
Reflections: Examine your village
How do we ensure the village continues? It begins with each one of us.
Voices from the local Black community explore the meaning of the African proverb ‘it takes a village’ in the 21st century.
How do we ensure the village continues? It begins with each one of us.
No parent knows everything there is to teach a child. When communities pitch in, it makes a difficult task that much easier.
It may be less common today that communities raise our children. That’s why it’s all the more important to bring it back, says Randy Cobb.
To explore the relevance of the proverb, we have to consider the many distinct villages that make up the Black diaspora and the ways Black family and community cohere differently today than in the recent and distant past
To explore the relevance of the proverb, we have to consider the many distinct villages that make up the Black diaspora and the ways Black family and community cohere differently today than in the recent and distant past
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