TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T21:44:02Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/feed/allWHAT MUST WE DO ABOUT THIS LINGERING REPARATION SITUATION?https://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/what-must-we-do-about-this-lingering-reparation-situation2022-07-05T15:36:32.000Z2022-07-05T15:36:32.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><div> </div>
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<div>There is a great saying by my late father that I often quote to my friends about my family-" IT IS A TIGER THAT GIVES BIRTH TO A TIGER" . You are the true daughter of your father - a great Pan Africanist . Your Uncle was one of the great historical Pan Africanists - George Padmore .Your work is a reflection of your pedigree . You come from a breed of African freedom fighters and liberators who love our race. You are a great pride to our race and Africa. What you wrote about Reparation is a masterpiece of a great thinker . It is no surprise that your family is a part of our march to freedom ,in which Marcus Garvey is leading the fight carrying the African flag in front ; against our Oppressors who enslaved us as we sing our freedom songs to a great and free Africa . Unity and Freedom will be written in that flag. We shall unite very soon as long as there are leaders like you in our new march to freedom.</div>
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<div>I had the pleasure of meeting the late Prof John Henrick Clarke when he came to London in his summer lecture tours. The Reparation claim must be weighed and compared to what was paid to the Jews who lost 6 millioghn lives in the the Holocaust .We lost 120 million lives in the evil passage. The late Ambassador Dudley Thompson was highly regarded by A frican leaders and the African Union .Kathy , I say this to you- "YOU HAVE CLASS" .What can I say of a great Lady who is giving her all on behalf of Africa and our race. </div>
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<div>Africa belongs to ALL AFRICANS.I am a GARVEYITE . The continent belongs to all Africans from Africa and the DIASPORA .It is our home. The Africans in the diaspora are all members of our families. There was no family in Africa that did not suffer from enslavement of our race . We (Africans) as a People are proud of our extended family culture .Our mission must be the UNITY of all our People . A United People will be respected-look at the Chinese .The Europeans laughed at the Chinese in the past. Who is the pretty boy now !!!</div>
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<div>All Africans love you and thank you a million times for your work. Have a great day.</div>
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<div>Yours in the struggle for African freedom</div>
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<p><strong>From: <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">KATHY HOWELL</a> </strong></p>
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<div><strong>BEFORE OUR BROTHER DUDLEY THOMPSON - WENT TO SEE HIS ANCESTORS I HAVE TRAVELED fWITH HIM TO CONFERENCES PERTAINING TO OUR LIBERATION.</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Today the struggle is still goin on. Last month I was consulted by phone by Dr. Osakwe Osifo, a PanAfricanist in London who is still on the battlefield. Seek 'The Unity of Africa"</strong></div>
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<div><strong>MY FEELING IS THIS:</strong></div>
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<p><strong><u>We need to create a Gobal Reparation Commission:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>Reparation will not be possible – unless our government takes certain initiavates.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>1<sup>st</sup> step to take is :</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>FIND OUT WHICH AFRICAN COUNTY IS PREPARE TO WELCOME THE LOST FLOCK.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPA – SHOWED HIS WILLINGNESS – BY GRANTING LAND TO Jamaican. Under the EWF umbrella.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>2<sup>nd</sup> Step is </u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>To - nominate people as representatives to discuss with the AFRICAN GOVERNMENT – THE NECESSARY PREPARATION.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>IF AN AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES – TO PERMIT –IMMIGRATION –THEY MAY IMPOSE TEST ON THE IMMIGRATION.</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>SETTLEMENT OF IMMIGRANT COST- MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. (P</u></strong><strong><u>reparing land, opening roads, building houses, water and light supplies and industrial capital)</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Congress endorses the claim that slavery, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Arab slave trade, genocide and apartheid were always crimes against humanity and therefore subject to reparative justice</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em> Congress endorses the establishment of the Caricom Reparations Commission and calls upon it to work with other similar commissions already established, in advancing the Global reparations process</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>All African , Countries, States, Regional and bodies must move immediately to legislate for the right of reparations, returning all African descendents who would like , settlement and dual citizenship in Africa . Those Africans- in the diaspora who have already returned as well as their stateless children.</em></strong><u></u></p>
<p><strong><em>The major problems and challenges facing the African World is injuries resulting from the crimes of slavery.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>We need to profile, document and erect monuments in all areas throughout the continent where slavery, slave embarkation stations and prisons are located. Holocaust memorial sites are used today by some countries as military and political buildings.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>We need to memorialize our heroes and heroines including those criminalized by enslavers and demand that African human remains housed in museums around the world be returned to their homelands. </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Sister Kathy Howell</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Love and Light</em></strong></p>
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<div>SOURCE: <strong><a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/viewmod/theblacklist/6abb40bac16c3cc1b9f18151508f34d6/msg00000.html">Fwd: RAPARATION</a></strong>, <em>KATHY HOWELL, 07/03/2022</em></div>
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<p> </p></div>Communiqué commun du MIR, du Comité 10, COFFAD et du MNH concernant les actions juridiques relatives aux réparations des crimes que sont la traite négrière et la mise en esclavage d'africainshttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/communique-commun-du-mir-du-comite-10-coffad-et-du-mnh-concernant2022-02-25T17:21:02.000Z2022-02-25T17:21:02.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10154579057,original{{/staticFileLink}}">CP Appel collectif réparations Février 2022 à publier.docx[3182].pdf</a></strong></span></p>
<p>Veuillez trouver ci-joint le communiqué de presse commun du MIR, du Comité 10, COFFAD et du MNH concernant les actions juridiques relatives aux réparations des crimes que sont la traite négrière et la mise en esclavage d'africains aux Amériques. </p>
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<p> </p></div>Communiqué du MIR, du CIPN, du CNR et du Comité 10 mai suite aux 2 arrêts de la Cour d'appel de Fort-de-Francehttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/communique-du-mir-du-cipn-du-cnr-et-du-comite-10-mai-suite-aux-2-2022-02-04T15:18:35.000Z2022-02-04T15:18:35.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p>Le communiqué du MIR, du CIPN, du CNR, du COMITE 10 MAI et de leurs avocats suite aux arrêts de la Cour d'appel de Fort-de-France concernant l'exigence de réparations et le devoir de la traite négrière et de l'esclavage.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10070957665,original{{/staticFileLink}}">COMMUNIQUE DU MIR ET SES AVOCATS 02.pdf</a></strong></span></p>
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<p> </p></div>Black & Abroad launches data-driven follow-up to its celebrated "Go Back To Africa" campaignhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/black-abroad-launches-data-driven-follow-up-to-its-celebrated-go-2022-02-01T16:44:08.000Z2022-02-01T16:44:08.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p><a href="https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1737721/Black_Elevation_Map.jpg?w=500" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1737721/Black_Elevation_Map.jpg?w=500" alt="Black_Elevation_Map.jpg?w=500" /></a></p>
