By Rolland Nwanua
We have fought against slavery, we overcame; we fought against colonialism, we overcame; we fought against segregation, we overcame; now it’s time for one more struggle. This struggle will lead to the final emancipation of the Black people.
Unlike the previous struggles of the Black people, this one will be silent, it will be principally among us, and it will take place within every individual and will sweep across all Black countries and all continents.
“As much as we have external enemies to fight and overcome,
the greatest enemy we must conquer is ourselves.”
- Kenneth Kaunda
(Former president of Zaire – now DRC).
When slavery, colonialism, segregation and every form of oppression of the Black people were gone, they left an element behind which was born of them. It’s a personality trait that psychology calls inferiority complex. When inferiority complex goes beyond an individual and affects an entire society it is called social cringe.
This trait is hidden and destroys silently. Its elimination must also be silent and persistent.
In my inquiry into the problems and backwardness of the Black people, after years of research and contemplation, I arrived at a point where the answer presented itself before me. It’s the trait; it’s inferiority complex; this is the psychogenesis of the backwardness of Black people.
The tedious research of George G. M. James also presents an answer
that tallies with mine. He wrote in his book Stolen Legacy, “both groups(White and Black) have been the common victims of miseducation about
the African Continent and it has caused them to develop attitudes according to their common believe: The White people, a superiority complex; and the Black people, the corresponding inferiority complex.”
It has to be established that Africa has made a great contribution to world civilization. There has been a misconception and miseducation on this issue. African scholars are working tirelessly to set out some tactics by which a reformation can be made so that the African Continent can have redemption and stand side by side with the rest of the world.
Another struggle is on; final emancipation of the Black people. When mental emancipation must have taken place, the people will be free indeed. Brace yourself. This will take generations and centuries but entertain no fear. It is just and worthy. Therefore, let the fire in you burn continuously until we reestablish the Glory of the Black people.
We bear no grudge against our White brothers, rather, we call on them to join us in bringing Africa back to her Glory, so that when many nations of the world are great, the world as a whole may be called a great world.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
By Rolland Nwanua
History has recorded how men of great minds come together
to navigate the course of mankind in times of trouble.
Men have resolved great difficulties,
some have dedicated their lives to the advancement of civilization,
some have given up their lives for mankind.
It is evident in every department of nature
that where there is scarcity, provision is made.
Out of necessity, Generation of Domination is born.
Once again, history will have to record that,
at a time in the existence of man,
some great minds came together to lay foundation for a new civilization.
Refusing to live with the predicaments that confronts them,
they search within for the way out.
For divine assistance, they cry out to the heavens.
Generation of Domination…
A new race has been born….
History has recorded how men of great minds come together
to navigate the course of mankind in times of trouble.
Men have resolved great difficulties,
some have dedicated their lives to the advancement of civilization,
some have given up their lives for mankind.
It is evident in every department of nature
that where there is scarcity, provision is made.
Out of necessity, Generation of Domination is born.
Once again, history will have to record that,
at a time in the existence of man,
some great minds came together to lay foundation for a new civilization.
Refusing to live with the predicaments that confronts them,
they search within for the way out.
For divine assistance, they cry out to the heavens.
Generation of Domination…
A new race has been born….
By Rolland Nwanua
Africa educated Europe.
Now Europe is educating Africa.
How did the first come to be the last?
Where did things go wrong?
Where did we fall?
If we can recognize where we fell,
How we fell,
And why we fell,
Perhaps we could find how to rise again.
Let’s go back to the past.
From there we can control the future.
The key to unlock the future lies in the subconscious of the past.
Africa educated Europe.
Now Europe is educating Africa.
How did the first come to be the last?
Where did things go wrong?
Where did we fall?
If we can recognize where we fell,
How we fell,
And why we fell,
Perhaps we could find how to rise again.
Let’s go back to the past.
From there we can control the future.
The key to unlock the future lies in the subconscious of the past.
Until about 332 BC, the great land of Africa had her glory shinning so bright. It was the light by which the world could see. Men traveled from all over the world to learn the secret of their success.
