Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Born: December 31, 1918
Died: March 19, 2015 (aged 96)
Bio: Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan, referred to by his admirers as "Dr. Ben", was an African-American writer and historian.
Known for:
- We the Black Jews (1983)
- Africa: mother of Western civilization. (1971)
- New dimensions in African history (1991)