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Doesn’t FUBU represent the very tribalism that has contributed to some of the dramatic troubles within Africa? Do people have pride in being from a specific con
by briandear 8y ago
Doesn’t FUBU represent the very tribalism that has contributed to some of the dramatic troubles within Africa? Do people have pride in being from a specific continent? Given the vast diversity of Africa, I am not sure I understand the mindset. Algerians are far more different from Kenyans than Mexicans are from Argentinians. Would a Tunisian success be celebrated by Botswanans? I am going to plead ignorance — I genuinely don’t understand.
As far as Fidel being an African hero, we can forget another hero to many Africans: George W. Bush: he did more to stem the tide of AIDS in African than any other non-African leader.
- yawboakye 8y ago100% agreed. I'm African. But the real order of my identity is Asante (by birth and heritage), Ghanaian by British demarcation, African by continent. The tie gets looser at every step of the way. No, I don't have or share an African identity. I won't celebrate a Kenyan breakthrough (assuming I hear about it) the same way I'll celebrate, say, an Indian breakthrough in malaria medication. This FUBU, Ubuntu, global Africanness that the OP alluded to doesn't exist in reality. It's a pity.