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What is wrong with being black? By Matthew Ashimolowo Celebrating our Heritage, Confronting our Challenges Overview When you look  around  you, you could only wonder, “Has it come to this?” Should we begin to think that black people have a peculiarity with problems? In truth, an examination of the lives of black people around the world should answer this bugging question. Even though all human communities; black, white, green or red, are faced with challenges, Matthew Ashimolowo was not being out of place when he asked: “What is wrong with Being Black?” This book is divided into two parts, the first part examines the  glorious  past of the man of colour while the second part analyses the problems that have been peculiar to black people and the causes of such problems. Matthew Ashimolowo tagged the second part “Conformations and Pathologies”. It is a shame that the glorious past of the black man is not often told of. Matthew Ashimolowo has done an extensive research wh