<p>Two years after its provocative and acclaimed pan-<span class="xn-location">Africa</span> tourism campaign "Go Back To Africa," travel brand <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=3734479997&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackandabroad.com%2F&a=Black+%26+Abroad" target="_blank">Black & Abroad</a> has launched a powerful, data-driven domestic travel platform: <strong>"The Black Elevation Map</strong>".</p>
<p>Residing at <strong><a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=3109725502&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblackelevationmap.com%2F&a=BlackElevationMap.com" target="_blank">BlackElevationMap.com</a></strong>, the platform takes cultural data, including Black population data, historical markers, Black-owned businesses and social media activity, and visualizes it as points of interest on a dynamic, searchable elevation map of <span class="xn-location">the United States</span>. The greater the density of data, the higher the elevation.</p>
<p>"From redlining to modern urban planning, you don't have to look far to see ways in which maps have been used to marginalize, divide and oppress communities around the world," says <span class="xn-person">Eric Martin</span>, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder, Black & Abroad. "We wanted to help Black travellers see the country in a way that prioritizes and celebrates the contributions of folks who look like us – and facilitates travel choices that deepen engagement within our community. Repurposing a traditional elevation map is a way for us to weave joy and uplift into the story, the experience, and our interpretation of the data."</p>
<p>In addition to thousands of places of interest, the Black Elevation Map includes 12 curated city guides and 10 national guides, that include Black-owned wineries ("Melanin Vines"), notable start-up companies ("Black Silicon Valley") and restaurants that fuelled civil rights ("Civil Bites").</p>
<p>The project is the second major collaboration between Black & Abroad and the team at creative-data advertising agency <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=2440229655&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.performanceart.com%2F&a=Performance+Art" target="_blank">Performance Art</a>. In 2019, that team launched "<a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=3268716108&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackandabroad.com%2Fgobacktoafricacampaign&a=Go+Back+To+Africa" target="_blank">Go Back To Africa</a>", which led to a measurable shift in sentiment and usage of the racial slur, and won nearly every major global advertising award, including the Grand Prix in Creative Data at <span class="xn-location">Cannes</span>, the D&AD Black Pencil, and the Global Grand Effie in Positive Change.</p>
<p>"We're inspired by the relentless positivity at the heart of the Black & Abroad brand, and wanted to once again explore what happens when you push a bold, brand idea into a sophisticated technology ecosystem," says <span class="xn-person">Ian Mackenzie</span>, Chief Creative Officer, Performance Art. "We know the data we're visualizing represents just a fraction of actual Black cultural contribution. We see this as part of an ongoing conversation, and a conceptual counterpoint to a long history of maps created with harmful and unacknowledged biases."</p>
<p>The Black Elevation Map is launching with a 60-second film called "<a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=1287730852&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhrCLlX-W6F8&a=A+Hymn+Away+From+Home" target="_blank">A Hymn Away From Home</a>", directed by <span class="xn-person">Kelly Fyffe-Marshall</span> (whose "Black Bodies" was an official selection of TIFF 2020) and produced by the Black-owned production company Alfredo Films. The film combines aspirational footage of more than 30 business owners from across America with iconic images of mountains, and original poetry commissioned and performed by <span class="xn-location">Washington D.C.</span>-based poet <span class="xn-person">Jasmine Mans</span> ("Black Girl, Call Home").</p>
<p>The project's other contributors include designer Tré Seals, whose "Martin" typeface was inspired by protest posters from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike. Seals also created an original set of icons for the project, inspired by a survey of African symbology.</p>
<p>Site functionality includes the ability to create and email "favorites," an "Add to map" feature, search by city, a freestyle explore map mode, a Black travel social media feed, and buttons that enable users to toggle between several powerful elevation-based data visualizations. The map also pulls in Black travel-related social media conversations from Twitter and Instagram based on hashtag use, categorized across three streams.</p>
<p>"We have always seen an opportunity to elevate the community through world exploration," says <span class="xn-person">Kent Johnson</span>, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder Black & Abroad. "The Black Elevation Map is a way for us to share the brand's positive view from a domestic travel standpoint, while encouraging exploration across our diverse community. We'll always have miles to go. We hope this map helps with the journey."</p>
<p><strong>About Black & Abroad<br class="dnr" /></strong>Black & Abroad is a multi-platform travel & lifestyle company. Since 2015, our digital campaigns, international events and travel experiences have redefined exploration for the modern Black traveler. We pride ourselves on working together to connect people all over the world through culturally conscious & thought driven initiatives centered around exploration while providing crowd-sourced information hubs for urban travelers. Seeing a need to elevate the community through world exploration, our company was created to expose the world to nuanced, diverse narratives within the travel community. <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=1499739618&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackandabroad.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackandabroad.com%2F" target="_blank">https://www.blackandabroad.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>About Performance Art<br class="dnr" /></strong>Performance Art is a full-service agency network that brings together deep data, technology and customer-centric strategy with highly awarded leadership and creative talent. With a specialist approach focused on the individual, the agency leverages technology consulting and implementation, creative-data and CRM, systems design and customer experience strategy to help brands make the highest performing work, in the most creative way. Performance Art is an independent network in the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: <a class="ticket-symbol" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/black--abroad-launches-data-driven-follow-up-to-its-celebrated-go-back-to-africa-campaign-301472532.html#financial-modal">IPG</a>). Learn more at and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@Performance.art.agency). <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3429727-1&h=3603602260&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.performanceart.com%2F&a=www.performanceart.com" target="_blank">www.performanceart.com</a></p>
<p>SOURCE Black & Abroad; Performance Art</p>
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<p> </p></div>‘Foundational Black Americans’ Question African Immigrants Over Alleged Neglecthttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/foundational-black-americans-question-african-immigrants-over-all2022-01-28T14:47:01.000Z2022-01-28T14:47:01.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><h2 class="post-subtitle">Foundational Black Americans, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SecureTheTribe?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank">#SecureTheTribe</a>, Twitter, Immigrants.</h2>
<p><a class="post-author-a post-author-avatar" title="Browse Author Articles" href="https://www.herald.ng/author/nwakaego/"><span class="post-author-name">By <strong>Sophia Nwachukwu</strong></span></a> </p>
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<p>A 12-hour-long Twitter space brought the black community to a standstill yesterday when the topic was raised, “How Does Immigration Benefit Black Americans?”</p>
<p>This space was hosted by Mel, and co-hosted by a certain Tariq Nasheed, who’s popularly known for his hit single, “Wash Yo Ass”.</p>
<p>Tariq Nasheed, however, was the main speaker on this space and he had a lot to get off his chest. So much that he has written a book titled, “Foundational Black American Race Baiter”.</p>
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Tariq’s book cover. Source: Twitter.
