pushed and peddled for Afrikan consumption as others of ill seek to totally dominate their lives for ill-pursuits. If Afrikan souls succumb to such destructive folly, they may begin to wear the bogus mask of falsity in relation to who and what they are and express this of themselves by proxy.

In a time of chaos and disorder where outward aesthetic expression at the most tertiary level can be erroneously considered to be the totality of what is, the popularisation of falsity of identity and the like can be greatly amplified and appealing to the susceptible soul. In this, authentic cultural expressions naturally rooted to wholesome core and shared cultural substance of Afrikan oneness can be neglected, denied or worse.  

According to a contemporary mainstream source, the term authentic cultural expression attracts the following detail:

“Authentic Cultural Expressions refer to the honest and respectful portrayal of cultural values, practices, and perspectives. It entails acknowledging and honouring the unique identities and experiences of different cultural groups without appropriation or misrepresentation”.

Utilising this sourced detail, focus can be brought specifically upon the Afrikan experience through adaptation. In so doing, the following may be expressed:

“Authentic Afrikan Cultural Expressions refer to the honest and respectful portrayal of Afrikan cultural values, practices and perspectives outwardly born of authentic core and shared Afrikan cultural substance of oneness (creatively restored or otherwise). It entails Afrikan souls acknowledging and honouring their unique and powerful identity as Afrikan people whether they are located here, there or elsewhere. In this, Afrikan souls can safeguard themselves from the folly of pseudo-identities, misrepresentation and other such ills and cultivate themselves to realise their fullest flourishing and security in wholeness”.

Thankfully, with exceptional examples of creative cultural restoration of shared oneness amongst a whole people such as the Nguzo Saba and the observance of Kwanzaa from which it comes, authentic Afrikan cultural expression has core substance from which to emerge. Indeed, the falsity of Afrikan people denying themselves can be cast into a pit of redundancy for Afrikan optimality of rightful order to prevail. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.  

Kwanzaa is one of the essential cultural observances of life within the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an Afrikan-centred spiritual and cultural mission for ascendancy that embodies living spiritually and culturally rooted life. 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.

In his capacity as an Afrikan-centred spiritual cultural practitioner this author is available for further learning in this regard and also for the carrying out of ceremonies such as naming and name reclamation. For details please click here.

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Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Kwanzaa, 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 -O to pick up a copy.

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