The Acknowledgment and Incorporation of Afrocentric Methodologies; Who can claim a history of 400 years?

James Sweet makes mention of the commemoration of the Jamestown settlement museum which opened in 2007 in celebration of 400 years of Virginia’s history. Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom was present during the celebration of the founding of Jamestown which begun in 1607. In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and in 1892 His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie from the famed House of Judah was born, 400 years. The book of Genesis chapter 15;13-14 says “And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them 400 years. And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge, and afterward shall they come out with great substance”. This is our story and an accurate representation of Africa and its diaspora. It was in Queen Elizabeth’s best interest to hide the identity of who the passengers of the Transatlantic Slave Trade really were. This is why it is of paramount importance for students and researchers to incorporate Afrocentric methodologies in all fields of study, so that the truth may reveal and we can have a clearer picture of the future and what it holds