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“Kawaida argues that all we do must be based on tradition and reason. Thus, Kawaida reflects this rootedness in African tradition — continental and diasporan. Tradition, above all, is a lived, living and transmitted history. It is narrative, the story of a people’s self-formation and at the same time core culture, i.e., thought and…
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“The problem of liberation of our national community, our people, then, is a problem of culture and the problem of culture is a problem of liberation. Without a cultural revolution, there can be no real liberation of the people. But without the struggle for total liberation, a dynamic, self-affirming, self-developing,…
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“Cultural revolution or cultural struggle is key to the preparation and process of any other revolution or struggle. Until we break the monopoly the oppressor has on our minds, liberation is not only impossible, it’s unthinkable. For what you can’t conceive you can’t achieve. Cultural revolution is the ideological and practical struggle to…
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“Kawaida argues that the problem of unfreedom is first a problem of cultural hegemony by the dominant society. The dominant society rules not simply by gun and law to protect its race and class interests, but also by an established definition of reality which even the oppressed often accept. A key challenge is to wage cultural revolution to…
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We accept the dominant society’s definition of “reality” because it’s the main one presented to us as success.
We have great tools in the African culture bag to help us live a purpose-driven and rewarding life.
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” A key challenge is to wage cultural revolution to break this hold and pose and pursue a new paradigm of society and what it means to be human and pursue human flourishing.”
The heart of the matter is waging a cultural war. Does Kawaida give us the strategy to attack this war?
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