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The African Diaspora, an interconnected bloodline of history, legacy, new families, lost families, rapes of the body and of the mind. Endangered unification and associations. The fight to balance assimulation and self-destiny. The connection between African Americans and Africa is connected with blood and tears. There is no denying that slavery spread the lives of millions of Africans to impregnate America with free labor, slavery on a generational scale, colonization and lost identity. History and legacy has shown that Africa is the cradle of civilization and the history of the world started with Africa, even the bible states this.
The story is factual, the evidence seen in the faces of millions of African Americans that are decedents of the slaves that were forcibly brought to this nation. It can be seen from South America,
the Caribbean Islands and other sites that where in possession of slaves.
The struggle for levels of freedom are still being sought ironically resulting from slavery in America and colonialism in Africa. The history being taught in schools in too many cases is a travesty, filled with false truths, misconceptions, lies and information that is intended to be safe and easily manipulated to create a level of understanding and thinking that does not encourage cultural growth or continued investigation by children. African American students are not interested in a continent they do not see their connection to, African children only see what the media wants them to see of America whether it is music, videos, movies and the sports athletes and entertainment powerhouses that lack historical or cultural relevancy.
The intellectual understanding of the importance of Africa is sometimes lost in the haze and misdirection that people perceived from “nature” shows. Africans are in to many cases fodder for discriminatory shows that show bare chested women in desert sands, children whose protruding bellies are from malnourishment, starvation and war.
Men who with yellow eyes sit around fires with spears, glazed looks and missing yellowed teeth. The media shapes and molds these stories and are sometimes the only story that has been shown for decades or half centuries. There is another side of Africa that is rarely shown.
The Africa You Rarely See
This is why “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is important to share as I have in my classes,
No one person or group should be allowed to talk about, mold the conversation around, or dominate the discussion of another culture. All parts of the African diaspora are of historical and cultural significance.
Soyinka and Achebe “Africans Have a Story Inside to Tell” #MyQuestToTeach an additional blog created to show the power of African storytellers that in history by colonization were systemically silenced because foreigners learned that storytelling shared messages that provided hope, courage and unity.
Blogging by Africans is critical to share the stories that influence education, business, commerce and impact collaborative efforts that transcend race, religion, gender and alternative lifestyles. “blogging is critical today more than ever.” Anthea Adams
http://weblogforlove.com/2016/09/the-evolution-of-blogging/
http://www.twitter.com/antheaadams2 – Twitter
The stories of Africa must be shared with African Americans to open dialogues of collaboration and content sharing. The damage by slavery and colonization must be put aside and the damage repaired by connections that embrace brotherhood and sisterhood. Moving African Americans and Africans to new opportunities in education, business, commerce and foundation of reconnection and respect.
The importance of telling factual stories is real and powerful. If people are told a lie and false truths long enough they will begin to believe them even if they know there is no truth.
Staff Writer; William D. Jackson
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