"If people are to acquire self-confidence and rediscover the cultural continuity to which they are heirs, the mask of obscurity and shame must be ripped from the face of our African heritage. Once again, this will disturb the establishment, but it is a pre-condition of national maturity. Cultural exchanges between the Caribbean and Africa and the introduction of a stream of basic teaching about African history must take their place alongside the flow of European artists who are understandably encouraged by the British Council and similar metropolitan bodies. If we are to know ourselves, we should know at least as much about the Ashanti wars as about the Wars of the Roses. If we do not know ourselves, we cannot hope to acquire the self-confidence upon which the spirit of self-reliance must rest. (4: Education)"
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Michael Manley
Michael Norman Manley ON OM OCC PC (born 10 December 1924 in St. Andrew; died 6 March 1997 in Kingston) was a politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Jamaica, from 1972 to 1980, and from 1989 to 1992. He also wrote seven books.
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