Inspired and modelled after Kwanzaa

The African Code recognizes Ge'ez (ግዕዝ) as the script of Africa and Kiswahili as the pan-African language.

1. Truth, Justice & Equality (Maat)

To place truth, justice and equality first and thus serve the highest principles of religion/spirituality. To remove racism, war, inequality and intolerance from the human character.

2. SELF-DETERMINATION (Kujichagulia)

To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves from our rich cultural traditions.

3. UNITY (Umoja)

To strive for and maintain unity in the community, nation and race on the bases of a common ethos.

4. CULTURE (Mila)

To practise the tradition of African culture, in all its diversity. Culture in the fullest sense embraces; marriage, rights of passage, mental frame-works, language, dress, trade, manners, etc.

5. EDUCATION (Kulea)

To raise global self-awarness of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

6. FAMILY (Jamii)

To Promote and protect the African family unit. To promote truth, balance, love, marriage and responsibility. To invest and nurture the next generation.

7. ECONOMICS (Ujamaa)

To promote sustainable ecological economics and creates jobs and industry independent of external support.

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1. JUSTICE

Truth, justice and equality above everything else. (MAAT). The highest principles of religion/spirituality are the highest principle of the Code. The African Code is fundamentally opposed to violence/war as a solution to humanities differences. The African Code extends justice and peace to all oppressed people on the planet and is prepared to work collectively as a human family to bring and end to oppression whenever and wherever it occurs.

Moral Compass: The African moral compass is rooted in a higher ethos and does not depend on the "morality" of others in determining its moral temperament.

2. SELF-DETERMINATION

Self-determination is a basic human right where human beings have collective control over their cultural property, educate their children, look to their past to determine their future, control and produce media which is in their best interest; independent of any other group. A self-determined people also articulate solutions rooted in their cultural foundation. They ultimately espouse terminologies, which serve their own self-interest and have a world view that orientates exclusively to their own cultural reality.

Racism: Self-determination doesn't end racism but it ends the power which racism holds over the oppressed people of the planet and invariable causes a new world of cultural representation and re-education which destroys the roots of racism--ignorance.

Labels: The African Code employs linguistic terms, which empower African people, and rejects shallow labels that do not articulate the African geopolitical reality.

3. UNITY

Unity is the prime law of the African Code. The African Code is open to any progressive African organization/individual who understands the aims and objectives for Global African liberation and empowerment. In unity, we respect the process and the legislation stimulated by the African Code and build upon this template irrespective of petty issues, personal opinions, egos, and personalities. The African Code is as strong as its strongest members, not the weakest, and thus the pace of progress will never be arrested. Members will thus determine their level of involvement by the actual work and lead by example.

The African Code is set-up by council of members on areas of agreement. Thus terms and models for working together become the institutional bedrock of all subsequent work. The Code avoids infringing on individual organization policies, but rather reflects the best of our collective ethos.

Why African: The African Code isolates the African race for unity because as a racial family there is, first and foremost, a common cultural ethos and secondly a legacy of oppression which has placed African people all over the World as the most impoverished and oppressed group--even in countries where Africans are the majority. Thus the African Code responds and speaks specifically to this reality by institutionalizing a strategy for these systems of oppression (historical exclusion, cultural disownership, health crisis, economic exploitation, etc) to be challenged and replaced with justice and equality for the profit of all humanity. The models espoused by the African Code can be adopted by all oppressed people globally as a template for self-determination.

Diversity: Africans are a diverse people, and have always been. Unity thus must endorse absolute tolerance and respect towards all religions and ethnicities: Islam, Candomble, Orisha, Judaism, Voodoo, Yoruba, Fulani, Amhara, etc. The African Code does not tolerant any form of aimless hate or oppression this is because the code's first principle is not rooted in racial dominance; only justice across the board for all humanity.

