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 Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:34pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]headline coverage of my mission . The (her surprise was an invitation for TV and radio broadcasts to the nation . Our Zimbabwe friends were somewhat suspicious of the motives behind all this red carpet treatment for a Black American, especially when it continued after my uncompromising replies to questions on a TV )broadcast panel session . The Ministry of the Interior had an interpreter flown 300 miles to join me when I visited his particular language group, the Ndebele . The only objectionable incidents occurred when on two different occasions in different places, two district officers offered to attend my meetings with Chiefs and the Council of Elders . I objected, and the matter was closed . Finally, South Africa . The situation in this country is so ridiculous that, far from allowing myself to be incensed with rage, amusing I found it . The unremitting brutality of these whites against the Blacks leaves them in a state of permanent fear. They seem to consider every black man not a potential, but an actual threat . And what they are occupied with every hour is unbelievable(until you are actually in South Africa . My passport was a "mistake made somewhere ." I, of course, had no intention to do field work in South Africa, but had to pass through it to reach the surrounded countries then under British rule . No one at all was supposed to be barred from passage into and from these countries . But it required the action of the U .S. Ambassador at Pretoria and an angry American Consul General at Johannesburg to free me from the airport room where I was held and checked on every thirty minutes . Even when the Consul General arrived in person, the authorities insisted that I must not enter the city, but be taken under guard to the train for Swaziland . Mr . Riley (the C.G .then decided to defy South Africa by not only driving me leisurely through Johannesburg, but 200 miles around the country, stopping at different towns, and finally on to Swaziland . What I referred to above as amusing were incidents such as excited policemen rushing to flag down the big Cadillac because they could so quickly spot a black face before they saw the seal of the United States emblazoned on the sides of the car with the American flag flying from the hood . An African is a member of the black race, and from times immemorial he was known as such by all peoples of the world . Throughout this work the term refers to Blacks only . It should be noted also that I write about the African people-not African peoples as Western writers do . I am dealing here with essentially one people, one "race," if you please, the African race . In ancient times "African"and "Ethiopian" meant the[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:17pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]arrival . And they maintained a strictly hands-off policy after my arrival . I, therefore, prepared to leave at once, but announced that I did not beg to study anywhere, and that they would learn that this was the only "African state" where an African scholar was barred . The Ministry of the Interior reacted swiftly . Not only was permission quickly granted to do field work in the South, but all the necessary arrangements were made with dispatch . This included establishing my southern headquarters at Malakal . The simple fact was that while they were quite familiar with European research people roaming freely all over the country, a Black doing field studies in the Sudan was a phenomenon indeed! Ethiopia (the new name for Abyssinia), like the Republic of the Sudan, is also ruled by a people of mixed blood who not only do not consider themselves African by race, but who maintain a privileged class society based upon color . To them, all black-skinned Africans are "Bantu ." To these they feel superior by reason of "white blood," and their discriminatory practices are just as subtle and real as those of the whites. And although the enslavement of black-skinned Africans continues in both countries even in our times, both the Sudan and the new Ethiopia have adopted the "Brotherhood Front" since the sudden rise of so many independent African states . This enables the Sudan to serve as the "bridge" between the Arab world and the new black states, and thus control or influence their international policies through the United Nations ; and Ethiopia is able to control, more directly, or influence Black Africa through Western backing in establishing the headquarters of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa and pushing Haile Selassie into the key role . of continent-wide leadership, thus blocking the "dangerous" influence of Kwame Nkrumah . (It is because of my steadfast refusal to either skip or gloss over these aspects of the historical record that I am criticized by many "Negroes"-and I know exactly when to use this term!) And now southward to the full white-ruled lands where hostility to a black face was fully expected : Rhodesia and South Africa . Long before reaching Southern Africa I was told that I might as well skip Rhodesia, and that even if I was admitted into South Africa I would not be permitted to work . But Rhodesia, to the surprise of just about everyone, pulled out all stops as though it had resolved to outmatch all the black states in amenities and various kinds of assistance beyond all expectations or needs . There was the usual press conference, followed by front page[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:12pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]reference to all the individuals and groups that actually worked on various parts of the study. However, I had to decline the services of many highly recommended Africans because of their "upper class" attitudes toward the common people . For I had learned quite early