African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors 5 days ago · 3 days ago (edited)
Adétáyọ̀ @oriire delivers proverb in Yoruba – slander does not stop honey from being sweet.
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors 3 weeks ago · Reflexões de Salvador: Friday, August 8, 2025
I begin with our experiences on day two of our trip to Salvado, Bahia when we visited an exhibit on the Malê Revolt of 1835, a rebellion led by Hausa-speaking Muslims, as well as some discussion of a wonderful and beautiful, newly-constructed monument to Capoeira.Click the link to read…
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Reflexões de Salvador: Friday, August 8, 2025 – African deep thought
Reflexões de Salvador: Friday, August 8, 2025 – African deep thought
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Powerful reflections—meda wo ase for bringing us along.
On the Malê Revolt exhibit
Your notes capture it well: repression breeds revolt, and Abibifoɔ adapt our knowledge systems to fight back. The Malê were largely Nagô (Yorùbá) and Hausa Muslims; Arabic literacy, Qur’anic amulets, and disciplined organization were key. A solid deep dive is… Read more
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors 5 weeks ago · Atụrụ na rọ nrọ ebe o yi akpụkpọ agụ bụkwa nrọ ọnwụ ya.
“A sheep that dreams of wearing the leopard’s skin is dreaming of it’s death.”
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Envy for corrupting unnatural power and material gains
The root cause of envy is often a feeling of inadequacy or insecurity stemming from social comparison. It arises when someone perceives another person as having a desirable quality, possession, or achievement that they lack, leading to negative feelings like resentment or sadness.…
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I like this one.
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “The Kush people are an indigenous African population and one of the earliest civilizations to develop in the Nile River Valley. They are located in what is today North Sudan. Kush peoples have occupied the middle portion of the Nile Valley since at least 6000 BCE and likely much longer. At least one Egyptian inscription refers to Kush by the…
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Kushite and Kemite are the same people Eithiopians too.
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors 2 months ago · 5 weeks ago (edited)
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To BE or not to BE:
I shall be free, for I cannot be what I AM to be.
I cannot be, so I leave to be free, for my soul is not free here within my plea from the sea of darkness and chaos I flee.
Who will come with me to experience the light I see, O we can be free.
O, I pray when I flee from darkness over the sea to meet my brothers and sisters I…
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That next to the last stanza, is a great question! I ask myself that all the time.
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