Exceptionl writing i must say. Huge point being made here. So many things to talk about.
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.– Marcus Garvey
It is critical that we understand the slave mind: Not the slave mouth. You can train someone to say anything; they can say “I am 100% for transforming African people” but deep inside the mind is that little slave who only wants “a more comfortable cage“. So when African agency and African economics hit reality they freeze up and go into slave attack mode to preserve the cage environment.
During slavery the scraps and leftovers of food and apparel went to the enslaved Africans. Today the crumbs, the fat from the used bones of Western propaganda still are staples of the diet of the subaltern. I agree that these slave masters took control of our thinking and rather made our bones stronger, our parents couldnt even remember our history anylonger, how could this history be passed down. There was no time for mums to spend with their child. Our crucial parts were taken away from us. I really understand you when you say that the quest is painful and angering. May God help you out. Your heart desires will be met.
Our minds can be our own prison. It will take time for us to heal. We have to embrace our African heritage.
We really need to embrace it so much. Every individual should seek to define his- or herself in a way that suits them. That’s what makes you, you.
Sure, giving our children traditional African names or occasionally dressing in kente cloth or standing for the Black National Anthem is fun, but actually embracing Africa is another story.
For black people in America, there is nothing that keeps us from embracing the African continent. There is, however, a chain that binds us to Europe and Western standards, that causes us to view Africa as the “other” rather than the “origin” that it is, not just for black people in the US, but for the entire World.. But thid mindset should be changed. We should be prous of our rrue origin of being African. Thank you so much @humanearl, this is a topic i am passionate about.