Habari Gani 2023 Vol 1: A Focus on Recent Events
By Makheru Bradley
January 7, 2023 11:00PM
Things I would like to see from Afrikan people in 2023
Critical Thinking“Critical thinking is disciplined, in-depth and inclusive reasoning about issues. It is reasoning with intellectual and ethical standards, that is standards of rationality and human sensitivity. In a European context, critical thinking evolves around intellectual requirements, i.e. standards of rationality and reasoning skills. But, Afrocentric critical thinking must and does always involve both rational and emotional engagement of the issue, i.e. intellectual skills and human sensitivity, especially moral sensitivity.” – Dr. Maulana Karenga
For many people emotions dominate rational thought at critical moments. Cerebral balance between emotions and rational thought is an absolute necessity.
Life-enhancing values
The “Mantra” I composed for The Males Place is an example of this. It reads:
“I watch my thoughts, they become my words. I watch my words, they become my actions. I watch my actions, they become my character. I watch my character, it determines my destiny.
‘Values are categories of commitment and priorities which enhance or diminish human possibilities.’
As a result of the manhood training I’m receiving at The Males Place, I have a positive focus on my thoughts, words, actions, character, and destiny, which will enhance my possibilities, thus benefiting myself, my family, my community and my people.”
External influences often establish priorities which determine the direction of our lives. Our focus must be on values which enhance our possibilities.
Emulate our highest achievements
As a free, proud, productive, prosperous, and powerful nation for 3,000 years, Ancient KMT (Egypt) possessed the resources to afford the development of groups of people who could devote their total spiritual, intellectual, and physical energies to enhancing the quality of life for the people of KMT. These people developed the most comprehensive system of spiritual beliefs in history, a system of ethics (Ma’at), and an education system (the Mystery Schools) which taught students in all of the fundamentals of civilization and extremely high levels of medicine, science, engineering, and mathematics.
Three Kemetic Concepts:
(1) Sia is exceptional insight and intellectual clarity.
(2) Hu represents articulate command/authoritative utterances—speaking things into existence.
(3) Heka symbolizes extraordinary power.
Concepts such as those allowed the Nile Valley Afrikans of Ancient KMT to perform engineering tasks that still mystify the world today despite all of its super computers and technology.
Paraphrasing the Honorable Marcus Garvey, what Afrikan people have done, that is walk this earth as free, proud, productive, prosperous, and powerful people, Afrikan people can do again.
Reconstructing positive and productive personalities
Narmer, the founder of Ancient KMT, was focused on constructing consciousness—building a one people mentality out of many Afrikan ethnic groups. Our task in the 21st century is more difficult. We have to deconstruct the impact of white supremacy— the psychology of powerlessness, divisiveness, self-hatred, and neocolonialism, then reconstruct our Afrikan-centered personalities.
“Synthesis is the key to ascension” -- Dr. Richard King
Since the fall of the Songhai Empire in the 16th century, Afrikan people, including our leaders, our organizations, our movements, and the nations of our homeland with the most potential, have been constantly taken out of our processes of self-determining development by various national and international elements of the global power elite. Sadly, some of our people have contributed to our own demise. To break these cycles of disruption it is imperative that we focus on synthesizing the best of our traditions (best ideas, programs, practices) and combine those traditions with dynamic, liberating creativity, which neutralizes the capacity of our enemies to impose their diabolical will upon us.
“Replacing self-termination with self-determination” – Tehut-9
It’s not Douglass or Delany; Washington or Du Bois; Du Bois or Garvey; Martin or Malcolm; The Us Organization or the Black Panther Party. It’s a critical analysis of the best of all of them, which when put into practice will facilitate the process of determining our own destiny.
(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author)
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