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Lack of knowledge; the best creator of slaves


As Africans, we often make the mistake of perceiving the concept of slavery with a subjective eye; considering how it disturbed our beautiful history. Today, slavery is diversified; not only black people are slaves in these present times. All races are enslaved. However, that is contingent upon the amount of knowledge that resides inside their respective calvarias. 

The rule of slavery is simple, those who know exploit those who lack knowledge; everyone exercises power in various ways.

The lack of knowledge, according to the elders and the wise, it is consanguineous to blindness nor death. One may also conclude that an empty mind is as good as a sepulchre. Nothing fruitful can come from an empty calvaria. Hence, the majority of the population is ruled and controlled by the minority. The thin line between these two groups is knowledge…one group comprises gobs of knowledge, the other group is comfortable with lacking knowledge and it makes little or no effort to acquire it; simply, because the best part about lacking knowledge is that you don’t have to partake in the difficult task which is often referred to as critical thinking. Hence, the majority of people are quick to react but slow to think and understand. Understanding requires critical thinking, and rapid reaction is the easier option of action because it requires, most often, action that is impelled by no rational thinking. 

Knowledge is enormously powerful, but so is ignorance. 

Ignorance, is as powerful as knowledge because it can make you severely vulnerable nor susceptible to those who seek to exploit you. Lack of knowledge makes you consanguineous to an empty vessel nor a tin. 

It is easier to lift nor move an empty object anywhere, but we can’t say the same about the one which is filled. By this, I seek to elucidate the importance of filling your mind with a cornucopia of fruitful nor requisite knowledge. Take Bantu Biko, Isaiah Shembe and Simon Kimbangu, for instance, the colonialists and the oppressors attempted various ways to strike fear in their heart, but all those efforts seemed to have been futile, owing to the amount of knowledge that these great men acquired, of their true selves. 

Hence, the wise often utter “knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave”. It is more easier to intimidate and violate the rights of a person who’s in utter oblivion of their own rights; however, to do the same to a person who’s well learned, it is enormously impossible.

The general population is being controlled through the aid of television and various forms of media. It is easier to brainwash them. The shows that they often watch may feasibly perpetuate images that vilify the true image of Africans, and viewers may embrace and imitate such images due to lack of knowledge of who they truly are. To feasibly understand how a lack of knowledge of self is dangerous, notice how the noses of the statues of the gods in Egypt are removed, which is one of the reasons why so many Africans waste their money on frivolous activities like nose jobs, just to look like their masters. In this age of information that we’re currently in, one would agree that it is utterly baffling to still find individuals who own smartphones and frequently use the internet and social media, but lack knowledge. It’s consanguineous to a man who fails to climb up to the top, with the aid of a ladder.

A nation that lacks knowledge of its true history will, inevitably become other people’s chattels in the future because history is a tool. It helps you realize where you come from, but mostly keeps you informed about the unfulfilled objectives of your forefathers, because revolution is not usually concluded by those who have initiated it. We should never forget the powerful words of the great Marcus Garvey that “intelligence will forever rule the world”, and to acquire knowledge is winning half the battle of attaining intelligence, and with intelligence you shall gain confidence of self.

Lack of true nor profound knowledge of self, makes a man fit to be a slave


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