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Book Notes with BLisB- African Diaspora book reviews

Young Xavier’s message to the graduating classes of 2023

It takes a village…

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The debt ceiling issue… 

HTTPS://docs.house.gov//bills this week/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscal responsibility.pdf

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How anti-Black hate crimes affect the Black community 

Anti-Black hate crimes have yet to be specifically addressed by written law-America is in need of an Anti-Black hate crime bill/law

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Addressing Anti-Blackness in the European country of Spain

Superstar footballer Vinicius Junior speaks out loud against anti-Black racism 

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Stephen Satterfield of ‘High on the Hog’ fame

A peek into the world of Stephen Satterfield and what’s coming next- including an upcoming Season 2 for the High on the Hog series 

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Prioritizing the mental health and wellness of Black children

Black mental health matters at all ages.

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Climate change and Racial disparities- ‘Heat Islands’

Climate change is an anthropogenic (originating in human activity) problem in need of anthropogenic solutions. ASAP

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Climate Change and the Colorado River-the future of Western Water supply

A water source for over 50 million ppl is in danger of drying up-the Colorado River Lower Basin states have finally come to an agreement about how to prevent that from happening. 

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The missing history of Mississippi

An American concentration camp

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Queen Charlotte series-Episode 3 recap/review

A nod to the Moors 

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Queen Charlotte series-Episode 2 recap/review

A nod to the Moors

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Queen Charlotte Series Episode 1 recap/review 

Queen Charlotte series-a nod to the Moors

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The Ins and Outs of Anti-Blackness

“I don’t call it ‘White Supremacy’, because words have power, I call it White insecurity. I’m not really worried about White people anymore. ~Lavell William Crump (aka David Banner)-record producer, rapper actor, public speaker, entrepreneur.                                  We have to practice being kind to ourselves, and greeting ourselves with gladness, and fueling our own light. ~Michelle Obama (our forever First Lady) 

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Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington-The Introduction

A read through of the book’s introduction as well as a personal reflection 

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After the DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) rush of 2020-where are we now?

Where some companies made progress others stayed stagnant and even went into reverse prompting lawsuits. According to some employees at large corporations like Wells Fargo and Delta Airlines-DEI promises were left unkept and it’s time for litigation. DEI was born out of the 1960’s Civil Rights era and gives insight into just how far the United States still has to go on its journey towards living up to its motto of “Justice for All”.

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Blackness as Identity-Institutionalized Whiteness’ convenience store.

“We don’t die; We multiply.”~Robin Harris

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What is P.T.S.S.? (Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome) and how the Global Black community can heal

A recap and review of a panel discussion on PTSS as defined by the scholarly work of Dr. Joy Degruy. 

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Coming to Africa (Melanated Movie Monday)

What happens when I becomes we. 

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Who is Allegra Westbrooks? And What is P.T.S.S.?

There are many many many champions in the Global Black community. Names known and unknown, she is one of them.

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Melanated Movie Monday-A Boy. A Girl. A Dream-Love on Election Night

This movie Centers Black life and love during the American 2016 election night results.

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Say my name, Say my name

Even with a name as well known as Oprah Winfrey there will be those that think they have the right to tell you how your name should be said. 

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‘Woke’ is more than just a four letter word.

I don’t need nobody telling me the time~E. Badu

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Africanfuturism and the principle of Kujichagulia

Choosing not to participate in your own marginalization is a power move.

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The Color Yellow and it’s healing benefits

The Healing energy of color.

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Angela Basset’s night at the Oscars…

Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors chose not to overlook the Queen

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Keeping up with healthy habits long term

3 months into 2023…figuring out how to hold on to healthy habits.

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Self-Love-it's an inside job

It may sound easy to some, but in many cases, a self-love journey may be filled with obstacles seen and unseen, known and unknown. Even so, self love, care and compassion is quite possible. Even for you.

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Black owned and operated digital platform that centers the health of Black women✊🏾

Anti-Blackness has been an epidemic in America from its foundation and continues to impact all areas of Black Life disproportionately. As a digital platform, 'Health in her Hue' aims to continue the fight against anti-Blackness and the effects of it in the arena of healthcare...here's how...

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Black Mental Health Matters, Generation to Generation

It's ALL connected!

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From Greenwood 🇺🇲 to Ghana 🇬🇭 

Two of the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre in America are granted Ghanain citizenship!

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The Torch has been passed...

The time is now. Let's get Actively Black✊🏾

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The Black man who cleared the way for all of us-literally

Engineering and Science Hall of Famer Mr. Meredith Gourdine invented the smoke detector among many other inventions. Listen...

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Shine a light on 'em

We are the vessels through which they speak...

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'The Black Mother' written by Langston Hughes 

Langston Hughes, of Harlem Renaisance fame, penned this ode to Black motherhood that still resonates today.

