Black People : Was Slavery Our (African people) Own Fault? (PDF document)

I suggest you read John G. Jackson's Introduction to African Civilization. The esteemed Historian breaks down the slavery issue completely. He goes back to the Hyksos invasion of Egypt, The Assyrian invasion of Egypt, The conquest of Alexander the Great (homo), The Roman conquest of Carthage, The Roman conquest of Egypt, The Catholic invasion of Egypt and slaughter of Hypatia, The Arab invasion and subsequent creation of the great Islamic Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai, the Spanish and Portuguese invasion of Africa and Middle Passage Slave trade. The great fact that he introduces with thorough documented evidence is slavery is not a product of Africa but was introduced by way Middle Eastern and Eurasia invaders. Slavery is not a part of African philosophy. As I explained the people enslaving and trading Africans were dark skinned product Arab fathers and African slave mothers. These were not true Africans. Europeans learned these tactics as well. Also you must consider that the concept of race was not in effect in those days. African valued tribal ancestral identity. The concept of grouping humans by physical attributes was not yet anything Africans considered as valid. What these pseudo scholars are doing is thinking in terms of race when race didn't exists. We were introduced to the concept of race when Portuguese labeled us as Negroes. They try to do the same thing with the Bible. Race is never mentioned there either.


Do not challenge your professors with this knowledge. Pass it on to brothers and sisters who are confused. Challenging you professor will only cause you to be labeled as a trouble maker or worse a militant. Unfortunately because we don't have our own institutions higher learning we forced to glean knowledge from the next best thing. Consider your class an end to a means. It's more important that you obtain a degree than be right. Besides it's futile trying to correct them. What you must understand is there is politics behind their institutions of learning. Part of that was to wipe out our institutions. This is why the Romans destroyed the Library of Carthage over 2000 years ago. What your professors were speaking of was His Story. We need to be proficient in Our story to know the difference.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check these books out. Oh and it was not my professor but a very...very silly little white girl who said this.
 
what amazes me is how many Africans deny their ancestors had ANY involvement in the slave trade.
...and I thought they were into that so called Truth and Reconciliation stuff. guess not.


Hmmmm.

Being a continental African from Ghana, i will try to distinguish myself from the many Africans who deny their ancestors had involvements in the slave trade.

Yes are ancestors where involved. Some did it for the material wealth and others did it because they had to.

As a person who strongly believes in the culture, traditions and KARMA or my people, i believe slavery has a part to play in terms of the problems that Mother African is facing now. (famine, poverty, wars etc) and the first step to solving this is the people to Africa should get down on their knees and say sorry to our brothers and sisters in the diaspora. Make sacrifices and pour libation to pacify the souls of the thousand of people who lost their lives due to this inhumane act.
 
Hmmmm.

Being a continental African from Ghana, i will try to distinguish myself from the many Africans who deny their ancestors had involvements in the slave trade.

Yes are ancestors where involved. Some did it for the material wealth and others did it because they had to.

As a person who strongly believes in the culture, traditions and KARMA or my people, i believe slavery has a part to play in terms of the problems that Mother African is facing now. (famine, poverty, wars etc) and the first step to solving this is the people to Africa should get down on their knees and say sorry to our brothers and sisters in the diaspora. Make sacrifices and pour libation to pacify the souls of the thousand of people who lost their lives due to this inhumane act.

Brother Ibrahim:

Did you see this article awhile back?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/18/africans-apologise-slave-trade

I remember one African head of state addressed a group near New Orleans a few years ago concerning this apology (around 2005) but i dont remember from what country.
 

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