that the people in the interior can spot the arrogant and "superior" African just as easily as they recognize the arrogant and "superior" white investigator . They will give answers to questions readily enough, but not the right anwers . I therefore selected only those whose heartbeats seemed to be tuned to the heartbeats of the great common people from whom all of us came . The interpreters were generally assistants who spoke two or three languages of the country . An entirely new kind of assistant was the verifying interpreter . They were used to double-check the interpreters who sometimes would not precisely convey your question or interpret the exact reply . There were training sessions before and during the field work. In those fortunate cases where we had four or five competent assistants, one of the interpreters remained with me, while the others worked on special assignments in different places in the area . The documentary research in the United States which preceded the other preliminaries was not done entirely alone . Some of the most important areas of my study of ancient sources were rechecked in independent studies by a select group of graduate students in history . Their assistance in reappraising such early sources as Manetho, Herodotus, Josephus, Strabo, Abu Salih, et . al ., was invaluable . Foremost among these was the Reverend Carleton J . Hayden . In concluding my remarks on the field studies in Africa, some comments of four of the countries visited are in order . In the Sudan the authorities did not want me to work in or even visit the all-black southern provinces . Their fifteen years of rebellion against the "Arab" North had caused the whole vast area to be officially "sensitive," and, therefore, barred to outsiders . The suggestion was that I confine my studies to the Northern Sudan . This I refused because I had been previously assured that the rebellion had been "completely crushed," and that "peace and quiet" prevailed everywhere . Besides, I could only find Islamic institutions in the North-institutions of which I already had full knowledge from years of special study and teaching . As indicated above, the American embassy in Khartoum did none of the preparatory work about which I give the other U .S. African embassies so much praise, although it had six months' notice before my[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:07pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]for the more ancient tradition of Africa itself . So vast and untapped is the real history of the African race that I, myself, have only scratched the surface of what is yet to be done . Some of the areas to be explored by future historians are set forth in pages which follow this chapter . A major research project should not be undertaken by a single individual . That was my mistake-hence, the sixteen years of work that a research team of eight or ten persons might have completed in three or four . The kind of well-organized research teams required for in-depth studies may be difficult to promote because of our pitiful go-it-alone individualism. A research project such as mine should have had a team of highly trained experts from the fields of history, archaeology, anthropology, medicine, linguistics, tropical agriculture, political science, etc . The widely ranging scope of the study minus a team was possible only because of the interest and active support of certain African governments and the unforgettable help of the people in every region and country . For all kinds of help was needed . As indicated above, much had been pre-arranged . The United States Department of State had notified the American embassy in each country that I was coming, requesting our ambassadors to give any requested assistance . Excepting the Sudan, where embassy officials appeared to be under some kind of fear, the embassies, everywhere, went all out to be helpful . The embassies had the very important work of making the advance arrangements for trips into the interior through the appropriate ministries in each country . These in turn, had to contact the various provincial governors or district commissioners who had to make living and conference arrangements with village chiefs, elders, the keepers of oral traditions and other specified groups . The amount of time all this advance work saved for the study itself is obvious . But volunteer work of our African brothers who accompanied me into the field was what I referred to above as "unforgettable ." Some of them were teachers who, as in the case of my previous field work (1956- 57), had secured leave for the purpose without any trouble at all . Indeed, even the people we call "illiterate" had that storehouse of wisdom which made it easy for them to understand that I was working not for myself, but, for them, for the whole black race . I am trying to make it clear here that, although I did not have the kind of research team referred to above, many people, some 128 in number, participated in this work and made the outcome possible . So, when at various places I say "we," it is not the editorial or royal "we," but[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:00pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]rule Africans in view of their "wild and most primitive system of democracy ." For just as fast as African kings or chiefs undertook to carry out British laws (which displeased the people), "the people would remove them from office," therefore, this "primitive African democracy had to be destroyed" before the British system of Indirect Rule could be effective . The point here is that these sneering remarks by an eminent British historian revealed to me an entirely new field of research . That lecture led me into the study of one of the most significant developments in the entire history of the black race: an ancient system of democracy (existing before Greece) evolved from a continent-wide constitution that governed the whole