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COMMISSION
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CHALLENGES
AND
HISTORICAL,
SOCIAL,
CULTURAL
AND
RELIGIOUS
COMMON
POINTS
1.
The
obscuring
of
our
history,
e.g.
the
re-establishment
of
slavery
by
Napoleon.
2.
Marginalization
of
the
people
who
seek
the
truth
in
history.
3.
These
attempts
to
rewrite
history
as
a
questioning
of
the
uncontested
historic
facts
such
as
Africa
as
the
cradle
of
humanity,
sometimes
with
the
collusion
of
intellectuals
from
the
Diaspora.
4.
The
Lion's
point
of
view
remains
to
be
written.
5.
Claude
Ribbe
OMOTUNDE
All
peoples
have
their
own
humanity,
but
the
African
education
system
puts
too
much
emphasis
on
Western
experiences
and
marginalizes
the
African
human
experiences,
which
makes
the
Western
world
the
benchmark
and
lifebelt.
We
base
ourselves
on
European
criteria,
and
that
leads
us
to
failure.
The
West
becomes
the
only
lifebelt.
It
is
urgent
to
focus
teaching
on
the
historical
and
cultural
heritage
of
Africa
if
we
really
want
to
work
towards
an
African
Renaissance.
We
must
to
confuse
the
freedom
of
thought
with
the
sovereignty
of
thought.
We
might
well
be
driving
a
car,
but,
insofar
as
it
is
not
we
who
created
the
Highway
Code,
we
cannot
be
sure
of
our
destination.
CAMPBELL
The
concept
of
Western
modernity
is
interchangeable.
We
have
to
shed
their
definition
of
reality
and
construct
our
own
reality.
The
historical
Word
must
leave
the
private
sphere
and
enter
the
educational
domain
so
that
African
youth
can
re-appropriate
the
artistic,
literary
and
historical
values.
Harmonization
of
the
way
we
do
things
and
the
way
we
live,
facilitated
by
globalization,
disadvantages
the
endogenous
cultures,
in
particular
African
cultures.
NDJOCKNGANA
The
necessity
to
resolve
the
problem
of
freedoms
and
social
justice.
The
necessity
to
invest
in
the
two
main
development
areas
i.e.
education
and
healthcare.
The
necessity
to
decolonize
ourselves
by
breaking
the
ties
with
old
and
new
structures
of
economic,
linguistic,
spiritual,
cultural
and
political
oppression.
Those
who
do
not
know
their
language
are
condemned
to
death.
These
languages
have
a
secret
link
with
medicine,
in
certain
ethnic
cultures,
knowing
the
name
of
a
plant
is
enough
to
know
which
illness
it
can
heal.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Creation
of
regional
research
centers
to
develop
African
languages.
It
is
primordial
that
the
Diaspora
should
be
a
driver
to
promote
African
cultures
and
values
in
general.
Necessity
to
find
a
specifically
African
scientific
approach.
Necessity
to
revive
the
African
spirit.
Africans
must
leam
to
master
their
own
sciences.
Religions
are
not
opposed
to
development.
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