Song in Celebration of the Bendera Ya Taifa (Garvey Banner)

The Creator Supreme blessed the Afrikan in a most beautiful and superlative way with the Ba that energises the soul with the intake of Shu (Air) in a unique way. As air resonates through the Afrikan being sounds evokes qualities of the profound in the most unique and special physical and ethereal ways. Whether spontaneous chants or orchestrated voice ensembles, the Afrikan is able to express vibrational spirit energy of the deepest meaning in their wonderful and unique way. From the very young to the more senior verse and rhyme have carried important soul energising vibrational messaging that nourishes the spirit in powerful ways. Just as Shu (Air) caresses the mighty tri-colour fabric of the Bendera Ya Taifa (Flag of the Nation) or Garvey Banner, so too does air vibrate from the melanted soul to reveal  beautiful creative expression. The supreme visionary Marcus Garvey (amongst so much else in outstanding service of Afrikan ascendancy) is an exceptional poet. In the year 1936 (so-called) he published the verses of a profound piece entitled Get Up and Go on the cover of his Black Man magazine, the poem reads:

Get Up and Go!

Please clear the way and let me pass,
If you intend to give up here
It seems a shame that you should yield
Your life without its fullest share

You are a coward for your pains,
To come this way, and then blow out:
Real men are made of stuff to last,
Which they, themselves, would never doubt

Get up! You broken bits of flesh!
Take courage and go fighting on;
For every [Afrikan] there’s a day,
Which pride in race has well begun.

Multitudes upon multitudes of Afrikan souls have been inspired by this and plethora of the other poetic works of the great Marcus Garvey. In the continuing mission for Afrikan liberty and nationhood Afrikan people have enshrined Garvey’s words in song. One such example is the song Garvey Banner, popularised especially among the young ones for the divine fruits of Afrikan liberty to grow and blossom to the full. Garvey Banner in Garveyite honour, praise and projection inherits the first line of the Get Up and Go poem for confident assertion of the Afrikan self. This author has adapted the Garvey Banner song to include the Kiswahili phrase of Bendera ya Taifa. This simple and yet powerful inspirational song of victorious uplift, that can be beautifully expressed as young ones march and hold aloft their banners of global Afrikan ascendancy becomes:

Garvey Banner!
Garvey Banner!

We are the children of Mother Afrika
Better clear the way and let me pass
Cause when we see the mighty
Bendera ya Taifa
Better clear the way and let me pass

Garvey Banner!
Garvey Banner!

Victorious songs such as this are surely crucial in Afrikan life as the forces of anti-Afrikan agency seek to coerce or co-opt Afrikan music to suit the imposed destructive ills of the Maafa. In the clutches of foreign talons Afrikan young ones are too often compelled to sing ‘nursery rhymes’ of death and destruction. The Garvey Banner song  of wholesome empowerment and is a wonderful feature of the Musa Msimu observance that can be listened to (as performed by young ones of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) by clicking here. Let the Afrikan stand in natural, divine regal oneness in which alien forces are compelled to step aside for the clarity of divine righteous order to be restored throughout the globe. Garvey Banner!!!!

The observance of Musa Msimu takes place during the month of so-called August and is a wonderful time to celebrate the mighty example of Marcus Garvey and the Movement that he created led in order for future generations of Afrikans to have their guide for complete freedom and nationhood. Musa Msimu is a part of the Afrikan Cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN).

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.

The important book entitled: From Musa to Afrikan Fundamentalism – The Afrikan Spiritual Essence of Marcus Garvey is available to purchase online here. The book trailer can be accessed 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.

Afrikan World Studies programmes are important forms of study in understanding the Afrikan experience. There are a range of subjects covered on these programmes including History, Creative Production, Psychology and Religion. To find out more about these learning programmes please click here. For the video promo for these learning programmes click here.

At nominal cost, also consider acquisition of an a4 laminate poster of articulations by this author when visiting the Yemanja institution to enrol, consult, learn, gather or otherwise.

Also, visit www.u-ran.org for links to Afrikan liberation Love radio programme on Universal Royal Afrikan Radio online.