From the heart of your epistemic freedom coach….
‘Jerusalema’ and ‘Where them fats at’: Unity in motion
Unity. A word that tries to capture our imagination. Imagine if we had unity the world over. Where can we find some cross-continental unity? Consider ‘Jerusalema’ and ‘Where them fans at’. Both songs are about being grounded and safe. Each happens at a time of upheaval and vibrates with a dance. Both brand unity with a call to action.
803 Fresh (Douglas Furtick) tells us that he is ‘Alive in the building (Yeah, yeah)’ and he utters, ‘I’ll dance by my damn self’ but before long he calls us to:
Get up out your seat
(South Carolina, USA, 2025)
Let your body move
Cowboys and Cowgirls, they feelin’ that groove
Sippin’ on Moonshine, fire-barrel rollin’
I’ma get behind that thing, girl
And hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
…. Boots on the ground, kickin’ up some dust
Wait a minute now, where them fans at?
Where them fans at? Where them fans at?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQxQZV66Bl8
This call to action via ‘Southern Soul’ is nuanced with the driving question: ‘Where them fans at’ and with those fans in hand we ‘hit it’ maybe one time, maybe two times but we always ‘hit it’ in unity.
Similarly, Jerusalema, is a call to action but on multiple levels. As she proudly sings in isiZulu from the depths of her soul, Nomcebo Zikode is calling on a higher power.
Jeruselema ikhaya lami (Jerusalem is my home)
(Madagascar, 2020)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Save me, and walk with me)
Zungangishiyi lana (Do not leave me here) (Repeat)
Ndawo yami, ayikho lana (My place, is not here)
Mbuso wami, awukho lana (My kingdom, is not here)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Preserve me, and go with me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6dieobs5kc&list=RDY6dieobs5kc&start_radio=1
We join in with Nomcebo – longing for that Higher Power to save us, walk with us, preserve us and go with us wherever we go. During the time that ‘Jerusalema’ went viral in 2020, we were in the global pandemic of COVID-19. Then came the dance challenge, often said to be ignited by Angolans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613A9d6Doac) and there were cross-continental responses without regard to age, gender, race, class and other isms.
In much the same vein, recognising that the real name of 803 Fresh’s song is ‘Boots on the ground’ – looking for those fans in hand – this song goes viral at a time of upheaval in 2025. The Trump administration in the USA. The Trump regime is stirring an uproar – trying to roll back any semblance of equity and diversity in favour of sameness and absolutism – touting residuals of the conglomerate while advancing the myth of white superiority. But we got our ‘boots on the ground’ still moving – never to be deterred or dissuaded – honouring the transformative energy of a higher power. Not unlike the ‘Jerusalema’ dance, the ‘Boots on the ground’ dance went viral, challenging us to join in across demographics and continents.
The situatedness of ‘Jerusalema’ and ‘Boots on the ground’ are driving togetherness and harmony while foregrounding diversity. Check the links provided above in the text box – if you have not already – you can’t help but feel the energy and at least sway in your seat with a smile on your face. The moves are at once synchronised and unique. Every gesture, every half turn, every pivot – such unity with these preplanned gestures in motion.
Twirls of freedom. Dips of joy giving way to high stance rhythmic dance – and thinking of our Angolan brothers and sisters, with a full plate of food in hand.
With ‘where them fans at’ as the overarching chorus, we cool ourselves off from the intensity of kicking up dust with our boots on the ground. This energy can be neither restrained nor constrained.
Be reflective and start ingesting the divine in every move – engaging with a higher power yet grounded sufficient to create new realities.
Through our alignment with the moves and energies, we demonstrate unity in motion on the African continent and in the Diaspora.
No one is leading, yet everyone is leading.
The real leader is the divinity within us – these moves are calls for action – tuning in to discover ourselves from the inside out – recognising our oneness.
Transform divisive and lethal energies into the realities of diversity in unity.
Just as the ‘Jerusalema’ and ‘Boots on the ground’ dancing each call out for us to join in, may the call to exercise our divinity within have the same influence – let that go viral and compel the onlooker to feel the feeling and join in.
Irrespective of where you may find yourself and with ‘who you are’ being irrelevant to the call to action that your soul wants to heed – be responsive.
Imagine the unity in motion from each of us outwardly expressing our divinity within.
Count on our book – Navigating Manifestation – to move you inward, onward and upward!
With love and light,
Prof Fayth