Every traveler who visited this land had sweet story to tell, the merchant who traveled to this land left with great riches and, every man who sought knowledge, reaching this land, would return to his homeland a great man of knowledge.
Now this glory has become dim. And the entire land has fallen into depression.
Several centuries have passed and, this land that once reigned in great splendor keeps sinking and sinking. For this reason, some thinkers came together to redirect the destiny of their cherished land.
In order to do this, they founded a movement by which to gather men and women that will embark on the great mission of finding the LOST GLORY.
Generation of Domination…
We live to redeem the LOST GLORY of Africa.
Every traveler who visited this land had sweet story to tell, the merchant who traveled to this land left with great riches and, every man who sought knowledge, reaching this land, would return to his homeland a great man of knowledge.
Now this glory has become dim. And the entire land has fallen into depression.
Several centuries have passed and, this land that once reigned in great splendor keeps sinking and sinking. For this reason, some thinkers came together to redirect the destiny of their cherished land.
In order to do this, they founded a movement by which to gather men and women that will embark on the great mission of finding the LOST GLORY.
Generation of Domination…
We live to redeem the LOST GLORY of Africa.
By Rolland Nwanua
For the lost glory that we seek to rediscover;
For the honour that we hunger for;
For the immortality that we crave;
This fire will not be put out.
For the Black people whose course we fight;
For the tears in their eyes;
For the lamentation on their lips;
This fire will not be put out.
I shall fan the flame with all the energy in me.
I shall fuel it with my blood.
If the heavens will require from us a sacrifice,
I shall lay myself on the alter.
This fire must not be put out.
For the lost glory that we seek to rediscover;
For the honour that we hunger for;
For the immortality that we crave;
This fire will not be put out.
For the Black people whose course we fight;
For the tears in their eyes;
For the lamentation on their lips;
This fire will not be put out.
I shall fan the flame with all the energy in me.
I shall fuel it with my blood.
If the heavens will require from us a sacrifice,
I shall lay myself on the alter.
This fire must not be put out.
SHE WAS CALLED A GIANT
By Rolland Nwanua
The strangers,
One after the other they came;
Arabians,
Persians,
Greeks,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
French,
British;
Over and over they conquered her;
Militarily,
Missionarily,
Intellectually,
They penetrated;
Continuously they shoot their poisonous arrows into her heart.
Bit by bit her energy dropped.
Her eyes became dim,
Her head bent in weakness,
Her shoulders dropped,
Her knees were too weak,
They could no longer sustain her weight.
She fell.
First on one knee,
Then the other.
Because she’s too large to fall flat,
With her last strength she maintained her balance on her knees.
For how long will she remain down?
It remains uncertain.
But by her very name, GIANT, she must one day pull herself up to her feet again.
The strangers,
One after the other they came;
Arabians,
Persians,
Greeks,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
French,
British;
Over and over they conquered her;
Militarily,
Missionarily,
Intellectually,
They penetrated;
Continuously they shoot their poisonous arrows into her heart.
Bit by bit her energy dropped.
Her eyes became dim,
Her head bent in weakness,
Her shoulders dropped,
Her knees were too weak,
They could no longer sustain her weight.
She fell.
First on one knee,
Then the other.
Because she’s too large to fall flat,
With her last strength she maintained her balance on her knees.
For how long will she remain down?
It remains uncertain.
But by her very name, GIANT, she must one day pull herself up to her feet again.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
EXPLORING THE MIND OF A MADMAN
With deep curiosity, I’ve wondered what goes on within the mind of a madman. From observation, they appear to be constantly absent-minded. Absent-mindedness also being one of the attributes of a genius means that this is one of the things that a madman and a genius have in common. To be absent-minded means to be lost in thought. I have the knowledge of what a genius thinks when he is lost in thought; but what does a madman think when he is lost in thought?
