Take Over Control Of Your Spiritual Destiny

At the beginning, you owned the Bible and we the Land.
Now we have the Bible and you own the land and the gold.
(Miriam Zenzile Makeba)

We attempt to analyze the impact of slavery and colonialism on the psyche of the African in Africa and in Diaspora, so that we may discover and undo the negative impact on one hand, and strengthen the positive impact on the other hand.

Slavery is not serfdom

Slavery is often confused with serfdom. A serf in African context is a person who pays a debt in kind by labor. Thus parties to a contract may work out an alternative method of payment so that the debtor works for the creditor for a stipulated period in lieu of paying in cash. The debtor for health reasons or old age may contribute his son to go to live and work for the creditor for a period. The serf has equal rights to life like every other member of the community. He cannot be sold, given out as gift, or killed as an offering. Slaves by contrast are the property of their owners. They can be given out as gifts, sold, or “sent to carry messages to the gods and ancestors” - i.e. used as human sacrifice. (See TAKE OVER CONTROL by the Author, p 85)

Psyche Of Africans In Africa And In Diaspora

It would be more proper to keep the whole picture in view, namely the impact of slavery (or colonialism where applicable) on psyche of Africans as a whole, both in Africa and in the Diaspora.

Historically, domestic slavery and exchange of slaves as gift or in lieu of payments was part of African culture and societal institutions for millennia before it became internationalize as trans-Atlantic and trans-Sahara slave trades. The historical sequence was as follows – domestic slavery and trade, escalation of the trade into international commerce, colonialism (in Africa), and now spiritual and blood slavery in post colonial or emancipation era. One phase led to the other with the cumulative impact on the psyche of Africans remaining essentially a unity.

Africans and their descendants everywhere shared in their psyche the nature and fundamental attribute with OSANOBUA the creator of the world and father of all the begotten (in Benin/Edo language- mother tongue of the Author). Osanobua is sometimes abbreviated as Osa. Osanobua says, “Whatsoever I will/decree shall be fulfilled through the instrumentality of my agents.” I am keeping the word Osanobua rather than translate it as God for reasons given below as the concept is pivotal.

Homo sapiens by nature is a toolmaker, the African specializes as EBO MAKER. The African share paradigm with Osanobua, as “Whatsoever I will shall be fulfilled through the instrumentality of my agents (which are Ebo).” The paradigm is the fundamental attribute that Africans share with Osanobua. This attribute is first a potential capability which is realizable. The African in Africa was once on the path of realizing the powers of Osanobua. (I shall show later how every Homo sapiens is a co-creator in the universe that is becoming.). This was before the advent of creating slaves. The slave industry took over every endeavor. The impact of slavery is manifested through the failure of the race to produce transcendental teacher.

The cumulative impact of slavery and colonialism on the psyche of the African as a race is that slavery and colonialism stopped the African, especially the adept (Obo) among them on the path of development into the transcendental, namely Osa. I will take the definition of Obo for our purposes here as candidate for spiritual sovereignty.