<p>The space gained a massive amount of publicity with over 30,000 listeners and quite a number of speakers, including celebrities.</p>
<p>The argument centred around the belief that immigrants from around the world coming to the US are taking the piece of cake meant for the ‘Foundational Black Americans’.</p>
<p>According to Tariq’s postulations, Foundational Black Americans are Americans whose ancestry can be traced back to slaves shipped to the Americas, from Africa.</p>
<p>He also stated that his ancestors not only built America; they fought and died for the rights of all black people in America and now the offspring feel sidetracked and disrespected by African immigrants who are only able to live and work in the US because his ancestors died.</p>
<p>He was also of the opinion that African immigrants take jobs and other opportunities out from under the Foundational Black Americans and are therefore required to at least pay homage.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.herald.ng/foundational-black-americans-question-african-immigrants-over-alleged-neglect/" target="_blank"><em><strong>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE TO THE FULL ARTICLE</strong></em></a></p>
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<p> </p></div>Dr. Cheryl Grills Appointed to National Reparations Commissionhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/dr-cheryl-grills-appointed-to-national-reparations-commission2022-01-12T14:31:59.000Z2022-01-12T14:31:59.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10005498062,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10005498062,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10005498062?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
<p>Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), announced today that Dr. Cheryl Grills, Professor of Psychology at Loyola Marymount University, former national President of The Association of Black Psychologists, and Found/Director of a non-profit program evaluation organization called Imoyase Community Support Services, has been appointed to the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC). Dr. Grills is also a charter member of the milestone California Reparations Commission, the first statewide commission charged with “investigating the history of injustice and brutality against Black people, with a special consideration for African Americans who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States.” </p>
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<p>In accepting the appointment Dr. Grills made the following statement:</p>
<p>“I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams making reparations both a personal and professional matter. The work of unveiling, decolonizing and redressing the history of our enslavement and post enslavement oppression in America is long overdue. Doing the work of reparations brings several opportunities including helping us as Black people change how we as a community understand where we are (in the tapestry of American life), how we got here (interpreting our personal and collective stories), and where we want to go (unencumbered by the weight of racism and the anti-Black narrative that dominates this society). This is an all-hands-on deck call for ubuntu (community) and sawubona (truly seeing each other free of the lies of White superiority and Black inferiority). It is an honor to serve as a commissioner on the NAARC bringing the tools of psychology to the reparations discourse to ensure that our mental health and well-being as individuals and as a community are a central part of the process of repair.”</p>
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<p>Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Inaugural Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies, Cal State, LA, and a NAARC Commissioner, welcomed Dr. Grills to the Commission: “I am delighted that Dr. Cheryl Grills will be joining NAARC as a Commissioner. Her expertise is an invaluable addition to our team. Enslavement has had myriad reverberations in contemporary life, from the wealth gap to health disparities to educational access. Though less frequently addressed, the psychological impacts of enslavement are also significant. Given her expertise and extensive background, I expect that Dr. Grills will help us address the psychological repair that must take place in our communities. I could not be more excited about this accomplished leader’s participation in NAARC”.</p>
<p>Ron Daniels said: “In addition to her expertise addressing the psychological aspects of the cross-generational trauma from enslavement, Dr. Grills’ role as Commissioner for the nation's first state Reparations Commission in California will bolster NAARC's standing as an authoritative body for the reparations movement.”</p>
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<p>NAARC is comprised of a distinguished assembly of activists, scholars, civil rights, human rights, labor and faith leaders with outstanding experience, expertise and accomplishments in fields related to reparatory justice advocacy. The Commission has devised a 10 Point Reparations Program to serve as a guide and frame of reference for the growing reparations movement in the U.S.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>In honor of Marcus Mosiah Garvey's 134th Earth Day, nine daughters and sons of eBukhosini Solutions (Azania) are honoring the legacy of OurStory's most profound Afrikan nationalist, builder and strategic implementer. Walking in Garvey's footsteps, they declare a firm commitment to build Afrika's future: Young Mosiah.</span></p>
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<p> </p></div>AfricanAncestry(dot)com Becomes A Path To Sierra Leone Citizenship For Black People Whose Roots Trace To The West African Countryhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/africanancestry-dot-com-becomes-a-path-to-sierra-leone-citizenshi2021-05-14T15:51:55.000Z2021-05-14T15:51:55.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><em><strong>Landmark Partnership Launched with 59 African Ancestry Customers Conferred in Freetown on April 29</strong></em></p>
<p>AfricanAncestry.com, the Black-owned pioneers of genetic ancestry tracing for people of African descent, today announced an unprecedented partnership with the <span class="xn-location">Sierra Leone</span> government through the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and its facilitating agency The Monuments and Relics Commission that formalizes a citizenship offering for customers whose ancestry trace to the fifth most peaceful country in <span class="xn-location">Africa</span>.</p>
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<p>AfricanAncestry.com's Gina Paige and Sierra Leone Minister of Tourism Madam Memunatu Pratt Sign Historic Citizenship Agreement in Freetown, Sierra Leone on April 29, 2021</p>
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<p> </p></div>The Republic of Nigeria's Citizens Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the passing of Nigeria's First President, His Excellency Nnamdi Benjamin Azikewehttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/the-marcus-garvey-institute-mgi-of-nigeria-headed-by-president-mi2021-05-04T00:44:32.000Z2021-05-04T00:44:32.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><div><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8890297268,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8890297268,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8890297268?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="619" /></a>The Marcus Garvey Institute (MGI) of Nigeria headed by President Michael Joseph Harry, is holding its first commemoration for the passing of Nigeria's first President, His Excellency Nnamdi Benjamin Azikewe (b.16 November 1904, d. May 11, 1996). Encouraged by the founder of the MGI of the World, President General Shaka Barak in Chicago, President Harry organized a Division of the MGI in Nigeria, which has taken on a great responsibility to educate his fellow country women and men, about the life and works of the Jamaican born, Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey (b. August 17, 1887, d. June 10, 1940) the founder and first President General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA), and one of the greatest Universal African Nationalist leaders the world has known. The Hon. Marcus Garvey and the Hon. Nnamdi Azikewe both embraced the idea of 'Africa For the Africans, Those at Home and Those Abroad' in the 1920's and 1930's, making the Hon. Nnamdi Azikewe eventually to be known as the 'Father of Nigerian Nationalism.' Therefore, at this event in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria, of the commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Hon. Nnamdi Azikewe's passing, MGI members and guest who attend will learn from scholars and professors from the University of Uyo, and the community, who the Hon. Nnamdi Azikewe (President from 1963-1966) was and what he meant to Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. Whether Nigerians are at home on the continent of Africa with a population of almost 200 million people, or are living abroad, this celebration is about you and for you. Please contact President Michael Harry, and let him know that you support this great effort in any way that you can, with moral, financial and encouraging support. President Harry is very young so please rap your arms around him and help hold him up with your love. We only have a few days left, but doors will be open to every Nigerian throughout the country who wants to honor and pay tribute to their first President Nnamdi Azikewe, considered the major driving force behind the nation of Nigeria's independence. Please see the attachment below.</div>
