Learning, Wisdom, and the African

 Dr. Carr has to be one of the most brilliant minds I have ever come across. His ability to capture an auditorium full of students and keep them interested throughout the whole lecture is amazing. When he first announced what he will be going over in his lecture I have to admit I thought to myself, not another boring lecture, but by the end of the lecture I was amazed and eager to learn more.

Dr. Carr lectured us on what Intelligence is. It means to be black. I totally agree with him on this, Africans invented astronomy, the alphabet, philosophy and were the first to have burial traditions. Knowing this gives me the hunger to continue to be educated and embrace these ideals what we were lectured on. We must come together as one and help educated the next generation so this knowledge does not die out. It's imperative we keep these ideas and knowledge alive. If we don't, no one else will.

The lecture Dr. Carr gave is something we as African Americans rarely heard about. The fact that Africa is the foundation of Wisdom, learning and faith is something so true. I feel this is solely based on "people" not wanting to give credit to Africa and its people. The concept of the Mbongi (“Learning Place”) which Dr. Carr introduced to us was something I have never heard of.  An Mbongi is where a community comes together to solve problems, and I realized I have been a part of one all my life; School, my family, social life, and church. Being part of an Mbongi is something so we need in our African American culture, because at the end of it all, we need to lookout for each other and help educate the next brother or sister.

I have to say this was the best lecture I have ever witnessed, I am so eager to hear more of what Dr. Carr has to say and I will definitely enroll in one of his classes next semester.