GARVEY LIVES!
MOSIAH LIVES!
The Mosiah Season 6261 (2021), 31 days of observance in celebration of the life and legacy of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, is upon us and was launched with an invigorating combined Opening Ceremony and Shumira at the Chestnuts Community Centre on Mosiah 1st in Tottenham. While in Brixton there was the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Rebellion Lockdown.
The family came out in solid numbers to partake in a special libation, readings and testimonies to the Garvey legacy, children’s presentations and the energizing illumination ritual. The keynote address was delivered by Bro. Ldr Mbandaka on the theme Coronavirus Vs. The Garvey Blackprint. Bro. Ldr. Emphasised that the message was in essence a juxtaposition of:
“The evil designs of modern materialism against the template that the Eminent Prophet and King His Excellency Marcus Mosiah Garvey left us for our liberation.” (1)
He exposed the Coronavirus “Plandemic” and simply the latest strategy of our oppressor that even supersedes the will of national governments. (2) Yet, he continued, the greatest fear of the plutocrats who run the world is our united, organized, well-resourced critical mass. (3) Bro. Ldr asserted that this can only be achieved by realising Papa Garvey’s Ideal of Nationhood:
“No race is free until it has a strong nation of its own; its own system of government and its own order of society. Never give up this idea. Never be satisfied to always live under the government of other people, because you will always be at their mercy. Visualise for yourself and your children and generations unborn your own kings, emperors, president, your own government officials and administrators, who look like you. We are determined to solve our own problems, by redeeming our Motherland, Afrika, from the hands of alien exploiters and found there a government, a nation of our own, strong enough to lend protection to the members of our race, scattered all over the world and to compel the respect of the nations and races of the earth.” (3)
(1) Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka (01/08/21) Coronavirus Vs. The Garvey Blackprint. Alkebu-Lan Shumira/Mosiah Opening Ceremony.
(2) United Nations (25/09/19) United Kingdom – Prime Minister Addresses General Debate, 74th Session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf4YEyh7erE&t=201s
(3) Bro. Ldr Mbandaka (2009) Mosiah Daily Affirmations. Soul Force Promotions. p. 41
We ask the question:
How can we effect Garvey’s Blackprint?
1) How was the 1st of Mosiah for you?
2) Will our community ever get to grips with Coronavirus and related issues?
3) Are we more focused Ideal of Nationhood than building alliances with others?
4) What are the biggest obstacles to creating critical mass?
Our Special Guest:
Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka: Resident guest who is Spiritual Leader of the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement and an Afrikan-Centred Education Consultant. Bro. Ldr is a veteran activist of almost 40 years standing, a featured columnist in The Whirlwind newspaper and author of Mosiah Daily Affirmations and Education: An African-Centred Approach To Excellence.