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[image: Lupe Fiasco looking off the right and shouting, the text “KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF AFRICA 2012” superimposed.]
I know y’all wanna help, but this ain’t the way. Learn about the privilege you have, pick up some history books as to how America the Great and Western Civilization created chaos and destruction on the African continent in the first place, and *then* come back to us with your good intentions…
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This is Africa, our Africa