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History Are Bound To Repeat It Essay

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History has always been a subject that has fascinated me – the quote “Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it” seems inevitably true. I have always been curious about understanding the stories of those who came before me because those stories spill into my story, which eventually will spill into another’s story and the cycle will repeat itself until the end of time.

There comes a problem, however, when I do not know the story that will give birth to mine. It will not know where it is going, it will remain at a standstill and years of blankness will fill the gaps and no new stories will be made, no new paths will be paved. I will find myself in a sort of quicksand of forged histories and the harder I try to remove myself from it, …show more content…

Only then, can we fuel the burning African Spirit, only then can we rise from the ashes and chase the destiny that we fought for many years ago. When a person has been subject to a traumatic event, they are often diagnosed with a disorder known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – symptoms often include flashbacks, nightmares and if left untreated, drug abuse, violent tendencies and in the worst of cases, suicide. To heal this, one must go through therapy. This ensures the full recovery of the person, allows them to come to terms with their past and hopefully allows them to lead as normal a life as possible.

But what then happens when the traumatic event has affected a multitude of people? What then do we do when the centuries of violent historical oppression and inferiority are left untreated? The disorder then mutates from grief and suffering into bitter hatred, civil wars, identity crises social instability – complete and utter chaos. The disorder festers in a generation that has wounds that are left uncleaned, wounds that remain unidentified. The disorder ceases to be known as a disorder but instead as the failure of a

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