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Re-Education

no special event will pass without
music and dance. African traditional
rhythms and body movements are
found everywhere in the Diaspora.
It gives African descendants pride
all over the globe.

Traditional African music and danc-
es should be taught in school.
Education is one of the main keys
Insibidi symbols of Nigeria to the development of the African
continent. Only someone, who
knows his/her past and has the abil-
ity to understand the mechanisms of
the globalized world, can free him-/
herself and flourish. If people do
not understand, why they or their
country are in the situation that they
are currently in, they cannot find
solutions. If you cannot see, how
the divisions among us Africans and
people of African descent prevent
us from going forward, and open
doors for further exploitation, we
Adinkra symbols of Ghana will continue to suffer. Education
should be a priority in Africa.
municating globally, since a lot of a sudden people try to explain the
people speak English and use it as a world in a foreign language to you? (Even though I am aware that
trade language. It is no surprise that It is easy to conclude that Africans someone who suffers in poverty will
most young Africans are dreaming may just not be that intelligent occupy his/her mind with meeting
of migrating abroad, when all they or too lazy to learn, when in fact their basic needs rather than learn-
learn is how great the western world it’s super difficult to understand ing something. That’s a topic for a
is and how poorly equipped the complicated context in a language, whole new article.)
African continent supposedly is. which is not your own. If you
would teach science in Twi, Swahili, We have to find a way of combining
A complete return to the traditional Lingala, Wolof, Xhosa or Yoruba, traditional African education with
African education seems also to be Europeans would stop to under- modern knowledge. It is not about
difficult, because every group which stand the newest scientific devel- choosing one over another. It is
does not keep up with technological opments, whereas Africa would be about balancing it out in the favor
advances and innovations is easily full of high-quality-scientists. Not of Africans.
dominated. that there aren’t any great African
scientists, but there would definitely If Africans found pride in them-
The westernized education be more young people, who would selves, if Africans came together, if
system in Africa has to be revolu- choose this path. Africans knew their history and if
tionized and revised. African languages should be taught Africans learned from mistakes that
How is it possible that Africans are in schools. There are enough writing we and the world already made, then
learning more about Napoleon than systems to translate knowledge and we would be ready to rise up and
Mansa Moussa? make it accessible for more Africans. write a new positive chapter of the
African centered history should be Music and dance are important history of the African continent.
taught in school. aspects of African societies. Ev-
And how can you learn properly, if ery happening of the circle of life Africa is the future. So we should
all your life happened and happens has a specific drum rhythm and a equip young Africans with the nec-
in your native language and all of specific dance. It is safe to say, that essary tools to create and influence
this future in the best way possible.

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