Fallen Star: Dedicated to Huey P. Newton

They could never understand
what u set out 2 do
instead they chose 2
ridicule u

when u got weak
they loved the sight
of your dimming
and flickering starlight

How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
this way u could not alter the course
of ignorance that they have set
2 make my people forget

- Tupac Shakur

The child asked what happened to the people? The old man replied, "They lost their history so they died."

Fela Anikulapo Kuti or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. James Brown cited him as one of the originators of funk. Afro-beat music is basically a fusion of American jazz and funk with West African high-life.
You can check out Fela's musical voyage and just his story in the Broadway musical presented by Jay-Z and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Human Trophies for Sale

Date back to 1673, in the heights of the slave trade, African kids being sold as trophies in Europe. Take it closer to home, celebrities making the voyage to Africa to adopt a child. My intent is not to take away from the genuineness of adopting, I'm just stating my observation. Take from it what you please.