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 4, 2011

Learning, Wisdom, and the African World

The topic for this weeks lecture was: “Learning, Wisdom, and the African World Experience: An Mbongi. One key point of the lecture was the brilliance of Africans – “To be African is to be Brilliant and Excellent”. Many people conceive Africans to be “dumb”; however, Africans founded most of the processes we use today. Africans created writing, counting, sciences, arts, religion, and the school thousands of years ago. However, they are not credited for such. Another key point was the differences and relationship between ‘learning’, ‘knowledge’, and ‘wisdom’. As documented in the PowerPoint, “Learning is the acquisition of knowledge; while wisdom is knowing what to do with the knowledge”. Although we may “learn” in school, we have not attained wisdom until we put the knowledge of these concepts to use. A third key point of this week’s lecture was the significance of an mbongi. An mbongi allows one to express themself without reservation. During each lecture, we will fill out an mbongi, which will not only monitor our attendance but also allow us to comment on the lecture itself. By completing the mbongi’s the course instructor’s are able to hear our perceptions and ideas and if necessary, improve the lectures.



-CarinaF <3

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