PAN-AFRICAN
Pan-African principles emphasize family unity, the concept of "one," the significance of rhythm, democracy in African tradition, African humanism, Sankofa philosophy, and matrism in African culture.
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PAN-AFRICAN SOME PRINCIPLES By Cynthia M. Hewitt
NO FRIENDS, ONLY FAMILY Pan Pan- -African African is the radical decision to identify as a family family, regardless of, and in total regard to, what each brings. The importance of migrations migrations and dispersion of the family The importance of reproduction =cyclical-ness balance (as opposed to/in harmony with, production=linearity reproduction balance
ONE This flows from the fundamental African belief that what exists is the evolution/fissure/elaboration of what was at its start One One, and the conception that the emergence of that one is a point of perfection. We might understand the one as the po, the explosion of which (the big bang ) created the universe as we know it and the order that subsequent detailing and elaboration has led to. The Kemetic (Egyptian) concept of the primordial unknown nwn or the Dogon conception of the po.
RHYTHM R Rhythm hythm as a component of vibration (or the cycling of energy give and take of energy, time/space) is fundamental to well- being rhythm exists as a force but is not visible or materially approachable, for it links forces to be more than the sum of their parts to use sociologist Emile Durkheim s term its bases, such as music, transcend materiality. The concept of the unknown, but no-doubt ordered--as we find ourselves ordered, is God/ God/dess dess. As the Kemites said: As It Is Above; So It Is Below.
DEMOCRACY Democracy Democracy is fundamental in African tradition and inhabits many social relations in unique forms. Chancellor Williams, The Destruction of African Civilization The purposive sample is most common, often a featured of CASTE (Cheikh Anta Diop, Pre-Colonial Black Africa Equality of opportunity to wield authority: the right of the elders
(AFRICAN) (AFRICAN) HUMANISM HUMANISM Everyone has something to add, everyone is of value
The single most distinctive feature of African culture is matrism: the complementary power of men and women together. The unity of African culture rested on its basis in male/female equality.
MAROON Pan Pan- -African African as pan-Africanism, is also a Maroon understanding Maroon The Maroon solution has a long and illustrious history, including the Seminoles, who were never defeated. W.E.B. DuBois, (the foremost African sociologist in America) in The World and Africa (p. 61):
KNOW THYSELF Pan Pan- -African African is connected at the origins with ancient Meroe and KMT (Egypt) Nile Valley Civilization. In ancient KMT, above the entrance of each temple Mystery School serving as an academic and scientific learning center, appeared the phrase (Hu)man Know Thyself. There are many facts that explain that this was the cherished foundational wisdom of the Africans. Stolen Legacy, by George G. M. James A Pan-African approach involves setting the historical record straight whenever and wherever possible when teaching, speaking and writing.
NEOINDIGENOUS Pedagogy for the Neoindigenous (Christopher Emdin) Identifying urban youth of color as neoindigenous allows us to understand the oppression these youth experience, the spaces they inhabit It seeks to position these youth in a larger context of marginalization, displacement and diaspora. (p. 9).
10 PRINCIPLES FOR PAN-AFRICAN FAMILY ONE BALANCE RHYTHM DEMOCRACY HUMANISM SANKOFA MATRISM MAROON KNOW THYSELF
PAN-AFRICAN APPROACHES TO GEOSCIENCE Pan-African approaches to geoscience are important because the places where Africans have historically traversed and settled have been the scene repeatedly of immense resources in the ground and on the land and water, but their experiences have remained stripped of the experience of wealth.
