ONÍMẸ́RINDÍNLÓGÚN — from the Yoruba, one who holds sixteen — is the Abibitumi rite of passage rooted in the sacred number 16 of Ifá. These are the sixteen questions every Kmtyw must confront, wrestle with, and answer for themselves.

This is not a lecture. It is a structured initiation — four sections, sixteen doors. Each one builds on the last.

The 16 Steps

  1. Who or what is an s Km ‘Black Man’ / st Kmt ‘Black Woman’?
  2. Melanin: What makes Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’ Black?
  3. Are all Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’ one people?
  4. Does the past matter?
  5. Did Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’ (really) originate civilization?
  6. Did aꜢmw ‘eurasians’ (really) bring Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’ progress?
  7. Are Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’ being educated or mis-educated?
  8. What is racism?
  9. Maat: The Worldview of Kmt(yw) ‘Black people’
  10. What is culture and why is it important?
  11. tꜢ: Nationhood and Nation-building
  12. Why have we made so little progress?
  13. What is to be done? Collective Action
  14. Factors of effective action and nation-building
  15. The work-study group as the basis for institution and Nation-building
  16. Abibitumi! Rebuilding Black Power in the interest of Abibifahodie ‘Black Liberation’!

What You Earn

Complete all 16 steps and pass the final examination. Your Onímẹ́rindínlógún rank and 100 Abibisika Points are awarded automatically the moment you finish.

Abibitumi. Abibifahodie.