The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Jacob Zuma is a bad leader, but the reaction of white South Africans on reddit is pretty funny
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It's a little quiet in this section.. 
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Go ahead
I got distracted and didn't want to do Igbos wrong (yall deep on here)
I would suggest looking at Barbados Jamaica and the US South
You do that then I want to focus on the smaller islands
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Go ahead
I got distracted and didn't want to do Igbos wrong (yall deep on here)
You do that then I want to focus on the smaller islands
I'll likely focus on Virginia/Maryland, Barbados and Jamaica. I'll figure out how to frame it today or tomorrow.
Traditional learning and teaching recognizes the inseparability of theory and practice and personal transformation. Indigenous pedagogy is a holistic enterprise which unites theory and practice hand-in-hand to bring knowledge and action together to produce practical knowing. We call this satisfying the lesser and greater hungers. The lesser hunger can be satisfied by reaping the fertility of the earth. The greater hunger can only be satisfied by the obtainment of wisdom concerning the mysteries of life. The author Mazisi Kunene in his book _Zulu Anthem of the Decades (1981: 47)_ provides some valuable insight into the nature and drive of human beings that compel us to always strive towards wisdom in our pursuit of perfection. The Amazulu myth provides some insights into the African understanding of the relationship of human knowing to the expansion of the universe itself:
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That is why Nomkhubulwane (the princess of heaven) implored Mvelinqangi (the ultimate creator), her father:
“Because of the great tasks on my shoulder,
I ask you, give me a symbol that shall reveal your truth.
Then I shall possess the mind to discern your true desires.
None shall contradict your word.”
The Creator, who had never refused her requests, replied:
“My child you have asked for what I cannot give.
Such knowledge would negate life itself.
Creation must grow from ever newly fathomed truths.
If you possess such omniscience your thinking would cease.
Indeed, should someone discover you possessed such powers
Then they themselves would stop creating and thinking.
For whoever finds ready-made solutions loses.
It is better for all ceaselessly to search for the truth.
In this way life goes on forever and ever.
Your genius must be to select from any desires.
The creative powers of each species
Endows them with many possibilities of joy.
To fulfill themselves each must leap beyond the pain.”
Thus spoke the creator of heaven and earth and all things.
Each element is only a seed of what is to be.
Only through the infinite can the end of being be conceived
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This is clear evidence that in African wisdom traditions, learning and teaching involve a constant search for perfection. Truth is an ongoing process of discovery and no one person, no one book, no one time period can be all things to everyone (the embodiment of all truth). Truth is forever unfolding and the impulse to discover truth is what keeps creation ongoing and fascinating. This is the foundational grounds for science. This is why Africans didn't invent things called "revealed books" which claimed to be the end-all-and-be-all to humanity. Many of the traditions who have such works claim that these are the final "revelations," or the "perfection" of knowledge. From an African perspective, perfection equals death. Once something is "perfect" (in the modern sense of the term) it ceases to be of value and it lacks purpose because there is no reason to continue the cycle of life: the limits of being have already been achieved. So we strive for perfection with the understanding that one can never achieve it, but continue in its pursuit because the path which leads to the goal continually reveals new aspects of creation that would have otherwise been unknown had we not consciously sought out new truths 'hidden' in our infinite universe
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That is why Nomkhubulwane (the princess of heaven) implored Mvelinqangi (the ultimate creator), her father:
“Because of the great tasks on my shoulder,
I ask you, give me a symbol that shall reveal your truth.
Then I shall possess the mind to discern your true desires.
None shall contradict your word.”
The Creator, who had never refused her requests, replied:
“My child you have asked for what I cannot give.
Such knowledge would negate life itself.
Creation must grow from ever newly fathomed truths.
If you possess such omniscience your thinking would cease.
Indeed, should someone discover you possessed such powers
Then they themselves would stop creating and thinking.
For whoever finds ready-made solutions loses.
It is better for all ceaselessly to search for the truth.
In this way life goes on forever and ever.
Your genius must be to select from any desires.
The creative powers of each species
Endows them with many possibilities of joy.
To fulfill themselves each must leap beyond the pain.”
Thus spoke the creator of heaven and earth and all things.
Each element is only a seed of what is to be.
Only through the infinite can the end of being be conceived
******************************
This is clear evidence that in African wisdom traditions, learning and teaching involve a constant search for perfection. Truth is an ongoing process of discovery and no one person, no one book, no one time period can be all things to everyone (the embodiment of all truth). Truth is forever unfolding and the impulse to discover truth is what keeps creation ongoing and fascinating. This is the foundational grounds for science. This is why Africans didn't invent things called "revealed books" which claimed to be the end-all-and-be-all to humanity. Many of the traditions who have such works claim that these are the final "revelations," or the "perfection" of knowledge. From an African perspective, perfection equals death. Once something is "perfect" (in the modern sense of the term) it ceases to be of value and it lacks purpose because there is no reason to continue the cycle of life: the limits of being have already been achieved. So we strive for perfection with the understanding that one can never achieve it, but continue in its pursuit because the path which leads to the goal continually reveals new aspects of creation that would have otherwise been unknown had we not consciously sought out new truths 'hidden' in our infinite universe
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Since activity is increasing day by day on this section... Should the root have a poster of the year this year too?
@Brooklynzson @MansaMusa @CashmereEsquire @Dip @Yehuda @Thomas @Poitier @JahFocus CS @ZoeGod @loyola llothta
@Brooklynzson @MansaMusa @CashmereEsquire @Dip @Yehuda @Thomas @Poitier @JahFocus CS @ZoeGod @loyola llothta
Sure. Im a casual but there are cats who post alot of legit info.
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Jacob Zuma is a bad leader, but the reaction of white South Africans on reddit is pretty funny
they raging?
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
they raging?
- A lot of them hate how Zuma is looting the country. Some of them hate black rule and want a separate Afrikaner state.
Well they ain't getting it. Go back to Europe.
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Oh yeah. That Gupta saga still goin on. I don't really keep up with SA/Zimbabwean news much anymore.
I know that... but they AIN'T getting it