The Impact of Omowale Malcolm X as Shared by Early Afrika Liberation Day Organiser and Educator

The Creator Supreme is all-knowing and Afrikan souls of the world have been bestowed upon with superlative knowingness from the Ultimate Divine. Remembrance is an important part of knowing. For the Afrikan it is recollection and rejuvenation of spirit. For the Afrikan it is the bringing forth of the best s/heroes of the Afrikan pantheon. For the Afrikan it is key in the process for restoration of self. For the Afrikan it is honouring the best of the Afrikan self. For Afrikan it reconnects the soul to higher purpose. For the Afrikan it is profound learning. For the Afrikan it is a part of spiritual and cultural the life and example of this great hero. This great Heru. This great Ogun. The National Chair of the Afrikan Liberation Committee, leading organiser of early Afrika Liberation Day Celebrations and co-founder of the Malcolm X Liberation University, Owusu Sadaukai:

“{Did Malcolm X have any influence on your own political ideology and development?} Well, I think like any [Afrikan] person my age, I think that Malcolm X did in fact have an influence. But I think honestly, I would have to admit that he probably has had more influence on me since his death than he did when he was alive. Because when he was alive, that was another period that, at least I was going through. And I really saw a lot of the views, now that I think about it in all honesty – a lot of the views that Malcolm was putting forward as being things that I really couldn’t get down with...It was only after I saw Malcolm in a debate with Louis Lomax in Cleveland, Ohio, that I really began to understand what he was saying. And it was just shortly thereafter that he was murdered. So, I would say that definitely he’s had an influence on me as a person and as a [Afrikan] man in the kinds of things he had to say.

{What is the significance of Afrika Liberation Day and the Afrika Liberation Day Support Committee?} Well, I think that  the significance of ALD, the first time it occurred in ’72, that was really the first time to my knowledge for some time that probably I guess since Garvey that people had actually gotten out on the streets to say that they supported, you know, what was happening in Afrika and dealt with it in that fashion. Well, I think the committee beyond that demonstration is that people have begun to see that it’s not only a question of demonstrating once a year. But it is a question of trying to build the type of committee that can support the [fight] of [Afrikan] people in this country as well as give concrete assistance to liberation movements. Because in our discussion with liberation movements, the thing that they kept driving home to us was that the most important way that [Afrikans in America] can aid in the liberation movements was to in fact increase the [fight] for [Afrikan] people in this country against racism and imperialism…And if we begin to [fight] here, an effective revolutionary [fight] here that by definition that [fight] will aid their [fight].

So, I think that the Support Committee has been significant in helping a number of us grow to see that reality. I think the fact that brothers and sisters have continued to work day-to-day [with]… demonstrations…petitions…plus last year we raised 42,000 dollars for liberation movements and had demonstrations in 28 different cities. I think that all of that has led to a growth in the awareness of the role that Afrika plays in the imperialist structure in the world. And more importantly, what we need to do inside this country.

{Do you think [Afrikan] people are moving toward an acceptance of Malcolm’s ideology and ideas?} …in terms of a general acceptance of Malcolm’s ideas, I would say that there are more people who generally accept his ideas. The problem is though, that people will tend to accept his ideas and not apply them to the particular historical circumstance that they live in... And that people do Malcolm a disservice not to try and apply or reconsider the points that Malcolm made within the context of the historical period that we live in which is something I think we have to [fight] more to do”.

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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