Hotep

"Next the going back to Afrakan "traditions" has more to do with using an Afrakan WORLDVIEW practicing TRADITIONS EXACTLY how our ancestors did. The ancestors new that the only constant was CHANGE and that a rigid adherence to tradition was dangerous (eg. symbolism of "Set" in KMT mythoscience). Here is where the Afrakan (Akan) concept of Sankofa comes into play. The Sankofa bird is continually walking forwards while looking back holding an egg in its mouth. The egg represents the ESSENCE of the past as that ESSENCE in the same in the past, present and future, as time is cyclical. Each (Afrakan) group's manifestation of that ESSENCE varies according to time, land, and the challenges with which they (WE) might be faced."

Main purpose is to go back. Where can we go back to? Since most Afrakans in the Americas are from West and Central Afraka, why not start there? Instead of giving up before you begin, OPEN YOUR OWN EYES. These areas possess a wealth of traditions that are still intact (despite alien suppression). Dogon, Yoruba, Akan, Kikongo, etc.


PEace
Solarus

***Words of Wisdom***

"If it's not about NATIONBUILDING, it's not about ANYTHING."- Dr. John Henrik Clarke

"We are not the victims! We are just fighting forces that we cannot see!"-2001 Sankofa Conference

"You don't have the RIGHT to have free time from your children."-Kwame Agyei Akoto

"It is the worst feeling to hear the call of the drum and not be able to respond."-Solarus

On understanding Afrakan thought:
"it's like explaining astrophysics to a whino, the explanation can't be done like that. when people try to simplify it, they ask the other person to tailor the answers their cultural context. and trying to cater afrikan ideals to european understanding is a REAL sin."-utamaroho