“When African peoples reunite with African history and culture, solutions to the other problems will be possible. The point to emphasize here is that the victory will occur when and only when African teachers (the Mwalimu) who have drunk deeply from the deep well of African heritage take over the preservation, cultivation, reconstruction, and dissemination of African culture as the vital core of African Education. This is the project that was pioneered by Bookman, Jean Jacques Dessalines, and Prince Hall, P.V. Vastey, Prince Sanders, David Walker, Hosea Easton, Henry Highland Garnett, and Martin Delaney. This is the project that launched the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC).” Mzee Jedi Shemsu Jehewty (Jacob H. Carruthers) Intellectual Warfare page 4
Last week I shared a few book titles and authors that I believe provide a solid foundation in the study and comprehending the praiseworthy place of Africa and Africans in human history. It is crucial for us to study, learn and know our history.
It is said a people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots. This is an apt analogy. A tree without roots cannot live–it cannot remain stationary, anchored in the soil. It has no access to life-giving water and nutrients and, subsequently, cannot fulfill its symbiotic relationship with its surroundings. It cannot hold the soil to prevent it from eroding and being washed away, broken up, and blown by the winds. It cannot reproduce its kind, contribute and share in the abundance of nature.
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