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<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this edition of Reparation Conversations, the Ethio-Africa Union Millennium Council outlines the case for reparatory justice through compensation and repatriation as a way of preserving the cultural heritage of Africans as well as reports on its advocacy around these issues. Reparation Conversations is a collaborative initiative between The Centre for Reparation Research, The University of the West Indies and </em><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Gleaner</strong> <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and is published bimonthly. Repatriation is demand #3 in the CARICOM reparation strategy document, The 10-Point Action Plan for Reparatory Justice. It is very fitting that this article appears on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 oppression of Rastafari in Jamaica, referred to by some as the Coral Gardens Massacre.</em></p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Africa was a physical resource to be exploited and Africans were chattels to be purchased bodily or, at best, peoples to be reduced to vassalage and lackeyhood. Africa was the market for the produce of other nations and the source of the raw materials with which their factories were fed …Those Africans who refused to accept the judgement passed upon them by the colonisers, who held unswervingly through the darkest hours to a vision of an Africa emancipated from political, economic, and spiritual domination, will be remembered and revered wherever Africans meet. [Haile Selassie I – O.A.U. Inauguration, May 25th 1963]</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council Ltd (EADUMC) is mandated to represent the human rights, indigenous rights, and intellectual property rights of the Rastafari community and the voiceless African Groups in Jamaica. This mandate has been elaborated in a first draft position paper, titled Rastafari Nation Fundamental Rights for Repatriation and Reparations (February 2009), and has subsequently been presented by the EADUMC to the African Union’s Technical Team in Preparation for the Global African Diaspora Summit (2012); the Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller; the [Jamaica] National Commission on Reparation; the CARICOM Reparation Conference (2013) and the British Parliament (on Emancipation Day 2014). In addition to this document, EADUMC has made a presentation at the 107th pan-African Movement Summit (2007); submitted a statement for the UN Conference on Reparations (Durban III, 2011); addressed our joint conference with The UWI (2013), and responded to CARICOM’s 10-Point Action Plan (2014).</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The EADUMC will continue our advocacy for the Fundamental Human Rights towards Repatriation and Reparation for Africans as victims of colonialism and slavery. We reiterate the following facts which support our cause, some because they represent precedent:</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The first record of repatriation with reparations being paid out to the victims of enslavement can be found in the Bible in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 12.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Colonialism and slavery attempted to rob African victims of their human values and culture.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The root causes of colonialism and slavery were the economic desires of the colonisers.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The dispersion of Africans by colonial slavery gave birth to the African diaspora.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• US$822 million in reparation was paid to the State of Israel from the year 1952 to resettle their citizens in the Middle East. We can also cite the recent operations ‘MOSES’ (1984), and ‘SOLOMON’ (1991), by which tens of thousands of Falasha Jews – ‘Beta Israel’ – were airlifted from Ethiopia into Israel.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Although compensation of £20,000,000 was paid to the enslavers within the British colonies to secure their support for the Emancipation Act of 1834, no compensation was ever paid to the enslaved Africans or their descendants who still demand redress. The only compensation/reparation to Rastafari has been the Jamaican Government’s engagement in redress (financial and through the building of an elder-care facility) for the atrocities perpetrated by the State and its agents against Rastafari in 1963, which we know as ‘The Coral Gardens Massacre’.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Indentured Indians hired after 1838 by the British Government were contractually entitled to repatriation (the last repatriate ship left the Caribbean in 1954), or land and cash in lieu of repatriation, while Africans were forced to labour without land settlement or repatriation.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, her government, as well as all the remaining monarchies and/or their governments in Europe who were involved in colonialism and the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, now have the moral duty to compensate the descendants of the enslaved Africans.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The comments made by UK diplomats and prime ministers about African enslavement and their distancing of themselves from the crime of slavery hold no justification as it was the English monarchy that had started the English, later British involvement, in African enslavement; and it was during the reign of Queen Victoria that the Emancipation Act received royal assent; therefore, unless the present Queen of England does not recognise the abolition of slavery, then Britain’s culpability is clearly cemented as it passed an act to end something in which it was involved!</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The philosophical centre of Rastafari of Repatriation with Reparations can be understood through the reign of Queen Victoria on to the present Queen Elizabeth II and on to the primary personality, physical and spiritual characteristics of HIM Haile Selassie 1, Hon Marcus Garvey, and Leonard P. Howell, who is recognised as the first Rastafari leader and progenitor in Jamaica.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The new imposing capitalistic corporative economic system of globalisation, birthed out of the Bretton Woods’ Structural Adjustment Programme, is continuing neo-colonialism through monetary policies.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Globalisation will further widen the gap between the richer European and poorer African countries, unleashing the devastating spiral effects of poverty.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Climate change and its potential devastations were witnessed in the Caribbean in 2017 with hurricanes destructions causing depopulation of a few islands. Of relevance is that some of the displaced African descendants were resettled in the former colonial powers lands and not in Africa.</p>
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<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are living in an era where the anthropogenic existential risk that has its origins in human activities poses the greatest threat to human life: from potential nuclear wars to biological warfare; from ill-conceived global systems of economic governance to the current indicted COVID-19 pandemic. The outcries from the global Black Lives Matters movement acknowledge that Africans are a targeted group, continuing to bear the scars of the centuries-old disease of racial discrimination – the sickness that caused colonial chattel slavery. In light of all of this, we still conclude that from all suggested solutions – racial integration, racial segregation, or race preservation – it is race preservation that realises that repatriation, the returning of Africans to our original habitat, is the best solution to guarantee to prolong African existence.</p>
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<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Restitution, therefore, becomes the catchword for African Redemption:</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Restitution should, whenever possible, restore the victim to the original situation before the gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law occurred. Restitution includes as appropriate: restoration of liberty, enjoyment of human rights, identity, family life and citizenship, return to one’s place of residence, restoration of employment and return of property.</p>
<p style="margin:1.66667em 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:1.66667em;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We, the executive directors of EADUMC, conclude that Repatriation of Africans to Africa, with suitable and adequate compensation, provides the best undisputable solution to addressing Africa’s holocaust, and will act as the catalyst for all reparation claimants. We endorse the Jamaican Government’s Political Vote in 2015 on Reparations, which endorses the entitlement of Africans to repatriation and reparations, for all Jamaicans of African descent.</p>
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<p> </p></div>Chieftaincy Forum Africa Call For Critical Look Into Corruption Engulfing Chieftaincyhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/chieftaincy-forum-africa-call-for-critical-look-into-corruption-e2020-11-11T14:18:57.000Z2020-11-11T14:18:57.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><p> </p>
<p><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8151344464,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8151344464,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8151344464?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>Chieftaincy Forum Africa is calling for close attention to be given to the National House of Chiefs’ election as the group raises red flags concerning corruption entangling some chiefs.</strong></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.modernghana.com/news/1042008/chieftaincy-forum-africa-call-for-critical-look.html" target="_blank">By Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo</a>] According to the group, gone are the days when Chiefs used their revered status to speak against ills and help fight against corruption in society and the country at large.</p>
<p>They insist that nowadays, some chiefs are allowing themselves to be bribed by various factions to sway their decisions or pledge allegiance to a particular group, particularly in the political space.</p>
