When you speak of your African heritage, why do you omit the indigenous people of Africa from amongst whom diaspora Africans in the west came?
Your family tree (it seems) grew from east Africa, into the western dispora. You know (or say little) about the cultures of the Mandinka, Wolof, Kru, Mossi, Hausa, Kongo, Ashanti, Ibo, and other nations along THE WESTERN COASTLINE OF AFRICA from whom you are DIRECTLY descended. You are not descended from the Amhara so, why do you find it easier to identify with thier culture?
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w/ all due respect, this diatribe sounds a little tribalistic to me. i have always viewed africa holistically-viewing africa as one. as there is one africa, there is one King for those that choose the livity of Ras Tafari. The King to those of us who call ourselves Ras Tafarians is Haile Selassie.
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Is it because you see the civilizations of the west coast as being inferior to the Amhara civilization?
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no-where have you got these assumptions?

Could it be that you have no wish to identify with the evil animals who sold your ancestors into captivity?
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so you chose to go there!? divide and conquer mentality. we all know who propogated the inhumane condition of slavery-and it was in fact evil animals who promoted this savagery, but it definitely was not promoted/or advocated as an institutionalized practice by africans.
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Or, is your preference only based on the fact that the Amhara are 'fair-skinned' and have 'good hair'? (I have noticed that dictionaries defines 'fair' as 'good').
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why is your focus on the color of africans skin? that is a tired and worn out focus. hiv rates soaring, food crises, refugee crisis, and so on and you are focussing on the color of africans skin tone. sad.