I took the kids to the British Museum in London before my MBA graduation ceremony.
We went straight to the African Gallery.
I became their unofficial guide there, describing the artefacts taken from the Benin Empire, the invasion, and the colonisation of Nigeria.
A guide stood listening and nodded all through.
His version of the story differed slightly from mine when he spoke at the end.
That moment reminded me that:
If you don’t tell your story, others will, and they may not tell it right.
“Until the lions have their own historians, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
Who’s telling your story today?
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