<p>Chieftaincy Forum Africa says they are worried that chiefs who constitute the main moral paragons and critical voices in the fight against this monster of corruption are themselves being caught in the web of it by accepting bribes from all kinds of sources.</p>
<p>“So serious is this phenomenon that the election of chiefs - regional and national - which used to be done at the blind side of the country without citizens being in the know of how and when this democratic exercise was done in the past has now become an avenue for vote, conscience and influence buying to such an extent that some chiefs are being offered hefty resources mostly in the form of money to vote in a given direction,” part of a press release from the group reads.</p>
<p>Ahead of the National House of Chiefs' elections, Chieftaincy Forum Africa says they have picked up allegations of bribery and corruption against some chiefs trying to sway other chiefs to vote in certain directions.</p>
<p>Lamenting over the growing phenomenon, the group says it is important for chiefs to recognize the sacred fact that, unlike their chieftaincy institution which remains in perpetuity, politicians and political office are birds of passage who live in a state of flux.</p>
<p>“…we appeal to the media, Civil Society Groups, and other anti-corruption bodies to begin monitoring the activities of the Regional Houses of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs in a bid to expose corruption in the institution,” the press release from Chieftaincy Forum Africa adds.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the group has commended the Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu II, Togbe Afede XIV, and several other important chiefs who continuously put the national interest first above any other thing.</p>
<p>Read the full press release from the Chieftaincy Forum Africa below:</p>
<p>NOVEMBER 07, 2020<br />PRESS RELEASE<br />TOWARDS FIGHTING CORRUPTION - THE COUNTRY MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS' ELECTIONS</p>
<p>1. We, the Chieftaincy Forum, Africa, have been observing with pain and worry the pace at which morality is taking a nose dive in our chieftaincy institution , once revered for its strong moral standards which include but not limited to anti-corruption standards and high ethical values.</p>
<p>2. It's a trite knowledge that corruption remains a bane in our society particularly in our bureaucracy and public service, hence, successive governments have made the fight against this nation-wrecking canker a serious one with the expectation that our chiefs will use their revered offices to support the state in this fight.</p>
<p>3. We, are however, worried that our chiefs who constitute the main moral paragons and critical voices in the fight against this monster of corruption are themselves being caught in the web of it by accepting bribes from all kinds of sources. Our worry is borne out of the genuine concern that the chieftaincy institution which is culturally and constitutionally insulated from political control and manipulation appears to be losing its time tested value of independence and a sense of autonomy which used to be its critical hallmarks.</p>
<p>4. Gone are the days when chiefs because of their strong values especially in anti- corruption could speak truth to power without minding whose ass is gored. The institution appears to be losing these timeless values as some of its members have now turned themselves into the couriers of illegitimate moneys to other members or are made recipients of bribes and illegal moneys meant to buy their conscience and loyalty.</p>
<p>5. So serious is this phenomenon that the election of chiefs - regional and national - which used to be done at the blind side of the country without citizens being in the know of how and when this democratic exercise was done in the past has now become an avenue for vote, conscience and influence buying to such an extent that some chiefs are being offered hefty resources mostly in the form of money to vote in a given direction.</p>
<p>6. We are disturbed by the allegation that some chiefs with bottomless pit of resources (which source we cannot guarantee) are going round offering moneys to some chiefs ahead of the National House of Chiefs' elections. Similar situations, we are told played out in the Regional elections with some chiefs being sponsored by some influence buyers to either contest certain positions or vote against some other candidates in the election.</p>
<p>7. What is troubling is the allegation that in some cases, it is some of the chiefs who are at the forefront of doling out these illegitimate moneys to their colleagues just to influence them.</p>
<p>8. As citizens, we are worried that the last bastion of morality and voice of conscience is losing its pride of place and respect. Like most Ghanaians, we are worried at the extent to which our chiefs are allowing partisan politics to permeate the fabric of the once cherished institution of chieftaincy. This sordid state implies that the country's fight against corruption and wrong doing in public office will remain daunting. It means that as a country, we are losing very critical voices of moderation and peace who are called upon during the period of political tension and misunderstandings especially at a time mistrust for national institutions is increasing.</p>
<p>9. How can chiefs who are helped to win positions both at the Regional Houses of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs hold the government to account by speaking up against wrong doings in public office? How do such chiefs who see nothing wrong with their ignominious acts expect the public to accord them respect?</p>
<p>10. By their indulgence in these immoral acts, they are denigrating their sacred stools and skins as well as making nonsense of the great oaths of office they took in the presence of their subjects.</p>
<p>11. These concerns notwithstanding, we are consoled by the fact that there remains many conscionable chiefs with a true sense of integrity and independence who will not allow themselves to be corrupted by others. Such individuals, we believe, are ready to uphold their respective oaths of office and hold sacred their stools and skins. Such chiefs, we are convinced will always defend the pride of their ancestors.</p>
<p>12. It is important for chiefs to recognize the sacred fact that, unlike their chieftaincy institution which remains in perpetuity, politicians and political office are birds of passage who live in a state of flux. What is important is the national interest, but not our individual and parochial interests.</p>
<p>13. We salute the Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu and Togbe Afede XIV and several other important chiefs who continuously put the national interest first in all things. We respect them for their defence of the truth even when it is not too popular or pleasing to the ear. They deserve our commendation and national celebration, especially as truth is becoming a scarce commodity in public office and private life. Both history and posterity will judge them favourably. The nation needs such voices to keep our political office holders in check by speaking truth to power. Let's encourage rather than denigrate them.</p>
<p>14. Finally, we appeal to the media, Civil Society Groups, and other anti-corruption bodies to begin monitoring the activities of the Regional Houses of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs in a bid to expose corruption in the institution.</p>
<p><strong>Philip Mensah</strong><br /><strong>Chieftaincy Forum, Africa</strong><br /><strong>P.O. Box CS8840</strong><br /><strong>Tema, Ghana</strong><br /><strong>West Africa</strong><br /><strong>0541591080</strong></p>
<p><strong>SOURCE:</strong> <strong>Modern Ghana</strong> -<br /><a href="https://www.modernghana.com/news/1042008/chieftaincy-forum-africa-call-for-critical-look.html" target="_blank">Chieftaincy Forum Africa Call For Critical Look Into Corruption Engulfing Chieftaincy</a></p>
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<p> </p></div>Pan Africanism And African Writers Today: A Critical Appraisalhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/pan-africanism-and-african-writers-today-a-critical-appraisal2020-10-16T13:59:56.000Z2020-10-16T13:59:56.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><p><img src="https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Aidoo.jpg" alt="Aidoo.jpg" /></p>
<p>[<a href="https://world.einnews.com/article/528548219?lcf=mwAcErDVtv1WLW79ZSbNGXeM92eUXxUFP6LPD9IlK68%3D" target="_blank">By Michael Akenoo</a><strong>] </strong>By definition, the term Pan Africanism in the context of literature refers to the projection of the African cultural ideal by African writers in their works of poetry, drama and fiction (prose).</p>
<p>This model or pattern of writing up to the present time has its past stalwarts and chief exponents in the persons of such writers like Leopold Senghor, former Prime Minister of Senegal, OsmaneSembene etc.</p>
<p>One can also associate this pattern of writing with contemporary renowned African writers like Wole Soyinka (1986 winner of Nobel World Literature Prize) of Nigeria, OlaRotimi, J.P Clark, Chinua Achebe,SuroWiwa, Christopher Okpotiof Nigeria, Kofi Awonoor, Kofi Anyidoho, Ama Atta Aidoo, Efua Sutherland, Joe DeGraft,Bill Marshall, AsieduYirenkyi, Mohammed Ben Abdallah, AtukweiOkai, Martin Owusu of Ghana,NgugiWathiog’o (formerly called James Ngugi) of Kenya, William Cotton of Sierra Leoneetc as an exponents and advocates of Pan Africanism in their writings in the contemporary African literature situation.</p>
<p>It is a fact that African culture is comparatively young, and still in the developmental process and yet to compare favourably with that of Euro-American literature.</p>
<p>By simple definition,literature is a cultural manifestation. And culture in essence is not stagnant but dynamic and for this reason, culture goes through evolution, development and refinement to suit the changing of times.<em><strong><a href="https://world.einnews.com/article/528548219?lcf=mwAcErDVtv1WLW79ZSbNGXeM92eUXxUFP6LPD9IlK68%3D" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE </a></strong></em><em><strong>Ghanaian Times</strong></em></p>
