Learning, Wisdom,and The African World Experience

The first lecture that was brought before my class this week was the best lecture I've ever heard. From one lecture my eyes were open to a broader knowledge of my culture and the African tradition. But one thing that I can talk about all day is Dr. Greg Carr. He's an amazing professor that had me engaged throughout the entire lecture. Dr.Carr made me feel amazing because I knew that my work is not done when I finish college. It's a must that I give back to the black community because we lack in so many areas.
One of the key points was the description of the "Mbongi".Since there isn't much time in class to discuss our feelings on a particular point, the Mbongi allows us students to elaborate on several ideas and questions from the lecture. The word Mbongi is not a word that I was familar with until I started Freshman Seminar. I think the creation of the Mbongi is one of the greatest creations ever made. Like I mentioned earlier the Mbongi gives everyone the opportunity to participate and give their opinions.
Also we examined the contribution to global traditions and innvotions in teaching and learning from the classical, medieval, and contempory African experience. This section gave the class the insight about inventions made centuries ago. One thing I noticed was that African Americans don't get enough credit for the inventions they made that changed the world. An example was the creation of hierglyphics which began as an African symbol for writing. This was another way that they learned to communicate with other people. The greatest words used was the word "amen", which mean the unseen one. As I started thinking about innovations and other things similar to that I was informed that all things weren't invented by whites. They fed off the African experience. From this lecture African Americans should have a push to keep creating because our ancestors started it. Things are so much easier for us because they paid the way for us. Now that we have so much technology we have no excuse to keep the innovations going.
Another thing was call to action. This gave us the insight to help others and to keep our heritage and traditions alive. We should spread our wisdom to help others in places that they are lacking. One of the main things is to pass down the tradition down to the youger generations. Passing down our heritage and tradition down helps keep the African experience alive. And this isn't something that we want to ever die. With out this we can't strive to better ourselves or our people.
I'm glad that the Freshman Seminar class exists because it's going to help us all the way through college. It allows us to be more open to ideas and discuss things that are important to us students. While some people may think the class is pointless I see it as an creation to better our African tradition.

Niesha Bush