Yeah it’s sad that in their quest to reclaim their stolen heritage they basically just made up some stories and traditions. It reminds me of a similar route they took with names. Then they wonder why they can’t get hired with the dumb completely not African bastardized Anglo names they made up.
I'm a second gen Nigerian born in Canada. My dad grew up Muslim and converted to Christianity at 14, my mom grew up in a Christian home. However, if you go back a few generations, both of my parents families wouldve been worshipping pagan gods, with Ifa being worshipped on my dads side, and Sango on my mom's.
Though Christ is king, any black who attempts to "reclaim their heritage," would be more historically accurate going back to oldschool African polytheism, not Islam like Muhammad Ali suggested, and not Kwanzaa either.
Either way, I wish more African Americans knew that Christianity is not "the white man's religion." Even though it was introduced by white missionaries, it was born in the middle east.
Yeah it’s sad that in their quest to reclaim their stolen heritage they basically just made up some stories and traditions. It reminds me of a similar route they took with names. Then they wonder why they can’t get hired with the dumb completely not African bastardized Anglo names they made up.
When my mom worked for the state approving people's request for food stamps, she would get all sorts of crazy names come across her desk.
One that stood out was ABCD.
Pronounced "A-bas-si-dy".
I'm a second gen Nigerian born in Canada. My dad grew up Muslim and converted to Christianity at 14, my mom grew up in a Christian home. However, if you go back a few generations, both of my parents families wouldve been worshipping pagan gods, with Ifa being worshipped on my dads side, and Sango on my mom's.
Though Christ is king, any black who attempts to "reclaim their heritage," would be more historically accurate going back to oldschool African polytheism, not Islam like Muhammad Ali suggested, and not Kwanzaa either.
Either way, I wish more African Americans knew that Christianity is not "the white man's religion." Even though it was introduced by white missionaries, it was born in the middle east.
Ethiopia converted to Christianity probably before Northern Europe did. And North Africa was Christian until the Moslems conquered them.