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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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · Dyambu kadiloswangwa ko. Walosa dyo mu maza, kadikukula ko. Walosa dyo va tiya, ka divya ko yovo: Dyambu da dilozwangwa ko, waloza dyo mu maza, kadikukula ko. Waloza dyo va tiya ka divya ko.
“You cannot get rid of a problem without solving it. If you throw it into the river it will not flow down, or if you throw it into the fire, it will not get…
Keisha, Adjoa Malaika Gathoni and Kwabena2 Comments-
Most Black people believe if you ignore a problem, it will magically disappear by itself.
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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)
The Mis-Education of the Negro
“The educated “Negroes” have the attitude of contempt towards their own people because in their own schools as well as in the mixed schools, Negroes are taught to admire the Hebrews, the Greeks, the Latins, the Arabs, the Europeans and to despise the Afrikan and everything Afrika.
-The Great The…
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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)
The Oldest Book in the World:
The Teachings of Ptahhotep
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
He said unto his Son:
“Let your heart be your guide for the length and breadth of your life. Give no thought on who and what goes against what your heart says to you. Do not allow negative people and negative things to reduce the limited time given to you on this…
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In ALL Afrikan Nyansasem, philosophy, science, thought, spirituality, beliefs, the “heart“, is the seat of Thinking, Control, Will-Power, Conscience, Consciousness, Conscious Awareness, Emotion, Expression (The “Mind”).
It was true in Ancient Kmt and it is true today in Modern Kmt, Afrika.
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoKana bwa telama, vo kutelemene ko wendelele.
“If you fall, stand up, if you don’t get up, you become doomed to failure.”
-Kongo proverb
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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)
The Oldest Book in the World:
The Teachings of Ptahhotep
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
He said unto his Son:
“Should you take a wife, let it be a woman of excellent character who is joyous and well respected in her town. Let her enjoy in merriment each second of her life, do not seek to quell her joy, leave her to her happiness. It is the peace of…
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@Kwabena who is the translator?
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@Malami_Naka I am reviewing different translations of certain ‘challenging’ passages in Nana Ptah-Hotep text (part of something I’m working on), so I cannot comment at this time on the translator in general. That Maxim is considered one of those ‘challenging’. When I say ‘challenging’ I mean passages that are obscured by Eurasian language translation.
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