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If you could meet a Black a historical figure from any time period..
-Who would it be
-What would you ask them
-What do you think they would say
-How would you apply it to Abibiman
Ohenenana, Njideka and 5 others15 Comments-
– Thomas Sankara
– What kept you going to serve our people at the highest level?
– nothing.. probably smile awkwardly because language barrier.
– It doesn’t stop at the individual & family but continues with community & nation. Decolonization is crucial for the latter.
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@Reno Great comment, I like this! ✊🏽
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That’s a tough one. I think it would be Nana Marcus Garvey. I would want to know what he had in mind in his future for Black people, what are some of the things in hindsight he would have done differently to which he would say to be more mindful of people from within, maybe eventually drop negro to Black or African..get to the continent, I would look to apply his foresight to today
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@Agya Kwadwo We all need that spirit back and leader mentality as a collective. Great answer!
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It would be the Black Ourstorical figures we have no personal verbal and written accounts from like Benkos, Yanga, Zumbi, Bayano, Lemba, kwk. And listen to them speak about their life and their imperative actions, and how we can apply them to Abibiman today!
Also, I don’t know what they would say so that’s why they’re my selection.
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I actually had another thought of wanted to speak or the ancestor that was first to be forced to enslavement.
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@Agya Kwadwo I’ve never thought of this
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King Emmanuel Charles Edwards; I would ask if he could make me whole. He might say that I have less faith than a leper. Or that he never knew me! ‘Any word beginning with a vowel, and a consonant, or two making up one (the first) syllable means no in any language’. And in Law; black means dead.
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@Motingwa interesting choice!
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-Omowale (Malcolm X)
- when you parents were spreading the word of Nana Marcus Garvey, what strayed you away from their rhetoric?
- i think he would say he was immature and naive to what was happening, especially in lansing, Michigan.
- i think it would apply to abibiman because we would have more of a blueprint from a primary source, especially for black people (like myself) who grew up in the united snakes of a murderer. His autobiography would have been morr extensive.
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@Amadou I like this, I think it’s good to point out their mistakes while giving grace. We know more now so we know what to do when we pick up their sword and continue.
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My choice is Nana Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson who everyone knows as a pioneer in the study of Afrikan Amerikkan history, he is called the Father of Black History and is given much of the credit for Black History Month as well as the creation of ASALAH . What is frequently overlooked is Dr. Woodson wrote In the Miss-Education of the Negro, chapters to educate teachers and the general public about Kmtyw in Amerikka and Afrika. The book presents a brief summary of Afrika’s past, including chapters on “The Negro in Afrika and the failure of teachings about its history” “The Negro in the European Mind,” “The Negro in America,” “The Negro in Literature, The Negro in Art, The Education of the Negro, The Religious Development of the Negro,” and “Economic Imperialism. Part II contains bibliographical notes and comments on these chapters and the others in the book.
One of my favorite quotes by Dr. Woodson
“If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. Nana Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
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A hard pick for me at the moment
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