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Who will tell the African story?

“Until the Story of the hunt is told by the Lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter”.— African Proverb I have chosen to quote this proverb on the account of its unquestioned pedagogical value and because of its congruousness with the theme of this piece. Each time we are glued to our television screen  perhaps feasting our eyes on a movie on Netflix that romanticizes the anachronistic Greco-Roman snake and unicorn fabled characters or whenever we use their horoscopic narratives to predetermine the essence of our godlike beings, are we confronted with the profound question of who is going to resuscitate the withering history of Africa back to life?. History could be best juxtaposed to an heirloom  which should be passed on from one generation to another.When the history of a people is distorted,it could have permanent deleterious consequences on their moral and psychological landscapes which could ultimately lead to the complete annihilation of their cultures ...
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