Dr. Carr’s went over the discussion of learning, wisdom and the African human experience. The comparison between Africans from Continent and Caribbean to those from the U.S. was discussed as well. The first topic explained was the importance of leaning and acquiring academic knowledge; learning the definition of Abstract. The reason why the lecture was taken place was because the significance of the threat to African dignity which was the lack of intellectual ability.
“The two streams in opposition to that charge may be called the ‘champions of African Deep Thought’ and the ‘authentic African philosophers."
We took time to learn about the African Deep Thought. We refer it today as “academic” [school] work. Discussion was related to recovering African Deep Thought through their historical African background. When we were also learning the Intellectual Genealogy we noticed where it said, “Africans Create: Writing, Counting, Sciences, Arts, Spiritual Systems, Formal Teaching”. It shows the timeline of events of the remarkable events Africans made possible. From 6,000 years ago where Kemet begins to 1900s where Africans in U.S. free slaves and built institutions.
In conclusion, we learned how to access the texts that link us to the Long Genealogy of African Deep Thought. For example, “Following the ground rules of intellectual work and by re-framing our movement work in the Longview of remembering”. Also their preaching was about our history never perishing. Basically telling us that the culture is alive and it should be kept alive as well.
