United African Movement Lecture

Introduction

• Event: Continuing African History Month program by the United African Movement.
• Weather: Stormy, early start.
• Shift: From CPT to BPT and aiming for APT (African People's Time).

Previous Week Recap

• Speaker: Dr. Justice.
• Topic: Mental Health.
• Current Topic: The war to control the African mind.

Key Terminology

• War: Defined as open and armed conflict between principalities.
• Control: Comes from the Anglo-French term meaning to counter by rolling on its axis.

African Mind

• Originates from the Nile Valley.
• Responsible for achievements like the Washington, D.C. layouts and advances in medicine, science, and technology.

Speaker: Dr. Amos Wilson

• Conferred doctorate by the community.
• Known for intellectual honesty and critical thinking.
• Author of "The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child."

Main Lecture Points

Psychological Warfare

• African people subjected to psychological warfare for centuries.
• Culture includes behavior, habits, dress, and also a time dimension.
• History: Not just sequences of events but a geometrical concept involving past, present, and future.
• Distorted History: European demarcation of time distorts African identity and destiny.

Psychological War

• Military conquest requires resources; psychological war is more sustainable.
• Neocolonialism continues through education, cultural imperialism, and information control.

Control of the African Mind

• Mind: Dynamic, not a fixed entity; a set of operations influenced by internal and external forces.
• Self-awareness: Unique human ability to be aware of thinking processes.

Influence of Environment

• Physical and socio-psychological environments affect mental operations.
• Separation and redlining as tools to influence and manipulate the African mind.

Education and Future Perception

• African education must be revolutionary, not conservative.
• Different tasks for African children compared to European children.

Historical Amnesia

• Social amnesia equates to pathology.
• Forgetting history intensifies its control over current behavior.

African Identity and Education

• Culture: An intellectual tool and structure, not just behavior.
• Purpose of Education: Beyond job acquisition, it is for survival and power.

European Control and African Liberation

• Manipulation through control of information and education systems.
• Need to reclaim African history, identity, and narrative.
• Control of physical environment, information, and educational systems.

Revisiting History

• Example of sensory deprivation illustrating the influence of environment on mind and behavior.
• Manipulation of African history akin to sensory deprivation.

Conclusion

• Reasserting the importance of regaining control over the African mind.
• Emphasis on power, identity, and reclaiming African educational and cultural narratives.