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Culture
noun- a particular society at a particular time and place: "early Mayan civilization"
- the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar): "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
- (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium.
- a highly developed state of perfection: having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization: "the developing rock culture"
- the raising of plants or animals: "the culture of oysters''
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If any group/race of people on the planet are renowned for creating various evolving cultures its us and yet we seem to struggle to create a
working culture of self sustainability. Get the impression that Pan Africanism hasn't taken off as it should as it isn't properly,
'packaged' as a culture. Its not alive in that sense and needs to be so to take off amongst the people/us in general. As a culture / a means of survival, Pan Africanism (swap for any other ideology) needs to be something that;
1. Has evolved since the days of Marcus Garvey / its inception to both appeal to the youth (who will further it as a culture proper) and to the working middle class.
2. Can be put into use and benefited from directly, I.e: Be effective as a method and means of survival.
Marcus Garvey had the right idea with the Pan African flag, he was creating a culture out of his ideology, the flag is something people associate to both him and the cause, the person wearing it is obviously a Pan Africanist just as a person wearing baggy jeans, a gold chain and a bottle of liquor is likely to be a fan of Rap music but from there it falls limp, other than the fact that that person likely has a copy of Marcus Garvey's book what else defines the Pan Africanist and his views? What sets him/her apart from a Rasta, a Black Nationalist or any other group/cultured understanding we have created in order to survive in a system of oppression? Malcom X made a,
'mistake' in that he didn't manage to create a culture out of his ideology (or properly form an ideology) thoughts and views aside from the N.O.I, if he did...?
Wouldn't be easy but I totally agreed with the idea that we should revive Swahili as a trading language, that again was part of creating a culture rather than attempting to stick sheets of paper together with blue tack and staples, forming and determining an active culture acts as a binding agent that, once put into proper action and maintained cant be so easily dismantled.
Was going to go into the factors involved and all of that as R.L.B stated but I think I got my point across.
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