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Black History Month events kick off at KU
Kansas University professor J H Kwabena Nketia opened Black History Month on campus inviting about 25 attendees in the Kansas Union to explore the national theme African Roots Explore New Worlds Pre Columbus to the Space Age He urged expanding the history beyond western texts to better understand African American culture and identity and noted how Ghanaian funeral speeches affirm lineage and living identity.
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