Upright Empowerment of an Economy of Self: What of Economic Motive?
- By kwende ukaidi
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- 03 Jun, 2025
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Celebrating Economy of Self

Self-economy functioning for Afrikan souls is naturally embedded within their authentic cultured living (creatively restored or otherwise). As such, their motivations for self-economy functioning are rooted in cultural fabric as a matter of normality. Thus, economic motivations for this primary people of creation naturally carry the qualities of their cultural values and are key in driving their self-determined economic activity of upright order to service their fullest flourishing and security here, there and elsewhere.
According to a mainstream source:
“Economic motives encourage people to carry out economic activities to achieve prosperity. In other words, economic motives make people take economic action. The most basic economic motive is to fulfill life's necessities”.
To bring the focus specifically to the Afrikan experience at the level of shared core oneness that this soul people naturally hold, adaptation of the sourced detail is considered apt. Alteration may result in something that looks like the following:
“Afrikan economic motives are naturally rooted to authentic Afrikan cultured living (creatively restored or otherwise) and empower Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere to realise their fullest flourishing and security. In other words, Afrikan economic motives make this soul people take economic action of rightful order to achieve and maintain prosperity. In this, the most basic economic motive to fulfill Afrikan life’s necessities is naturally actioned for achievement within Afrikan life regardless of geographical locale in the best ways possible”.
Unfortunately, others that mean the Afrikan ill may attempt to exercise motivations that are destructive to Afrikan life and its well-being. According to another mainstream source there are economic motivations for conflict:
“Economic Motivations for Conflict: Economic factors can be a driving force behind conflicts, such as resource control, trade disputes, or economic exploitation”.
Afrikan resource whether as people or as those of their natural environment have attracted the exploitative gaze of many. Conflicts can ensue amongst others bent on ill towards the Afrikan as they destructively compete or ‘scramble’ to gain exploitative dominance. At the same time, acute levels of conflict may be inflicted upon Afrikan life as Afrikan souls naturally fight to defend themselves from parasitic assault and imposition. The resultant havoc, chaos and disorder spawned from ill-motives can be disastrous to state the least.
Certainly, there are lessons that the Afrikan can learn from this even at the person level of day-to-day life. Surely, Afrikan souls ought not be driven by ill-motives that lead to self-destruction by proxy. Petty jealousies and wilfully destructive acts of wrongdoing intentionally set to bring about the downfall of souls missioning with upright Afrikan economic motives for Afrikan ascension are despicable steps towards doom. Misguided perpetrating souls may shroud their ill-intent with deceit, deception and falsehoods. Yet, it is only Afrikan souls themselves that can secure themselves against such destructive folly. In this, a look into the mirror of self is surely of great value. Indeed, the recovery of self-knowledge and authentic cultured living (creatively restored or otherwise) is key. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.
Ujamaa Kiburi Siku is a wonderful part of the spiritual-cultural observance calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. It takes place in the first week of June marking the time of significant occurrence both on the continent of Afrika and in the diaspora concerning Afrikan economy. Ujamaa Kiburi Siku as with the other observances on the Afrikan cultural calendar is just that – an observance. Therefore, wherever the Afrikan is whether at home, at a community gathering or elsewhere it can be observed.
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