The
remembrance of our ancestors and their redemption, our
continued oppression in America inspires me to re-acknowledge
my love for African people. This inspiration and love
also causes me to intensify my work in the Black Liberation
Movement.
The
word love is probably one of the most used and overworked
words in the English language. According to most European
definitions, love is �a feeling of strong personal attachment
induced by sympathetic understanding or by ties of kinship.�
And of course we are most familiar with the usage of the
word love in connection with, �Tender and passionate affection
for one of the opposite sex.�
From
time to time we also hear the word love used as an expression
and articulation of one�s love for African people as a
race.
It
is without question, that segments of the worldwide African
Community have lost all sense of moral and ethical relationships
with other African people. This is demonstrated day in
and day out by the increased number of African people
participating in their own genocide: killing each other,
mentally and physically abusing each other, stealing from
each other, being dishonest with each other, and the list
goes on and on and on. This is why the Reparations Movement
is so important in the process of repairing damages inflicted
upon us.
I
can truly say I love African people no matter how frustrated
I get with the negative behavior of so many of our people.
I
love African people because I understand that the creative
force of the universe has endowed us to make the great
contributions we have made and continue to make to the
world.
A
simple inspection of the ancient Nile
Valley civilizations of Kemet
(Egypt)
should cause African people to love each other. Ancient
Kemet and the Kemetic people (African people) were the
creators of mathematics, science, art, architecture, writing,
governance, astronomy, medicine, and so much more.
The
ancient Kemetic people produced wisdom that was written
down in their language called Medew Netcher / Divine
Speech (our classical African language) or what the Europeans
call hieroglyphs.
We
can examine this ancient Kemetic wisdom in The Husia,
which gives us insight into how our great ancestors
viewed life, death, human relations, marriage, parenting,
use of power, God, family, and standard of moral and ethical
conduct.
Reading
The Husia brings out all my love for African people
in a most profound and spiritual way.
Listen
to the words translated in The Husia:
�Do
not terrorize people for if you do, God will punish you
accordingly.
If anyone lives by such means, God will take
bread
from his or her mouth. If one says I shall be right by
such
means, she will eventually have to say my means have
entrapped
me.�
This
passage continues:
�If
one says I will rob another, he will end up being robbed
himself.
The plans of men and women do not always come to
pass
for in the end it is the will of God which prevails. Therefore,
one
should live in peace with others and give gifts which
another
would
take from them through fear.�
These
words written 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and their wisdom
should cause all African people to once again love each
other for the greater good of our race.
Our
love for each other and the wisdom of our ancestors, should
give us the inspiration and motivation, to re-dedicate
ourselves to the continued struggle for the liberation
of Africa people worldwide.
We
have a responsibility and duty to the Creator who gives
us all life, power, and health, by building institutions
and giving back that which has been given to us through
the creative force of the universe. This responsibility
and duty should inspire us to work harder in the Reparations
Movement.
I
love African people because I know we have the capacity
to return to the concept of Maat (truth,
justice, balance, divine order, righteousness, reciprocity,
and love), and by doing so, restore Maat to its
rightful place in our lives. Once Maat is restored,
we can do as the Creator has done by giving life, power,
and health. By restoring Maat, we restore ourselves,
thus giving us all the necessary ingredients to
continue our work in the Black Liberation Movement.
Only
through love can we survive the white supremacy genocidal
onslaught. I love African people and I urge all
African people to love each other!
BlackCommentator.com
Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman Emeritus
of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here
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