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I often come across videos like this, of Black Muslims complaining of ill-treatment by non-Blacks. I’ve seen whole panels of Black Buddhists complaining of ill-treatment by non-Black Buddhists. If only there were a solution for this? If only Black people had their own indigenous traditions that they could turn to for refuge.
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But we do have our own indigenous traditions; but our traditions has been called and regarded as backwards, savage, evil, demonic, satanic, pagan, uncivilized, dirty, unclean, fetish, etc., by the foreign media, foreign religions, foreign educational systems. And as usual, black people we believe and welcome in EVERYTHING that is foreign and throw away EVERYTHING that is ours, EVERYTHING that is associated with blackness and black people, and EVERYTHING that is associated with Afrika/Kmt.
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There’s much more that I need to learn but from what I’ve seen thus far, I think it’s questionable if we still have truly grounded indigenous traditions still around. For the most part, our Cultures seemed to have either been reduced to “sideshows” for “tourism” and/or have taken a backseat, being secondary to non-black conceptions as they are “mixed” with them. Then there’s the people that “wear it” as a costume in order to sell something or for clout. There are people that “wear it” to show pride as well but that’s usually as far as that goes. No real immersion, no real history.
Our Cultures are in pieces as well. We got a lot of work to do if we for real.
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I really agree with you that most of us ‘wear’ Afrikan culture and traditions like we wear customs or clothes; like something we put on when we want to impress people. African cultures and traditions has become something like a ‘fad’; you saw someone doing something that you like, and so you copied it. When it’s out of season or when everyone stop doing it, you take it off and search for something else that will impress you. That’s what African culture and traditions has become. There is no real immersion, no real history of culture and traditions being thought in KMT/Abibiman. That’s why ANY foreign culture, tradition, ideology can come into KMT/Abibiman and it is easily accepted by everyone , and our children and youths gravitates to it soo easily. There are still real, genuine, grounded African cultures and traditions in KMT/Abibiman, but as you said it has been relegated and reduced to ‘sideshows’, ‘tourist attractions’, fetish, and taken a backseat to foreign cultures and traditions.
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Do you know of any framework from any of our Cultures/Traditions? “christianity” for instance has the bible, there’s the weekly church services, there’s the story of jesus that is promoted as it’s core, there’s the ten commandments etc etc. I think the fact that there’s a framework helps to facilitate it’s spread. Organized crime, is one way to put it. Us on the other hand, the ones who claim to still be a part of a Black Culture/Tradition, I don’t see them doing anything with much organization at all and there seems to be no consensus, no standard, no barrier, no framework.
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I believe the reason why African Culture and Traditions is not known globally is that African Culture and Traditions is not build on the foundation of an evangelical framework. It’s either you practice it or not; its either you like it or you don’t; it’s either you believe in it or you don’t; it’s either you feel it or you don’t; it’s either you vibe or you don’t; it’s either you rock with it or you don’t; nobody is going to be forcing you to practice or participate in it; nobody is going to force it down your throat to practice it; nobody is going to put fear in your heart if you don’t practice it.
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I see what you’re saying. I don’t want our Cultures to be known globally, actually. Was just wondering if any of us out there has preserved/established a viable framework. This goes back as well to just the lack of organization that seems to be rampant among us in recent memory. Of course, we are not the ones attacking ourselves at the end of the day but the responsibility is ours.
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I was watching a video of an African lady giving a “tour” of a Vodun community and everything out of her mouth was fetish this, fetish that; fetish priest, fetish practice, fetish animal, fetish house.
And I bet you, she will NEVER associate fetish with Christianity or Islam.
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Of course she wouldn’t.
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It ticks me off
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More Eurocentric indoctrination.
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You have Black Hebrews in Dimona, Israel, who left America and are dealing with the same racial challenges in Israel that they dealt with in America.
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