REVOLUTION MEANS REVELATION, THE SOLUTION IS EDUCATION
Solution
The solution was not going to be anger and hatred
of those people that continue to enslave our minds, bodies, hearts and spirits.
These people are not only white, they are also black; the black people locked
up in the middle class complex, locked in fake tolerance, capitalism and crazy
westernisation. Anger and hatred would not be the best solution. The solution
had to be mental, spiritual, emotional and then physical. Although many may think
that physical independence from the colonials or oppressors was enough, this is
not the case.
Physical independence is the least important part
of liberation. Physical independence means nothing if you cannot get respect,
food, education and housing with it. However, it may be a good place to start. The
solution has to have a greater impact. It has to inspire Black people to
believe in themselves, to use their GOD given talents and blessing, to love
themselves and each other. The solution has to touch Black spirits. The
solution cannot be done half-heartedly, it cannot be done quickly, it cannot
lie to people, it cannot allow for further oppression of Black people and it
cannot be a failed western concept. It has to be by Black people for Black
people.
I think the solution lies in education.
Education
Education is not what you get after 15 to 20 years of attending schools and universities. What is earned at these places is training for some sort of occupation, which will help you be self-sustaining for the rest of your life. It’s a very physical, specialised experience for physical survival. From what I have seen and experienced, training does not liberate your mind or your spirit. What I have been trained to do does not seem to provide the solution. If it did provide the solution, I should think Africa and Black people should have some solutions for the multiple crippling problems they face on a daily basis. It seems to me that the solution does not lie in our training. Not to take anything away from our training, it helps especially if the training encourages thought.
Unfortunately, the so-called elite tertiary
institutions in Africa do not seem to encourage thought. Africans are taught to
be employees and workers and not to be employers and builders. This I think
stems from our colonial heritage and the Box of Blackness. Black people are being
taught to catch up with the West or white people, so as to have a chance of
salvaging something to hold on to, something to call our own, something to make
us acceptable to the world and ourselves. So this training maybe working
against us, that is for Africans. Those getting tertiary education in the US
may be having a better experience. From most of the Black Americans that I have
met, they are being educated and they are educating themselves.
In 2002 I began my process of education, I begun
to learn about me, learn about the revolution within me, learn about bringing
the revolution outside of me, learning to forgive those that colonised my
people, oppressed my people, sold Black people out, learning to love myself and
my people. Education I have realised is a continuous process and it does not
end with a piece of paper stating qualifications. It is a life experience and
it can be found anywhere. It can found in conversations, in thoughts, in
friendships, in disagreements, im pain, in sorrow, in fear and in peace.
REVOLUTION MEANS REVELATION, THE SOLUTION IS EDUCATION!
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