What of Historical Reenactment?

  • By kwende ukaidi
  • 29 Oct, 2023

Celebrating the Great Afrikan History Continuum

One of the ways in which past experience can be conveyed is through reenactment. Dramas of historical occurrence is something that was pioneered by Afrikan souls in ancient times. This primary people could relay important lessons and fuel inspirations from generation to generation by reenacting important aspects of that which was.  Obviously, for their natural norm of superlative civilisation this was a great boon. For, being witness to the dramatization of great feats of building and defensive achievement in securing their lives and life constructions a continual upward trajectory of growth and development could be realised.

According to a contemporary mainstream source the phrase historical reenactment attracts the following meaning:

“Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms or costumes and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period”.

Further, another contemporary mainstream source highlights the Afrikan pioneering effort in bringing this phenomenon to be:

“The Greeks may have believed that they were the inventors of theatre, but apparently the Egyptians, while they did not construct special venues for their plays, preceded them in the performance of shows, which were mostly pageant-like”.

Yes, as reality attests Egypt is in Afrika. Indeed, the population of north-eastern Afrika in the ancient world did not reflect the modern people make-up in the region resulting from multiple invasions.

So, what of historical reenactment for Afrikan souls in a state of interruption and disruption? Certainly, to reenact historical occurrence there must be some semblance of knowledge of the what was that is of interest. Of course, in disruptiveness others that mean the Afrikan ill can seek to sever the Afrikan of their historical knowingness and push and peddle a barrage of misinformation about the past to suit ill-intentioned activity. Additionally, if Afrikan souls have the scope of their knowing ring-fenced to be contained within a period of disruption itself, then any potential reenactment will likely reflect that period only.

Despite the challenges, Afrikan souls can effect wholesome conduits of education or edutainment through historical reenactments as they deem fit. To do this, a level of historical knowledge restoration is surely of vital importance even if it is not readily accessible through the avenues of engagement widely presented and made popular in the modern mainstream. Thus, there is self-determined effort required on the part of the Afrikan to recover and relay their history to themselves in meaningful and inspirational ways whether through reenactments or otherwise. Each soul from whatever station, level, status and from wherever they stand can make a step of upright progress in this regard. At the same time, souls can do themselves a great service in safeguarding themselves from contaminants of ill, self-destructive wrongdoings and the like.

What can the Afrikan learn and be inspired to do with knowingness of the pinnacle civilisations that they have built in the past? Surely, highly civilised living and highly civilised construction can be energised in Afrikan souls now and throughout their generations to come. Civilisation is not of happenstance.  

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