CAP and the United Front

Abstract

As stated earlier, the central slogan of CAP was “Kazi Is the Blackest of All.” Kazi, the Kiswahili word for work, was what we felt was the distinction between those who talked black revolutionary change and those who made it. The slogan seemed necessary at the time because of the tendency in some movement quarters to question who was the “blackest” or most legitimate. CAP’s answer was simple, “Kazi Is the Blackest of All.” My experience in and study of CAP is an absolute affirmation of the belief within the organization that our commitment to liberation was demonstrated by our willingness to work harder than anyone else or certainly not any less. We also felt that to work on behalf of our people was a sacred obligation. The principle of Kazi was especially demonstrated in the tremendous value we placed on building and sustaining a series of local and national united front organizations. We saw the united front as the tool for unification around common interests and that unification would move our struggle forward.