Mbongi

I'm still not 100% sure what mbongi means, but I know that I like it. The way Dr. Carr explained it made it feel as though it was some great form of power made up of black people. It made me feel empowered when he told us that the class room was an mbongi in itself. It was very interesting to learn about the African people who created the first written language. This is a fact many people do not learn in traditional schools (I know I didn't). It was also nice to learn some words in the African language and how they mean so much more than the word.

The concept of the mbongi seems so amazing to me. Its an unbreakable bond between a group pf people, not even a group, it could just be two people. I really understood what Dr. Carr was saying when he compared a mother doing her child's hair on a stoop outside, the strength in that image related to me because often I was that child. The fact that African's created the first written language is often over looked as a major accomplishment (If it's even taught) Often in school we are taught to praise language and novels of the Greek, Roman, and Europeans of the renaissance. Never are we taught to praise the Africans. I understand what Dr. Carr means when he says human brilliance must be kinked to african brilliance, because it has been tragically disconnected. Not only do the African words have literal meaning, they also have spiritual meaning. A perfect example is the word Mbongi.