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One of the many reasons we need African teachers in classrooms--we can see excellence in African students that most European teachers totally miss

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These days I'm thinking, writing, and doing plenty about the need for Africentric education. Below find an e xcerpt from my novel THE ALCHEMISTS OF KUSH , soon to be republished by MVMedia , based on one of my experiences as a teacher of some very smart young African men whose intelligence at discussing, analysing, and writing about literature no non-African teacher had ever bothered to notice or encourage. If you want to read a study of 157,000 US kids explaining why kids of all racial backgrounds preferred African and Latinx teachers to European settler teachers, well, I've got one for you right here . If you'd rather read the short NPR summary, I've got you covered . And now, on with the show: ā€œYou two kill me!ā€ said Moon that same night at the Hyper-Market. ā€œIā€™m really disappointed with you!ā€ Raptor and Jackal, staring at feet, floor, walls, anything. ā€œWell?ā€ pressed the older man. ā€œBrother Moon, what difference does it make?ā€ said Jackal. ā€œWeā€™re still gonna ...