Spirit of Omowale Malcolm X All-Year-Round: Ujamaa Kiburi Siku

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 Ujamaa Kiburi Siku (Afrikan Economic Pride Day).

Omowale Malcolm X shares his insights on the importance of Afrikan people having their own economy as part of the imperative for self-governance:

“The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that we should own and operate and control the economy of our community”.

“you will let anybody come in and take control of the economy in your community. Control the housing, control the education, control the jobs, control the businesses under the pretext that you want to integrate. No, you’re out of your mind!”

“The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that we have to become involved in a programme of re-education to educate our people into the importance of knowing that when you spend [money] out of the community in which you live, the community in which you spend your money becomes richer and richer. The community out of which you take your money becomes poorer and poorer. And because these [so-called] negroes, who have been mislead, mis-guided are breaking their necks to spend their money with ‘the man’ – ‘the man’ is becoming richer and richer and you are becoming poorer and poorer. And then what happens? The community in which you live becomes a slum. It becomes a ghetto. The conditions become run-down. And then you have the audacity to complain about poor housing and a run-down community. Why, you run it down yourself when you take your money out”.

“[the Afrikan] for the past four-hundred years has been like a boy in the white man’s house begging the white man for a job, for food, clothing and shelter and then after the white man provides him with all of these things he turns around and has the nerve to get angry at the white man when the white man tries to control his life. How can a group of people such as our people who own no factories, have equal job opportunities competing against a race that owns the factories. The only way the two can have equal job opportunities is if Black people have factories as well as white people have factories… But as long as the factories are in the hands of whites, the housing is in the hands of the whites, the school system is in the hands of the whites the Blacks are constantly begging the whites – can they use this or can they use that. That’s not any kind of equality of opportunity nor does it lead towards ones dignity”.  

“You take the people who are in this audience right now. They’re poor, we’re all poor as individuals. Our weekly salary individually amounts to hardly anything. But if you take the salary of everyone in here collectively it’ll fill up a whole lot of baskets. It’s a lot of wealth. If you can collect the wages of just these people right here for a year, you’ll be rich – richer than rich. When you look at it like that, think how rich uncle sam had to become, not with this handful but millions of Black people. Your and my mother and father, who didn’t work an eight-hour shift, but worked from “can’t see” in the morning until “can’t see” at night, and worked for nothing, making the white man rich, making uncle sam rich”.

Using money as a vice of manipulation has been one of the tactics used by alien forces. In a visit from the FBI and interactions from other foreign forces Omowale would not allow himself to be bribed and misused against his people:

“[FBI] Agent: Sometimes you are convinced, but sometimes money brings out the information. I don’t intend to insult you here.

Malcolm: According to the Secretary of the Treasury, this Government’s money is in trouble. According to Government economists, the dollar itself is in so much trouble a person would be a fool to sell his soul for one of these decreasing dollars”.

“The Arabs and certain powerful groups within Islam really wanted Malcolm on their side. There was a serious attempt to persuade Malcolm to turn…and establish a separate Islamic group based on what they considered to be orthodox Islam. They offered him three and a half million. He turned it down and we were walking down the street toward his car and this man had turned down three and half million dollars. He wacked me on the shoulder and said, ‘Swine-eater, let me buy you a cup of coffee’”.

 

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.