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The African origin of heroes, super and otherwise
July 7, 2011
Historically, heroes – super-powered or not – come in all shapes and sizes. But what about colors? If we allow your standard history book and Hollywood small and silver screen productions to answer that question, the overall answer would be that the color is only one – white. Black heroes, it seems, do not exist.
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Tags: activist • African god • African mythology • AIDS • Alexandre Dumas père • amazons • ancient Egyptian mythology • ancient proverb • Angolan warrior-queen • Antar • Arab • Arthur Schomburg • Asia • barbarian • Bass Reeves • bibliophile • Black Frenchman • Black heroes • bodyguards • Brother Obadela Williams • Califia • Captain America • Chinese martial arts • Civil Rights Movement • cure for cancer • Dahomey • Dr. Chancellor Williams • Egypt • Egyptologists • Ethiopia • Far East • father of history • father of knighthood … [and] chivalry • first avenger • gene mapping • Gerald Massey • Greco-Roman gods • Greek god • Greek mythology • Henrietta Lacks • Herodotus • heroes • Heru • history • Hollywood • Hor • Horus the hawk • humanity • Ian Fleming • immortal cell lines • in vitro fertilization • Islam • J.D. Jackson • James Bond • Japan • John Henry • King Arthur • Kunlun Nu • Latin • Lone Ranger • ma haru • Marine Corps • martial arts • Matrix • medical researchers • Mickey Spillane • Mike Hammer • Muhammad • Negrito • Negro • Nzinga • Pei Xing • Planet of the Apes • poetry • polio vaccine • Portuguese • racial oppression • research companies • Robert F. Williams • Roman mythology • Rooster Cogburn • Sakanouye No Tamuramaro • Sakanouye Tammamura Maro • samurai • Saudi Arabia • sei-i tai shogun • self-worth • silver screen • slave • Sophia Stewart • steel-driving man • superhero comic book • Superman • Tang Dynasty • the avenger • The Count of Monte Cristo • the king of heroes • The Three Musketeers • the warrior-princess • True Grit • true hero • typical warrior • warrior • West African women • Wonder Woman • X-Men • Xena • Zane Grey
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