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History

Ashanti art and craft.

In conclusion, with all these
ancient reading and writing

systems that have been
mentioned already, some of
which are still in use to date,
how could anyone say that
Africans were illiterate before

the Europeans came here?

And in as much as we know

and also understand that Africa
should move forward from the
past and plan into the future
like we have heard some of our
followers on social media say

to us, but the future is nothing
but what we do today and what
happens today is the direct

effect of what was done in the
past. Its as simple as that. So
having to keep going back to
deal with the past is one way to
see clearly what was in order to

create today what we want to
see tommorow.

Like the Chinese society who
use their local writing system
for their textbooks, science
and everyday life, we need to
start to give more attention to

our ancient African reading
and writing systems. It is very
critical that we do so.

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