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2020 AND BEYOND
The Name
aFRIKa
THE IDENTITY, THE LIFE AND THE HOPE
uite a few people have asked me tion and the generation to come. Technology and
about the name Afrika, especially modernity has its benefits, but I do not personally
the concept of using Afrika with a think that most Afrikans are paying attention to
“K” rather than an Africa with a “C” in the cost of what we call civilization both for this
QMsingi Afrika Magazine. I must say generation and the next one. It is not outside of
thanks to them for even noticing the usage. First- reality if I say the Afrika we have now has lost
ly, our usage of Afrika with a “K” is not an attempt so much of her true identity in pursuit of con-
to “stylize” or “Afrikanize” the name Africa by the venience and the hyper-real life of fancy. It is a
change of the consonant “C’ for “K”. It’s actually well-known fact that the ancient Afrikans used
a deliberate push to give Afrika her actual mean- knowledge and learning as a tool of alignment to
ing. It’s a deliberate attempt to show Afrikans divinity, using the natural energy and materials
the truth about who they are in accordance with around them as channels. They didn’t see learn-
the true identity of their home called Afrika. It’s a ing and knowledge as a tool for societal mis-
push to realign Afrikans both at home and in the management, status creation, a divide between
Diaspora to the reality of the prophetic identity learned and unlearned etc, but as a creative tool
found in the name Afrika. So it’s not a play on to properly manage societal cohesion based on
letters to create a brand for a magazine. It is way truth, sincerely, accountability, justice, brotherli-
beyond branding and stylization. ness, faith, compassion, kindness and spirituality
It’s a fact that the entity we now call Africa has to name a few. The ancient Afrikans were not
been given various names over the millennia. ignorant of their name and the corresponding
She has been called Alkebulan, referred to as identity found in its meaning and the depth of
Ethiopia, land of Cush, Kemet (Egypt) and others spirituality it is connected to. And that’s why
that we may not know. I will try as much as pos- everything the ancient Afrikan did was done with
sible to explain this amazing identity behind the God or the “Central Energy” in mind and in the
name Afrika below, while leaving room for others center, irrespective of what or how they interpret-
who may have more insight about the subject ed the concept of God in their day. To them, spirit
matter to also add their voices. and spirituality, the knowledge and energy of the
cosmos and its alignment was fully ingrained
Afrika and Spirituality in their day to day life, a thing the modern day
The ancient Afrikans were not chasers of van- Afrikan has forgotten and even demonized. To
ity and frivolity, nor were they avaricious in their our ancestors, the cosmos itself and how their
social relationship with each other like the mod- lives, their beliefs, their destinies, their family,
ern day Afrikans are. Obviously, lots of things their tilling of the earth are connected to it was
have changed in our world since the generation what mattered to them. Just as the environment
of the ancient Afrikans, things we now call civili- of their temples was made sacred by metaphors
zation and technology etc. But to have changed of cosmic order, entire cities and great ritual
or eroded the ancient moral ideology and the centers were also astronomically aligned and or-
rich Afrikan identity is not good for this genera- ganized. For the ancient Afrikans, nothing in their
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