Personally, I don't use the term "Black." Nor do I classify myself as an American. African is my ancestry, America is just my residency. I am an African in America. Remember Brotha Malcom said, "Just because kittens are born in an oven doesn't make them muffins." Being born in America

I have come to grips with the fact that you should not discuss the fruit without understanding the root. Africa is the mother of civilization. Whenever a true historian wants to go back to the beginning, they have to go to Africa. They have to consider African History first. Our ancestor and scholar, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, was the originator of African History Week. Somehow, it's been extended to a month. The truth is that we are African all twelve months of the year. That means we need to stop placing emphasis on one month out of the year and be African all year long. The positive emphasis we put on the month of February should be the emphasis we put on the whole year. Since we are Africans, it shouldn't be hard to be who we are year-round.

I have been blessed to have visited the continent of Africa. I remember when the airplane was about to land. Tears began to stream down my face. I had an overwh

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