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“In the 1950s, when someone asked ‘who was High John?’ an elder would reply, ‘High John was an African prince, the son of an African king, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was never to be a slave. He could not be broken by the slave breaker and he disobeyed the slave master at every opportunity. He was a troublemaker for the white…
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Kwabena posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agohttps://abibitumitv.com/v/oNaQ2F
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Great Ancestor Scholars from ASCAC Conference
Short excerpts of some African scholars who are now Ancestors
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “Tradition, above all, is a lived, living and transmited history. It is narrative, the story of a people’s self-formation and at the same time core culture, i.e., thought and practice central to the survival and development and self-understanding of a people. In fact, the viability of a community of people is directly related to their rootedness…
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points
Agreed, it can also be knowledge that are forced upon a people who follow their oppressor ways to survive less trauma being experienced.
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoMoto ni mtumishi mwema, lakini bwana mbaya.
“Fire is a good servant, but a bad master.”
-Swahili proverb
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Heru posted an update in the group
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago“Supernatural solutions were not embraced by bondsmen simply because other forms of controlling and other centers of power were closed to them. From the very beginning, Hoodoo both was embedded within an immediate network of sanctions and supports and was able to engage in coercion and behavior shaping representing a source of power within…
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