Understanding Pan Africanist Philosophy - Part 1 

Given our current impending ecological crisis, indigenous African religions have a great deal to offer both African countries and the world at large. African religions contain a great deal of wisdom and insight on how human beings can best live within and interact with the environment.

Am a Pan African journalist, activist and author for 26 years that has written, research and covered issues about African people at home and abroad socially, culturally, politically and anthropology. Am so proud of my history where we taught maths, law, linguists, anthropology, languages, medicine, engineering and architecture. We ruled our own kingdoms in Timbuktu, in Ghana, in Dahomey, in Kemet and in Cush. We invented things such as the toilet, the mobile phone, potato chips, the electric light bulb, the telegraphic rail system, combined desk beds etc. My colleague Brother Omowale Ru Pert em Hru, big up to him. He’s a Pan African activist like myself as well wrote an excellent copy of the Beautiful Little Black African People who went for a Walk.

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Indigenous African religions are not based on conversion like Islam and Christianity. They tend to propagate peaceful coexistence, and they promote good relations with members of other religious traditions that surround them.

"Dr" Umar Johnson needs to watch and listen to this. He says he's Pan African but alot of his actions and rhetoric are anti Pan African

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There is a resurgence, a renewed interest in America, Europe, GLOBALLY in African religious beliefs. Why? Because the concerns for health, wealth, and procreation are very central to the core of African religions. That is why they have developed institutions for healing, for commerce, and for the general well-being of their own practitioners and adherents of other religions as well.

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This is a philosophical and intellectual discourse, unfortunately many of our everyday fellow black brothers and sisters may not fully grasp all that he is shaing as a practical solution based on our current given reality. I have never seen or experienced an African centered govt or ideology any where in this world that my brother is discussing. Secondly, there is a growing number of Blacks in the Diaspora who do not buy into this philosophy of Pan Africanism and see themelves as Israelites and not as an African. That in itself has been an interesting Dynamics and devlopment in our race among blacks who are outside of the continent ofAfrica.

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What if "The Unity Of Africa"/"PAN AfriCAN-ism"; was (to be) taught to all AfriCAN Children and/or; even = as:- "Part of the(ir) (school) -Curriculum's!!"??

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You are a beautiful black man and so am I. I love to see your love for your African identity.

This man sounds so intelligent thank you for the lesson sir

Thank you for this outstanding video

Sad irony that we humans have the consciousness to create, say, fire & the camera, is that we use both to execute such utter destruction with both. Thus, the diametric consciousMESS of will.

I support pan africanism, but i disagree about the whole africa being a whole big united state. Lots of conflict can happen with culture clash with diffeent ethnic groups in africa. The whole africa would be at war with each other. The pan africanism that I belive in is like the unity that europe has with one another, but better. Sharing currency, and wealth with one another, good trading relationships, and having each others back when a common threat happens, and open borders. I dont belive africa wants to be grouped as one people. They want to have their own identitys. The world already thinks of aficans as one kind of people. Who are all the same. The pan africanism that he was talking about just incourges that.

Thank you Mwalimu Omowale.

Great video my brotha my question is what is the role of the african diaspora in the americas because there are 200million afro descendants in the western hemisphere secondly there is the question of the north african arab berber countries most of which are members of the arab league sand have a terrible track record against black african people

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Just finished part 1 and 2! Brilliant lecture! I had to share this one.

Our Mystical base is our science Ubuntu-Ma'at

I hope one day Haïti will be the member of the African Union look at map of some country in the world and Arab League United State of America, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain & state of Palestine. I hope the next AU chairperson will change everything the African union. I hope that African's will have power inside Africa and outside Africa God bless Africa

Well said my brother

The spiritual element mustn't be excluded, for it can not be!

Great idea. Appreciated. The idea of civilization starting in Africa is not difficult to comprehend, given that wise men (humanity) started there. Europeans just picked it up from the Nile valley and lifted it to the level that could never get back, while the one in Africa decayed. Advocating Pan Africanism is one thing (great tool), practical measure is another. To me economy matters. Therefore, Black diaspora in America and Europe or other places should invest in Africa and help lift the continent from darkness. Promote eduaction. Establish advanced research facilities in space research, engineering, molecular biology, physics, medicine, chemistry, life sciences, social sciences, what have you. Dont waste your fortune elsewhere. So, you have strted the first phase, i.e., theoretical background, then phase 2 should be investment.

Material and mystery are forever intertwined, but I get what you mean.

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Hey, why do ALOT of Africans still believe in the bible and Jeesus/God? They aren't forced to believe anything are they?

