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 agoAtẹ́gùn ò ṣéé gbé.
“The wind is impossible to carry.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: Certain propositions are unrealizable.
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoÀtàrí ìbá ṣe ìkòkò ká gbé e fún ọ̀tá yẹ̀wò; a ní ó ti fọ́ yányán.
“If one’s head was a pot and one gave it to an enemy to inspect, he would say it was irretrievably broken.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: An enemy is not one to trust with one’s destiny.
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoÀtàrí ìbá ṣe ìkòkò ká gbé e fún ọ̀tá yẹ̀wò; a ní ó ti fọ́ yányán.
“If one’s head was a pot and one gave it to an enemy to inspect, he would say it was irretrievably broken.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: An enemy is not one to trust with one’s destiny.
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “The race needs workers, not leaders. Such workers will solve the problems which race leaders talk about and raise money to enable them to talk more and more about…. Oratory and resolutions do not avail much. If they did, the Negro race would be in a paradise on earth. It may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have…
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points
I know that’s right.
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “There is no creation outside of people. Pretended individual creation, according to Kôngo thought, is a like and a social crime: creations are collective works, because they are people’s accumulated thoughts [Mpângulu mayîndu mantotikisa]. In other words, they germinate from collective ideas.”
-Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African…
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points
This reminds me of when he joked with the Kikôngo class about “kalu diantôtikisa”
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