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“If you want to be conceptually and psychologically free, learn an African language.”
-Dr. Kwasi Konadu
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Hmmm, I would go a bit further and say: “If you want to be conceptually and psychologically free, learn an African language and culture.” Just because there are a lot of African people who speak African languages, and are some of the most mentally enslaved people ever.
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Necessary but not sufficient
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I think this is what happens when people are educated in the European system. I mean if this was anywhere even close to the truth the continent would not be in the position its in with its many different languages. The question is not the language this is why people go and learn an African language, but still have European definitions of… Read more
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My key takeaways from Dr. Kwasi Konadu’s lecture yesterday:
1. African people exist as phobogenic objects, that is as objects of white loathing, fear, and aggression.
2. African people exist in an indeterminant state between negrophilia and negrophobia in the white collective consciousness. The love of Black performance represents negrophilia.…
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“Everything is everything.”
-African American expression
Explanation: An affirmation of actuality. An acknowledgement of reality at hand. Also, a statement which expresses the consubstantial nature of things.
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“You got to get cho mind right.”
-African American expression
Explanation: Said of someone who is not thinking or acting in a manner that reflects intelligence or sound judgement.
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“Ah ‘on know what you used to, but this ain’t it.”
-African American expressionExplanation: Said to inform someone that their expectations, attitude, or behavior are ill suited to the situation at hand.
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😂love the simplicity and big message all packaged together!
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