African people as a single race . This all-important finding was arrived at by comparative studies of African customary laws in every region of the continent . The Europeans were confronted with a real social domocracy that existed long before the terms "socialism" and "democracy" were invented in the west . For Dr . Madden it was "savage" because the people were the real rulers, in fact, and not merely in theory . THE FIELD STUDIES Insofar as the study of African history is concerned, I regard direct investigation in the field, in Africa, as of the highest importance . This field work should be undertaken only after thoroughgoing research in written and other documentary sources . The study of available written sources, their evaluation, and the mounting archaeological records are all the first major phase of African research and, I would say, a prerequisite for field-work . The field work was mainly concerned with oral history . I had noted in my study of sources of noted historians that many who decried oral tradition as "unreliable" never failed to use it themselves to supplement or give added validity to their work . The fact is that neither written nor unwritten records should be accepted as true without verification . Although two years were devoted to the field work, the ground covered was possible only because of careful advance planning and the scheduling of areas and groups in each country months ahead of my arrival . These had to be in the hinterland, or "Bush Country," generally far away from the Westernized urban centers . For our quest was not for the long-standing tradition of either Islam or Christianity in Africa, but[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:57pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]have nothing in common now, you know ." This British (and European) philosophy of education fitted in ideally with those Africans from the continent and elsewhere who, unlike J .L., came to Europe from the privileged class at home. Some of those studying in England became more British than the British, just as many from what was French West Africa became more "French" than the Frenchmen. The first tragedy to note about the effects of this class education on Blacks is that it further reinforced colonialism's policy of perpetual disunity in Africa and elsewhere . The line dividing these black "upper" and "middle" classes from the black masses and their basic aspirations is more rigidly drawn . And this superior class mentality, becoming even more crystalized since independence, is an almost certain guarantee of future uprisings on a scale never seen . The second great tragedy is in the nature of what is called "education .' It is mainly rote learning, the ability to memorize phrases, concepts and other required data . Thinking is neither required nor expected . Critical analysis and evaluation of subject matter are not required . But the ability to absorb and recall is required . The brilliant scholar, then, is one who can readily quote authorities and remember well his bibliographical sources. So we have a generation of black scholars who continue to amaze students by mouthing the doctrines and viewpoints of their white teachers-like so many robots without minds of their own . Yet study under white teachers and professors should be most rewarding, and it can be if you do not enter white institutions with a head like an empty pitcher going to a fountain to be filled . I was safe and richly rewarded during my studies in white universities only because I happened not to be so naive that I expected the viewpoints of the conquerors to be the same as those of the conquered on matters relating to our place in the world . Elsewhere I have emphasized, by repetition, that some of the most fruitful sources for study came quite unintentionally from white scholars . A case in point was at Oxford . The course was "The History of Colonialism in Africa ." The presence of two or three Blacks in the class, while obviously uncomfortable to some, was generally ignored . For African studies were of long standing an integral part of the imperial system . They were not planned for Africans at all, but for the future administrators of the Empire in Africa . So Professor Madden -was pointing out in his lecture how difficult , and even impossible, it was to[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:47pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
[b]THE EUROPEAN JOURNEY I arrived in England in the fall of 1953 to begin formal studies at Oxford University, primarily through the Institute of Colonial Studies and at Rhodes House (which might be more properly called Africa House) . In addition to the study of documentary sources on Africa, I had other objectives : (l) I wanted a more direct, close-up view of the European mind, its real attitude toward the black world . I sought to study both (2) the extent to which European wealth and power were derived directly from Africa and (3) the nature and philosophy of a European education that was shaping and determining the mentality of Africans . I was already fully aware of the disastrous effects of the white American education system on Black Americans who, not having any other frame of reference, had to adopt the ideologies and viewpoints of whites in order to survive, even when those viewpoints were against them. This meant visiting various classrooms in elementary and secondary schools, teacher-training institutes, and classrooms of lecturers and professors in a selected number of colleges in the universities . These were not "look-in-and-leave" visits, but all-day studies at the schools, remaining throughout the period in the classrooms, and talking with students, teachers and principals thereafter. In such a study one learns very quickly that the textbooks and other works describing education do not tell the same story as the schools in action tell . (4) Finally I wanted to know, and again from direct