Spirit of Omowale Malcolm X All-Year-Round: Afrikan Historia Msimu

The Creator Supreme has blessed the Afrikan to live sacred life in holistic oneness in centrality of the sacred universe. As such the spiritual and cultural observances of the Afrikan calendar cycle reflect that oneness. In this, observances are spirit energisers and enliveners for all-year-round living. These vital times of year do not confine spirit but rather nurture, groom and shape Afrikan souls to fully flourish with each observance highlighting its special focus. From observance to observance holistic living and oneness of spirit becomes ever more deeply manifest. The important observance of Omowale Malcolm X Kukumbuko of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation energises spirit with its special focus on Heru, Ogun as manifest in Omowale through remembrance. The spirit of this great hero flows throughout the annual cycle, an example of which, is the wonderful observance of Afrikan Historia Msimu.

Afrikan Historia Msimu ­(Afrikan History Season) is a time of the year to celebrate Afrikan History. For the Afrikan soul, history is past, present and future. For the Afrikan history is a living continuum of self-determined experience. For the Afrikan, history is not a separate or isolated entity – it is fabric within spiritual and cultural life. Omowale Malcolm X articulates:

“You have to know history to know something about God. You have to know history to know something about God’s religion. You have to know history to know something about God’s people. You have to know history to know something about God plans”.

“Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people. And when you look at us who are called Negro, we’re called that because we are like a dead people. We have nothing to identify us as part of the human family. You know you take a tree, you can tell what kind of tree it is by looking at the leaves. If the leaves are gone, you can look at the bark and tell what kind it is. But when you find a tree with the leaves gone and the bark gone, everything gone, you call that a what? A stump. And you can’t identify a stump as easily as you can identify a tree”.

“Of all the things the [Afrikan] can study or any man can study for that matter, history is best qualified to reward our research. You have to have a knowledge of history no matter what you’re going to do. Anything that you undertake, you have to have a knowledge of history in order to be successful in it. The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail more so than any other thing was your and my lack of knowledge concerning history. We know less about history than anything else. There are [Afrikans] in America who have mastered the mathematical sciences, have become professors and experts in physics  are able to talk…atmosphere out in space, they’re masters in that field, we have [Afrikans] who have mastered the field of medicine, we have [Afrikans] who have mastered other fields…There are experts. We have among our people experts in every field but seldom can you find one from among us who is an expert on the history of the [Afrikan]. And because of the lack of knowledge concerning the history of the [Afrikan] no matter how much he excels in these other sciences he is always confined, he is always relegated to the same low rung of the ladder that [unknowing] people are relegated to. And all of this stems from the lack of knowledge concerning history”.

“They don’t know the history of [themselves]…a politician on the international level…[who] has no knowledge of the  history of his own people, he can be sent all over the world by America to solve problems for them. Or to solve problems for other nations. But he can’t solve problems for his own people in this country”.

“You and I can come out of Harvard and don’t know our history”.

“The American so-called Negro is a soldier that doesn’t know his history. He’s a servant in America that doesn’t know his history. He’s a graduate from Harvard or Columbia or Yale or Howard or Tuskegee who doesn’t know his history. And because he doesn’t know his history he’s confined, he’s limited, he’s held under the control and the jurisdiction of the white man who knows more about the history of the [Afrikan] than the [Afrikan] knows about himself”.

Some of the erroneous labels that have been popularised and have, for far too many, been taken on as exclusive identifiers such as ‘street’, ‘urban’, ‘ethnic minority’ and the like have served as vices of disconnection from the vital empowerment of the Afrikan history continuum. This travesty can be compounded with the imposition of alien labels imposed via the confines of so-called citizenship as a result of foreign rule. Omowale Malcolm X elaborates:

“Once you see that the condition that we’re in is directly related to our lack of knowledge concerning the history of the [Afrikan]. The [Afrikan’s] history – when you refer to him{/her] as [Afrikan] you go way back, but when you refer to him as a Negro, you can only go as far back as the Negro goes. And when you go beyond the shores of America you can’t find a Negro. So if you go beyond the shores of America in history, looking for the history of the [Afrikan], and you’re looking for him under the term Negro, you won’t find him He doesn’t exist. So,you end up thinking that you didn’t play any role in history”.

“It’s a crime, the lie that has been told to generations…Little innocent [Afrikan] children, born of parents who believed that their race had no history. Little [Afrikan] children seeing, before they could talk, that their parents considered themselves inferior. Innocent [Afrikan] children growing up, living out their lives, dying of old age - and all their lives ashamed of being [Afrikan]. But the truth is pouring out of the bag now”.

 In the approach to Omowale Malcolm X Kukumbuko, learning can become a progressive and purposeful mission. Time taken to learn can go a long way. Learn of Afrikan progressive mission and live Afrikan progressive mission is the becoming of vital Afrikan acumen.

Throughout the annual cycle of the spiritual and cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation observance to observance, Afrikan life is endowed with the essential of living knowingness. For the Afrikan souls, being a part of an organ for mission ascendancy is key. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation is a spiritually and culturally rooted organ for Afrikan ascension.

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.

Afrikan World Studies programmes are an 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.

Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Omowale Malcolm X Kukumbuko, the 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.

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.