The African Union 1. a man expects to make mistakes and he systematically learns from them; 2. a man studies his ancestors so that he can become them in principle and power; 3. a man gives his children no reason to doubt his integrity; 4. a man is sober/straight; 5. a man is righteously enraged but does not bring that justifiable anger toward our enemies and failings into the home; 6. a man defends his home, community and nation, mentally, physically and spiritually, in every reasonable way and by any means necessary; 7. a man provides for the resources of his family, community and nation; 8. a man works to liberate, empower and make sovereign his nation, practicing first at the level of family and community; 9. a man teaches his children (sanguine and social) to think, rather than memorize, for he knows that this is a quality of dynamic nation-builders; and 10. a man absolutely respects Afrikan women, never physically, mentally or spiritually violating or demeaning them publicly or privately.
Because what it means to be Afrikan has become a contested area, to this list we have to add that a man is not confused as to his s*x or gender role.
Of course, we know there are other rules/characteristics/qualities. But how we define manhood now must be based on the imperatives, exigencies and dictates of the reality in which we currently live and the one we intend to build. ~ Baba Mwalimu Baruti
