Too Short for a Blog Post, Too Long for a Tweet 487
Here are a few excerpts from a book I recently read, "Roots," by Alex Haley . "He said that three groups of people lived in every village. First were those you could see - walking around, eating, sleeping, and working. Second were the ancestors, whom Grandma Yaisa had now joined. 'And the third people - who are they?' asked Kunta. 'The third people,' said Omoro, 'are those waiting to be born.'" “To the north coast of Africa, the toubob ships bring porcelain, spices, cloth, horses, and countless things made by men,” said Saloum. “Then, camels and donkeys bear those goods inland to places like Sijilmasa, Ghadames, and Marrakech.” The moving finger of Janneh showed where those cities were. “And as we sit here tonight,” said Saloum, “there are many men with heavy headloads crossing deep forests taking our own African goods—ivory, skins, olives, dates, kola nuts, cotton, copper, precious stones—back to the toubob’s ships.” Kunta’s mind reeled ...