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE GENIUS AND THE MADMAN
1. Both are calm and quiet.
2. Both often wear a straight face; they seldom smile.
3. Both are physically disorganized (not minding about appearance).
4. Both are nonchalant about their surrounding and all; the genius is only concerned about that field in which he has passion.
5. Both madness and genius are most often engendered by some distress. E. B. White said, “Genius is more often found in cracked pot than a whole one.”
The genius employs thinking as a problem solving tool; the madman is not solving any problem; but he thinks. What, then, could be the content of his thought? Could it be that he is thinking up some brilliant ideas but lacks the capacity or the ability to get them out of his head? Perhaps he only entertains some disturbing thoughts. These disturbing or worrisome thoughts could be partly responsible for his physically disorganized nature. But the genius who entertains creative and constructive thoughts is equally physically disorganized.
The sane will call the madman “mad,” the madman will call the sane “mad.” Who exactly is mad; is it the man that walks about the street in tattered clothes or you and I who claim to be sane?
The madman, unlike the genius, may not be able to think constructively since he is devoid of logic, but considering his attributes, I suspect he must have strong capacity for hunches. If this is any thing to go by, then, this is one useful contribution he can make to society.
Psychologists have said that the only difference between a genius and the madman is that the genius has a sense of judgment. This being the difference between the two men, then, we can say that the state of genius and the state of madness are closely related. With the genius being superior to the ordinary man; and the genius and the madman having great resemblance, I am tempted to assert that the madman is equally superior to the ordinary man.
Before you attempt to raise objection to my reasoning, may I quickly ask: sanity is the opposite of insanity, therefore, one has to be good and the other bad; which of the two is good and which is bad? What exactly is sanity and what is insanity? What is the demarcating line between the two?
Psychology aims at finding cure to some personality traits such as isolation, absent-mindedness, soliloquy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) etc. These traits in the sphere of psychology are known to be “mental disorder.” Why would psychology suppress or remove these traits when it knows very well that these are attributes of a genius? If you suppress or remove the traits, then, the world might just stop producing geniuses.
They say that the genius does not share the same state with the ordinary man (the sane) and he is not necessarily insane; where then does he belong? Perhaps he is somewhere floating between sanity and insanity?
In the University of Benin, virtually every session, a student or more will run mad and be rushed to the psychiatric home. Often times such students are scholars. Frederick Nietzsche went mad towards the end of his life due to excessive intellectual work. I suppose the state of genius is close to the state of madness that is why it is easy for a scholar to drift into the state of madness. There must be an open door between the two states.
Consider the possibility here: If we have a tendency of a scholar drifting into the state of madness, do we not see the tendency of having a madman drifting into the state of genius, at least with our conscious direction?
If the ability of the genius to make a reasonable judgment is the only difference between the two men, that, then, is the demarcating line between the two states. But this demarcating line is a very thin line. The sense of judgment belongs to the genius. To achieve the drift of the madman into the state of genius, perhaps all we need is to help him develop this sense of judgment. Now, whether we will have to cure him to establish the sense of judgment or we have to find a way to bring in the sense of judgment while he is still in the state of madness will be a question we must answer.
Suppose we decide to bring in the sense of judgment while he is still in the state of madness we shall face great obstacle. Though it’s not totally impossible because the madman, depending on his level/extent of madness, is not totally devoid of the sense of judgment. If on the other hand we decide to cure him so as to take advantage of the sense of judgment that has come in now that he has regained his sanity, we will still face some obstacles. This is because, as the doctor will advise, a man who is cured of madness has to avoid psychological and emotional pressure, for that will trigger it again. Therefore, the fear of having him drift back into the state of madness may cripple this experiment.
There may or may not be prove for this but by the sheer nature of a madman, I do believe that he is vulnerable to hunches. If he is, then, that is a plus for this experiment.
For the madman to be in the presence of poise often; for him to be lost in thought and absent-minded often, he should almost certainly be a deep thinker.
