{"id":641,"date":"2020-11-09T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2020-11-25T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T07:46:45","slug":"muhunyo-maina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/muhunyo-maina\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u016bhunyo Maina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-641\" data-postid=\"641\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-641 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_z06m126\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_z06m126 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li 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<\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 last tb_6kkm129 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_r71q502\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_r71q502 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_of8p503 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_6gnl503 drop-shadow circle  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-445\" title=\"Muhunyo Maina\" alt=\"Muhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_uk6k504 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3r7v504   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><strong>Epoch I: Inyota<\/strong><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_mycd504  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by\u00a0<span class=\"qu\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"cmuhunyo@gmail.com\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"150\">M\u016bhunyo Maina<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This body of work deals with being an indigenous African in today\u2019s world. It looks at issues of identity and pride. And it aims to question how we see ourselves in the contemporary world. Though colonialism is no longer the law of our lands, its legacies live on. Not in any physical concrete manifestation, but in our subconscious, in our minds. We are born into a world that tells us we have no reliable records history prior to the arrival of Europe on our shores. We are born into a world in which our culture and all our physical and metaphysical links to our ancestors have been systematically discredited and destroyed. We are born into a world of epistemic defeat, and all around us are the physical and metaphysical insignia of those who defeated us. From the roads we walk, the buildings we inhabit to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. We are totally cut off from our pasts, and so we believe it did not exist. In school we are taught the recorded histories of the west, from the Iliad to the Cold War. We know their heroes and villains by name. We can recite the trajectories of their conflicts, their wars and revolutions. And yet we cannot do the same for our own ancestors. A tree with weak roots cannot bare good fruit. This work seeks to imaginatively resurrect these ancestors, to honour and validate them. It seeks to imagine who they were as individuals, and the daily struggles and triumphs they went through. It is a homage to the bantu people of Sub Saharan Africa who have lived in this continent for thousands of years, whose history is rich and varied beyond measure. It aims to inscribe the humanity that was taken away from them by colonial propaganda, and in so doing, strengthen our epistemic roots.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_74ht958\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_74ht958 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_jrhr959 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_hpv4959 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"module-gallery-grid gallery-columns-4 tf_clear\">\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo12.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo12-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-793\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo12.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo11.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo11-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-792\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo11.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo10.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo10-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-791\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo10.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo9.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo9-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-790\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo9.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo8.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo8-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-789\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo8.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo7.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo7-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-788\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo7.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo6.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo6-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-787\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo5.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo5-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-786\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo4.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo4-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-785\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo3.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-784\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo2.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-783\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo1.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_hpv4959\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhounyo1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-782\" title=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\" alt=\"M\u016bhunyo Maina\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_uce0997\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_uce0997 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_6f0k998 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_w5gs564 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K3-b-RnFrnc\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n\t    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n\n    <\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_k4x6175\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_k4x6175 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_vio9176 tf_box\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_mtsd177   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/#art\"><strong>RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epoch I: Inyota M\u016bhunyo Maina Epoch I: Inyota by\u00a0M\u016bhunyo Maina This body of work deals with being an indigenous African in today\u2019s world. It looks at issues of identity and pride. And it aims to question how we see ourselves in the contemporary world. Though colonialism is no longer the law of our lands, its [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>Epoch I: Inyota<\/h1> <h4><strong>M\u016bhunyo Maina<\/strong><\/h4>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo.jpg\" title=\"Muhunyo Maina\" alt=\"Muhunyo Maina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muhunyo-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\n<h4><strong>Epoch I: Inyota<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>by\u00a0M\u016bhunyo Maina<\/p> <p>This body of work deals with being an indigenous African in today\u2019s world. It looks at issues of identity and pride. And it aims to question how we see ourselves in the contemporary world. Though colonialism is no longer the law of our lands, its legacies live on. Not in any physical concrete manifestation, but in our subconscious, in our minds. We are born into a world that tells us we have no reliable records history prior to the arrival of Europe on our shores. We are born into a world in which our culture and all our physical and metaphysical links to our ancestors have been systematically discredited and destroyed. We are born into a world of epistemic defeat, and all around us are the physical and metaphysical insignia of those who defeated us. From the roads we walk, the buildings we inhabit to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. We are totally cut off from our pasts, and so we believe it did not exist. In school we are taught the recorded histories of the west, from the Iliad to the Cold War. We know their heroes and villains by name. We can recite the trajectories of their conflicts, their wars and revolutions. And yet we cannot do the same for our own ancestors. A tree with weak roots cannot bare good fruit. This work seeks to imaginatively resurrect these ancestors, to honour and validate them. It seeks to imagine who they were as individuals, and the daily struggles and triumphs they went through. It is a homage to the bantu people of Sub Saharan Africa who have lived in this continent for thousands of years, whose history is rich and varied beyond measure. 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