"Can the African continent truly afford the luxury of glossing history or sweeping its painful lessons under the carpet in an endeavor to enter mainstream world acceptance, especially of the 'progressive,' 'radical' affirmation? If the history of the African peoples has no significance, then the continent's present claims to existence are sham and do not matter to anyone."Wole Soyinka, Of Africa
Africa has to address its past in order to better tackle the future. We can't run away from addressing that past, simply because it makes us uncomfortable.
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