Page 14 - A People Called Afrika

INT R O DUCT IO N

Imagine a cave people with no history! Imagine an Afrika
with no story worth telling from the past to the future gener-
ations. Imagine an Afrika who was sleeping all through the
history of both ancient and modern civilization, contributing
nothing to the advancement of the world. Imagine an Afri-
ka whose sole living was that which presents her as primitive,
cave dwelling, uncivilized by those who think that Afrika came
into light by the coming of the white man. Absolute nonsense!

That the history of Afrika, as presented by foreign historians,
has been weighed down by malevolent fables, lies and de-
meaning opinions which, for centuries, have created a twisted
image of what Afrikans as a people really are, is not enough
to stop us from rewriting our history to fit the truth of who we
are. It was said that we were savages, intellectually dull, unable
to think at the same level as the white man; this despite the
great educational, architectural and socio-cultural innovations
of the Afrikan people. The question remains, how long will
it be until Afrikans themselves take back what is theirs and
reintroduce themselves once again to the world? Not as an
extension of any other civilization, but as an original stream
of identity as given by the Creator. This is the reason for this
book and everything we have been doing at MsingiAfrikaMag-
azine.com, Aduaaya.com, Saphire338.com (Notes, Music and
Podcast), The Knowledge Consultancy and what we will con-
tinue to do on these and other platforms, as God gives grace.

Clearly, we have come to understand that it is easy to cry
over spilled milk, point fingers at those who cause us pain
and when the time to stop crying comes, refuse to dry our

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