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<p> </p></div>Ghana's “Beyond The Return” agenda geared towards attracting the “best pool of talents” from people of African descent in the diaspora to develop Ghanahttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/ghana-s-beyond-the-return-agenda-geared-towards-attracting-the-be2020-09-11T18:28:40.000Z2020-09-11T18:28:40.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p>The Senior Minister, <a href="https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=3367" target="_blank">Yaw Osafo-Maafo</a> has called on the steering committee of the “Beyond the return” agenda to put in place programmes geared towards attracting the “best pool of talents” from people of African descent in the diaspora.<br /><br />According to him, the agenda should not only seek to attract tourists into the country, but rather encourage them to contribute their skills, knowledge and wealth to the development of Africa especially Ghana.<br /><br />Beyond the Return is follow-up to last year’s successful “Year of Return’ campaign to grow Ghana’s tourism industry and solidify its diaspora engagement.<br /><br />The Senior Minister made the call on Wednesday in Accra at a ceremony to unveil the seven pillars of ‘Beyond the Return’ agenda which sought to consolidate the bond between Africa and the diaspora.<br /><br />The seven pillars of the agenda include experience Ghana, promote Pan African heritage and innovation, invest in Ghana, diaspora pathway to Ghana, give back Ghana, celebrate Ghana and brand Ghana.<br /><br />The agenda, he said, should consciously address the push and pull factors that had been contributed to brain drain on the African continent.<br /><br />Mr Osafo-Maafo said the pillars sought to harness the expertise of Africans across the globe to transform the continent and provide a business environment for direct investments into African economies.<br /><br />“It is necessary to make Ghana the place for investment, progress and prosperity, and not a place from where the youth flee in the hope of accessing the greener pastures, or for a better life in Europe or the Americas,” he added.<br /><br />He also mentioned that a 10-year plan to build on the momentum of the Year of Return under the theme “A Decade of Renaissance-2020-2030” had been rolled out to encourage investment to help improve the heritage infrastructure of the country.<br /><br />The Senior Minister said, the project sought to consolidate the gains of the ‘Year of Return,’ grow tourism, showcase its investment potentials and solidify its diaspora engagement programmes to promote the African renaissance under the seven pillars over the next decade.<br /><br />The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi said the ‘Beyond the Return’ initiative was to allow for cross fertilisation of ideas and documentation of strategies to make Ghana more attractive as the destination for tourism, trade and investment.<br /><br />“It is in synergy with the ‘Year of Return’ therefore that we have initiated ‘Beyond the Return’ spanning a 10-year period, from 2020 to 2030 to consolidate the gains made in 2019,” she stated.<br /><br />Mrs Oteng-Gyasi said the 10- year plan under the theme “A decade of renaissance” was to create a mutually beneficial corporation with the African diaspora community.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>SOURCE <a href="https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Work-to-attract-best-talents-to-develop-Ghana-Senior-Minister-urges-Beyond-the-return-committee-1057447" target="_blank">Ghana Web</a></strong></span></p>
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<p> </p></div>Ethiopian & African-American Researchers Reveal "The Greatest Historical Cover-Up of the Ages:" The Omission of The Ancient History of KUSH from Genesis 2:13 due to Historical Bias & Scholastic Racismhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/ethiopian-and-african-american-researchers-reveal-the-greatest-hi2020-09-11T14:41:13.000Z2020-09-11T14:41:13.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p>Today is Ethiopian New Year known as "Enkutatash" which is celebrated at the end of the rainy season, followed by Spring symbolizing eternal life and resurrection, as beautiful flowers began blooming through the land. This day was chosen, by investigative researchers at the Queen of Sheba Research Foundation, to publish the results of fifty-years investigative research that has been hidden for ages: the history of ancient KUSH (the original name of ancient <span class="xn-location">Ethiopia</span>-<span class="xn-location">Egypt</span>-<span class="xn-location">Sudan</span> and Nubia), spelled "Cush" in Genesis 2:13, which is mentioned in 41 out of 50 different versions of the bible. <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2913617-1&h=4239706890&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblegateway.com%2Fverse%2Fen%2FGenesis%25202%3A13&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblegateway.com%2Fverse%2Fen%2FGenesis%25202%3A13" target="_blank">https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Genesis%202:13</a></p>
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<p id="continue-jump"> The Queen of Sheba Foundation is a faith based non-profit research organization under the Parent Corporation, ROOTS International which was incorporated as non-profit tax deductible corporation in February 1987, in <span class="xn-location">Chicago Illinois</span>; the researcher believe their work is a divine mission to to reveal "A Secret Hidden for Ages" pursuant to "Colossians 1:25-26 that so states, "<em>the mystery of what has been hidden from all ages since the world began is now made manifest to His Saints.</em>" See1599 <span class="xn-person">Geneva Bible</span>.</p>
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<p>For this reason, the researchers appeal to Leaders of the Black Church, and of Black Schools of Theology to form a Council to review the historical evidence and consider publishing an African Bible that will insert this history into its rightful place in the Book of Genesis, this is not to change the bible but to perfect it. </p>
<p>The researchers further pray that leaders of the Black Church and members of academia will develop a new narrative on black history that goes beyond the painful legacy of colonialism, slavery and a religion taught to "slaves" by their "masters" that served to handicap the spiritual, intellectual and mental development of the Black Race, especially todays Black Youth. The researchers note that time is long overdue to free Black Youth from the "mis-education" about their origins and to re-educate them with knowledge of their ancient history that existed no less than 70,000 years before slavery. Such teachings will inspire genius and greatness along with a strong cultural identity that will instill feelings of pride and self-worth within Black Youth so that they can face the future with a greater appreciation of self. </p>
<p>The Queen of Sheba Research Foundation welcomes modern day descendants of KUSH to support its "Project Legacy 2021 Resurrection, Reclamation and Preservation Program, that includes the construction of a state-of-the-art ancient library-museum in the mountains of the Holy Land of <span class="xn-location">Ethiopia</span> (KUSH) that will protect and preserve this ancient history for another 2,000 years and beyond. </p>
<p>For more information about "Project Legacy 2021, please visit our website at <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2913617-1&h=766283013&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.queenofsheba-researchfoundation.org%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.queenofsheba-researchfoundation.org" target="_blank">https://www.queenofsheba-researchfoundation.org</a> write to us at: <a href="mailto:247223@email4pr.com" target="_blank">247223@email4pr.com</a> or call (773)-268-1000</p>
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<p> </p></div>The Government of Honduras announced that a specialized operational team is working on the case of the illegal deprivation of liberty of the 4 citizens members of the Garifuna communityhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/the-government-of-honduras-announced-that-a-specialized-operation2020-09-01T18:12:11.000Z2020-09-01T18:12:11.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><h1>Government of Honduras assures it will reach the last consequences to clarify the abduction of Garifuna leaders.</h1>
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<p>The Government of <span class="xn-location">Honduras</span>, through its security, defense and human rights bodies, in close coordination with the Public Ministry, an institution free from all political interference, announced that a specialized operational team is working on the case of the illegal deprivation of liberty of the 4 citizens members of the Garifuna community.</p>
