TRIBUTE TO THE PANTHER OF THE JUNGLE: O.G. ELDER ROLAND FREEMAN

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"IF YOU WANT TO STOP BLACK-ON-BLACK VIOLENCE, YOU GOT TO START CHANGING THE CONDITIONS THAT BLACK PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT CAUSES VIOLENCE." --Elder Freeman

I received the passing-on of O.G. Elder Freeman to grandiose ancestor-hood with joy. He lives-on! He fought doggedly and engaged the oppressors with re-evolutionary spirit and even fought cancer heroic working till last moment of glory. He belonged to the climes of humane-burden-bearers who risked everything rooting not only for his Black people but humanity. He may in the dictionaries of the oppressors be a “terrorist” but the saying that “One's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter” may rightfully be ascribed to Elder Roland Freeman – The Panther of the Jungle. Yet, he was a balancer of terror. He is now deified by the grand path he sustained and shall remain blessed making the way thorough for all humanity.

O.G. Freeman, waited like Prophet Simeon seeing the rise of Young Panthers. Times cannot record his earthly journey to guardianship of the young Panthers reestablishing yet to be answered question: Whose humanity worth working for or rammed down through the artificial walls of internationalism and blues of human rights diplomacy.

Yes! Young Panthers are rising again in USA, the way Young Leopards of the Rising Sun are rising – all exposing the un-become-humanity we are been bamboozled to believe it is for the worldly peoples irrespective of colour. Go thee well real O. G. Panther Elder Freeman.

Those who distrusted your approach to struggle may now help their selves re-cogitating on why the rise of black humanism /movement renewals especially in USA and in Africa is making catchphrases and testaments after all promises of liberal democracy and Whiteanity civilisation? Why is it that peoples of colour are free but still in chains? Whose racial wars have ended? Who thinks that racism is over while Africans and peoples of colour remain hewers of woods and drawers of water?

How I wished that the African, whether American citizen or Euro-west nationals should look inwards to re-engineer Africa's boundless civilisation that gave the world enlightenment especially now that our yesterday common foes-friends are wrestling one another down over who has the ears and mouth of the Talking God/Allah to reclaim our tested Afro-homo sapiens fraternal constancy. Biafrans' experiences, where the Socialist Soviet Russia came in with atrocious superior fighting warfare helping crushing the Republic of Biafra that by then have gone full Socialist emerging state with her Ahiara Declaration on behalf of the British-Nigeria-Arab led capitalists partners in war crimes just to defend Whiteanity/Arab entente cordialle is enough for the African, home and Diasporas to know that racism wars are far from been over. African personas and institutions not interested in master-servant relationships are still been ruined, gunned down through whims and caprices including but not limited to character/physical assassinations and economic sabotages.

Martin Luther King, jnr. Championed: "non-violent social change" he was killed. Malcolm X championed: "By any means necessary" he was killed. Steve Biko championed: “Black Consciousness” he was killed. Patrice Lumumba championed: “African nationalism” he was killed. Nnamdi Azikiwe championed: “Renascent Africa”, he was ambushed. Reinvented Gaddafi championed Unification of Africa, he was killed. Biafrans championed black humanism with culture of civility they were taken down in millions. African nationalists championed African nationalism, forcing Union Jack and the Sun of British Empire Sun said never sets and hers sisters-in-imperial-flotillas criminals' down, they were ambushed through Cabal agents and Imperial Economic Hit Men, IEHM that are routinely recycled and brandished as “technocrats” and “Saviours”. And so we have theaters of the absurd and wars, poverty and diseases, making nuisance of our rich natural and human resources. Uninformed rebels destroying our humanity receive arms, while the governments are given plasters and bandages in the name of assistances to Africa and peoples of colours. So blood grubbing monies enriches the Super Rogue Dynasties of the internationalists.

Oh ye people of colour and world, what do anti-humans in supposed "havens of democracy” want for humanity? DEMOCRACY or DEMONCRACY? Why is it that democracy is to be rammed only on economies not in imperial grips? Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and cos. are feudal monarchy-sharia states but no one tells them the blues of democracy. The age-long internationalization of Whiteanity and Arabianity Personae has seen the dogs of wars now taming each other. God /Allah no-longer descend into Christian and Muslim shrines. Let's leave the imperial shrines on Friedrich Nietzsche's verdict and make our consciences the actual sanctuaries.

