Edited by Burnett Kwadwo Gallman, Marimba Ani, Larry Obadele Williams

"We could not be Africans and slaves at the same time; we could not hold onto our African identity, our African selves, knowledge of our African culture, and be enslaved -the subordinates of another people. It is only when that knowledge is removed, erased, degraded, stolen, taken and distorted that we lose our identity." - Amos N. Wilson

"We must make ourselves whole again. We must restore and renew. We must look into the open MAAFA wounds, grieve and remember those lost to us through miseducation, collaboration, and those who resisted. As we conquer our oppression we give ourselves permission to follow the Sankofa Bird and look deep into the well of our own culture. We don't glorify the culture, we use it. We will create ourself out of ourself." - Nana Baffour Amankwatia II