What of the Cultural Emporium?

It would have been impossible for Afrikan souls to have realised the greatest and most enduring civilisations void of their self-determined cultural core of life. It is spoken of as core for it is naturally the central rootedness from which outward flourishing is expressed. Here, outwardly expressed activities such as trade and commerce reflected the highly civilised norm of this primary people of creation. As such, central hubs of trading or the cultural emporium were key self-determined operations in service of this people’s growth, development and fullest flourishing.

According to a contemporary mainstream source, readily accessible recall of what cultural means is provided thus:  

“relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society”.

And:

“relating to the arts and to intellectual achievements”.

In relation to the word emporium a like source offers the following definition:

“a centre of commerce; a market”.

Pulling the two definitions together in description of a cultural emporium one may get the following:

“a centre of commerce or market relating to the ideas customs, arts, intellectual achievements and social behaviour of a society”.

Now, let us qualify this with application of the identity of the soul people of creation:

“a centre of commerce or market relating to the ideas customs, arts, intellectual achievements and social behaviour of Afrikan society”.

Of course, and as inferred from the outset, the Afrikan cultural emporium is an entity that naturally services the empowerment of Afrikan civilisation. Yet, if subject to a state of interruption and disruption the vehicle of trade and commerce could end up being a vice to serve the best interests of others to the neglect, abandonment or deficit of Afrikan growth, development and flourishing. Certainly, this can be true if those that mean the Afrikan ill were to have their way. Indeed, steeped in unknowingness of self, souls may find it acutely difficult to recall or conceive of Afrikan civilisation let alone work in the interest of their own upright ascension.

Whatever the conditions, it is only Afrikan souls themselves that can restore their highly cultured life of upright ascension and engage in the activities that serve to empower their lives. Whether that outwardly expressed activity is in the operation of a cultural emporium or otherwise. Whatever the activity the norm of the cultured core naturally remains foundational. This pioneering people of culture and civilisation can – and surely must - reveal the best of themselves for 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.

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