study, exactly what made Oxford probably the greatest university in the world . What were the specific elements of that greatness? Was great teaching a factor, and, if so, who were the great teachers and what made them great teachers? From just the foregoing aims of the study it must be obvious that I was still examining various aspects of the probable reasons why whites became the masters of the globe . In both France and England I found that the system of education fostered a new kind of aristocracy-an aristocracy of the "educated ." College graduates constituted new upper classes . The son of a carpenter or railroad conductor became estranged from his family and former friends upon receiving his university degree . A case in point was J.L., a young Englishman in my College at Oxford (Lincoln) who was one of my close friends there . He refused to go home during any of the long vacation breaks because, to quote him, "I can no longer associate with my family and old friends . I wouldn't know how to talk to them . We[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:42pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
^^ Overwhelming findings by Chancellor Williams. Keep subscribing bro. |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:07pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
[b]THE "WHITE" ARABS The relentless searchlights of history were turned on the roles played by both Islam and Christianity in the subjugation of the Blacks . This confused many and outraged those who did not pause to distinguish evil men who use religion to disguise their real aims . The unthinking Muslim or Christian would likely believe that his religion is being attacked rather than those conquerors and enslavers who disgraced it in covering their drive for wealth and world domination . Blacks in the United States seem to be more mixed up and confused over the search for racial identity than anywhere else . Hence, many are dropping their white western slavemasters' names and adopting, not African, but their Arab and Berber slavemasters' names! The confusion will continue, however, as long as the fact that millions of mulattoes in Arab countries are considered "white" is ignored along with the other fact that countless unmixed, sun-baked desert-dwelling Arabs are not only brown but some are very dark in color (all this darkening of the skin in spite of the ages-old tradition of the thick cloth covering the face from the scorching sun) . Indeed, not only did mulattoes consider themselves 100 percent Arab, but jet-black Africans, whose forebears were in Arabia for generations, speak Arabic and call themselves "Arabs," just as Black Americans speak English and call themselves "Americans ." In both cases neither the Black Arab nor Black American thinks he is "white."' To repeat, then,'Blacks are in Arabia for precisely the same reasons Blacks are in the United States, South America, and the Caribbean Islands-through capture and enslavement . In studying the actual records in the history of the race, therefore, the role of "white" Arabs must not be obscured either by their Islamic religion or by the presence of the Africans and Afro-Arabs among them any more than we should permit white Europeans and white Americans to use Christianity to cover their drive for power and control over the lives of other people . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes 1 . The term "black" was given a rebirth by the black youth revolt . As reborn, it does not refer to the particular color of any particular person, but to the attitude of pride and devotion to the race whose homeland from times immemorial was called "The Land of the Blacks ." Almost overnight our youngsters made "black" coequal with "white in respectability, and challenged the anti-black Negroes to decide on which side they stood . This was no problem for many who are light or even nearwhite in complexion, for they themselves were among the first to proclaim with pride, "call me black!" Those who hate the term but hold the majority of leadership positions, feel compelled to use it to protect their leadership roles .[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 3:07pm On Feb 16, 2012 |
@ezeagu, You would have not said that if you had actually read the book. Jokes apart. It explains a lot of the present situation of all blacks in the world today. For those who can lay their hands on a copy and read it will see that what happened to the blacks since the beginning of the first dynasty is still happening in the present. The blacks made a lot of mistakes then which eventually led to the destruction of the civilization they built. This same mistakes are been made by the blacks of today. The consequences of our past mistakes we are reaping today and the implications of doing thesame mistakes in the present will in the future put the black race in a process of self extermination, naturally with the combination of other avoidable factors. |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:39pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
