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Re-Education

of them, shocking his socks off, it great men and women of the past possibilities.
is more helpful to remember that never broke into a sweat or never It is very clear to us here at Msin-
her act of courage empowered her labored or toiled in order to attain gi that most of the population of
people with the courage to resist. and maintain what achievements the world are living their lives not
That she faced consequences for they acquired. There is no snapping conscious of the fact that, most of
her choices and was imprisoned for of fingers here. Their greatness the choices and decisions they make
her decisions to act; and that she is celebrated and to be celebrated daily are what the globalist actually
never backed down. To understand because they fought back against programmed them to make through
that this mindset is what is required injustice at great risk to their own their various avenues of manip-
now for our own liberty, for it is the personal safety, not so that they ulation. And that is why we have
mindset that refuses to comply with could be crowned heroes, but so been deliberate about the content
the rhythm of slavery and oppres- that they could liberate their people we share here in this magazine and
sion and chooses, instead, a very and set them free from harm. They in our videos. We cannot be those
different drumbeat of life. Other- are honored because of their wis- people who put their heads below
wise, even though she did her part dom, their savvy, their courage, not their pillows, doing nothing contrary
in her day, her life and example are their permanent observer status in to the globalist system, just so they
worthless to our present-day realities a world where people like to watch, can keep themselves safe, while the
if we do not examine them from and judge, and critique. entire Afrikan way of life is been
the lens of today’s need. We cannot eroded by the corruption and way-
continue to disappoint those whose I say this because 2022 is upon us wardness of the West.
lives created the very Afrikan great- and there is much work to be done
ness and history we are so obsessed by every single Afrikan, wherever Now is the time for us to put mus-
with now. you may be, whatever challenge you cle to lever, and push as hard as we
may be facing. I know that we are can to regain ground lost, to rebuild
And so it is with the story of every more than our oppressors and their what is broken, and to build what
single Afrikan hero that we like to puppets and that in each and every new things are needed for the next
revere, Sankara, Lumumba, Nyer- single area of need, if we work generation to come and add on to.
ere, you name them. If we do not together, we can actually make the
learn what is useful for us today, for difference that we need to see… but Let us build the future. Together.
our lives and realities now – then it we have to do the work, not stand
is a waste of time to admire them, around and daydream about the
for you might as well be looking
at a photograph in a museum, as
opposed to a life and an example of
courage and daring as a source of
inspiration for living.
That is why I ask, so what? Because
even if the Dogon spotted a star
that the Europeans had not spot-
ted, or Mansa Musa was richer than
Bill Gates or Elon Musk, or Sudan
has more pyramids than Egypt or
the oldest universities are located
in Afrika – all that is useless noise
and worthless information if it does
not spur us to action. They might as
well be actors and props in a piece
of fiction that Marvel created for
all the value that we are failing to
extract from their great examples –
or from the knowledge that we too
are capable of great things.
Away with the romantic notion that

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