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Saida.M · (#12 (**permalink**))

RasRuben wrote:

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Saida.M wrote:

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I'm not sure.

I'm with the dogon. I'd much ratherAfrican historybe taught by us. BUT it'sclear that manywill not be so it's probabably better that they are taught something by 'others'.

I've always been an advocate of kids being taught world history.Especially as it wouldn't be surprising that many of it willbe linked with British history anyway.

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My whole stance is simply that I don't think we have the luxury of waiting until our sh*t is in order before we can teach our young. I was speaking to Toyin from the Ligali organisation about education. Apparantly it's well within a parents rights to sit in on a class or even at times to take it over. If the book is there then all that is left is that parents get up and sit there and make sure that the teacher is not misinforming the students. If this is done properly it will exist as a temporary fix until we are in a position to teach our young ourselves. It will also give our youth some pride in their heritage because it is definitely hard to have to go to school and hear a teacher tell you that you were slaves and that's it. That you were waiting in the jungle until caucasians arrived to civilise you. That's what they will be taught without this book. If you have read Robin Walkers book you will understand it's power and you will know that it is a necessary tool for the liberation ofthe minds of Africans. Not even a caucasian teacher could twist that book into something anti African.

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I'm not disagreeing with you at all Ras. Just perhaps in an ideal world I'dprefer that ours is taught only by us now.

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I'd take everyones word that the book is ideal. I won't promise but I'll try to get hold of it even though it'snot what I'd usually buy generally becauseI find African books depressing -I know I'm judging but it didn't come from nowhere lol.