Reflections on life and living by Dr. Kamau Rashid
The mind is endowed with infinite potential. In fact, the mind is the wellspring that has enriched human life since its inception on this planet. When we survey African history, we are continually astounded by the grand potentiality of the
Read moreA person posed the following question: Since most of our ancestry derives from West Africa, why does African history always focus on Ancient Egypt? My response: I don’t think that African history only focuses on Egypt (Kemet), however the focus
Read moreAkan Abibitumi: http://abibitumi.com LearnAkan.com: https://www.learnakan.com/ Textbooks from the National African Language Resource Center: https://nalrc.indiana.edu/resources/books-media/lets-speak.html Video Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-vyAPawT20CKpp9H-xjFlg?fbclid=IwAR079pHmTkHwrogp1k6rfyhwO46RpcAXel3vR7Se5YsK7lW_DgO396zfBgk Various resources: https://lmc.uiowa.edu/resources/twi-language-and-culture-resources Bamana/Bambara Textbooks from the National African Language Resource Center: https://nalrc.indiana.edu/resources/books-media/lets-speak.html Ewe Various resources: https://lmc.uiowa.edu/resources/ewe-language-and-culture-resources Fulani/Fula/Pulaar/Pular Fulani-English/English-Fulani Dictionary
Read moreWe are not living at the apex of African civilization. In fact, we must face the unfortunate reality that our civilizations, our societies have been reduced and that their resources—intellectual and material—have been usurped to serve as a foundation for
Read moreEric Williams’s monumental work Capitalism and Slavery captures the synergistic links between the rise of modern capitalism and white racism. In it, Williams argues that racism, as an ideological framework that argued for and sought to concretize in the realm
Read moreOne message of the dominant culture is the ethos of atomistic individualism. This is the notion that we are all solitary individuals, having no obligations beyond our own person, wherein our own preferences take greater priority over any imagined collective
Read moreYears ago I read Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyèwùmí’s work on gender in Yorùbá society. I found her work exceedingly interesting. I was struck by the indigenous conceptualization of Ọṣun (Oshun) as “Oore yeye”, the “generous mother”. I found this quite interesting given that
Read morePart of the genius of the Nguzo Saba is the necessity of each of its principles to the attainment of African liberation. From a foundational point of view, liberation in any meaningful sense is unattainable without umoja, unity. Furthermore, any
Read moreUmoja is not merely an abstraction, but is expressed in word and deed. At the core of our striving for unity is the recognition that we are one people who share a common destiny. Thus in striving for unity, our
Read moreKUJITIWALA An Afrikan Sovereignist interpretation of the Nguzo Saba UMOJA (“unity”) The Pan-Afrikanist Vision of Afrikan people throughout the world joining forces to fight for Afrikan Sovereignty and to build an Afrikan World Order. KUJICHAGULIA (“self-determination”) Afrikan people defining ourselves
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