When You Put a Seed In the Soil It Remains Beneath the Soil Until the Season Changes: What of Historic Cultural Expression? 

Whilst cultural expressions for Afrikan souls naturally represent the outward articulations of this people’s authentic cultural substance (creatively restored or otherwise), and are not the natural core of their culture in and of themselves – they have a role of significant importance to play in Afrikan life. Cultural expressions can be of great inspiration, can be great energisers and can convey important messages amongst much else – all in service of Afrikan people’s fullest flourishing and security whether located here, there or elsewhere.  

A contemporary mainstream source, offers the following definitional detail:  

“The term cultural expressions encompasses both the notions of cultural content and artistic expression and refers to the various ways in which cultural goods and services, as well as other cultural activities, can carry symbolic meaning or transmit cultural values”. 

Throughout the Afrikan history continuum, Afrikan souls have produced a vast array of cultural expressions of great significance that make them of historic standing. With this in mind, the sourced detail can be adapted to reflect the Afrikan experience at the level of shared oneness. In so doing, something that looks like the following may result: 

“Historic and authentic Afrikan cultural expressions encompasses both the notions of authentic Afrikan cultural content and authentic Afrikan artistic expression and refers to the various ways in which self-determined cultural goods and services, as well as other cultural activities, can carry symbolic meaning or transmit Afrikan cultural values. Authentic Afrikan cultural expressions are naturally rooted in and informed by authentic Afrikan cultural substance – creatively restored or otherwise. Such expressions can be of far-reaching inspiration and empowerment for Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere in service of this soul people’s fullest flourishing and security”. 

Unfortunately, others that mean the Afrikan ill may make it their mission to derail Afrikan historic cultural expressions from being established and may seek to generate a barrage of anti-Afrikan propaganda to undermine the natural levels of upright empowerment that come from such expression. Further, susceptibly misguided Afrikan souls steeped in unknowingness of themselves may also attempt to push and peddle anti-Afrikan propaganda by proxy. Thus, Afrikan souls can do themselves a great service in safeguarding against ill-imposition from taking hold with appropriate levels of learning, development and restoration.  

The great hero Omowale Malcolm X, with his profound depth of wisdom, highlights the essential connectedness Afrikan souls here, there and elsewhere ought to have with their cultural roots and that void of such a connection the natural core oneness that Afrikans hold regardless of locale can become stifled at best when he states:    

“Our lack of cultural roots. We had nothing in common. But as the Afrikan nation got its independence and changed its image we became proud of it”. 

Out of shared Afrikan cultural rootedness, authentic historic Afrikan cultural expressions can again take their rightful place in Afrikan life as significant and unending sources of inspiration, information and so on. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.  

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an organ that is rooted in spiritual and cultural fabric for the imperative the mission of global Afrikan ascendancy. Throughout its annual observance calendar cycle URAN energises active knowingness in and from the core spirit levels of Afrikan beingness. 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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The important text: From Ajar to Omowale – The Spiritual & Garveyite Journey of Malcolm X by this author is available to purchase online here. The trailer for this important text can be found online here. This publication provides detail on the life and example of this great hero. You can also visit the establishment of Yemanja-O to pick up a copy.

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