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.

You look at a clock and it tells you it's eight o'clock, you know the number of hours that has been before eight; you know the number of hours you've got after eight. You can now measure your time to see if you can get done a number of things you've got to get done. History serves the same purpose.

Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact

Your behavior determines, to some extent, the destiny of your nation and your group.

I attended a Baptist church as a child and was an avid reader starting with the Bible.

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

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