Reflections on Day One of Summit

I"m left with an internal conflict as I am a child or the sixties, have a degree in black studies and have always considered myself an African Centered Scholar and for that matter an African man.  However, although I have studied the works of Dr. Leonard Jeffries, applaud and celebrate the life, legacy and struggle of Bobby Rush and forever I'm indebted to my Dr. Wade Nobles, one of my professor and a prime mover in my transition from being a Negro/Black Man in America to understanding who I am, an African living in America; I'm troubled that I didn't see the passing of the torch, the acknowledgement that A new generation of African Centered Scholars with a vision and an agenda for today have arrived and are ready receive the blessing of their elders to take on the mantles of leadership. In Africa, yes there are elders that have tremendous influence but there are also chiefs and other leaders both male and female who come from the ranks of young to middle age adults that meet and confer with their esteemed elders but they both govern and and carry out the work of the "village". All honor and praise to our elders but also let us hear the voices and embrace the leadership of a new generation of freedom fighters. 

One love,

Joe Hudson