Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Born: August 3, 1832
Died: February 7, 1912 (aged 79)
Bio: Edward Wilmot Blyden, the father of pan-Africanism, was an educator, writer, diplomat, and politician primarily in Liberia. Born in the West Indies, he joined the free black immigrants from the United States who migrated to the region.
Known for:
- Christianity, Islam and the negro race (1887)
- African Life and Customs (1908)
- West Africa before Europe
- From West Africa to Palestine (1873)