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John's Hopkins University and Henrietta Lacks- when whitewashing history gets interrupted 

The family of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks fought long and hard to have her life be honored, recognized and duly compensated in every way possible and, after being denied for many many years, they are seeing their efforts come to life in a building being constructed in honor of her HeLa legacy.

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Literacy Matters in Charlotte NC

Congratulations to Ceo and Head Librarian Marcellus Turner on being named 2022 Charlottean of the year!

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Deion Sanders is changing the game in a good way...

Deion Sanders as a living example of pouring from a full cup. 

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Do you know?

Mother nature is very real...

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Wakanda Forever (Black Panther 2)- the experience 

A spoiler free overview

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Something about Kyrie...

African people's history has been played with for a very long time. Many many many many lies and partial truths have been told and sold...

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Entrepreneurial Energy

Industrious High school endeavors 💰 

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Ase'

A family prayer to the Most High Creator

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An Ancestral prayer for the African Diaspora

Light a white candle and pour some cool clean water...

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First Roe V. Wade and now Affirmative Action?

The 'take America Back slogan' has not left the building...

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Gaslighting-the American way.

America makes everything about race while at the same time ignoring everything about race.

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The unstoppable-Ms. Biddy Bridget Mason

This is the type of true history that rarely gets told 

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The CDC acknowledges botched pandemic responses

Interesting article regarding the Center for Disease control's past and current health plans and processes 

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Significant steps towards cutting dirty energy use

A look at the aspects of the recently passed Climate change/Health bill that focus on increasing use of CLEAN energy.

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A look at the U.S. Senate Climate/Health bill with a focus on the systemic financial implications

What does the new bill mean for you?

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A recent ride on the Underground Railroad...

5 Black men and their unique ride on the Underground railroad...

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Lions Gate Portal (8/8)

Insight into the meaning of this astrological moment in time

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The 4th of July Parade...

The Mass shooter issue in America

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In honor of Juneteenth...

An Ananse tale❤🖤💚

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Which Way is up? Sankofa as a freedom compass...

Today's read: American African psychologist Adisa Ajamu with a word on freedom...

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West of the Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance is a lingering reminder of the 'I can' Spirit inherent within the lives of Africans no matter where we are or what we are doing. We just need to tap into that inherent knowing. Ase'

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Back Home.

An African Diasporic perspective.

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The truth about Haiti...

🇭🇹

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Black nature lovers-no permission necessary.

Examining one aspect of nature love-Birdwatching, and what it means to be a Black Birder...

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From America to Africa-A Healing Journey...

https://gofund.me/07f5499b

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Journey to Africa...A community minded healing/service journey 

https://gofund.me/1b2be5b7

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Trauma storage and release...When a Black woman chooses to cry...

Trauma can be stored in our bodies and if you are a Black woman who accepts the 'Strong Black Woman' narrative as your truth, you may be carrying much more than your share of this world's burdens. This episode shares examples around the process of releasing burdens so heavy that they have become stored in the body as trauma.

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Are we post pandemic?

Observing the various changes around me I decided to read a NY Times article to gauge the American media’s temperature around the topic... 

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Where there is Healthy Love there is Power-Healthy Black Relationships Matter...

The slap seen ‘round the world has brought forth quite a few in-depth discussions surrounding relationships in the Black community. The author of the piece being read in this episode is a brilliant Black man who holds a PhD in Psychology-Dr. Adisa Ajamu. Dr. Ajamu is NOT specifically addressing the slap-I, however , see how his words apply... not only to those involved in the incident directly, but also to those of us involved indirectly because of our shared Blackness. May we all cultivate and inspire healthy relationships wherever we are in whatever we do. Ase’

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My African Ancestry DNA test results...

Blood don’t lie.

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Hour by Our                          written and read by BLisB

Original Spoken word piece inspired by an African centered healing retreat.

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Celebrating Black History month with the Duo Lingo App

Afro-Latino language origins

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Epilogue:Of Water and the Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Malidoma’s contradictory worlds collide.

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Chapter 26: Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Six weeks of initiation had changed Malidoma in ways he could never have imagined prior to his experience in the bush...although he was now finally accepted as a full member of his village there was still the lingering matter of his initial initiation in the White man’s world. Now he was part of two contradictory worlds-a new kind of Dagara man.

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Chapter 13: Of Water and the Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Father and son have to face the Village Council of elders... Malidoma cannot continue to exist in the village as an ‘inside outsider’-what will be done?

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Chapter 12: Of Water and the Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

The very real differences between Malidoma’s life experiences in the Seminary and his return home to his own people were of great concern to the Dagara Village elders. They feared his exposure to the world of those who kidnapped him would continue to hinder his progress as a man unless he was able to let that part of him go-completely-through initiation.

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Chapter 11: Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

A Homecoming isn’t always automatic acceptance. The space of time within the gap of separation can be a very wide, and at times seemingly impossible, space to fill. In line with the traditional life of his people, Malidoma’s return required serious spiritual components in order to make their house his home again.

