This episode is dedicated to our ancestor, Kwame Ture, who made his physical transition to be with the Ancestors on November 15th 1998. Ahjamu Umi joins me to discuss the teachings of Ture. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence." It's a manifesto designed to provide guidance for how to organize neighborhoods on a block by block basis. He is an organizer with the AAPRP.
We have chosen 3 sections of his teachings relative to political ideology and African liberation:
Organizing, Organization and Unity
Love for Your People
The Conscious and the unconscious
Africa and Africans Will Win (will be liberated)
Ahjamu Umi, being a seasoned organizer who loves his people, does an exceptional job in interpreting the immortal words of Kwame Ture. The following are some of the teachings/sayings of Kwame Ture
You mustn't think that since everybody is against the same thing means that everybody is for the same thing…And unity does not represent what you are against. It represents what you are for. Consequently, when one speaks of unity, one must speak of organization.
When you love your people, you must hate the enemies of your people. If you don't hate the enemies of your people, it is because you don't love your people.
A people cannot be free unless they are conscious. Irrespective of all the struggle they wage, once they remain unconscious, they shall never be free. No people can be free, no people will ever be free unless they are consciously organized.
We are going to win because of our culture.
Kwame Ture’s teachings and service to his people (Africans) and humanity echoes through space and time. His love for his people remains timeless and was shown in his service to them. It can be said of him: He lived for his people and died for his people.
