Thursday, July 18, 2019
A history denied
History plays a very significant role in the development and stability of whatsoever nation. It serves as an indicator and in some shipmodal value an explanation of the current state of any nation. Citizens take pride in rec everying or reminiscing how their nation has survived and emerged triumphant over the years. Things that had happened in the past, which inspired the current state and go away continue shaping the future.The case of ghost the taradiddle of Africa seems to be a polemical iodine. Historians have raised issues over the historic accounts of the African to be deceiving as or so of them were developed by Europeans.Some, who found discrepancies with the European documented or written news report, suggested a restudy or a rethinking of the documentary African History as the new multiplication of Africans has all the right to be provide with appropriate and unbiased information.In revisiting the African record, historians, rather of relying on European refer ences studied other(a) sources like the African culture (oral usage and language), and the African art which all served as alternative foundation for the African history.What a harsh reality for the Africans to have this enormous experience they had more than enough of the diversity and worse, even their very avouch history was denied to them.Europeans have, in one way or a nonher altered or modify the reality behind the history of the African people in different aspects of their way of living in the past. In equipment casualty of civilization, they have built early civilizations in Africa but the Europeans made them believe that Africa was not capable of establishing civilization then.The problem with the trustworthy African history was the lack of commensurate tangible evidences. Most of the history was passed from one times to another through vocal story telling.Such method made it onerous to preserve the genuine history, which gave the Europeans the opportunity to put down and document the flow of events in a manner that would please them and that would proficientify the slavery and prejudice Africans experiences with the Whites.The Europeans version of the African history gave credit to the motive as the beginners of civilization there. And they were successful in spreading a false history that favored them and emphasized that they were indeed the pucka melt down. But there were evidences found afterwards that Africans had been civilized even before the Europeans arrived.They were already educated on spinning and twine cloth, twisting and plaiting ropes, and even raising national livestock. But these information were all denied from them and were revealed just recently.Another gloomy reality concerning the African history was the defense team of the cultural heritage. Native kit and boodle of arts and masterpieces were illicitly brought and displayed in museums exterior of Africa, defying the fact that they were African original creations and possessions. distinct artifacts found in Mapungubwe Hill were unmingled of the wealth and differentiation of the Africans before the Whites took over.he denial of the truth for the Africans on what truly happened in their past had greatly affected how they discern themselves. The issue on racism, also introduced by the Whites, left the African people unconfident somewhat themselves and their culture. They created a mindset that the better race is that who have originated form the West.To date, Africans have not seized building and developing their own, true history. From all the challenges and struggles they have surpassed, they will continually.It will be imperative that the new generation of Africans and historians as well, learn to view their very own history from the perspective of their ancestors rather than from the European point of view. The future African generation hopefully will not be confused anymore between the real and the invented African history.Re ferencesGiblin, J. Issues in African History. wile and Life in Africa Online. 07 March 1999. 1 may 2007 The Crawfurd.dk. History of Africa. 1 May 2007
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