To be continued, |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:34pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b]the destruction of black civilization . For the migrations help to answer the question : What happened to the African people? Or, what caused them to descend from the highest place to the lowest among the people of the world? Even though the work was radically abridged, an innovation in historical research was introduced by going beyond all questions of doubt, the principal viewpoints of the work . This was the case-study method by which a representative number of states from every region of the continent was studied-North, East, West, Central and Southern Africa . In the "View from the Bridge" and in the final chapters, I make a more definite break from the "old line" of historians . To be objective and more scientific, this school insists, the research scholar should do no more than present the comprehensive and fully documented results of his investigations . There should be no "subjective" commentaries, no editorializing . One should just present the factual data and leave interpretation and evaluation to the reader . This may not only be the correct viewpoint, but it is even beautiful for historians who represent the already arrived people who control the world . They can well afford the luxury of historical knowledge for knowledge's sake-the great satisfaction that comes from just knowing how things came to be . But the black historican, member of a race under perpetual seige and fighting an almost invisible war for survival, dare not follow in these footsteps of the master . Quite the contrary, after faithfully researching and piecing together the fragmented record of the race's history, the task of critical analysis and interpretation should begin . What were our strengths in the past? In what respects were we most vulnerable? Where did we go wrong? And all this, like the study of history itself, must be for the express purpose of determining what to do now . In short, the black historian, if he is to serve his generation, must not hesitate to declare what he thinks the results of these studies mean . For even when our history shows us where we have been weak, it is also showing us how, through our own efforts, we can become strong again .[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:19pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b]SCOPE OF THE STUDY We began in the lands bordering the Mediterranean on the north and extending southward on both sides of the Nile below the 10th parallel, thus including Axum and neighboring kingdoms . This vast territory was the ancient Ethiopian empire, a federation of autonomous and semi-autonomous kingdoms . The study began here, importantly, because this was the heartland of the African race where evidence of that first black civilization is still to be found despite all centuries of efforts to destroy it . From the researcher's viewpoint the most important part of the investigation was the beginning of the task of singling out and clearly setting forth the precise nature of Africa's own independently developed civilization . A continent-wide study of the traditional customary laws of the Blacks, for example, enabled us to learn, for the first time, that a single constitutional system prevailed throughout all Black Africa, just as though the whole race, regardless of the countless patterns, lived under a single government . A similar continent-wide study of African social and economic systems through the milleniums reveal the same overall pattern of unity and sameness of all fundamental institutions. That there is a historical and fundamental basis for real brotherhood and unity of the black race could not have escaped the notice of all of those Europeans who have been investigating and writing about Africa over the years . But they are shrewd . Massive black unity would be massive black power which, of course, would reduce white power and its domination of the earth . So white "Africanist" writers always concentrate on the "ethnic differences" among Africans, the tribal antagonisms, the "hopeless" language barriers, the cultural varieties, etc . They even make a separate "ethnic" group of their own mulatto offsprings from black women by classifying them as "white" in some areas and "coloureds" in others . Hence, a system of thought and practices was developed and superimposed on an already divided race to keep it permanently divided . No one can deny that in this effort, too, the whites have been most successful . We have presented in Chapter VI enough of the traditional African Constitution and the Fundamental Rights of the African People to serve as specific beginning points for the identity and the discovery of the heritage we talk about without any definite frame of reference . Chapter VII views the long drawn-out migrations as continent-wide movements that help to explain many of the most important factors in[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 9:08pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b]These questions, along with those stated earlier, constituted the core problems for sixteen years of study . And while the outcome did not eventuate in the more detailed work as planned, I think I succeeded in summarizing the most significant highlights of my findings in the chapters which follow this Preview . ORIGIN. AND STEPS IN THE STUDY I . Review of world history . Believing that the history of the race could not be understood if studied in isolation, I began a slow and deliberately review of European history, ancient and modern, and the history of the Arabs and Islamic people . I say "review" because by 1950 I had already studied and taught in the three fields of American, European and Arabic history-a most fortunate circumstances for the task ahead . 2. Began the formal study of Africa in Europe . I did not know how very wise this was when the decision was made . For I did not then know that Europe and Asia had been hauling out of Africa, over the centuries, just about all of the historical materials I needed to see and study at the very outset . Certainly, I knew from reading all about the "violation of Africa," but to know the scale on which this was done one must see at least some of it in Europe with his own eyes, and be amazed . The museums in various cities of the European colonial powers are the repositories of much of African history . 3. Documentary sources . These are available in both Europe and America . Reports of Colonial Administrators in Africa, parliamentary debates, reports and letters from geographers, explorers, captains of slave ships, and, especially rewarding, the reports and letters from missionaries to their respective societies' home offices . For the earliest records on ancient Africa in Europe, Greek and Roman sources were the most useful (see Bibliographical Notes) . 