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We need a rational paradigm to justify a common objective, that would not provide a target, like Patrice Lumumba. How to provide that paradigm? *When Africa Awakes* (1920) by Hubert Harrison Harrison worked with Marcus Garvey but was not a fan. *Black Man's Burden* (1961) by Mack Reynolds Both are free on the Internet. *The Tyranny of Words* (1938) by Stuart Chase George Orwell mentioned Chase in an essay on politics. He published the book, *A New Deal* , shortly before FDR's famous speech. He was a member of FDR's brain trust. Where does planned obsolescence fit into your ideas about technology?

Hello, here are my thoughts on your video: 2:15 No, you can be a Pan-Africanist without being African or Black. You can only be a Pan-African as an African, following their doctrine, but all the "-ist" suffix means is that you are a ideologically aligned with the system of thought that is Pan-Africanism, which as you yourself stated can be done as an european, asian or whatever other non pan-african race you are too. Your allegory of a man not being able to be a Mother is a false analogy, because there is no such thing as "motherism" and if there was, every man could be a "motherist" without being a mother. 2:54 Here you identify as a "materialist" and explain that you must necessarily be scientific in the way you view the world, however you contradict yourself at 9:42 talking about the fact (you use "is", nature "is" composed of (...) ) that there are 4 elements to describe the natural world. This conviction is in no way footed in empirically supported science and has not been the subject of said science since the middle ages, it´s equal to replacing modern medical knowledge with the 4 humors. In actuality, supporting a world view like this is neither conform with philosophical materialism nor the scientific method but an exercise in mysticism. If you call your mystical, unscientific view of nature materialistic and based in advanced science and then say africans have thought that way (i.e. calling their mysticism "materialistic science") for millenia (3:25) you bring into the question the legitimacy of not only all of pan-african science but all actual african science too. Please refrain from making these mistakes in the future, as you are only setting yourself and other pan-africans up for ridicule. (You need only look at the comments, people outside the "pan-african bubble" are not taking this serious). 5:48 A superstate encompassing all of africa would never work out, not because of outside influences (although they would obviously play a geopolitical role in the realization of such a goal) but because the vast majority of ethnicities, tribes and nations inside of africa have always been under tensions due to their unwillingness to integrate into one society under the flag of a nation. Take for example Nigeria, a country just about as rich in opportunities and national ressources as you can be in Africa (not counting the arabic world). Even though they seem lucky with the enviroment they have found themselves in they have been unable to create a peaceful functioning democracy or harmonic society due to their ethnic and cultural diversity and the large number of conflicts they have and still are facing because of those differences. The government has proven incapable of sorting out those differences and ending the violent conflicts once and for all. Now, if not even a country as naturally blessed as Nigeria is is capable of solving its own issues, how are historically poorer and more unstable countries in Africa supposed to fix their already existing ones if you try to assimilate them into one huge superstate with thousands of ethnicities, sub-socities, tribes and national identities? You cannot. More conflicts of interests between the different groups would arise, more civil wars would break out, more domestic terrorism because of incompatible economies ruining each other. It would not only mean unimaginable suffering for all africans, especially the empoverished and most likely destroy all of Africa. Now, the only way to avoid this inevitable reality would be to destroy and disintegrate the different cultures to a point where they are dumbed down enough to be indistinguishable from each other, so that in this imaginary situation no conflicts could arise from cultural differences because there are none to differentiate by. Without this necessary step the creation of an Pan-Africanist Superstate would result in the destruction of African societies and cultures. 22:51 No, that is just plain wrong. Materialism is simply the view, that all things in the world (including the mind) can be reduced to mechanical processes we can/will/could be able to explain through physics. The world view of a materialist therefore MUST NOT include anything that cannot be explained as part of the material world by means of the scientific method, such things being: dualism, belief in spirits or the supernatural and a number of other things. It is in no way shape or form the doctrine that nature is to be treated as an end in and of itself, neither is it an infusion of nature with spirit. Your definition of Idealism and what i assume to be nihilism are also plain wrong. I dont know if you are intentionally spewing nonsense or if you just categorically skipped philosophy in school but before spreading any more misinformation i would advise you read the following articles to learn about the actual philosophy background: www.britannica.com/topic/materialism-philosophy/History-of-materialism#ref68540 www.britannica.com/topic/idealism/Approaches-to-understanding-idealism www.britannica.com/topic/nihilism www.britannica.com/topic/pre-Socratics www.britannica.com/science/scientific-method www.britannica.com/topic/causation www.britannica.com/list/philosophers-to-know-part-ii Mr. Ru Pert-em-Hru, i want to make clear that the cause of wanting a liberation of africans and their descendants is a noble one i fully support. I think its great that you try to empathise with the interests of your concept of africa and africans and even better that you put out your ideas online, for free, enabling a discussion about them. I however cannot shake the thought that the concept of pan-africanism you present suffers from the same core issues as garveyism, the most critical one being a delusional view of Africa and its inhabitans. I do not know if you´ve ever payed any taxes in an African country but much like Marcus Garvey, who never stepped foot in Africa, i do not get the sense that your idea of Africa is anywhere close to reality. You talk about Africans as if they had always been one, super rational harmonic megaculture in a place of ethical and aesthetic enlightenment, when it is crystal clear that superstition, violence, disease, dissonance and conflict have been at the center of almost all of Africa´s history below the Sahara, especially in (Post-)Colonial times but also before that. All of the these "negative" things are perfectly natural in every society and no exclusive moral fault of Africans which is why shouldnt attempt to romanticize African identity into something "desirable" by global standards but rather honestly describe and appreciate it in its positives and negatives so that the Issues plagueing Africa can be resolved. I do not want to unjustly presume inauthenticity in your expression of Africanity but to me you seem like one of thousands of british/american "tourists" trying to adorn themselves with the feathers of cultures they wouldnt even be associated with through their appearance, whom they have never lived amongst and have a phantastical idealized view of, which wouldnt be problematic in itself but becomes a ticking time bomb when coupled with the foolish idea that you could unite all of those people because their skin looks similar, despite their glaring irreconcilable differences. It saddens me to see that almost 1500 people blindy agree with this dangerous and toxic notion. I would advise anybody with an honest interest in the black and african cause to notice that the fall into the pan-africanist rabbit hole is not education, but indoctrination with a faulty unrealistic belief destined to lead to destruction and instead dedicate their time to the study of economics and law, because the central issue may appear to be racial discrimination at first but in truth is economic discrimination caused by out-of-control hypercapitalism. Globally, those victims are the Africans, the south asians, the latin americans and the inhabitants of the successors of the soviet-states. On a national level, for example the US, those are Hispanic and Black people. In the USA, there has been a history of racism nobody in their right mind will deny. I would argue that by todays standards, Black people have been theoretically made equal before the law, yet they still experience unproportional discrimination. In my opinion, the reason for this is the poverty trap of a capitalist society. Black people have been thrown into poverty by systemic racism and segregation but now that racism is no longer law (in theory) they are being kept in poverty by capitalistic mechanisms which rob the empoverished of their freedom. On a global level this situation can be likened to colonialism and colonial crimes. Now that colonies are no more (in theory), macroeconomical exploitation perpetuates the suffering of the globally empoverished, with no authority to keep that from happening.

