""Every human being is born into a valid and legitimate knowledge system.""

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“"The questioning and sometimes outright denial of African people's humanity inevitably enabled not only genocides but epistemicides, linguicides and cultural imperialism."”

“"African people had their own valid and legitimate indigenous systems of education prior to colonisation."”

“"Coloniality must be unmasked, resisted and destroyed."”

“"What Africans must be vigilant against is the trap of ending up normalising and universalising coloniality as a natural state of the world."”

“"Coloniality is the invisible power structure that survived the end of direct colonialism."”

“"Decoloniality is a way of thinking, knowing and doing."”

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— Leonardo da Vinci

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— Francis Escudero

Politics1969

#Human Nature

"Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with these as with my own soul; they became the sharers of my confidence."

— Jan Smuts

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#friendship

"I encourage you to visit the devastated areas and talk to the people and listen to them... Not just distribute relief and then leave. I encourage you to visit the devastated areas and talk to the peop…"

— Francis Escudero

Politics1969

#knowledge