African Ancestry

This is my love letter Better to be surrounded by family I called across the Atlantic because I miss you Yes it’s true you may have heard, but you don’t know me We’ve never met in person but my spirit hovers over Yaoundé like a kite Every little thing matters…

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In the 19th century, many people believed in polygenism, and others used the concept of “the races of man,” where by “race” they often meant species. At home, I have a framed copy of the races of man taken from an encyclopedia published in the 1890s. …