"He says that the African man was the first man on Earth and that the other races only came after. Therefore, all men are immigrants except African people who are right at home."
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University of California, Los Angeles facultyNovelists from the Republic of the CongoEssayists from the Republic of the CongoPoets from the Republic of the CongoJournalists from the Republic of the Congo
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