Bakari

The first light of human consciousness and the world’s first civilizations were in Africa.” Dr John Henrik Clarke ☥ #PanAfrican#Non-Believer

[Bakari @Bakari1971]

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.
Marcus Garvey

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

“As a people, we have always been revolutionary, creating change and adjusting to change. Today as we stand at the crossroads of our history…we might have to strategically step backward in order to move forward with a clear definition of ourselves.”
-John Henrik Clarke

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

During the Haitian revolution, the French politician Médéric Louis Élie Moreau transcribed the words of the Haitian battle cry. According to Moreau, the chant terrified the White settlers, who couldn’t understand the meaning, but knew that whenever the chant was heard, it was time to run for cover.
It took over 150 years for historians to finally deduce that the Haitians were chanting in the Kikongo language

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

Dr. John Henrik Clarke + Dr. Leonard Jeffries explain the Catholic Church's role in African Chattel Enslavement. The Catholic Church kidnapped Africans + used them as a source of free labor then went on to sanction the act by declaring it permissible + an act of their God.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

Bobby E. Wright argued that racists are psychopaths who not only lack the ability to accept blame for their actions, but are sexually inadequate as well hence the history of sexual violence against Black women. In her autobiography, Assata Shakur argued that the rampant nature of sexual abuse in Black communities was the result of indoctrination which “taught us we were ugly, less than human, unintelligent, and many of us believed it. Black people became breeding animals: studs and mares.” In short, we end up adopting the worst traits of those who enslaved and colonized us. This is why we need decolonization not only on a political and economic level, but also on a psychological and spiritual level as well.

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

“…year after year the Boer drags out the most degraded and ignoble existence ever experienced by a race with any pretensions to civilization”

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

The history of the Kongo Kingdom presents a typical example of how European colonialism destroyed African civilizations. Our mission now is to study our history for the purpose of rebuilding what was destroyed.

https://t.co/I7qFFSCdBy

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

During the Anglo-Xhosa wars (Frontier wars), there was a tyrannical British governor by the name of George Cathcart.
After George Cathcart was killed by Russians in the Crimean war, several prophecies arose in South Africa claiming that Black people in South Africa had allies in Russia who would come help them defeat Whites in South Africa. The prophecies died down after Russia made peace with Britain in 1856.
100 years later, In a coincidental twist of fate, the Soviet Union would become the biggest ally in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Russia not only funded, trained & armed Black guerrilla fighters in South Africa, but across neighboring states, and played a pivotal role in ending apartheid. Thus fulfilling the prophecies

[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

I believe in Pan-Africanism. I believe every African is me. I see myself in other African people, we have the same destiny.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

This is a list of activists who were banned by the government of St. Vincent in 1970. Among the names listed included Walter Rodney and Kwame Ture. The Black Power movement at the time was viewed as a real threat to the governments in the Caribbean, so they worked to suppress the movement.
https://t.co/ESAnQQoCDK

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

Traditional African religions, unlike Abrahamic religions, did not promote proselytizing. In fact, in many religious traditions certain types of religious knowledge are reserved for those who are initiated. Even though the Bible and the Quran discourage forceful conversions, the call to convert others and to spread the religion has historically resulted in religious violence. Yet another difference is the question of belief. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam compel belief in the God of Abraham. In the Christian Bible (Revelation 21:8) and in the Quran (Surah 2:39), it is specifically stated that non-believers will be punished in hell. By contrast, in most African religions which believe in the afterlife do not place particular emphasis on the notion that nonbelievers will be punished.

These are examples which clarify why I take the position that Abrahamic religions are not African. There are certain African influences and similarities, but Abrahamic religions operate on a fundamentally different worldview than most African cultures do. This isn’t a criticism of Africans who practice Abrahamic religions. I just think we need to be honest about the fact that these religions do not come from our cultures.

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

Africans taught Americans advanced ironwork techniques. Even the U.S. government admits it. This should be common knowledge. Enslaved Africans made America the leading producers of iron & steel.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

“What I’m talking about is a concept called Pan-Africanism which has as its mission the freedom of our mind from dependency on others so that we can be free to behave again as a nation of people free of dependency on other people…”
-John Henrik Clarke

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

Cultures are meant to grow and transform. When we study African history, we are not only engaging in the process of trying to recapture what we lost due to slavery and colonialism, but we are also engaging in the process of studying what aspects of our culture didn’t work and what must be done to fix those issues.

[ghetto intellectual™ @kzshabazz]

@AfamDeluxo We must either do what we can to unite or we will continue to be slaves to Europeans and Arabs.

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

One thing people don’t understand about Haitis indemnity payments to France is that France actually paid itself with loans from French banks it negotiated on behalf of Haiti. France then forced Haiti to repay the loans & along with an exorbitant 20% interest rate.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

One of my biggest critiques of "They Came Before Columbus" is that Ivan Van Sertima treats the idea of Abubakari sailing to the Americas as a fact when the reality is no one knows what happened to him and his fleet. As Walter Rodney pointed out in "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa," even if they did arrive in the Americas, they didn't establish two-way links.

[Great House @xspotsdamark]

Because the US attacked Haiti 19 different times, invaded Haiti twice, occupied Haiti for 2 decades, stole Haiti’s entire gold reserves, rewrote Haiti’s constitution, installed a brutal dictatorship in Haiti, Kidnapped & exiled Haiti’s president, etc... You break it, you own it

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by the movement of black consciousness [...] He spoke to all Africans on the earth, whether they lived in Africa, South America, the West Indies or North America, and he made blacks aware of their strength when united.
-Walter Rodney