THE THIRTY ONE ADMONITIONS
(Authored by JS Demba. Inspired by Ma-at's 42 Precepts of Kemet.)
1. I have not questioned, denied or devalued God's image in me.
2. I have not tried to remake another person in my own image.
3. I have not slain man, woman or child.
4. I have not stolen from God nor from anyone alive or dead.
5. I have not told lies or been deceitful in my words and deeds.
6. I have not treated life, any life, with disrespect.
7. I have not coveted my neighbour's spouse or other belongings.
8. I have not disobeyed the law.
9. I have not cursed anyone nor used vulgar or obscene language.
10. I have not polluted land, water or air, nor have I polluted myself.
11. I have not manipulated currency to gain unwholesome wealth.
12. I have not disowned, neglected or trivialized my Ancestors.
13. I have not wasted time, my time, my life, my earthly existence.
14. I have not committed sin or knowingly worked evil.
15. I have not disrespected any culture, religion or people.
16. I have not consumed excessively, unhealthily or greedily.
17. I have not failed to love, respect and protect all our Sisters.
18. I have not indulged in adhominemism.
19. I have not failed to strive for oneness with self and others.
20. I have not indulged in coerced, deceitful or unfair enterprise.
21. I have not stolen anyone's land.
22. I have not failed to be charitable in thought, word and deed.
23. I have not disregarded my safety or security.
24. I have not disrespected anyone's person or possession.
25. I have not promoted war or participated in one.
26. I have not indulged in any practice that is morally unfounded.
27. I have not negated responsibility for our children's education.
28. I have not made unjust laws.
29. I have not disowned our home and Motherland.
30. I have not failed to embrace and memorialize our Ancestors.
31. I have not succumbed to natal alienation or moral imbecility.
(Authored by JS Demba. Inspired by Ma-at's 42 Precepts of Kemet.)
This completes the list, the preceding 30 having been unveiled during Afrikan Holocaust Remembrance on the 23rd of August, 2025. Ashe? Ashe.
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THE THIRTY FIRST ADMONITION UNPACKED
Not succumbing to Natal Alienation implies that we must recognize, embrace and own the entire continent of Afrika for what she is: our God-given home and Motherland.
Not succumbing to Moral Imbecility implies that we must discover our rightful minds: minds that are suitably disposed to a healthy relationship with self, ourselves and others. Also, and most importantly, it implies complete freedom from mental slavery.
Both concepts have featured mightily in undermining our humanity for far too long. Due to CENTURIES of enslavement (a holocaust which continues apace until this very day, hiding in plain sight precisely because it is in plain sight) we have lost treasure of such magnitude as defies the imagination. This must all be regained. It is a truism, a conventional wisdom, that the damage inflected by centuries of enslavement cannot be regained overnight. Yet, this is precisely what we must accomplish for the respect our Ancestors and love our children. Thus true respect and true love compels us to work creatively for our material and moral prosperity. This requires a cultural revolution of gigantic proportions. Happily our Ancestors left us a sound foundation many centuries ago. We invite all true Afrikans to build on that foundation and regenerate our unique civilization. We begin with the 31 Admonitions. Ashe? Ashe!
