NB: I announced the impending publication of this PDF a month ago(27th April 2017), on my wall (click to view)
Preview: On Sunday 22nd April 2017, I suggested that my kids wear to church, the above Adire outfits I’d bought for them the day before, when we’d traveled from Lagos to the African Drums Festival venue in Kuto, Ogun State.
To my surprise, the 4 older ones protested that they would get laughed at by peers for wearing “strange” outfits, opting instead for their usual western themed attires.
BUT after I’d told them about the history of Adire fabric and its international reputation, they relented.
However, their initial reactions impressed upon me the need to make deliberate EDUCATION on African traditions, cultures, values and the History of Ancient African Civilization of my kids a MAJOR focus of my parenting efforts.
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If someone told African kids all these things and taught them about THEIR RICH ANCESTRY- of which a lot is being re-discovered even now by today’s archeologists and researchers, the young African would stop feeling inferior !
[In case you wonder what I mean by the foregoing, I offer 2 URLs:
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An African/Black kid informed and empowered in this manner, is likely to develop great self esteem knowing s/he comes from a line of humans who made significant contributions to civilization.
And from that realization, s/he would draw inspiration to do his/her own bit to move today’s civilization forward.
[TIP: Read this article titled “An Indigenous African Church Leader Who Makes World Class Talking Automobiles (Incl. Engines) From Scratch, Using Local Materials in Ghana (Meet Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo)” at
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For instance, many great African American inventors are NOT known – as black – to most African Americans..
Indeed many Americans and the rest of the world, do NOT know them because many had white names and got little media exposure, for their work, even though their inventions got widely used
The famous African American brain surgeon – Dr. Ben Carson – listed MANY such unsung African American inventor heroes in the trailer video for….
The list of inventions he credits to these black heroes is shocking in significance, because we use them virtually EVERYDAY, yet most of us would never guess a black person made them!
See details in my special report titled [FREE] Powerful Truths About Real Black History Not Taught In Schools, But Which You and Your Kids Need to Know at…
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This PDF report (one of many to come) narrates highlights from our trip, offering potentially useful insights to parents.
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Source: ExcelVB