Thanks for this one I really needed it

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That's very very good and great Topic. May the Most High bless your Speech and all. WONDERFUL.

Great content

On point!

Who or what sets the standard that makes you a humanist?

Is there a way to get in contact with him?

Labels at times if not most times are unnecessary and diversive but exist because the world we live in atm. In my mind when our focus is of shared common goals/values related to human and spiritual development and taking care of mother earth the only issues to resolve would be differences in how one attends to different lands/climates and the effects of natural disasters...even they serve a purpose according to mother nature. We just need to stop obsessing and trying to control life and death and live as best as we can in love each moment of every day. See how simple that sounds. Imagine if we all expressed ourselves in such a way. The knowledge is available to everyone we just need to get rid of the labels and distractions.

I support Pan -Africanist

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With all of your rambling sorry to say. All you must have is LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

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What has pan africanism achieved?????

27:43 got me! That's the best rebuttal I've ever heard. Hilarious.

Hello, are you the same Omowale who used to be on Galaxyafiwe?

Yah. This is kind of hard to follow what he is saying. Plus u sent ti few people and they got turn off. But thanks . Hopefully another video can be done with more engaging , n interesting to follow

Absolutely brilliant!

Come on, are you trying to eradicate our cultural and moral values, which are contrary to our norms and ethics. I was waiting to get someone denouncing the degradation of our society, that parents should continually train their children properly and learn respect, not coping with the western way of life. If we sell everything to the world, what heritage do we keep as Africans? Africa needs to prove to the world children's obedience which the western world has lost. everything begins at home, train the children and see what happens next

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While I don't want to directly oppose these notions, but I do have my questions - in what way did Kwame Nkrumah for example embody these ideals - isn't the title of "lifelong president" (disregarding the fact that the idea of president itself was created in America to replace the idea of monarchy, thus it is based on non-humanist foundations) the definition of individualism, that is "I am better than anybody who could replace me thus it is logical for me to stay in power for the good of the nation etc."?

i thought this was gary payton. im not sure how so many detractors were lured into this video

Define "must be African", when referring to being Pan - African? With your definition are you referring to birth African from an African mother or of African descent, lineage, Ancestry? Please explain your definition.

Fabulous! But, then again, it was the Black Africans who invented philosophy!

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Economic methods is way of living or existing. Im an ados & I understand but pan-Africanism must be on a code & have a greater collective outlook when dealing within the disapora. Unifying the continent is dire cause there different cultures, languages, belief systems, lineages (ethnicity), & a racial self-identities. Now on a Economic way of currency, free passageway, political process, sharing resources, & etc then yes.

