A Shared Message

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In recent times, something that I have observed to happen all too frequently in the community is Diaspora Wars–who has suffered the most oppression (The Oppression Olympics), who has it worse (The Fight for Suffering), who experiences the most wickedness at the hands of non-Black folk (The Abuse Awards). In a world where being Black is a crime we focus too much on trying to be the ones with the worse end of the stick, as oppose to realising that we all have it just as bad as each other. Its literally the same sh*t in a different toilet. And whilst the degrees of racism vary in presentation, I’m sure that all the parents, siblings, and children that have had to mourn a loss at the hands of racist genocide will tell you that racism is racism, and if not for racism, their loved one may still be around today. So what exactly is the purpose of our diaspora wars???

The reality is that there is no purpose other than to divide, conquer and keep us separated, and too many of us are falling for the trap. For centuries we have been in a fight for liberation and freedom, and whilst we have broken the physical chains of enslavement and bondage, psychologically and spiritually, our people are still tied down. No matter which part of the globe you go to, once we are in a land in which we are the minority, surrounded by Eurasians, racism, systematic disadvantage, and abuse are things that we will likely experience. Yet still, we continue to beg for a seat at their table, we continue to beg them for sympathy, and we continue to beg them for equality, even though these are things that they cannot afford to give us. The identity of the non-African world depends on the oppression of African people and they cannot afford the socio-economical, financial, or spiritual consequences of giving us what we deserve. The system of the modern world DEPENDS on the continued rape and exploitation of Africa and her children yet we somehow think that one day they will feel compassion and remorse for our experience and their wickedness. We believe we have come so far because we no long work on (cotton) plantations, we have access to (Eurocentric) education and employment and because certain ‘laws’, ‘legislations’ and ‘policies’ have been written, but we have only gone the distance superficially, and the deeper we look into the state of Africa, the diaspora, and the psycho-spiritual state of the community, the more one realises that we haven’t made as much progress as we think we have.

The reality is that we lack self-respect, self-love, spine, courage, and the true nature of the African Spirit. We choose to fund our own oppression subconsciously and inadvertently by investing in businesses that are unashamed about their racism and hate, we continue to send our children to educational institutes that perpetuate the indoctrination and miseducation, we continue to depend on healthcare systems and organisations that are systematically structured to murder us, neglect us, and deny us health and wellness, and we refuse to re-educate ourselves and unlearn the toxic behaviour that we have internalised from the white people that taught us to be the way we are today. We choose to play by their rules, on their playing field, but wonder why nothing is changing. We are attached to the system that our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents built and got off the ground, even though the principles of said system are structured against us. We are emotionally attached to our own suffering and stubbornly refuse to relinquish our ties to the West because we would rather be lackadaisical with our approach to liberation. We want to hold on to world that those before us created (to our own detriment) as opposed to banding together and creating a world made for us, by us, a world in which we don’t have to explain ourselves, a world that we can feel safe and embrace our authenticity wholly without an after thought, a world where our children do not have to be ashamed of their phenotype and they do not have to be afraid of law enforcement. We cannot build a world that is truly for us, until we let go of the world that has been crafted to oppress us.

Africa’s problem is none other than her children do not want to fight for her, and we do not want to fight for ourselves. Those in Africa are running to the West because of neo-colonialism and imperialism. Those in the West are rejecting the generational wealth that comes from establishing a foothold in the Motherland. And whilst we run from Africa, the Eurasians continue to seize and take control of the land, resources and opportunities, all the while, we continue to complain about what we don’t have whilst simultaneously rejecting what we do have. We have everything we need to get out of the nightmare of systematic racism and oppression, we just choose not to make the necessary sacrifices. We want to be liberated, but we don’t want to give up our oppressed identity. We want to be free but we don’t want to let go of the shackles that bind us. We want to be independent but still continue to beg for the white mans approval and assistance. We are the problem, but we are also the solution, and the reality is that until we stand up, they will continue to build on our backs. Until we choose to fight, our communities will remain traumatised, and until we choose to put our differences aside and stay focused on the bigger picture, we will continue to be conquered.

There have been thousands of Pan-Africanists, activists, liberators, revolutionaries, etc across Africa and the diaspora over several centuries, and the message that they have left has always been clear: Work together for each other, spiritual and psychological liberation, socio-economical freedom and ultimately, African Unity. We need to start holding ourselves accountable for the state of our international community, we need to be prepared for a (Black) civil war before the African war of Africa vs Everyone, and we need to be ready to face our own demons, actively doing the healing that is necessary and facing our fears.

The moves that we have made thus far are superficial and the real wounds that need to be debrided and cleansed are so deep that we have yet to even scratch their surface. Until we spend AT LEAST 90% of our finance within our own community, and our children are educated by Africans from an African perspective, we will remain broken, lost, abused, manipulated, miseducated, indoctrinated and disrespected. We cannot be afraid of death and dying, because its the one thing that is promised to us all. We cannot be afraid of being murdered because the truth is we are ALL at risk of that happening, especially in the West where African blood is coveted and perceived as a threat to whiteness. We will NOT be free without a fight, and we will NOT gain independence without bloodshed, but at least if we start to work together for each other, the bloodshed can at least (in part) be on our own terms. We need to start soul searching and reconnecting our neural pathways, awakening to the true African Spirit within and walking in God energy. We need to accept the truth and stop living in a delusional, insane world, and we need to stop living based on individualism and start reorganising to work as a strategic unit, making the necessary changes and difficult decisions for the betterment of the community. We need to attain mental and emotional control, discipline and higher awareness on an individual level before we can manifest it collectively because the individual makes up the collective.

Over centuries many great leaders have lived and died but in 2024 the message of the greatest Africans to have lived still rings true, yet we are still in the same deplorable state–what does that say about us ????

Everyone says its not their problem until it is…

Everyone says its not up to them but it is…

Everyone is pointing fingers at the next person not realising one is pointing three fingers at oneself.

It’s time to wake up and stand up because the reality is, until ALL of us are free, NONE of us are free. Until we realise that we’re all dealing with the same sh*t in a different toilet, we will ALL continue to be victims of (systematic) racism, oppression, neo-colonialism, imperialism and genocide. The liberation movement and the Redemption of Africa will not happen overnight, but if we as a generation choose to do nothing but remain docile, then in a decade, we will still be living in the traumatic cycle of white supremacy, African oppression, and genocide! It’s up to us to free our people, but we have to be mentally prepared for the steep road ahead and the fight against the African gatekeepers (Uncle Tom) of white supremacy.