MALCOLM MOUNTAIN TALL...MXCC REMEMBERS SEKOU ODINGA!

            We called him 'The General'

            When he spoke, we all listened.

            He moved with authority.

            He stood immovable tree trunk strong!

            The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee is devastated to learn of the passing of our most beloved People's Warrior Sekou Odinga, who left us on January 12th.

            He was in his 79th winter....

            Sekou epitomized how Malcolm X so insurgently influenced that amazing generation with his timetraveling maroon magic!

            A lead organizer for that legendary NY chapter of the Black Panther Party, and when forced underground, he continued to engage in the international arena helping to take the Party abroad to Algeria and to ultimately becoming a lead armed combatant in the Party's daunting answer to the Underground Railroad...The Black Liberation Army!

            Don’t believe us?

            Ask Assata.

            Her liberation does not happen with him!

            A pioneer in the New Afrikan Independence Movement, and after enduring 33 years in captivity, he became a riveting steadfast champion for the release of his comrades still in prison upon his 2014 release!

An amazing father...An inspiring father figure to legions including to this seasoned foot soldier upon his release...

            A supreme Balagoon....beloved military leader...
            We loved him to the fullest...

            Sekou embodied the commitment and courage to dare to do all those things for our freedom that we were clearly shown that we must do.

            Like those touched personally by Malcolm, his legendary courage was grounded by an unshakable faith like the greatest of Black revolutionaries, and that faith saw him through the horror and hurt he bravely endured once he was captured, including the loss of a son, Yaki, as a consequence of his commitment!

            He was Malcolm mountain tall and we adored him...

            We encircle our beloved Dequi Kioni Sadiki, our cherished former chair, who drove the campaign that ultimately secured his release like a tank and rode with him side by side inseparably for our freedom fighters release with her own bejeweled ferocity. 
            We encircle his children and grandchildren in the ways of those gone on before us with love and healing for as long as our breaths dance...

            Long live Sekou Odinga!...

            May we savor his sage sugared memory!

            May we cultivate his fearless and total commitment!

            May we harness cradling the whirlwind his undying and courage and faith!

            May we answer the challenges of this moment standing strong on his mighty shoulders!

            Carry on the Tradition!

            X as in Malcolm is the Answer! 

Zayid Muhammad