African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors
This group is for the exploration of classical and traditional African deep thought (what some refer to... View more
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoKana baka nsengo a mpa, ekudi kulozi ko.
“If you have a new hoe, don’t throw away the old one.”
-Kongo proverb
Explanation: We do not discard old things simply because we gain something new. Similarly, our previous knowledge and experience has the capacity to continually enrich our lives even while we gain new knowledge and experience.
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Kwabena posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “Negro banks have failed because the people have been taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, and therefore withdraw their deposits.”
-The Great The Honorable
-Nana Carter G. Woodson
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This is so true.
We have been taught and programmed that everything Black=Afrikan is not good, and therefore we don’t invest in it. -
We withdraw our deposits from everything Black owned.
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Kwabena posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a race that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?”
-The Great The Honorable
Nana Carter G. Woodson
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If you believe you are inferior then don’t cry out “why me?” “why the Black race?” “why is it always the Afrikan being exploited, being enslaved, being exterminated?” -
Because we have accepted the position of being at the bottom of the world totem pole.
We have accepted as being inferior to all other people on the face of the earth.
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Kwabena posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoa year ago (edited)
“Philosophers have long agreed that every man has two educators: ‘that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds, the education that one gives himself is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work hard and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and…
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Kwabena posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · a year ago (edited)
“If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, then he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.”
-The Great The Honorable
Nana Carter G. Woodson
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If the African in the underdeveloped country must be eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the underdeveloped country, then he will never become strong enough to develop his country.
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