In order to resurrect the real African inner self, the Negro has to be uprooted - not from the outside, but from the inside. The first step to the inside requires that we know the identity of that inner core that Africans have invariably charac- terized as spiritual. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Activists and others have tried, unsuccessfully, nearly every material definition imaginable in order to help African people under Eurocentric ideology resurrect themselves.African diasporans have tried everything from "afros" to dashikis and back to processed hair- the whole gamut of the material. African diasporans have tried almost all of the external revi- sions possible to get them back to being ourselves. ⠀ ⠀ None of these external or cosmetic solutions have worked. In order to recon- struct our true selves we must identify that inner substance that makes us who we are. Once we have restored our true selves we will be characterized by our commitment to maximize our indi- vidual and collective s...