4. Field Studies . The field studies covered two years of work in Africa . Armed with a solid background in written documentaries, the primary concern then turned to oral history and the developing methods of historical criticism applicable to it . (Several chapters would be required just to detail the methods and procedures in this relatively new and rewarding field of oral tradition .) Every region of Black Africa was covered : 26 nations in East, West, Central and Southern Africa, and 105 language groups .[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:53pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b] I was convinced that what troubled me and what I wanted to know, was what troubled the black masses and what they wanted to know . We wanted to know the whole truth, good and bad . For it would be a continuing degradation of the African people if we simply destroyed the present system of racial lies embedded in world literature only to replace it with glorified fiction based more on wishful thinking than on the labors of historical research . My inquiry, therefore, was concerned with Black Civilization alonewhat the Blacks themselves achieved independently of either Europe or Asia . This was an entirely new approach to the study of the history of the Blacks . It meant, first of all, segregating traditional African institutions from those later influenced by Islamic Asia and Christian Europe . In this way, and in no other, we can determine what our heritage really was and, instead of just talking about "identity," we shall know at last precisely what purely African body of principles, value systems or philosophy of life gradually evolved from our own forefathers over countless ages, and we will be able to develop an African ideology to guide us onward . In other words, there can be no real identity with our heritage until we know what our heritage really is . It is all hidden in our history, but we are ignorant of that history . We have been floating alone, basking blissfully in the sunny heritage of other peoples! My research was a quest for some specific answers to very, specific questions . Some of these were : (1) How did all-black Egypt become allwhite Egypt? (Note at this point that mulattoes were classified as white in Egypt, all North Africa, and the Middle East-a fact that still confuses Blacks in the United States where the very opposite policy was adopted .) (2) What were some of the specific details in the process that so completely blotted out the achievements of the African race from the annals of history-just how could this he done on such a universal scale? (3) How and under what circumstances did Africans, among the very first people to invent writing, lose this art almost completely? (4) Is there a single African race, one African people? (5) if we are one race or one people, how do you explain the numerous languages, cultural varieties and tribal groupings? (6) Since, as it seemed to me there is far more disunity, self-hatred and mutual antagonisms among Blacks than any other people, is there a historical explanation for this? (7) And how, in puzzling contrast, is the undying love of Blacks for their Europeans and Asian conquerors and enslavers explained?[/b] |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:41pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b]ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY In a small town surrounded by cotton fields in South Carolina, a little black boy in the fifth grade began to harass teachers, preachers, parents and grandparents with questions which none seemed able to answer : How is it that white folks have everything and we have nothing? Slavery-how and why did we become their slaves in the first place? White children go to fine brick, stone and marble schools nine months a year while we go to a ramshackle old barn-like building only five-and-ahalf months, then to the cotton fields . Why? In the sixth grade one of our teachers, Miss Alice Crossland, helped me to become a sales agent for the Crisis and the Norfolk Journal and Guide . This was like turning on the floodlights of heaven ; for the books on our race, listed on the back pages of the Crisis, started me off on their never-ending search, raising more questions as I progressed through school, questions whose answers were even more perplexing . For, having read everything about the African race that I could get my hands on, I knew even before leaving high school that (1) The Land of the Blacks was not only the "cradle of civilization" itself but that the Blacks were once the leading people on earth ; (2) that Egypt once was not only all-black, but the very name "Egypt" was derived from the Blacks ; (3) and that the Blacks were the pioneers in the sciences, medicine, architecture, writing, and were the first builders in stone, etc . The big unanswered question, then, was what had happened? How was this highly advanced Black Civilization so completely destroyed that its people, in our times and for some centuries past, have found themselves not only behind the other peoples of the world, but as well, the color of their skin a sign of inferiority, bad luck, and the badge of the slave whether bond or free? And, since I had learned that whites were once enslaved as generally as any other race, how did it come about that slavery was finally concentrated in Africa on Blacks only? In short, no books or other studies in high school and college answered or gave clues to answers to the problems that puzzled me the most . For no matter what the factual data were, all the books written about Blacks by their conquerors reflected the conquerors viewpoints . Nothing else should have been expected . And, considering how thorough-going was the capture of the minds of the Blacks, it is really not surprising that so many Negro scholars still faithfully follow in the footsteps of their white masters .[/b] 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:34pm On Feb 15, 2012 |
