Re: The Philosophies of Ayi Kwei Armah
"Let us work to turn the forgotten paths into the
remembered way. Let us mix the long memories of a
people destroyed with new narratives of our own
making, as we move into space of our own choosing, as
we dream in images woven from our people's best
desires, as we plan on designs drawn from our own
reflection, then make again the universe that might
have been but was not, here in this place, now in this
time freed for our new creation.
I will walk with you away from the superhighways of
forgetfulness onto the paths of remembrance. Together
we shall breathe energy into faded memories of a
people once destroyed. Let us walk together, invoking
the future into now."
-Ayi Kwei Armah
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