The Impact of Omowale Malcolm X on Black is Beautiful

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. His impact on Black is Beautiful is profound. These are words that speak to the Afrikan aesthetic and substance of being.

Omowale Malcolm X: “Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair? Who taught you to hate the colour of your skin to such extent that you bleach to get like the white man? Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose and the shape of your lips? Who taught you to hate yourself from the top of your head to the soles of your feet? Who taught you to hate your own kind? Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to? So much so that you don’t want to be around each other?...You should ask yourself, who taught you to hate being what God gave you”.

Omowale Malcolm X: “You find that old pale thing laying out in the sun trying to get to look like you. That old pale thing. You find him using man tan trying to look like you. That old pale thing. That old sickly-looking thing. And today we see him like he is. There was a time when we used to druel in the mouth over white people. We thought they were pretty cause we were blind, we were dumb, we couldn’t see them as they are…Now we can see that old pale thing exactly as he looks – nothing but a old pale thing”.

During the Omowale Malcolm X inspired Black Power era Afrikan souls were energised to reclaim their natural form of superlative beauty:

The mass chants for justice at demonstrations and rallies the asserted that Black is beautiful as the phrase energised mission-compelling substance:

“Black is Beautiful! Free Huey!”

One Black Panther Party member elaborates.

Kathleen Cleaver: “This brother here, myself, were born with our hair like this and we just wear it like this. Because its natural. Because the reason for it you might say is the new awareness among [Afrikan] people. That there own natural appearance, physical appearance is beautiful because its pleasing to them. For so many years we were told that only white people are beautiful. Only straight hair, light eyes, light skin was beautiful and so [Afrikan] women would try everything they could to straighten their hair and lighten their skin to look as much as white women”.

The lyrics of James Brown’s song. ‘Say it Loud’ echoed worldwide as part of Afrikan liberty soundscape of the day as people sang, ‘I’m Black and I’m proud’.

To this day, the progressive assertions on the theme of Black is Beautiful is expressed throughout the Afrikan world through music and otherwise. A few examples from popular artists are detailed here.

Chronixx: We love the children of Afrika
Teaching the children
Oh na na na na
La da da da

Black eye, black hair, black skin
Black queen stand majestic with the black king
Today I'll sing you a black song
You need to hear about beautiful black things 'cause
Most time we hear about black, we hear about black magic and black witches
Black list, black book, black market
Black Friday, ya spend off your black riches
I've never seen a doctor in black nor seen a black pill fi cure no black people
But I've seen bush doctors like Tosh and Marley resurrect like a real black beatle
Malcom, Marcus, Martin
When you see Walter Rodney ask him
How you nuh hear about Howell often
So when the little offspring asking, tell them

They never told us that black is beautiful

 

Dead Prez: “This Hollywood world so pretentious, every other girl got a perm or extensions. But you don’t even rarely where lipstick. Still, your beauty is a natural mystic. Indigenous. Strong cheek bones from your lineage. Not what the mainstream image is. Natural hair is your heritage. But to see it without chemicals is as rare as the pyramids. I was coming from the gym again bumping Tupac never call you b**** again”.

 

Flavour: Black is beautiful

 

Dave: Black is beautiful, Black is excellent.

 

Angie Stone: Black brother, I love you. I’ll never try to hurt you. I want you to know that I’m here for you forever. Black brother strong brother there is no one above you.

 

Lovely Hoffman: My Black is Beautiful: Who are you to say that I’m not beautiful. It’ your own insecurity. Because I know and I believe my Black is beautiful, beautiful. My Black is beautiful.

 

India Arie: Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin.

 

Progressive transformation is key in energising Afrikan souls to ever-greater heights and as the Afrikan purges him or herself of the ills of enemy imposition fulfilment of Afrikan liberty and nationhood can be made real in Afrikan life. A true enlivenment of the spirit of Omowale Malcolm X.

 

On this day of the martyrdom of this great hero the words of his friend Benjamin Karim illuminates his everlasting spirit:

“He used to tell us that everything happens on time. Everything happens on time. Because look where he is now….Look where he is now. I mean he’s a martyr. He’ll live forever…But they created what they were trying to destroy, those people that killed him. And look at them. Look at all the people that were involved in that…where are all those…corrupt people. The people that killed him, what did they gain from it? So, who won?”

As the grand rising of global Afrikan ascendancy continues to lift Afrikan souls upwardly to fulfil maximum potential and maximum capability. Not only will natural Afrikan beauty be restored and celebrated but the assertion of Black is Powerful. Or rather, the Afrikan is Powerful, will become profound, victorious and everlasting manifestation in the world.

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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