[b]THIS WORK IS A SUMMARY OF THE 16 YEARS OF RESEARCH and field studies which were intended for a 2-volume history of the African people . The writing plan for the two volumes would have required at least another five years, even if the serious impairment of my vision had not occurred . In the meantime there had developed an urgent need for the results of my research which concentrated on crucial areas in the history of the Blacks that had been either unknown, known and misinterpreted, or known but deliberately ignored . My own history classes were only a part of the rebellion against the only kind of textbooks available . It was a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most "liberal" white authors (and their Negro disciples) : "You belong to a race of nobodies . You have no worthwhile history to point to with pride ." The Destruction of Black Civilization, therefore, could not wait another five years just to be more detailed, impressive, or massive in scope, for a reinterpretation of the history of the African race could be compressed into a small work for background reading, and so written that black John Doe, cab driver or laborer, and Jane Doe, housemaid or waitress, as well as college students and professors, could read and understand the message from their forefathers and foremothers . [/b] 1 Like |
| Politics › The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams by Tochi3(op): 8:28pm On Feb 15, 2012*. Modified: 7:04pm On Nov 21, 2013 |
"What became of the Black People of Sumer?" the traveller asked the old man, "for ancient records show that the people of Sumer were Black . What happened to them?" "Ah," the old man sighed . "They lost their history, so they died ." -A Sumer Legend |
| Politics › Re: Why Are African Leaders So Easy To Influence? by Tochi3(m): 8:47pm On Oct 09, 2011 |
Those that have contributed positively to this topic, I thank you greatly with utmost humility. I mean Amujale & Co. I Share your opinions and I support the idea of spreading the information to people around us,first and foremost. We have to know our original history of Black Africa. History, full with great achievements that was destroyed or taken away and hidden or rewrote in history books. If we do not know our history, nothing will ever change. We all have to go back to the class rooms and I mean every one of us still alive to study our history. ''He who do not know true history is a lost one''. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Lagos: Echoes Of Praises On Cameron’s Visit by Tochi3(m): 10:32am On Jul 29, 2011 |
Fools 4 life. |
| Politics › Re: African Militaries Led By Nigeria Ready To Act In Ivory Coast Standoff by Tochi3(m): 10:35pm On Jan 25, 2011 |
@ Cap 28, You have said it all. Double standard on the part of the International Community. The bottomline is Africans should have a mind of their own. I believe that there is no problem without a solution. The AU have a great role to play in the political situation in IC without the use of guns. It can be solved without sending troops there. It can really be done. It can be done amicably but the AU must and i insist have a mind of its own. |
| Politics › Re: African Militaries Led By Nigeria Ready To Act In Ivory Coast Standoff by Tochi3(m): 6:24pm On Jan 25, 2011 |
Whatever the International Community believed about Abiola who was then the winner of the election in Nigeria in the year 1993 was of absolute unimportance to the electorates residing in a sovereign State who came out enmasse to cast their support for him in order that he may carry them into a better tommorrow. If he was able and qualified to lead them into the promised land is not the issue here but that the people of Nigeria exercised that democratic Rights: The tenets of democracy should and must uphold the interest of free men and women in a sovereign land before any other interest in the world. Since the International community have assumed the role of being the preachers and keepers of democracy why should it bother them most of how they see him (Abiola) rather than how the people of a sovereign land consider him. At best this is what democracy is all about. The interest of a Nation is reflected in how and for whom they choose to vote for provided the environment was free and fair. |
| Politics › Re: African Militaries Led By Nigeria Ready To Act In Ivory Coast Standoff by Tochi3(m): 5:39pm On Jan 25, 2011 |
Africans!!! Why don't we have a mind of our own for the continent sake. I agree with Dede and Cap 28 absolutely. Military action is way too divisive at a time we should be forming alliances. It seems no one have answered the question that was put forward by Cap28, and i rephrase it, what did the so called International community do in 1993 in an election that was credited to be free and fair in the history of Nigeria. The International community was watching from the sideline as the election was annulled. The International community was watching as the winner of that election was put in prison. The International community was also watching from the sideline when he was poisoned to death. As if the humilation was not enough, they were also watching when the dictator stepped aside and arranged for a sovereign National Government. This action was also not considered as at that time to be undemocratic by the International Community. And I still ask what was the International community doing when SNG was discarded after some couple of months by a military regime. Ghana have publicly shown that they have a mind of their own and they have my utmost respect. It is a political situation in IC and i believe that the AU should have a mind of their own in finding solutions by employing diplomacy by bringing two warring parties to the roundtable. |
| Crime › Re: Biafra: The Nigerian Civil War In Pictures (Warning Disturbing Images) by Tochi3(m): 7:35pm On Jan 17, 2011 |
