Yesterday my wife asked me how I developed a passion for Africa?
Of course I had a numbered list:
1. Being African American my roots are in Africa so I desperately long for the culture, history, and brotherhood of my fellow Africans.
2. My family particularly my grandfather and uncle influenced me in being proud of being black and proud of being from Africa.
3. I remember watching the miniseries Shaka Zulu and thinking "I am drawn to the people and the places of this movie"
4. In my college geography class my teacher Matt Ebiner had actually been to the places he taught about including Africa and so he showed the pictures and I was raptured. Especially the ones from Ethiopia the oldest country in the world and the only non colonized christian nation in Africa.
5. Last but not least it's just in me. You can't really explain some things like why you prefer chai tea to peppermint or why you like the mountains more than the beach. It just is. My passion for Africa just is.
Of course I had a numbered list:
1. Being African American my roots are in Africa so I desperately long for the culture, history, and brotherhood of my fellow Africans.
2. My family particularly my grandfather and uncle influenced me in being proud of being black and proud of being from Africa.
3. I remember watching the miniseries Shaka Zulu and thinking "I am drawn to the people and the places of this movie"
4. In my college geography class my teacher Matt Ebiner had actually been to the places he taught about including Africa and so he showed the pictures and I was raptured. Especially the ones from Ethiopia the oldest country in the world and the only non colonized christian nation in Africa.
5. Last but not least it's just in me. You can't really explain some things like why you prefer chai tea to peppermint or why you like the mountains more than the beach. It just is. My passion for Africa just is.
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