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Most of these Muslim captives were Fulani, Wolof, and Mandé-speaking peoples. The Hausa were also prominent among these captives.
“Most Muslims in Western Africa destined to the Americas were enslaved in a variety of military actions over a period of more than 350 years and across territory ranging from Senegal to Chad and from the southern…
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“It is this sense of unity of being that forms the first ground for a Maatian environmental ethics. The natural ethical concerns of Maatian ethics, then, flow first from the concept of a holistic universe, an inclusive order founded on and sustained by Maat. Ancient Egyptians had the highest respect for nature and felt and expressed a kinship…
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“The Declarations impose obligations of righteous thought, emotion, speech and conduct so that the Maatian person is cultivated through the development of character. And character is developed through moral instruction and practice. Thus, in Maatian ethics, instruction and learning are above all for a practical end,…
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“The feather was symbolic of perfection and purity. The human heart was symbolic of human behavior or conduct. If the feather, a light-weight object, was placed on one of the trays of the scale, and if the heart was placed on the other tray, the scale would be severely out of balance because of the weight of the heart. Therefore, the meaning… Read more
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“The Daily Temple Ritual reaffirmed God’s strength, cosmic order, and peace in Kemet. Peace (hotep, hotepu), love (merut), life (ankh), beauty (neferu), and justice (maāt) were basic values that shaped the ancient Egyptian civilization.”
-Theophile Obenga, Icons of Maāt
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