Certainly, before colonization, some of the greatest and mo… - Ibram X. Kendi

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Certainly, before colonization, some of the greatest and most powerful and wealthiest and most technologically and intellectually advanced empires in the world were in Africa, from Ghana, Mali and Songhai...We’re not taught about precolonial West Africa. We’re not even taught about Africa today!... And I don’t think we should focus on Europe because that is a demonstration to me of racism.

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About Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram Xolani Kendi (born August 13, 1982) is an American author and historian.

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Alternative Names: Ibram Henry Rogers • Ibram Xolani Kendi • IX Kendi • Ibram H. Rogers • Ibram Rogers

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