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John Henrik Clarke quotes: There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance

Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth.

Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.

A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Europeans not only colonized most of the world, they colonized information about the world.

Europeans not only colonized most of the world, they colonized information about the world.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.

If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.

African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless ... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless ... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.

What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: I only debate my equals. All others I teach.

I only debate my equals. All others I teach.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair.

I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

John Henrik Clarke quotes: Everything that touches YOUR life, must be an instrument of YOUR liberation or tossed into the trash cans of HISTORY

Everything that touches YOUR life, must be an instrument of YOUR liberation or tossed into the trash cans of HISTORY

John Henrik Clarke quotes: The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.