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Indigo Magic, Woodabe young women in Abouza, Zinder-Tanout region, Niger circa, 1970. Image courtesy of Eliot Elisofon

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A baby gorilla named Bobo is being held by a local youngster. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon. South Africa, August 1951.

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Until the lion has his historian, the hunter will always be the hero.

African Proverb 

This proverb exists in different forms in many parts of Africa

"Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter" (Igbo, Nigeria).

"Until lions start writing down their own stories, the hunters will always be the heroes" (Kenya and Zimbabwe).

Black/African history has always being taught/told from the perspective of White American/European colonisers. We need to reclaim our history and culture. No more white African Queens, Kings and Gods, there needs to be a true representation of African history and culture in the media. 

(via beautiesofafrique)

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The ivory gods,  And the ebony gods,  And the gods of diamond and jade,  Sit silently on their temple shelves  While the people  Are afraid.  Yet the ivory gods,  And the ebony gods,  And the gods of diamond-jade,  Are only silly puppet gods  That the people themselves  Have made.

Gods by Langston Hughes

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