<p>The Garifuna leaders <span class="xn-person">Alberth Snaider Centeno</span>, Milton Joel Martínez, Suami Aparicio Mejía García and Gerardo Mizael Róchez Cálix were kidnapped this last <span class="xn-chron">July 18</span> and their whereabouts are unknown. <br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />The Executive Power has made available to the Public Ministry all its technical, scientific and logistical capacities to clarify the crime and find the material and intellectual responsible.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />On <span class="xn-chron">July 22</span>, as a result of that combined effort, the arrest of a person allegedly linked to the abduction was achieved. Likewise, other important advances have been made in the investigation for clarifying this highly reprehensible action against 4 Honduras citizens.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />President Juan Orlando Hernández assured that "he has closely followed the progress of the case, and has been in contact with members of the community, the investigation agencies and other civil society representatives. In compliance with the law, I instructed these institutions to cooperate and work with the Public Ministry," Hernández said.<br class="dnr" /><br class="dnr" />"We will continue the fight to seek justice for the victims and their families, until the work of human rights defenders throughout <span class="xn-location">Honduras</span> is recognized, protected, and respected. This is our top priority," he emphasized.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />The supreme goal of the <span class="xn-location">State of Honduras</span> is to protect all citizen and that is why, since the beginning of this administration, respect for human rights has been a matter of national priority. For pursuing this purpose, Hernandez administration has implemented strategic lines such as updating of national laws, and the strengthening and reform of the institutions that provide justice and citizen participation.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />Today <span class="xn-location">Honduras</span> has more robust institutions, technical and scientific wise, in order to guarantee that human rights of each citizen are respected.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />The Honduran government requested the permanent presence of an Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which has been operating without limitations since <span class="xn-chron">November 23, 2016</span>. Likewise, the Human Rights office was elevated to the rank of Secretary of State, allowing civil society organizations and the government to deepen the promotion and respect of these guarantees.<br class="dnr" /> <br class="dnr" />In <span class="xn-chron">May 2015</span>, the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Operators was approved, which has been active since <span class="xn-chron">August 2016</span>. With the accompaniment of human rights organizations and civil society, a Bureau of Interlocution was established, in order to improve the incidence, oversight, policy discussion and planning.</p>
<p>SOURCE <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news/the-government-of-the-republic-of-honduras"><strong>The Government of the Republic of Honduras </strong></a></p>
<p><span class="xn-location">TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras</span>, <span class="xn-chron">July 31, 2020</span> /<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/government-of-honduras-assures-it-will-reach-the-last-consequences-to-clarify-the-abduction-of-garifuna-leaders-301104192.html" target="_blank">PRNewswire/</a> -- </p>
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<p> </p></div>Union County NJ Votes to Memorialize the Centennial Anniversary of the Red, Black and Green Flag while Honoring the #BlackLivesMatter Movementhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/union-county-nj-votes-to-memorialize-the-centennial-anniversary-o2020-08-14T15:28:00.000Z2020-08-14T15:28:00.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p class="responsiveNews"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7461034294,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7461034294,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="250" alt="7461034294?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>Shortly after last night’s virtual vote to memorialize the centennial anniversary of the Red, Black & Green flag by Union County Freeholders, Freeholder Angela Garretson supported a project to paint #BlackLivesMatter on Liberty Avenue in Hillside after last night’s board meeting. Cities and towns across the nation are painting similar #BLM murals and signs, so Garretson made Hillside’s painting a teachable moment in Black History. With this timely painting and historic vote, she juxtaposed the historical significance of a flag for Blacks against our country’s current need to understand the importance of the #BLM movement.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews">On August 13, 1920, political activist Marcus Garvey announced that the red, black & green flag would represent Blacks around the world. During a month-long convention held in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) accepted Garvey’s recommendation and adopted his resolution regarding the flag. Although the flag played a prominent role during both the Civil Rights and the current #BlackLivesMatter movements, few people know its history or significance. Garretson and her County colleagues seek to ensure that all residents recognize the meaning of the red, black & green flag by honoring its centennial anniversary.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews">“I am committed to uplifting, educating, and uniting all Hillside community members through empowerment and understanding,” said Union County Freeholder Angela Garretson. “Even as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the red, black & green flag, members of our community still struggle in understanding the rationale behind the Black Lives Matter movement. As we raise our flags and celebrate Blacks around the world, let’s be reminded that there is still significant progress to be made,” Garretson continued.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews">When Garvey presented the flag 100 years ago, The colors, red, black and green, became ‘the colors of the African race.’ Many African nations adopted these colors as a symbol of their sovereignty. And, the flag has been used by thousands of organizations that carry on the struggle for nations and movements in support of the Black community.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews">Just as the red, black & green flag was strategically designed and adopted to elevate Black community around the world, Hillside’s street painting was intentionally planned to connect the past and present. On this centennial anniversary of the red, black & green flag, Garretson and the streets of Hillside, NJ remind us that Black lives must matter in order to build an equitable society for all citizens. This deliberate and intentional teaching moment also demonstrates Union County’s commitment to education, history, and the residents of Union County.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews"><a title="About Union County:" href="https://ucnj.org/">About Union County:</a> Nestled within northeastern New Jersey, Union County is home to an ethnically diverse population of approximately 556,341. Governed currently by nine Board of Chosen Freeholders, the county hosts plenty of waterfronts and parks.</p>
<p class="responsiveNews"><a title="About Angela Garretson:" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-garretson-30378839/">About Angela Garrison</a>: Angela Garretson has over 19 years of political, civic and higher education experience. Professionally she is responsible for developing strategic initiatives and partnerships in a senior-level role at New Jersey Institute of Technology, as the Chief External Affairs Officer. Previously, Garretson worked for Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ‘s Newark and New Brunswick campuses. Angela has supported her Township of Hillside, NJ community as a school board member, council president, and Mayor. A lifelong Hillside resident, Angela now proudly serves Union County as a County Freeholder and community leader.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/union_county_nj_votes_to_memorialize_the_centennial_anniversary_of_the_red_black_and_green_flag_while_honoring_the_blacklivesmatter_movement/prweb17326375.htm" target="_blank">HILLSIDE, N.J. (PRWEB) AUGUST 14, 2020</a></p>
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<p> </p></div>Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo commemorates 100 Anniversary of the UNIA's 1920 Convention - Marcus Garvey and Pan Africanismhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/ghana-president-nana-akufo-addo-commemorates-100-anniversary-of-t2020-08-09T18:55:32.000Z2020-08-09T18:55:32.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><p><iframe style="border:none;overflow:hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fqueengem%2Fvideos%2F10223189049179282%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
<p>Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo speaks on colonialism, Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line, also mentioned Peter Tosh, Jamaican Reggae artiste. Jamaicans have always stood up firmly against oppression, colonialism and racism, even throughout our forced enslavement. Happy Independence Anniversary Jamaica!</p>
<p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/queengem?__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARAZ-43PIBsALwQ5wsdB8jjOwXlWwXkqLjD9671zDVa6pmDF97UnlOYcoMPHfKZEZKVOty4BDYkT9cbH&hc_ref=ARRK2pFTvzboOD8vCZh4GmFS_V7N9hOD4JF7KxnlC0G3cC47FiKuH8upT2J9k0WDG_I&fref=nf" target="_blank">Thanks Gem Morrison</a></strong></span></p>
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<p> </p></div>“Honoring Black Resistance in August: Pursuing Liberation thru Love and Struggle” - Dr. Maulana Karengahttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/honoring-black-resistance-in-august-pursuing-liberation-thru-love2020-08-07T15:57:08.000Z2020-08-07T15:57:08.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828866567,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828866567,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="3828866567?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><strong>Dr. Maulana Karenga</strong></p>
<div> We come into this August conscious of its meaning as an honored month and central site of 400 years of righteous and relentless resistance. It is both a month and a monument to a series of significant events in our history: our arrival and beginning resistance in the U.S. (1619); the history-changing Haiti Revolution (1791); the audacious revolts of enslaved Africans led by Gabriel and Nana Prosser (1800) and Nat Turner (1830); and the critical founding of the Underground Railroad (1850) involving Nana Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and numerous other freedom fighters dedicated to increased resistance to the Holocaust of enslavement and the liberation of our people.</div>
