T-A-M-B-I-K-O - Taalamu  (To be well informed)

Afrikan people are blessed with the greatest culture known to the world by grand orchestration of the Ultimate Divine. From the beginning, and with living knowingness of the Creator Supreme, Afrikans have cultivated themselves at the deepest levels with spiritual and cultural living of the highest order. The wonderful observance of Kwanzaa is a beautiful manifestation of Afrikan spiritual and cultural life. Throughout Afrikan life and indeed as a feature of the Kwanzaa observance is the process of Tambiko or libation. This is a practice of offering, which popularly consists of pouring water into soil to (amongst other things) honour the great ones of the ancestral realm. This energises the efforts made by Afrikans throughout the year to lift themselves in the thrust of nationhood. For this is living honour to those that have previously missioned in honour to lift Afrikan souls in the now and tomorrows to come. Highlighting this important and continual thrust is an acronym of the word Tambiko, compiled by this author. It can be seen as spiritual and cultural energising prompt for annual ascension. Or, it can be viewed as a spiritual and cultural checklist for continually rooted living. The identifiers are in Kiswahili and are detailed thus:

Taalamu  (To be well informed)

Akina (To relate)

Madaraka (To be responsible)

Baraka (To be blessed)

Ishi (To live)

Kamilisha (To be complete)

Ongeza (To incresase)

The first part of the Tambiko acronym is Taalamu  (To be well informed) – To become more greatly informed about the great ones that came before and their efforts and example in the building and safeguarding of Afrikan nationhood.

The Supreme knowing of the sacred universe is the Ultimate Divine that has gifted the Afrikan with the wonderful and essential quality of living knowingness. Such knowing is of the physical and the metaphysical. Such knowing is of the then, the now and the tomorrows to come. Such knowing is organic flow that honours the Afrikan great ones of the then to inform manifest greatness in the now and – in turn – elevate greatness into eternity. It is the knowing that is lived. As Afrikan souls pour tambiko the power, strength and wisdom of great ones of the Afrikan continuum are brought to the fore in the ever-onward and upward thrust of nation building and nation security. Thus, pouring of tambiko is an important feature of progressive Afrikan living and is indeed a part of the wonderful observance of Kwanzaa.

 Victoriously, even if the Afrikan (for survival) is compelled to work in the clutches of alien institutions, is able to still energise spiritual and cultural substance with the Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba. Carving out as much time as is possible for themselves throughout the year for effective nation use, Afrikans can celebrate, reflect and project year-on -year for ever-ascending heights.  

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an organ that is rooted in spiritual and cultural fabric for the imperative the mission of global Afrikan ascendancy. Throughout its annual observance calendar cycle URAN energises active knowingness in and from the core spirit levels of Afrikan beingness. It is from this all-year-round living which includes the other forms of Afrikan knowingness that Kwanzaa (also of the observance calendar cycle) yields celebratory triumph.  

All-year-round and life-long learning for the Afrikan (independent of others) is a wholesome and ever-ascending endeavour. Comparative knowingness is a firm part of this endeavour and its annual yield can be celebrated as a part of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is one in the series of annual observances of the Afrikan spiritual and cultural calendar cycle to bring about and lift the imperative of Afrikan spiritual and cultural maturation.

The wonderful observance of Kwanzaa takes place from the 26th of so-called December to the 1st of so-called January. It is seven-day period of Afrikan celebration and spiritual-cultural enrichment. Based upon the harvesting traditions of the Afrikan world this celebration of first fruits has at its core the Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles) together with an beautiful array of deeply meaningful symbols established elevate the Afrikan world community to its fullest flourishing.

Kwanzaa is one of the essential cultural observances of life within the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. 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 Kwanzaa, the text: From Pert-En-Min to Kwanzaa - A Kuumba (Creative) Restoration of Sacred First Fruits by this author is available to purchase online here. This publication provides informative detail on the of the Kwanzaa celebration. 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.