Who Do I Consider To Be Of African Descent? The Tanetjerian Race!
Tanetjerian: is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with variations of melanated brown complexion and afro-textured hair ranging from 3a to 4c texture.
Tanetjerian (pural = ‘Tanetjerians‘):
adjective
- melanated-skinned, afro-haired; of African origin.
noun
- melanated-skinned, afro-haired; of African origin.
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A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition
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The Boer War
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Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
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My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide
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Bible History of the Negro
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Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State
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Introduction to African Civilizations
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Machete Season
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The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People
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1942: Hitler's Gamble for Victory
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The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
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The Rainwater Secret
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Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
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Blood Diamonds
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Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
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