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Chapter 10: Of Water and the Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Malidoma’s 11 day journey, by foot , finally leads him to the home and family he had been snatched away from by White European missionaries (who still haunted his psyche). He was 4 when he was taken and 20 when he returned... does one return from the dead?

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Chapter 9: Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Abrupt, unexpected FREEDOM finds young Malidoma...and he’s not at all sure what to do about it...

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Chapter 8: Of Water and the Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

After 16 years within the realm of White Male Missionaries, young Malidoma finds himself at the center of a very unexpected turn of events...

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Chapter 7: Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Malidoma and his closest schoolmates, now teenagers, enjoy the freedom of a little rebellion...

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Chapter 6:Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

The policies , procedures and processes by which the European missionaries, who kidnapped young Malidoma and many many other African children, maintain their hold on the minds, bodies and spirits of many on the continent of Africa...

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Chapter 5:Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

From the ages of 4-12 Malidoma describes being held as a kidnapped African boy among other kidnapped African boys from various villages within the vicinity of the European Christian missioniary school/church. Beatings, isolation, Adult labor burdens on the backs of children, complete enforced identity destruction and reconstruction...

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Chapter 4: Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual,Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

A European missionary kidnaps an African child...

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***News Break***-NY Times Article-Omicron is in Retreat-1.19.2022

A White male western journalist perspective on the current state of virus variants...

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Chapter 3: Of and Water and The Spirit-Ritual,Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

An indigenous African Grandfather’s multi-day funeral ceremony, an intense display of every form of exquisite culture imaginable (sculpture, cuisine, clothing design, esoteric arts, music, song, poetry, dance...) as well as that which is unimaginable (especially for those outside the culture) because it includes the ‘supernatural’...

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Chapter 2:Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

The author shares the intimate, intricate details of what happens when a grand elder/chief/healer/priest, such as his grandfather Bakhye, departs from physical life.

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Chapter 1:Of Water and The Spirit-Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

An in-depth look into the childhood of a boy born into rich indigenous African culture and traditons. The author, Malidoma Some, was born at a time when White missionaries were hell bent on changing every aspect of his world as he knew it...

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A word on Sidney Poitier...

In memory of...

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Let the Circle Be Unbroken (part 2) written by Marimba Ani

The paramount importance of Indigenous African culture/spirituality as a cohesive healing force throughout the African Diaspora. From the Caribbean, to the Americas ( both North and South) to Europe and the Motherland herself- Indigenous African Culture/Spirituality matters...

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Let The Circle Be Unbroken written by Marimba Ani

An essential healing tool for the African Diaspora...

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***Mother to Son*** Kujichagulia!!!

A very special Birthday episode on this second day of Kwanzaa 2021. A page out of the Book of Life.

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Travel to Africa...

Travel to Africa-with a Black owned and operated entity such as Obey Foundation and Harmony Health and Wellness- is a significantly holistic life changing experience. Ase’

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Black Spirit Solstice Summit with Iya Funlayo

Come explore the Black Spirit Summit with me. Its hosted by Iya Funlayo PhD and friends at www.aseire.com

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Nat Love, Rufus Buck, Stagecoach Mary and more...

A short introduction to the real life people who inspired the making of the newly released ‘The Harder They Fall’ movie...

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Book Review|The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor|Part 5

What do you think about this story?Comments? Opinions? Let’s talk about it. blackloveisimplybeautiuful@gmail.com

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Book Review|The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor|Part 4

Phoenix meets her destiny 

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Book Review|The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor|Part 3

Nnedi Okorafor seamlessly weaves this Afrcanfuturistic tale with aspects of very real life moral issues associated with immoral aspects of scientific research-like the HeLa cell line...

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Bringing books to LIFE with BlisB

Book Review|The Book of Phoenix written by Nnedi Okorafor| Part 2

Phoenix makes it to the shores of Africa and experiences what it is like to be fully welcome in a community and have a real home of her own -until she has another deadly run-in with The Big Eye Corporation..

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Book Review|The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor| part 1

Tower 7-located in the heart of New York City’s Times Square... full of genetically altered and created corporate science specimen’s securely contained within. What could happen?

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Thankyou!

To all of my listeners... I appreciate you🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳✨✨✨💫💞

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Africanfuturism Defined by Nnedi Okorafor

Africanfuturism...What is it?

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Part 3 (Chap 8/9&10) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization written by Anthony T. Browder

The African Renaissance-The World’s Best Kept Secret-How to Free Your African Mind...

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Part 2 (Chap 6&7) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization written by Anthony T. Browder

Stolen Legacy-The Nile Valley Presence in Europe and America...

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Part 2 (Chap5) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization written by Anthony T. Browder

Stolen Legacy-The Rape of Egypt

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