The unbearable authenticity of Kojo T Houenou, the francophone Marcus Garvey
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the Greek word DAIMON, translated into demon in French. The Greeks in Socrates' day spoke of Daimon, to talk about the purpose of their life, the cause for which they thought their life should be intended to. In short, they were fighting for the demon to be fulfilled. The change in semantics brought us nowadays to fight our demons, to better to appear in society as others want us to be. In sum, this willingness to fight for one’s daimon, this desire to be authentic.
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