Some day we might just find a way to make a genius out of a madman. When that day comes, the same man that has been rejected by society will become the engine that powers the progress of society.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE GENIUS AND THE MADMAN
1. Both are calm and quiet.
2. Both often wear a straight face; they seldom smile.
3. Both are physically disorganized (not minding about appearance).
4. Both are nonchalant about their surrounding and all; the genius is only concerned about that field in which he has passion.
5. Both madness and genius are most often engendered by some distress. E. B. White said, “Genius is more often found in cracked pot than a whole one.”
The genius employs thinking as a problem solving tool; the madman is not solving any problem; but he thinks. What, then, could be the content of his thought? Could it be that he is thinking up some brilliant ideas but lacks the capacity or the ability to get them out of his head? Perhaps he only entertains some disturbing thoughts. These disturbing or worrisome thoughts could be partly responsible for his physically disorganized nature. But the genius who entertains creative and constructive thoughts is equally physically disorganized.
The sane will call the madman “mad,” the madman will call the sane “mad.” Who exactly is mad; is it the man that walks about the street in tattered clothes or you and I who claim to be sane?
The madman, unlike the genius, may not be able to think constructively since he is devoid of logic, but considering his attributes, I suspect he must have strong capacity for hunches. If this is any thing to go by, then, this is one useful contribution he can make to society.
Psychologists have said that the only difference between a genius and the madman is that the genius has a sense of judgment. This being the difference between the two men, then, we can say that the state of genius and the state of madness are closely related. With the genius being superior to the ordinary man; and the genius and the madman having great resemblance, I am tempted to assert that the madman is equally superior to the ordinary man.
Before you attempt to raise objection to my reasoning, may I quickly ask: sanity is the opposite of insanity, therefore, one has to be good and the other bad; which of the two is good and which is bad? What exactly is sanity and what is insanity? What is the demarcating line between the two?
Psychology aims at finding cure to some personality traits such as isolation, absent-mindedness, soliloquy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) etc. These traits in the sphere of psychology are known to be “mental disorder.” Why would psychology suppress or remove these traits when it knows very well that these are attributes of a genius? If you suppress or remove the traits, then, the world might just stop producing geniuses.
They say that the genius does not share the same state with the ordinary man (the sane) and he is not necessarily insane; where then does he belong? Perhaps he is somewhere floating between sanity and insanity?
In the University of Benin, virtually every session, a student or more will run mad and be rushed to the psychiatric home. Often times such students are scholars. Frederick Nietzsche went mad towards the end of his life due to excessive intellectual work. I suppose the state of genius is close to the state of madness that is why it is easy for a scholar to drift into the state of madness. There must be an open door between the two states.
Consider the possibility here: If we have a tendency of a scholar drifting into the state of madness, do we not see the tendency of having a madman drifting into the state of genius, at least with our conscious direction?
If the ability of the genius to make a reasonable judgment is the only difference between the two men, that, then, is the demarcating line between the two states. But this demarcating line is a very thin line. The sense of judgment belongs to the genius. To achieve the drift of the madman into the state of genius, perhaps all we need is to help him develop this sense of judgment. Now, whether we will have to cure him to establish the sense of judgment or we have to find a way to bring in the sense of judgment while he is still in the state of madness will be a question we must answer.
Suppose we decide to bring in the sense of judgment while he is still in the state of madness we shall face great obstacle. Though it’s not totally impossible because the madman, depending on his level/extent of madness, is not totally devoid of the sense of judgment. If on the other hand we decide to cure him so as to take advantage of the sense of judgment that has come in now that he has regained his sanity, we will still face some obstacles. This is because, as the doctor will advise, a man who is cured of madness has to avoid psychological and emotional pressure, for that will trigger it again. Therefore, the fear of having him drift back into the state of madness may cripple this experiment.
There may or may not be prove for this but by the sheer nature of a madman, I do believe that he is vulnerable to hunches. If he is, then, that is a plus for this experiment.
For the madman to be in the presence of poise often; for him to be lost in thought and absent-minded often, he should almost certainly be a deep thinker.
Some day we might just find a way to make a genius out of a madman. When that day comes, the same man that has been rejected by society will become the engine that powers the progress of society.
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