@ Akhenaten Pictures sometimes describe what words cannot express. Pls continue posting. Thanks. |
| Politics › Re: Why Blame The North And West For Biafra by Tochi3(m): 4:54pm On Dec 17, 2010 |
I will really like to see or hear the contents of the Aburi accord. Does anyone have a copy of the delibrations of what was said or discussed during the accord? I will appreciate it so much. Thanks. |
| Politics › Re: Tomb Art From Ancient Egypt: A Black African Civilization (pics) by Tochi3(m): 3:06am On Dec 05, 2010 |
I have read '' The Destruction Of Black Civilisation'' By Chancellor Williams and I must say it is a book that explains our history. Thank you ROSSIKE. |
| Education › Re: Jonathan Laments Quality Of Nigerian Graduates by Tochi3(m): 2:00pm On Nov 22, 2010 |
I do not know what exactly they are expecting from our graduates. Thesame old story. |
| Politics › Re: Dapolam Accepts Defeat, speaks to Nairalanders by Tochi3(m): 7:51pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
To_Chi,I get your sarcasm. We cannot continue in the old ways of avoiding to demand answers to questions that borders on competence, honesty and transparency. For over 50 years we have failed and still failing to ask qualitative questions either for fear or favour and the result is a clear testimony of the Nigerian Society and it's ills. |
| Politics › Re: Dapolam Accepts Defeat, speaks to Nairalanders by Tochi3(m): 7:17pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
@kobo Not all is waiting . From the comments so far some are satisfied while some are not at all. So the onus lies on DapoLam to create a bridging gap and harmonize all. True attributes of a stateman. I am still waiting for his candid response |
| Politics › Re: Dapolam Accepts Defeat, speaks to Nairalanders by Tochi3(m): 7:00pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
The questions are solely directed to the prospective would be candidate for The House of Reps DapoLam and am still waiting for his candid response. |
| Politics › Re: Dapolam Accepts Defeat, speaks to Nairalanders by Tochi3(m): 6:17pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
Don't be lazy read  @ dayokanu, You are asking questions that boggles my mind too. 1. Ok let me assume that every Nigerian is corrupt including my very self in this particular moment in Nigerian history . I mean everyone as long as you are a Nigerian you are corrupt. It is an assumption. Just an assumption 2. From the corrupt entity called Nigeria comes DapoLam who gives us the impression that he has turned a new leaf and that he is able through honesty and qualitative programmes improve the welfare of Nigerians. From my experience, the evil and corrupt politicians have always employed the tactics of placing the burden on Nigerians to provide evidence of their corrupt practices, which the polilooters know very well will be in vain, taking into consideration the poor or non existence of records and lack of access to desired information in Nigeria. DapoLam, you claim to be of a new generation with new ideas different from the ways of the old and evil politicians that have ruined this land. So please, you can start by placing the burden upon yourself showing outstanding proves and facts that you have a different mindsets from the polilooters of today. A good way to start is by providing simple qualitative, quantitative, honest and accurate information to questions that are asked here. I repeat some of the questions raised by dayokanu because i am not satisfied with the anwers you earlier provided due to the fact that the answers you provide here will go a long way to clear my doubts about DapoLam a. Who are the owners of Skipet? b. Can you please state the source of capital for Skipet? c. When was Skipet established d What are the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company and finally; e. The names and address of members of the Board of Directors. As regards question (b) you said ''gifts from friends of the family''. Please, if you can provide us with the names and address of the friends of the family who donated ''gifts'' to make it possible for you to establish Skipet and also the names of your Partners in Skipet who also provided a form of ''gift'' I assume, then you have not only taken transparency to another level but shown indeed that you are a new breed of politician setting new Ethical standards that is based on deeds far from what Nigeria have been used to in the last 50 years. Does Skipet have a website? If it does please kindly provide me with a link which will provide anwers to the questions I and others are interested to know and of course it will save you the pain of providing thesame answers to different seekers. But if a website for Skipet is non-existent then I will be forced to question your competence and that of the Board. Yes, a website is not a measure of how competent a company is but in our own scenario access to information about a company's activities through it's website should be a yardstick to measure capabilities and efficiency and also the mental state of the company and also the mentality of those behind the said company based on the premise that INFORMATION IS POWER and POWER IS INFORMATION. Access to information denied is tantamount to denying me my right to expression as regards views and opnions to the information before me. We the nigerian citizens for over 50 years have been denied this precious element of transparency that is the reason for over 50 years we have always been told by the polilooters ''provide evidence of corruption against me''. They (Polilooters) are always quick to use these line to defend themselves against us the masses because they have always denied us access to information. DapoLam, be the first to prove me wrong. Thank you as i await your response. |
| Politics › Re: 50 Reasons Why We Should Celebrate Nigeria by Tochi3(m): 8:14pm On Sep 28, 2010 |
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