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

The ability to remember or recall what has been throughout their experience is vital functioning for the Afrikan whole. From the vast self-determined establishment and thrust of superlative civilisation and exceptional developments of Afrikan life’s norm to any temporary period of interruption and disruption imposed upon Afrikan life – the cultural memory of this primary people of creation provides a powerfully rich repository from which lessons can be gleaned.

According to a contemporary mainstream source, the term cultural memory holds the following meaning:

“Cultural memory is a form of collective memory shared by a group of people who share a culture.  The theory posits that memory is not just an individual, private experience but also part of the collective domain, which both shapes the future and our understanding of the past”.

To bring focus specifically to the Afrikan experience at the shared level of oneness, adaptation of the sourced detail is considered apt. Alteration may yield something that looks like the following:

“Authentic Afrikan cultural memory is a form of Afrikan collective memory shared by soul people here, there and elsewhere in line with their shared level of authentic culture (creatively restored or otherwise). Whilst each Afrikan soul naturally has and may utilise their individual memory as private experience, their authentic Afrikan cultural memory speaks to the Afrikan collective drawing upon their shared experience utilised in service of their fullest flourishing and security as a whole people. Authentic Afrikan cultural memory shapes present and future Afrikan unfolding and is naturally foundational for knowingness of the Afrikan past to be realised”.

Unfortunately, in a state of interruption and disruption where Afrikan souls may be destructively set upon by others that mean the Afrikan ill, the pushing and peddling of cultural amnesia can be a great boon to those bent on bring harm to Afrikan life. If Afrikan memory – should it manifest itself in any functional way - can be ringfenced only to include immediate time and space and exclusively filled with content determined by others, then the Afrikan can perpetually remain pliable and accepting of the whims of those others. Self-knowingness denial, miseducation and other ills can instigate and amplify a problem of cultural memory loss.  If Afrikan souls succumb the outcomes can be dire and self-perpetuating by proxy.

To illustrate experience denial, consider the following series of questions. Each question brings the focal point closer to – and then arrives at - the present time. Each question has detailed a corresponding answer that may be offered by a soul consumed by miseducation who seeks to deny the totality of their authentic Afrikan cultural memory by proxy:

“What of the great achievements of Afrikan people in establishing the greatest and most enduring civilisations?”.

“We’re not in the ancient world, I only need to know about the now”.

“What of the great strides made by Afrikan souls to free themselves from enslavement?”.

“We’re not subject to shackle and chain, I only need to know about the now”.

“What of great strides Afrikan people made to secure their liberty in the 20s through to the 60s and 70s?”.

“We’re not in 20s, the 60s nor 70s, I only need to know about the now”.  

“What of Afrikan constructive self-determined effort Afrikan people make to build for themselves and unify themselves on local, national and international levels in the now?”.

“We’re not Afrikan, we’re this pseudo-identity or that pseudo-identity. I want to be anything but our true Afrikan self in the now and forget or deny the reality of the Afrikan experience in any era”.

The denial of Afrikan collective memory can equate to a denial of the vital lessons born of the Afrikan experience. Meanwhile, others of ill may study the Afrikan continuum with intense scrutiny and may even hijack elements to inflate themselves and grotesquely as a vice against the Afrikan.

Thankfully, Afrikan souls through exceptional efforts of cultural restoration have brought to the fore authentic cultural fabric at the shared level of oneness that can empower authentic Afrikan cultural memory and its natural functioning. The outstanding of example of the Nguzo Saba and the observance of Kwanzaa from which it comes is readily accessible to Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere. 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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