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By Samuel A. Ogungbemi“THE unacknowledged wink of our eyes later becomes uncountable number of years,” says a popular proverb. And look! 365 days have just passed, and on May 27, people ecstatically ...
When Dr. Chike Akua steps into a room — or cracks open a page — he brings with him thousands of years of ancestral wisdom. In ...
As we celebrate our loving relationships, let us also take prayerful time to become more aware of how these loves make us who ...
Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores the deep history of Allen University in Columbia, its African Methodist Episcopal ...
From this love of life flows their great veneration ... The ‘sanctity’ of African ancestors An African proverb teaches that “every birth is a rebirth of an ancestor.” ...
If you want people to understand you, speak their language.” – African proverbHow is life synthesized, but on the tongues of human beings. Life found its meaning when it found language. That is how ...
Now on display through Dec. 31, Jefferson applauded the opportunity to merge his passion for Black studies with the love of his craft ... culture references and studied interpretations, to African ...
It's a love that gives without expecting ... hurry has no blessing.” This Swahili proverb warns against rushing. It reflects African wisdom that patience, thoughtfulness, and process often ...
One of the few things to survive the Middle Passage were African proverbs, Love said. During enslavement, proverbs informed enslaved Africans about their past and kept those stories alive when it was ...
ALOE BLACC: The African proverb that says ... Not while I'm around with all the love that I've got. Not on my... RASCOE: You have a song, "Not On My Watch." That one has more of an acoustic ...