1: This is to join the trending online discussion of the necessity of smashing monuments erected in memory of slave-trading, cultural, historical, and political leaders in Africa; Nigeria, more specifically. 2: These efforts, led by scholars, are aimed at educating one another on the bloody deeds of "national" heroes in the trans-Atlantic trade. The call has centered mainly on public monuments dedicated to some of these slave trading Africans. I agree with the questioning. But there are some quibbles that I consider important, and which I believe must be discussed. 3: Pulling down monuments in Lagos, Kaduna, Legon, Ibadan, and other locations that have such ought not be construed to be of the same import as knocking down statues of rabidly pro-slavery, irremediably racist, anti-Black, 19th century secession leaders in the US. Bringing down statues of racist slave traders in Liverpool and other ports is motivated by opposition to the enduring legacies of the anti-Black racism