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Nana Baffour Amankwatia II (Asa Hilliard) Speaks-gctid23703

Started by Heru Djet, Oct 01, 2007, 01:26 AM

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Oct 01, 2007, 01:26 AM
"The transmisson of Kmtyw culture for the purpose of socializing the community must, first and foremost, must be under the control of the Kmtyw community. There is no alternative to it. If we have few resources, then we can do only what our resources permit. This task should not be turned over to others. We cannot have alien sponsors pay for our rites of passage. Socialization is a life long journey and it is the responsibility of spiritually grounded, experienced elders who are the custodians of the community knowledge. It is their role to ensure that it is communicated to all generations." Nana Baffour Amankwatia II (Dr. Asa Hilliard) p.19, Kmtyw Power
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
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