THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, AFRICAN GIRL I’LL GRADUATE WITH A MASTERS IN POLI-SCI IN DECEMBER OF O9, I AM A HISTORY FANATIC THAT IS WHY I ASKED, WHY SHOULD I STUDY AFRICAN HISTORY IF I HAVE NO INTEREST. EUROPEAN HISTORY IS MOST INTERESTING TO ME, AND NOT BECAUSE I LOVE WHITES, ONLY BECAUSE IT’S INTERESTING.

TEJU OBVIOUSLYT YOUR NOT INFORMED ON AMERICAN HISTORY, IF YOU WERE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE INDIANS HAD IT WORST THAN BLACK SLAVES.

LOVE YOU GUYS, JUST RECOGNIZE THE WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND DONT TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.

I do know my history and let me tell you what I’ve been taught.When they came in africa,white people who regarded black people as animal,decided to make “razzia” which means that they caught them like animals and brought them back on there countries because they had weapons,they were powerful.Black people tried to resist but their resistance was insufficient.some covetous african kings decided to draw benefit from this situation.They decided to sell to white people their own people and white people accepted to give them shoddy goods back.I am not making up excuses for that kings because their behaviour is unacceptable.Even if u are weak,u have to try to resist til death.This is just to show u that with our without african king’s agreement,they would have taken african people.

Let me remind u that one century after the end of slavery,white people came back in Afica to colonize its countries.

And i see u asking to Akira what to learn african history for.You know this is not because you’re black that you are obliged to know africa’s history.But don’t be narrow-minded.Forget that u’re black and learn it for general culture.

I was born and grown up in Senegal ,in Africa but I learned french,english,spanish.I learned african history,french history,american history,japanese history… I am not saying that to show off but I just wanna let u know that to understand other communities and civilizations u have to know their history and their way of life.

U see in the whole world, people are regarding Usa as a rich country but where people are not very intelligent becuz too many american people wouldn’t be able to locate Europ,for example,on a map.

Life don’t start and end on America.Open ur minds guys.

I do know my history and let me tell you what I’ve been taught.When they came in africa,white people who regarded black people as animal,decided to make “razzia” which means that they caught them like animals and brought them back on there countries because they had weapons,they were powerful.But when some

I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST AFRICANS I LOVE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

BUT TELL ME WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW AFRICAN HISTOR OTHER THAT FOR MY OWN INTEREST?

WHERE WILL IT TAKE ME?

NO WERE, BECAUSE I LIVE IN AMERICA, WERE AFRICAN THE LAWS ARE EUROPEAN!

IT SEEMS LIKE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DISLIKING THE FACT THAT BLACK AMERICANS ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICAN. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, AND I AGREE THAT MOVING FROM AFRICA DID NOT IMMEDIATELY TAKE US FROM POVERTY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT POVERTY HERE VS THERE IT’S DIFFERENT WHICH OUR POVERTY IS, MEDICAID HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HOUSING, FOODSTAMPS AND MORE, 3RD WORLD IS, ASSED OUT, UNFORTUNATELY. I AGREE WITH **BOBARABA** WE ARE ALL BLACK AND AS LONG AS WE ARE WE SHOULD STICK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ALL GO THROUGH RACIST BS. BUT LORD KNOWS THAT ONLY IN AMERICA CAN YOU GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. (SOULJA BOYS CONTRIBUTION TO THE RAP GAME, LAZY WELL FRE RECIPIENTS) OR NOTHING TO SOMETHING ( OPRAH WENFRY) WE ARE BLESSED,

TO ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS

LETS START APPRECIATING THE LITTLE THINGS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. BECAUSE OUR POOR IS NOT LIKE 3RD WORLD POOR, BUT IT CAN GET COULD GET UGLY!!!