12 Basic Things We All Can Do Right Now To Advance The Cause of Our Liberation
from "The African Word, Dedicated To The Reconstruction of African Civilization and Culture"
A newsletter published
by Dr Batu A. Shakari
1. Learn about Yourself, Your People, Your History, Your Civilization and Your Culture (start buying African-Centered books, video tapes, audio tapes, etc., so that you willl come to Know Yourself, Love Yourself and Be Yourself).
2. Stop inferiorizing Yourself by imitating the appearance of others, and start accepting and respecting your own appearance by loving and wearing your hair the way it naturally grows, cherishing and keeping your skin color the way it naturally glows, and embracing and appreciating your physical features the way they naturally show.
3. Select an African name for yourself and every member of your family, for through re-naming yourself you are taking one of the most important steps towards reclaiming yourself.
4. Purchase African-made and African-oriented clothing for yourself and every member of your family, and wear then as often as possible.
5. Wear African-centered jewelry such as necklaces, rings and bracelets that depict Africa, The Ankh, Nefertari, Rameses, etc and wear them as often as possible.
6. Keep a map of Africa and an African Flag (Red, Black and Green) on display in your home at all times as a constant acknowledgement and reinforcement of your identification with The People, Land and Culture of your origin.
7. Stop Smoking, drinking and using drugs (except for the treatment of legitimate medical conditions), and start treating your body like the holy sanctuary that it is.
8. Understand and internalize the truth that all African People are One People, all African Land is One Land, and all African Knowledge is One Knowledge; and teach these principles to your children.
9. Learn to always seek the highest truth (the best way) in all that you do in life, and always recognize that knowledge and truth are infinite treasures that we must pursue on a constant basis for us to achieve and maintain progressive advancement and empowerment from generation-to-generation.
10. Commit yourself to positive change (both in thought and action), and start contributing on a consistent basis to the building and maintenance of institutions that are working for the total freedom and independence of all African People throughout the world, and the rebuilding of our own modern and independent civilization and culture.
11. Love and want for your African Brothers and Sisters what you love and want for yourself.
12. Always remember that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and therefore we must remain eternally united as a people.
Thanks for "listening,"
Sesa Woruban
Sen-t Ra Sa-t Maat
2 comments:
THANK YOU SISTA SESA! An excellent 12 points, Dr Shakari hit the nail on the head. Please send me more info on Dr Shakuri, I appreciate it. Good work Sis...DONT STOP...
HTP!
Born Understanding, Dr Batu A Shakari is the Founder and Director of the African World Research Institute here in Chicago. He is a lecturer and author. The books I have by him are "Revolutionary Thought" and "Tribalism, Mysticism, Primitivism and the Rise of Genocide Against the African World." I haven't gotten to them yet, but when I do I will let you know how they are.
He also puts out a newletter 6 times a year. He isn't for beginners. He isn't for the soft hearted either! If you're looking to "feel good" about everything Africans have ever done, he'd be the wrong guy to talk to. I'm not saying I agree with all that he says, but he's worked hard and I appreciate that.
HTP!
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