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MY AFRIKA
on Nkrumah’s ideas, to the det- become healing centers where even say it's part of the globalist
riment of Afrikan unity. true rehabilitation can take agenda since Covid-19 didn’t
place for those who erred on seem to achieve what was
Let’s change the cultural the side of the law and not the expected by the so-called elites.
narrative place where they are made into All of these scenarios may be
An Afrika proverb says that worse criminals; a new narra- true and I am not dismissing
a child leaves the stone that tive of the educational system them, but I watched a video
made him fall right where he fell that teaches our children the where an ex American police
but an elder falling on the same value of life, love, brotherhood, officer was using the situa-
stone will move it away so Ubuntu, true Afrikanism, com- tion to paint a picture of what
nobody else falls on it. Afrika at passion, mindfulness, honor for happened with the children of
"sixty" has come of age to know parents and elders; and a new Israel when they were slaves in
the stones that keep making narrative of politics in which Egypt. And how that after 430
her fall and she really needs leaders are not chosen by the years, they had to be freed by
to decide to remove them. We public based on how deep their force. His words kinda resonate
have enough foundational ideas pockets are but by how large with me more than the other
that can create the reality and their hearts are for the emanci- stories, for clearly, the modern
vitality that we want. pation of their people. day Afrikan Americans are de-
scendants of Afrikans that were
The new age of the Black The Black Afrikan solidarity taken to slavery for 400 years.
Afrikan Sounds similar right? Yes it
I cannot tell you right at this mo- On May 25th of 2020, the world does. And now the call is for the
ment that I have the full mean- watched on social media the freedom of Afrikans from every
ing and context of the idea be- horrible killing of a 45 year old form of slavery, both in the form
hind this new age of the Black Afrikan American George Floyd of racism or mental slavery.
Afrikan that I am talking about, by a Minneapolis Police officer Yes, Afrikan Americans are all
but believe you me, I know named Derek Chauvin. Floyd considered American citizens
something great is coming, died of asphyxia, due to com- and they may not necessarily
which I shall share as it unfolds pression to the neck - which be chased out of America by
as permission is given to do so. can interfere with oxygen going the US government to come
The innovative spirit that was to the brain - and compression back to Afrika, that is not tech-
suddenly awakened in Afrika to the back, which interferes nically possible, but the Afrikan
during this Covid-19 shutdown with breathing, Floyd's death, Americans themselves must
certainly is creating a picture of like a bombshell instantly set know that the time has come
what can happen for Afrika, if off a myriads of events that for them to be set free from
we as Afrikans decide to delib- led to days of protests, chaos, slavery of whatever form. They
erately create a new narrative unrest, looting, arson in multiple must now begin to reconnect
for ourselves. We can create a cities of America. Some say themselves back to their home
new narrative of new technol- the murder was purely a racist in Afrika and help to rebuild the
ogies that give life to organic issue from a white man towards broken places in Motherland
farming and not the capitalistic a black man. That is under- Afrika.
farming of dead GMO foods; standable judging by how many
a new narrative of health care of such crimes against Afrikan These incidences of the pan-
based on natural medicine and Americans have taken place demic, and the death of Floyd
holistic healing; a new narrative over the years. But you will that followed, should wake up
of law and order based on the agree with me that the way the Afrikans at home and in the Di-
principle of Afrikan Ma’at justice entire situation quickly went out aspora to understand that home
system and not the colonialist of hand, from simple protests is always the best place to be
police system that was created over murder, to a chaotic situa- and that we need a new cul-
for the oppression and muzzling tion that needed the American ture of oneness that truly gives
of locals by the colonial ad- military to step into the streets strength to our Afrikanism.
ministrators; a new narrative of of their own land… that it must
reforming our prison systems to mean something else. Some It is time...let my people go.
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