What of Cultural Products?

There is great expression that comes from the naturally self-determined cultural core of Afrikan life. It outwardly informs or empowers the grand panorama of life endeavours whether deemed art, science, technology and so on. As such, the creative production that emerges throughout the various levels of Afrikan life consists of example areas that are – as a norm – culturally rooted and also reflective of cultural substance. Necessarily, that which the Afrikan naturally produces is generally purposeful in one way or another in service of their norm of pinnacle civilisation.

According to a contemporary mainstream source, cultural products are:

“Consumer goods that convey ideas, symbols and ways of life, i.e. books, magazines, multimedia products, software, recordings, films, videos, audio-visual programmes, crafts and fashion”.

Another, similar source identifies cultural products as:

“Goods and services that include the arts (performing arts, visual arts, architecture), heritage conservation (museums, galleries, libraries)”.

If each product mentioned in the above definitions are qualified with the identity of the primary people of creation, you can arrive at a resultant list thus:

Afrikan books, Afrikan magazines, Afrikan multimedia products, Afrikan software, Afrikan recordings, Afrikan films, Afrikan videos, Afrikan audio-visual programmes, Afrikan crafts and Afrikan fashion.

Further, one can also state:

Afrikan performing Arts, Afrikan visual arts, Afrikan architecture, Afrikan museums, Afrikan galleries and Afrikan libraries.

Throughout their richly endowed continuum from the earliest of times, this soul people created the products, determined the services and constructed the establishments that best served their highly civilised norm.

Of course, in a state of interruption and disruption the identity-qualified listing above may be content void, seem as though its and oddity or deemed rare as the products and institutions that serve the best interests of others dominate their existence.  Indeed, Afrikan souls may be compelled to exclusively toil to produce goods and services that empower others to the complete neglect of their own self-beneficial creative production flow. Worse still, are the efforts of others that mean the Afrikan ill that attempt to render Afrikan culture null and void. If Afrikans succumb to such folly then their natural engagement with Afrikan products or services can suffer in dire ways.

Yet despite the challenges, it is Afrikan souls themselves that can restore a level of self-knowingness and their cultural core of empowerment and recover their creative produce of brilliancy in service of their highly civilised norm.   Civilisation is not of happenstance.

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-O establishment 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.