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AFRIKA IS GOD'S
LIVING
SIMPLE
MR AFRIKAN: Do you know you matter?
Samuel Phillips
t's almost as if when words, tried over time in other issues of
concepts, thoughts are used this magazine to explain what
all the time, they tend to it means to live simple, so from "Black lives do
Ilose the original meaning that definition, I will speak about
and weight that they actually this issue of Black Lives matter. not just matter,
are supposed to carry. The
words, Black Lives Matter have Black lives from the eyes of the Black Life is
become such words or such an simplicity
ideology that has been flogged I have previously defined sim- the matter."
so much, for many years that plicity as the ability to live within
it’s now looking so clichéd, the original beauty and creative
with many not even trying to essence of yourself, whether
understand the reality behind you have money or not. It is the
why the lives of Blacks matter. ability to create what you need man matter?
For when you intend to really with the very resources that you
look at the concept of Black have. Simple! What does it mean to be
Lives Matter from a non-biased I watch the news and see the Black?
perspective, the first question global protests that are going Without using too many words
will be, what does it mean to be on concerning the discrimina- or scientific jargon, to be Black
Black? Secondly, what is the tion and racist attitude of the simply means to be an original
definition of Life? And thirdly, to world to the Afrikan man. I com- creator and a true defender
who does the Life of the Black mend the fact that many are of life. How do I know this? All
man matter? We need to sit giving their voices to the cause, things created under this sun by
down and understand these and in that sense, I commend God have purposes attached to
questions and just maybe we even the other races that are them and which purposes I also
will find answers to them, which joining the Black protest. It's a believe were ingrained in their
will in turn create a vision that huge push forward. But like I genetic make-up. Of the Black
can back the concept of Black have already said, in order for man, he is the beginning of
Lives Matter. Until then, we will us to truly make any sense out humanity on earth and without
just be a people of color looking of these events that have come mincing words he is the face of
for our voices to be heard in the our way, we must be able to life and the sustenance of life.
very place where we have nev- answer the question of what it Did you know it is only the black
er shown by our own attitudes means to be Black. What is the woman who has the genetic
towards the black ideology that definition of Life? And then, to ability to give birth to every
Black Lives really matter. I have who does the Life of the Black race and color in the world? It
is called the Eve Gene and it
112 | heal . restore . rebirth . Afrika HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
