Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael)

"Kwame Ture was born Stokely Carmichael on June 29, 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the son of Adolphus and Mabel Carmichael. He immigrated to the United States in 1952 with his family and settled in New York, New York. He graduated from the academically elite Bronx High School of Science in 1960 and made the decision to attend Howard University. Howard University conferred on him a Bachelor of Science Degree in Philosophy in 1964. It was while in Washington that Stokely became deeply involved in the "Freedom Rides," "Sit-Ins," and other demonstrations to challenge segregation in American society.......

While residing in Africa, Stokely Carmichael changed his name to "Kwame Ture" to honor Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence from Britain, and, Sekou Toure, who was President of Guinea and his mentor. For more than 30 years, Ture led the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party and devoted the rest of his life to Pan Africanism, a movement to uproot the inequities of racism for people of African descent and to develop an economic and cultural coalition among the African Diaspora......

In 1998, at the age of 57, Kwame Ture died from complications of prostate cancer. To the end he answered the telephone, "ready for the revolution."
Saturday, May 8
Howard University Commencement 1999


It is our duty as students here at Howard University to continue the legacy of Kwame Ture through attaining higher education and using our knowledge to make a positive change not only in "Black America", but throughout the world--to always be "ready for the revolution."

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Be an Omoluabi


RESEARCH QUESTION: “How have scholars across the various fields of study advanced and transformed academic knowledge related to enduring problems of the human condition?”


Dr. Segun Gbadegesin focused on the transformation of knowledge that had been made in the ancient Egyptian world and challenged us as students to transform academic knowledge as we know it to be today.

Dr. Gbadegesin first focused on “Ijuba”, which literally means homage. He emphasized how we must pay homage to the people who came before us and paved the path that we must walk. He said that we must also pay homage to those who come after us in hopes that they “will be better than we were,” as Dr. Carr stated in the previous lecture.

Second, Dr. Gbadegesin focused on the topic of Black/African philosophy and thought. He explained to us that Ancient Egyptians practiced in the fields of sciences, mathematics, and astrology many years before it was introduced to the Greeks. He emphasized that the thought of Blacks or Africans not being able to produce effective philosophy or advancement in the academic realm as invalid and that it is our responsibility change that thought.

Last, Dr. Gbadegesin focused on the word “Omoluabi”, which is “a child begotten of the chief of iwa.” Dr. Gbadegesin told us to be an Omoluabi; be a person who is disciplined and “self-improving”; be a student who is not only intelligent, but also wise. Being an Omoluabi means using the knowledge attained through formal education and applying it in our global community and not backing down when the community is in need of a leader.
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