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Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - 02:00
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233 [3]
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BBC listeners and readers share their personal experiences of the African continent. "Why do I love Africa? Because we are all related. All Africans are brothers and sisters says Jonathan Tommy. Biologically, where ever you are from in Africa, we are related. In Africa if you are from the same house - you are related, from the same village - you are related; from the same country - you are related. Even from the same regional grouping like west, east, north and southern Africa - we are rel...read more [4]

BBC listeners and readers share their personal experiences of the African continent. "Why do I love Africa? Because we are all related. All Africans are brothers and sisters says Jonathan Tommy. Biologically, where ever you are from in Africa, we are related. In Africa if you are from the same house - you are related, from the same village - you are related; from the same country - you are related. Even from the same regional grouping like west, east, north and southern Africa - we are related as long as you are an African we are all related. We refer to each other as brother and sister in Africa. We do not have cousin or nieces - all we have are brothers and sisters. That is why I love Africa - so let us stop killing one another."

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Global South [5]
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