QUEst for Blackness
(January 2011)
QUEst #1: Ghana was the first African country south of the Sahara to gain its independence on March 6, 1957. I was the first prime minister and president of Ghana. I liberated Ghana from European colonialist powers.
What BLACK people are you liberating? Who am I?
ANS: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
(Source: http://www.africawithin.com/nkrumah/nkrumah_bio.htm)
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QUEst #2: I was educated in the United States. I was once exiled to Kenya for my political beliefs and support of an opposing party. After enduring jailing, and transcending all of the trials and tribulations, I became the first elected female president of Liberia.
Do you have the balls to be a benefit to BLACK people? Who am I?
ANS: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
(Source: http://africanhistory.about.com/od/liberia/p/Sirleaf.htm)
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QUEst #3: I was an advocate of Ujamaa, African socialism. I was also the first president of Tanzania.
Make your life count, advocate for BLACK people. Who am I?
ANS: Julius Kambage Nyerere
(Source: http://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nyerere/biography.htm)
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QUEst #4: I was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. I am a Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist. I was the first African woman to receive the very prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.
QUES, do not allow the human rights struggle for BLACK people to die! Who am I?
ANS: Prof. Wangari Maathai
(Source: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-bio.html)
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