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Africa before the 'zuŋ u

Our land, Our People, Our culture !

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reinforced by the difference - and possibly rejection of - the m'zuŋ u and their lack of
'spirituality', their lack of respect for the living world around them.

It's not unusual for modern day Africans to combine their practice of Christianity or
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Islam with their traditional beliefs. It's worth all m'zuŋ u taking time to reflect on the nature
of traditional African religion. It can provide a helpful stepping stone towards a proper

appreciation of the concept of African Solutions to African Problems.

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Pre-m'zuŋ u African society, pre-m'zuŋ u African slavery and traditional African
religion are based around concepts that, if not opposed to, are at least fundamentally not
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in tune with m'zuŋ u concepts. It's too simplistic to say that African ways are merely those
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of a primitive people. An increasing number of m'zuŋ u already question the values that
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typify the m'zuŋ u.
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The same m'zuŋ u capitalism that turned kinship slavery into chattel slavery
commodifies everything around it so that value means price and little more.
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m'zuŋ u society was not superior. Perhaps technologically superior. But in some aspects,
African society can reasonably claim to have been more sophisticated.