Spirit of Omowale Malcolm X All-Year-Round: Musa 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 Musa Msimu.

Musa Msimu (Garvey Season) is a time of year honouring the supreme emperor of global Afrikan ascendancy and the Garvey movement. Marcus Garvey is Ausar manifest. Marcus Garvey is Obatala manifest. Ausar is the father of Heru. Obatala is Ausar-spirit and father-deity of the Afrikan sphere from which Ogun comes to be.  Omowale Malcolm X is Heru manifest. Omowale Malcolm X is Ogun manifest.  Omowale Malcolm X was born of father Garvey’s spirit.

Omowale Malcolm X came into physical being of a Garveyite family. Both his parents Earl Little and Louise Little were important and progressive members of the Garvey Movement.

“Earl Little was then president of the Omaha branch of the UNIA and Louise Little was responsible for sending news of chapter activities to Garvey’s international newspaper…The Littles seem to have been successful enough in their political work to have organised a Liberty Hall meeting place in Omaha”.

“Young Malcolm often accompanied his father to UNIA meetings and was impressed as the Garveyites exclaimed, ‘Afrika for Afrikans’”

The Little family (a Garveyite family with nothing little about their spirits at all), were special and were trusted by Marcus Garvey, so much so he entrusted them with his very being as Wlifred highlights:

“When we were in – I think it was Milwaukee, there was a time when Marcus Garvey – they were attempting to deport him. In fact, they did deport him eventually. But he did come through and stayed with us. We couldn’t tell anybody that he was there at the time”.

The hostile alien forces of anti-Afrikan agency sought to destroy the organisational thrust of Garvey not only by attacking Marcus Garvey himself but also viciously attacking Garveyites and Garveyite families. It was a result this hostile enemy agenda that drove young Malcolm into ‘the streets’. In a courageous effort to remain progressive in the midst of the enemy onslaught, Wilfred became involved with a group because it carried the familiar organisational form of the Garvey Movement. Wlfred describes the journey thus:

“When I became aware of a Muslim group who were doing things similar to what we had done in the UNIA, so when I heard about that, I got involved with them an once I did, I brought in my brothers and sisters who were in the area into it. Malcolm had a hard time accepting the Islam when he first heard about it. But my younger brother Reginald who had been on the streets with Malcolm, and they understood each other, so I sent Reginald to him to visit him in prison. And Reginald is the one who convinced him”.

“We already had been indoctrinated with Marcus Garvey’s Philosophy, so that was just a good place for us. They didn’t have to convince us we were Black and should be proud or anything like that”.

One of the significant reasons that this group appealed to young ones of Earl and Louise was that its leader had himself been a part of the Garvey Movement prior to the change of his surname:

“Elijah Poole... He was a good member of the UNIA and worked with us for many years, and when he came in contact with Fared, Poole left Detroit. After leaving the Detroit Division, he went to Chicago and was captain of the legion there. He saw the opportunity of organising under the name of Black Muslim. But there is no Black Muslim in the world. But Elijah Poole was wise enough in arousing the Black people here in certain areas especially in Illinois, to recognise that they must do something economic for their race, and that since they are Black Muslims then they must work as Black people. If he had left the word ‘Muslim’ out, I think he would have gotten more cooperation from even those who were at one time former members of the UNIA”.

The Garveyite spirit of Malcolm burst to the fore once he did eventually become a part of that group.

“The movement grew by leaps and bounds because he was very dedicated and he spent a lot of time recruiting and building…the businesses – he built the businesses up. He started a newspaper, he worked very, very hard. There was a lot of animosity toward him.’What are you trying to do?’. kind of thing”.

Omowale Malcolm X remained clear and true on the impact, influence, inspiration that emanated from the supreme visionary Marcus Garvey:

“All freedom movements that are taking place right here in America today were initiated by the work and teachings of Marcus Garvey. The entire Black Muslim philosophy is feeding upon the seeds that were planted by Marcus Garvey”.

“Every time you see another nation on the Afrikan continent become independent, you know that Marcus Garvey is alive. It was Marcus Garvey’s philosophy of Pan Afrikanism that initiated the entire freedom movement, which brought about the independence of Afrikan nations. And had it not been for Marcus Garvey and the foundations laid by him, you would find not independent nations in the [so-called] Caribbean today”.

“Marcus Garvey was the first Black man to come into this country and get a mass movement, an allegiance, support of the masses of [Afrikan] people. Why? Because Garvey didn’t care what the white man thought. Garvey didn’t care what the white man felt. Garvey had the feelings of the [Afrikan] at heart. Garvey had the hopes and aspirations of the [Afrikan] at heart. And the [Afrikan] masses detected this. They felt this. They were conscious of this. So, they gave Garvey their support. And anyone today, who can get a following among the masses of [Afrikan] people in this country is immediately labelled by the united states government as un-American, as seditious, as subversive. As Marcus Garvey was labelled un-American, seditious and subversive. Any [Afrikan] who has the true intention of solving the problem of the masses of [Afrikan] people in this country, the government itself will try and trick that man[/woman] and trap that man[/woman] and frame that man[/woman]. And usually he’ll do it by these uncle tom negro leaders who the government has set up. The negro intellectual was against Garvey. The negro professional was against Garvey. Because Garvey represented the [Afrikan].”

Prior to the sunset of his physical life-span Omowale Malcolm X stated his intention to bring Marcus Garvey’s vision and mission into full fruition:

“For the first step that has been taken brothers and sisters since Garvey died to actually establish contact with our Afrikan brothers on the Afrikan continent”.

 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.

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