Marcus Garvey In Akan

Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887, which was a Wednesday. Jamaica was originally occupied by spanish enslavers, but the british eventually took the control of Jamaica an ousted the spanish. One of the first places in Afrika the british settled and captured Afrikans to enslave was the coast of modern day Ghana. The most populous of the ethnic groups in Ghana are the Akan. There is record of the Akan being one of the main groups that were taken to Jamaica to be sold into slavery, many of the "Maroon" Afrikans had names of Akan origin.

In the Akan Cosmology, the Goddesses and Gods are called Obosom (sing.) or Abosom (plur.) Every new born child is named assigned a personal Obosom by Nyamewaa-Nyame (The Great Mother and Great-Father) before birth. This Obosom is referred to as the Okra (male) or Okraa (female), and Okra/Okraa is which means "soul". There are 11 Abosom that govern the 7 day week, known as the Akradinbosom. The day a child is born on is determined by the Obosom assigned to the child. The child is given a Kradin (soul name) at birth based on the day they are born, and they name are given is a reflection of the Obosom that is their Okra/Okraa.

Wednesday is called Awukuda or Akuada. Children born on Wednesday are governed by the Obosom Awuku and given names like Kwaku or Kweku if they are male, and they are governed by the Obosom Akua and given names like Ekua or Akuba if they are female. Awuku is known as Eshu in the Yoruba Cosmology, Elegba in the Vodun Cosmology, and Set in the Kamiti (misnomered Kemetic) Cosmology. Awuku is also known as Kwaku Anansi or Anansi the Spider.

#Anansi is labeled as a "trickster" by whites who have studied Afrikan Religion. He is the archetype of the fictional character called "satan" or "the devil." In reality, Anansi is a divine messeger. In the Akan Tradition, he is said to weave the Divine Web that serves as the line of communication between the Material World and the Spirtual World. In the Vodun and Yoruba Traditions, Eshu/Elegba is said to be the Owner of the Crossroads between the Material World and the Spirtual World.

Children with Kwaku Anansi as their Okra are born with the natural ability of being messengers. They develop a niche for writing and/or public speech. #MarcusGarvey was skillful orator, he ran the most successful Black newspaper in our history, and he was a master poet. He was truly a child of Kwaku Anansi.

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