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Page 12 - The Chronicle - Saturday October 30, 1976 I ' is ill She’ll speak for you MAZIE S. ^ ^ Woodruff County Commissioner • Positive promotion plan. • Adequate law enforcement. • School system strengthening. • Preventive health care programs. • Continued, sound community growth. • Extension of city-county cooperation. ]\ orth arolina J-’ itness \ ^ enter Sherwood Plaza Shopping Center Rohinhood Rd. 765-7750 Try the Chronicle you’ll hke it. Mon—Fri. 9aiii—9pm featuring: individual programming nutrition classes | sauna yoga' ultra violet lights facials SM’im nasties 6 month -^$11^ 3 months $56.50 •whirlpool 108°, 8 airstream jets of pressure, good for arthritis rheumatism, bursitus, stretc marks, varicose and spide veins, will totally relax th entire bcnly. FREE BABYSITTING •saiiito good for sinuses, nasal congestion, headaches, ten sion, excess water weight, sore throat, gets rid o impurities in the body. Blood ciiTiilation: Phlebitis Attention: All Olympic Health & fitness centers members: j, arrangements have been made with NX. F.tness Centers ,, for you to transfer your membership. Please bring your || membership card to us Memberships good anywhere ii \txecutive renewable membership 1st yearj Renetml privilege every year for the rest of your life. $48 per year. The Lost Souls The United States is often called a “nation of nations”. This timeworn characterization is obviously true. It is believed that even the American Indian migrated here from Asia. Regardless, there are ethnic groups from virtually every spot on the earth ^ who have come to still a relatively virgin land. Among the earliest people to come to this land were blacks from the African West Coast who landed in Jamestown in 1619 a year before the Mayflower came to Plymouth. The blacks were to become an integral part of American history More and more blacks were brought over until at the end of the colonial period in 1775, blacks made up over one sixth of the population in the then British dominated colonies, When the blacks came over essentially as slaves, there were! already many myths circulating about Africans. The other! colonists did not know many truths and neither did most of them! try to find out any. All many of them knew was that here was! virgin land to be cleared and worked and they could not countoni the native American Indian for much systematic controiWi work. This was what many were interested in, the most laborforl the least amount of output on their part. They were notl interested in the slave’s background or culture. They didrml care to know about the West African territory from which I vast amount of blacks came from. They did not care aboutt various West African political units which ranged from vilaji kinships groups to great empires like Mali. Many of m societies were highly complex with extensive legal systen Although most of these societies were not literate, there we individuals who perpetuated scientific and historical knowle through a well defined and disciplined oral tradition. These lost souls also had numerous art forms. Art permej the West African coastline, much of it relating to daily Some of it was great like the Benin bronzes and some of iP just a matter of simple basket weaving or batik none tomai other cultures. There was also among these people an appreciation o Since regional occupations varied, there was also a degree o talents such as boatmaking, cattle raising, vw’fl shoemaking, farming, and fishing. The natives also cam« trade through barter and eventually through the use of g cowrie shells, as medium of exchwg 1 These people were also religious. Sometimes the tended to be a tribal affair with special and unique inM between the group and its exclusive demj But among some Africans, there was also a belief in one J God who ruled the world and his direct and good relationsJl nature. But most important of all and basic to all Wes ^ ethnic groups was one unit, the family. This was individual household unit, this was a kinshop gro“ _ extended family. There usually was a common ances numerous descendants which gave the African a ^ between heaven and earth. There was warmth and lov the devotion that it takes to form a family unit. But the came. And from 24,000.000 to 50.000,000. blacks were ut from all of this culture and tradition, their souls lost g on earth. Robena Egefflon?'| \ ^ SINCE i«ai ^ rxrtnnS COMPLETE LINE OF SPORTING GOOD • GOLF • TENNIS • SKI • BASEBALL • BASKETBALL • FOOTBALL • GAMES • FOOTWEAR • TROPHIES RETAIL II 724-2421 S01W 4ttt • THROWAV tMOP. CTB. WHOLESALE 4 TEAM 724 171 S. ath|£!2 . 53i« iivnjs
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