Each one teach one: One famous Biblical story is where Jesus (Esa) said instead of giving a hungry man a fish, teach him to fish. The African Code extends to members this principle and takes it one-step further that those who are taught go out and teach, thus the skill level of the African World rises. Computer literacy, technological utilization, emerging technologies (WiFi, etc) need to be integrated and used for the collective benefit.

4. CULTURE

All work must be in the tradition of African culture, in all its diversity. Culture in the fullest sense embraces marriage, rights of passage, mental frame-works, language, dress, manners, etc.

Language: The African Code officially recognizes Swahili as the official Pan-African language and Amharic (Ge'ez) as the official script of African people. The African Code will seek all means to introduce Swahili and Amharic into all learning outlets for African people, especially children. The ultimate goal within the next 20 years to make sure at least 30% of all African people globally can speak Swahili and write in Amharic. Those wishing to enter languages will be encouraged to seek and preserve minority languages by documenting and institutionalizing these languages before they go instinct.

Documentation: Cultures practised by African people must be documented and preserved via books , African owned Museums, and all other mediums, which will preserve all aspects of African culture for future generations.

5. EDUCATION

Scholarship: To promote and encourage new scholarship as it relates to our history and culture and to facilitate the succession of leadership across the generations and ensure that all vital roles of scholarship are filled with the necessary knowledge via fostering and sponsoring education.

Common knowledge: To educate and raise the bar of common knowledge within our global communities with factual driven academia based on empirical research and scholarship. To thus ultimately normalize an African sense of self worth and legacy into our common cultural knowledge. And to export this knowledge to fight the negative World view of Africans and Africa.

Institutionalization: All writings, films, music must be institutionalized into our cultural and historical archive for future generations. Institutionalization means accurate documentation and processing of ideas and concepts, which will out live the creators and personalities that founded them. The ethos of this and other organizations must raise the standard of scholarship and adhere to an institution-building objective, which is regulated and governed. We hope that a new “Open university” of knowledge will build onto the extensive historical legacy of our ancestors. Our aim is that we and those who come after us will embody this information as birthrights and build on these foundations. Thus, every generation advances the body of historical knowledge by standing on the shoulders of their ancestors.

6. FAMILY

Promote and protect the African family unit via the African ritual of marriage. To return the African family unit to accountability, mutual respect and love. In the community and other Relationships and the next generation are the peak of wealth so we must guard them well.To act for the good of the collective family over everything else thus any substances/item/media that harms our community is outlawed.

7. ECONOMICS

Economics is the blood of a society and touches every aspect of life, it washes and sustains civilizations and thus is a critical aspect of all activities under the African Code unity banner. Economics as a tool of self-determination and political voice/leverage is a fundamental aspect of the code. Thus in all activities the economic criteria must be satisfied making sure that where possible money is not allowed to leave the African circle. The economic policy of the code means that members first loyalty is to other members of the African Code, then to the progressive African community and as a last resort the non-African community who sustain and support those issues most critical to our community.

Sustainable economics: All work must be sustainable financially and have an economic component, which will create jobs and sustain the work independent of external support. These economic policies must also extend into the Global African community and fund development for the benefit of all. The African Code recognizes the system of quantum merit, where those who risk and/or invest the most reap the most.The exploitation or profiteering from systems, which have no sustainable value, are condemned.

Economic inclusion: Economics as it relates to self-determination insist that in all external relationships and campaigns relating to African people must support economic inclusion of African business and talent. In this respect all charities, for example, addressing the poverty crisis in Africa must be made accountable and demonstrate that a percentage of African businesses have been solicited in all projects as a first priority, thus putting an end to the economic exploitation of Africa generated by European businesses who make millions from Africa's poverty.

Emerging economics: Recognition of intellectual property right is to be observed by all members and thus absolutely no violation of copyright is allowed especially where such violation diminishes the income of an African person. All other emerging economic opportunities which generate income by service or other means are to be respected and treated in the same regard as traditional systems.