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Major wiff on that society and tools thing, though. Just because we do it in a more complex way, doesn't mean it cont widely present in non-human animals.

Individualism has its pitfalls but I do not think it is synonymous with exploitation. The freest societies are individualistic societies. Collectivism on the other hand has historically been used justify the basest injustices “for the good of the many.”

Gaddafi one Currancy based on the ....resources wss a threat. ..

Its been a hundred years when is the PanAfricanism Movement going to get started .

Great

just a little joke here. I taught he was Gary Payton. lol but great content all jokes aside.

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Qué boleta de pensamientos.

How can I contact a PA group...ive been hearing folks talk but no leaps and bounds.

English is not my first language and I find it hard to understand him. His English is too hard

We already have an embedded philosophy of African Humanism, it's called, Ubuntu. Wade Goodwin, The FAIR Digest. South Africa

I'm a northern african and of course i don't want my country to be mixed with other nations and diluted inside of a "united states" Africa. Of course i am for an African trading zone where inside economical flows are priviledged (like in the european euro zone), and i'm also for a mutual help between nations of africa first. But if Africa had to be ruled by ONE government it'll cause problems, because us northern african would not accept to be taught and ruled by a non muslim nation for instance, and other nations will have other reasons that's why it won't work.

debunking Pan Africanism to another level

as long as we use western systems of classification and thinking processes, as this brother does, we will not be able to really free up our thinking and vision. plus he often confuses and contradicts himself.

So what then is your economic philosophy? Wade Goodwin, The FAIR Digest, South Africa

The culmination of ideas that this man espouses as necessary ingredients for pan africanism makes me understand why pan africanism failed. Looks like these scholars fell in love with their beautiful ideologies and philosophy to the point that they would rather masturbate to the thought of their ideology than actually see that most of what they dream about will never ever work in Africa because Africa is not built like the rest of the other continents. Rather than take an approach of tailoring an ideology to the realities of the African continent, these pan Africanists are trying to build Africa into their dream world. I wouldn’t knock a man for dreaming, but some reality needs to be inserted somewhere in there.

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Wait, the universe rotates??? Every 26 thousand years? What the....?

Pan African is very simple = "is" Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. =NOTHING GETS DONE AT THIS LEVELS. i dont understand why it took 2 videos = if you need that long to explain it = its not the truth.

just cause he is using white inventions he can still advocate for pan africanism because how is he supposed to spread the message via mail ? of course he has to use the internet because that is a faster and more widespread way to spread the message and the people saying that his using an english accent so his analogy isnt valid he studied in a western school so he has western influence in his way of speaking and you would be the same people to call him “uneducated” if he had an african accent

All people of the world need to unite for a singular goal of advancing mankind. There is only one human race.

It seems to me you're taking a lot of credit for the things the Egyptians did. And though Egypt is in Africa you don't look Egyptian.

Warning to all African countries! Ethnic-based federation experimenting in Ethiopia caused much damage. The fascist Nazi communist TPLF from the Tigray region experimented with the ideology of the federation which they never understood, the same with communism which they also had difficulties among the Ethiopian people. This social experiment caused ethnic cleansing and apartheid among Africans. The international community eagerly followed the experiments, and some were aware and warned that it would lead to civil war. That's what's happening now.

This is incredibly ridiculous

this kind of panafricanism is not good for africa.

I am a European Nationalist / Identitarian. Bassicaly a Pan-Europeanist since i want a United europe, a federation from Iceland to Vladivostok. Not a Europe of the current EU. This federation of European regions would be a geopolitical block free from American Imperialism, economically autarchic, politically sovereign. It would be a Europe for europeans , by europeans. We wouldnt bother anybody as long they kept their hands from us. I could see such a Europe alied with a free and United Africa. I support this and believe it to be a fantastic prospect. But i would be necessary to repatriate the African diaspora living in Europe, back to its motherland, where they can , together with their brothers and sisters, build the new united Africa. What you guys call white supremacy i call Liberal hegemony, it has nothing to do with primordial european values or culture. It is the capitalist system replicating itself and devouring everything in its way. What are your view on this?

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Ants, schools of fish most flying insects know how to group together and be one, so yeah they can't create fire, but they have a better understanding of unity than most humans especially black humans!

Not black, but Habasha: Ethiopian means pan Africanism. Amhara/Tigray or habesha are owner of Africa they’ve been a part of Berlin meeting. habesha are only African civilization existed in the history.

Is it just me or does this sounds just like the Nazis with all the German superstate identity switched for African superstate identities stuff

And here I was thinking I was a pan Africanist, sorry I am very Christian

why use white inventions like the computer the internet glasses

Thank you for this outstanding video