Enslavement is our history not our identity

Soulaan does not remove enslavement from our history we removed it from our identity. We acknowledge the transgenerational violence inflicted upon our ancestors, but we refuse to let it define the totality of who we are. To remember without reclaiming is to live in a cycle of mourning designed by those who benefit from our pain. We are not a people born from chains; we are a civilization interrupted, misnamed, and…. Read the entire article here. 

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