Open your eyes, oh humanity. Do not be fooled anymore. Everything about Allah/God has ended with politics making many a jackals of terrorism. Terrorism is terrorism whether anti-terrorism wars or counter-terrorism ops! How many will die before we seek the fellowship of all humanity?

Terrorism and counter-terrorism wars have gone international and transnational that no one is sure of having his heart calm as Chi's universe is going down through human's culturecide and naturecide. And the poor still consoles self with the bleus that Great Chi is going to end the world. No! It is humans who are going to rout selves out of the face of the earth through the bourgeoning increments in arms race and warfares.

Consequently, I mandate all Africans, home and away; and apostles of humanity to unite on humanity higher grounds and not to allow any political jargons and killer concepts like “religion”, “capitalism”, “Socialism”, “democracy”, “sharia”, “liberalism”, “globalism”, etc. to divide us, any more. Grandpa Freeman, your death, like that of the General of the People's Army and ex-head of state of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu have again raised more questions about the UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF BLACK HUMANISM AND LIBERATION OF THE HUMAN COMMUNAL UNIVERSE.

What faces the humanity of the African, is a threat to overall humanity because no one's humanity appreciates when another's is been drowned. Live in peace, Onye Nna (God-Father)! May you reincarnate in more indestructible higher order of Mbu n' Egede (our human first parents). Those rattled by your knack, stings, stints and voice on earth should rather than celebrating go back to the boardrooms and find out where they murdered human equality of status to save the world from final clash of racial civilisation and its mind boggling infernos. They call it terrorism. I call it clash of the internationalized Whiteanity and Arabianity Personae. So when you fights, ask yourself whose fight are you leading. Authentic Africans be wise! I may be seen making warnings of “the day of reckoning” when all humanity shall go-down because of human greed's and follies and statecrafts' maniac.

Elder Freeman, though I followed you from a distance, I believe your lives and times are great scholarship for all to read and join hands discharging the hanging guns and bombs threatening the humanity of all. Your approach may not be docked if we are to be honest to our conscience accepting that you lived protest-culture-life. Or else, we shall one day have no safe haven in Chi's universe. Until that day.... let good-willed persons and institutions join hands rebuilding the fallen walls of (the) humanity. Colour blind destroyed our yesterday. It shouldn't do so in Chi's Millennium Universe. Jee nke oma agu oma Freeman! The young panthers and young leopards will surely missed you but we are reassured that your real message "equality of human status" is taken and shall best be won without firing guns if all humanity counts.

Let the African ancestors receive you with Great accolades and solemnity of passage for you made a difference by keeping the unanswered question alive: “If coluor bar matters no more, why still war Africa and peoples of colour down while making cacophonous noises about (making) bastions of democracy that never were. United States of America's founding fathers' “In God We Trust” democracy bastion reinforced by Monroe's doctrine on my mind! Thus, the war against inequality in humanity should no-longer be fought on colour lines but against anti-humans in all establishments. Let no one kill a white or black man for the sins of the rugues' dynasties and hawks. People of the world rise in unison defending your humanity for a grandiose future!

Freeman, I have celebrated your life and times deifying you on behalf of Mbu n' Egede order reclaiming your earthly journey cum soul, but who knows if I have been earmarked more by those stifling soldiers of humanity – painting them black while adoring the enemies of humanity in white cassocks? It is a fellowship farewell from the Young Leopards that I hereby sent across to all whose humanity knows equality of human status. Though, bullets and character assassination, sabotage and pull-him-down syndromes awaits every conscious human especially Africans; Young Panthers bear with fortitude the departure of the Great See and do not give enemies of man in all establishments opportunity to war you down.

Always root for equality of human status long denied Africans, home and Diasporas. Stop the antics denying you your American nationality by stopping the illogicality and ruse “African – Americans” been ascribed to you and your African siblings. That you are African Diasporas is not in doubt, but if there is nothing like “European- Americans”, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, Russian Americans, Jewish Americans, Arab Americans, etc. then “African Americans as identity is not only a misnomer but tautology denying you the full potentials of your American nationality. There was a time I thought this way, but I now talk African, home and Diasporas for convenience making claims to Black Humanism.


Mazi Okwu Okwu, is a human rights/Pan African Activists, Secretary, Board of Trustees/Project Expansion Emissary, Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC and former, National Coordinator, Concerned Youths of Nigeria. He writes from No. 31 Ezike Nwamiriaku Avenue, Umungwu – Umuohama, Ukpor, Anambra state. Email:[email protected]. Tel: 234-(0)803-555-9193.


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