Maulana Karenga: Use

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“We stress culture because it gives identity, purpose and direction. It tells us who we are, what we must do, and how we can do it.”

Maulana Karenga

The Quotable Karenga (1967)

“Belief in spooks who threaten us if we don't worship them and demand we turn over our destiny and daily lives must be categorized as spookism and condemned.”

Maulana Karenga

Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline (1980)

“So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not need pictures of oranges in a bowl or trees standing innocently in the midst of a wasteland. If we must paint oranges and trees, let our guerrillas be eating those oranges for strength and using those trees for cover.”

Maulana Karenga

"Black Cultural Nationalism" in The Black Aesthetic (1971)

People , Art , Support , Tree