The Impact of Omowale Malcolm X as Shared by an Inspired Journalist and Interviewer

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 inspired journalist and interviewer is Gil Noble  shares  his views on the impact of this great hero:

“I had this apartment, a bachelor apartment on Convent Avenue and I had been having a lot of fun you know. And here he comes talking about a different way of life. First of all he dropped his last name. Well, we’d been socialised to take pride in our last name. The more European it sounded the better…Noble you know that’s wonderful. If it wasn’t French enough you’d put an ‘ett’ on it. You know, to make it sound more French. And so, here’s a man that dropped his good last name and replaced it with an ‘X’. I thought the man was crazy. And then he talked about discipline, self-discipline. He said we do not believe in drinking. And at the time I would have a taste. And he said that we don’t smoke cigarettes, with or without a label on them. And I would smoke, you know, with a label. And he said, we don’t eat pork. Well, I loved me some ribs. And then he said we don’t fornicate. And so psychologically I said, ‘Malcolm, I see you later’.

But what he was doing in deprecating whiteness, I came to understand later, that he was rearranging the balance that we needed. Because we had glorified whiteness and deprecated [Afrikanness]…and the discipline he was talking about were things that we really needed to address. But I couldn’t swallow that at the time. So, jumping forward in time, a lot of things happened in the [fight for liberty] and Malcolm was struck down in ’65 and I never went to hear him speak. My only impression of Malcolm was on the soundbites on the evening news. And, if there was a rally in Harlem, where I’m living now. I’m living in Harlem. And he would have a rally ten blocks away. I would go in the other direction…I would go out of my why to avoid this man, because I thought he was wrong…

I was arrogant in my ignorance. And it wasn’t until 1965 when he was assassinated, that there was a brother who lived in the projects and he called me aside and he said, ‘I’ll tell you why Malcolm was killed’. And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ . He said, ‘Come up to my apartment’. So, I went and he gave me a recording he had made of Malcolm at one of his speeches. And so, for the first time I heard Malcolm unedited in context. And so I learnt about Malcolm and realised that I’d been had. I had bought [what the media had told me] hook, line and sinker. But when I heard Malcolm’s entire presentation, everything fell in line and it was logical. And it made me understand there was no sin in being angry. In fact, if you’re not angry, there’s something wrong with you.

{And why do you think Malcolm was killed?} I think that there are a number of reasons why he was killed. And it’s a very, very painful reality that we need to deal with. He was a threat to America’s global ambitions. He had done a lot in Afrika to awaken the Afrikan countries. And let them understand that they should not be victim of the courtship that American businesses were engaged in, the Peace Corps and all these things because they don’t love you. They want your minerals. If they did, look at what their doing to us and we’re your brothers and sisters. Look at what they’re doing to us in Mississippi and what not. And many of them began to quote Malcolm on the floor of the United Nations, ironically. So, I think that’s one dimension of the state department. And they tried to kill him when he was in Egypt. They poisoned him but he had his stomach pumped and he survived. So, that was one dimension. Then, there were the authorities here in this country that also wanted him to leave this life…

Malcolm had a tremendous impact on me after he was dead. Yes, because after that I became hungry to get this story and learn more about this extraordinary man”.

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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