"Anthropology has had a long love affair with the primitive and has preferred to set its tent down among the African bushmen, rather than the heartland of African civilizations. The image of the African has been built upon his lowest common denominator." โ I. Sertima
@MimiReeds "Benin City was also one of the first cities to have a semblance of street lighting. Huge metal lamps, many feet high, were built and placed around the city, especially near the kingโs palace..."
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@towelheadass โWithin cosmopolitan societies themselves, there were many whites at the lower social levels who derived comfort or consolation from asserting their membership of a superior race.โ โ Ronald Segal
"Capitalism's purpose is not to create jobs; in fact, capitalists are constantly devising of eliminating jobs in order to cut labour costs." โ Michael Parenti
Banks like Standard Bank, FNB and Absa were some of the major beneficiaries of the Land Act of 1913. But very little is spoken of their role and benefit in that crime. Let's try to unpack this in detail.
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