The chapter analyzes the relationship between indigenous ways of thinking within the context of modern society. The article explores how although some people in academia have argued that indigenous thought is stagnant, it is in fact something that changes, grows, and adapts to changing circumstances. An example of innovation of indigenous thought through artifacts is through the Maasai spear. Historians have found various iterations of a spear from the Maasai. They found that it has developed to be more sophisticated throughout the years. This chapter concludes with talking about how the Maasai combine their own traditions through the centuries with modernity. These can coexist. However, it is the people who decide how that coexistence occurs.

Fort San Sebastian, located in Shama, Ghana, is the third oldest fortification in the country. Built by the Portuguese between 1520 and 1526, its primary purpose was to protect their trading interests and facilitate the transfer of African slaves during the Middle Passage. The fort was later captured by the Dutch West India Company in 1642. It served as a deterrent to English interference in the Shama trade and played a significant role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, where kidnapped Africans were imprisoned before being transported to North America. It was in Africa but not For Africans. It served the colonizers in multiple forms.

In an educational context, Fort San Sebastian can be connected to Advanced Placement English Literature and Theater in an environmental-themed school through exploring themes of colonialism, slavery, and historical injustices prevalent in literature and drama related to this period of history.