Shared Culture of Oneness- Here, There and Elsewhere: What of Culture Strength?

Afrikan souls can train and exercise to build and maintain their physical strength and prowess. Certainly, this can be greatly important to do. Yet, what of the strength Afrikans hold in terms of their culture that is naturally a part of the core and foundation of Afrikan life to empower its expressions across its various spheres of functioning? As the pioneers of culture on the plain of humanity and throughout the ages, this soul people developed superlative cultural strength. So much so that the result of their establishing the greatest and most enduring civilisations ever to exist came to be. To put it another way, cultural strength is the equivalent of saying civilisation strength. Thus, to raise the question of cultural strength is to raise the question of the strength of civilisation.

Unfortunately, in a state of interruption and disruption where Afrikan souls may be destructively set upon by others that mean the Afrikan ill, the building and maintaining of authentic Afrikan culture strength can be derailed into dire neglect or worse. Despite any imposition of adverse conditions, it is only Afrikan souls that can develop their cultural strength into optimality.

At this point, it may well be useful to glean some semblance of a definitional understanding of what culture strength is. According to a contemporary mainstream source the following detail is relevant as it relates to the specific example of organisation functioning:

“Culture strength refers to the degree of agreement among members of an organisation about the importance of specific values. If widespread consensus exists about the importance of those values, the culture is cohesive and strong. If little agreement exists, the culture is weak”.

To bring focus specifically upon the Afrikan experience, adaptation of this sourced detail is considered apt. The results of alteration may look something like the following:

“Afrikan culture strength refers to the degree to which Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere value their Afrikan identity and engage their shared authentic cultural values of oneness (whether creatively restored or otherwise). With widespread cultural cohesion at the core level amongst this soul people regardless of geographical locale, cultural strength can be fully realised through appropriate self-determined learning and development”.

Additionally, it may be useful to highlight the importance of culture strength with an examination of its oppositional category of culture weakness. Another mainstream source offers the following detail in this regard:  

“A weak culture can arise when the core values are not clearly defined, communicated or widely accepted by those working for the organisation. It can also occur if there is little alignment between the way things are done and the espoused values”.

Again, adaptation to yield focus specifically upon the Afrikan experience is considered apt. In so doing, the following may be expressed:

“Afrikan culture weakness can arise when the authentic core and shared values of oneness are misrepresented, clouded by pseudo-identities and pseudo-cultural fabric and the denial of self is popularised and consumed by this soul people.  Disintegration of natural and core Afrikan cultural wholeness can plague Afrikan existence through the ill-vices of miseducation and misinformation of self”.

Thankfully, Afrikan souls can build their culture strength and avoid culture weakness with upright self-determined effort of ascension. Such effort brought forth the creative restoration of shared authentic Afrikan cultural fabric such as that of the Nguzo Saba and the observance of Kwanzaa from which it comes. With their use of exceptional examples such as this, Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere can realise their fullest flourishing and security in the best ways possible. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.

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