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“The white man is civilized only because he says he is, and not by any historical standard of practice. Because of his literacy, he has written himself into civilization as though his theories were practice. For him, the theory is an end (and, of course, if we are not careful it will be our end).”
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The violent birth of European modernity, established as it was atop the dispossession of indigenous peoples and the enslavement of Africans, would prove so devastating that even today some descendants of the latter flee from memory of this terror into the lunacy of denialism.
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Moors, Hebrew Israelis and too many to name.
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The Bight of Biafra was second only to the Congo-Angola area as a source of enslaved Africans brought to the United States.
https://saharareporters.com/2022/06/30/40-americans-trace-ancestry-nigeria-adopt-igbo-names
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40 Americans Trace Ancestry To Nigeria, Adopt Igbo Names | Sahara Reporters
Speaking at their Igbo-name-giving ceremony at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Wednesday, the students explained that they traced their Igbo ancestral roots through DNA tests conducted on them.
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Ku ëmb sa sanqal, ëmb sa kersa.
“He who keeps the millet flour that feeds you in a sack, keeps in the same sack your dignity.”
-Wolof proverb
Explanation: To be dependent on another undermines one’s dignity.
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iw sDm n xt.f ns-sw xfty
He who listens to his belly belongs to the enemy
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Tẹ̀ mí ntẹ̀ ọ́, layé gbà.
“Step on me and I will step on you is what life takes.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: In life we must act toward others as they act toward us.
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