Dr. Carr’s lecture was very informative and should have opened a lot of students’ minds to understanding the real value and importance of our African culture. I did not realize that Africans created and invented as many things as they did and Dr. Carr brought that to my attention. He spoke about the many finings of Africans a time long before they were enslaved. He told us how whites have fooled us all into thinking Africans were illiterate, despite the fact that they discovered astronomy, mathematics, and writing. The first language was spoken by our African ancestors.
Dr. Carr was very enthusiastic and engaging as he carried out the lecture, which held my attention and made me eager to hear every word he said. He made learning things I didn’t know about the early Africans interesting. When I left the class I wanted to know more. I learned some of the language they used, for example, Djaety: symbol of intelligence. They used hieroglyphs with words such as, Iwa pele meaning: good/right character, sedi: educate, Iwa-l’ewa: oneness of character w/ beauty.
He said, “The most serious threat to African dignity is the domain of intellectual ability” meaning that our knowledge is the greatest thing people can go after in order to destroy us. He told us that we need to transform humanity; meaning we need to come together and reverse the way things are going in our culture and generation. By motivating and informing our peers of the history of our ancestors and our actual destiny as a people. He also left us with three basic principles of learning:
1. Be present (be there to learn)
2. Read and write (repeat to sink it in and take time to think about it)
3. Do what you do so well that those before/after you will mention your name.
The lecture overall was excellent and I am eager to learn so much more during our next class.
Erin White
Erin White
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