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<div>August is also the month of the birth of the pan-Africanist leader and teacher, the Hon. Marcus Garvey (1887); his founding of the UNIA (1914); the March on Washington (1963); the Watts Revolt (1965) out of which our organization Us was born, and a new consciousness and historical initiative around being and freeing Black took root, leading to the Black Power Movement and Black Power Conferences (1966, 1967 and 1968) in which Us played a leadership role. And August is also the honored and upraised month of the bombing and resistance of MOVE in Philadelphia (1978); the founding of the Black August observance in San Quentin (1978) in honor of martyrs in the struggle, political prisoners and freedom fighters; and finally the Ferguson Revolt (2014) which continued the tradition of revolt and ignited a forest fire of increased and expanded resistance against police violence and systemic racism.</div>
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<div>Thus, we usher in this August in the midst of heightened levels of resistance and in the midst of a pandemic virus, COVID-19, aggravated in its deadly and destructive impact by the pre-existing conditions of the pathology of oppression. And as always, we know that in the midst of the pathology of oppression and the grief, sickness, suffering and death it causes, there is no reliable remedy except resistance; no meaningful testing except in struggle and no effective vaccine except the decisive victory that ends our oppression.</div>
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<div>If we are to wage and win our righteous and relentless struggle for liberation, we must love our people, ourselves and each other. And we must see love and struggle as interrelated and inseparable principles and practices. So, when I talk of love of our people, ourselves and each other, I’m talking, not simply about a declaration of caring, but a practice of caring, not about an announced commitment to struggle, but evidence of the practice of struggle. In times and conditions like these when we are most vulnerable and disadvantaged, hated, harassed, hunted and killed without cause, the practice of love in concrete and caring ways for real people who need it is worth and requires more than lofty pronouncements and unfulfilled promises, and is ultimately a radical, even revolutionary act.</div>
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<div>Love as a practice is ultimate attentiveness and appreciation that results in mutual investment in each other’s happiness, well-being and development. It is a constant struggle and striving to return the goodness given, the thoughtfulness shown, and the beauty experienced from the hand and heart, speech and mind of the beloved and loving other. And we must not only love each other, but also make ourselves worthy of the love we are given and of the love we want. To be worthy of each other’s love is not a burden, but a blessing. It is not an unfair asking, but a righteous and rightful challenge to each of us to constantly strive to bring forth the best of who we are and thereby encourage and enjoy deservedly the best our loved ones share with us also. It is not a questioning of one’s human worth, but an affirmation of their value to us in terms of the love and life we want and deserve. Obviously, you will have to and do choose. Indeed, we learn to love ourselves in relations that reaffirm us, not those that disaffirm and degrade us. Indeed, the stronger we are in love, the stronger we will be in struggle.</div>
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<div>We move now to the second focus of pursuing liberation in love and struggle. Struggle is a necessary life-affirming, life-sustaining and life-enhancing practice. It is righteous striving achieved to live a good, meaningful and fulfilling life. And this requires a life of freedom in the fullest sense. It requires liberation and a liberated life, a free mind, a free body, and a free spirit. Thus, liberation is a freeing action, a process and practice of freeing persons and a people. It is freeing ourselves from conditions of domination, deprivation and degradation and cultivating within ourselves capacities which enable us to pursue the good as we see and want it, and to come into the fullness of ourselves..</div>
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<div>Here, it is important that we strive mightily to make ourselves and to aid others in becoming self-conscious agents of their own lives and liberation. Indeed, we are back to Frantz Fanon’s definition of national liberation which makes each person responsible for the self-conscious irreversible freeing of themselves in the context and contribution to the collective struggle to free the people, our people. Thus, again and as always, the number and sincerity of our allies notwithstanding, a people must liberate itself. We do not deny the need for allies, but we are opposed to being and becoming dependents, satellites or something more disempowering and degrading. This is why a central battlecry for our struggle since the Sixties is “Liberation is coming from a Black thing,” i.e., a Black liberated and liberating initiative and struggle.</div>
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<div>The central process and practice of struggle I want to stress is self-raising: raising ourselves as a personal and collective practice of liberation. It is raising ourselves in three basic ways, ways that recall Min. Malcolm’s three-point program of wake up, clean up and stand up. And all I’ve said depends on our unity in love and struggle. If we are to pursue liberation thru love and struggle, we, each of us, must raise ourselves in and for community. This must, I repeat, be done in the context of and contribution to the raising of our community, our people.. First, as Seba Malcolm taught, we must raise our consciousness, clear our minds of the fog,</div>
<div>falsification and outright lies our oppressor has taught and tells us about us and himself. And whenever we call out and say, “stay woke,” let’s remember that we have to be awake before we can “stay woke.” And remember too, becoming awake or coming-into-consciousness is a difficult and demanding discipline of heart and mind.</div>
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<div>Our second process and practice of raising ourselves is raising ourselves from imprisonment in any negative thoughts, relations and practices shaped by our conditions of oppression. Min. Malcolm X calls this cleaning up and we call it moral grounding and the first principle in this process is respect, but love is our ultimate goal, a principled and purposeful togetherness in life, work and struggle. Finally, as Min. Malcolm said, if we have knowledge, understanding of each other and love each other and are patient with each other, we can achieve a unity in radical and revolutionary love and struggle that increases our capacity for liberation. This means standing up, raising ourselves in and through righteous and relentless struggle, out of the depths of oppression, to achieve a liberated, good and meaningful life. And so positioned, we can, then, increase our contributions to the common ground and shared efforts for expansive human good and the inseparable ongoing project of the well-being of the world and all in it.</div>
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</div></div>America’s Disdain for Black Lives Extends to Africahttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/america-s-disdain-for-black-lives-extends-to-africa2020-06-15T00:22:08.000Z2020-06-15T00:22:08.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><h2 class="dek-heading">Increased militarization on the continent under Trump is part of a long history of institutionalized racism in U.S. foreign policy.</h2>
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<p>Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, several U.S. embassies in Africa have <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/29/africa-countries-condemn-george-floyd-minneapolis-killing-diplomatic-fallout-racial-injustice-police-violence/">issued statements</a> seeking to mollify African protests against the killings of black people by police and white vigilantes in the United States. The chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, <a href="https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200529/statement-chairperson-following-murder-george-floyd-usa">said</a> the pan-African body rejects the “continuing discriminatory practices against Black citizens” of the United States—just as it did in a historic Resolution on Racial Discrimination in the United States of America made by African leaders at the Organization of African Unity’s first assembly meeting in 1964.</p>
<p>As mass demonstrations against police brutality and institutional racism continue and spread around the world, U.S. diplomats in Africa are <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/africa/500470-us-embassies-in-africa-address-george-floyd-we-are-deeply">reportedly concerned</a> that the reality of violence against people of African descent in the United States creates a propaganda opportunity for China, particularly on the continent. But such thinking—<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/zimbabwe-summons-envoy-george-floyd-protest-remarks-200601150424935.html">verbalized</a> by U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien—is an insult to the intelligence of all Africans, who are quite capable of judging America on its own failed merits.</p>
<p>Racial violence against African Americans is historic, systemic, institutionalized, and structural. This has been the case since the first Africans were enslaved and taken to America 400 years ago. Despite the abolition of slavery in 1865 and the gains of the U.S. civil rights movement 100 years later, African Americans suffer the consequences of an economic, political, and social system that glorifies and privileges whiteness and uses violence to limit the freedoms, rights, and economic opportunities of black people.</p>
<p>The present unrest is but the latest wave in the struggle for justice and the structural change needed to protect the human rights of people of African descent. Africans know this.</p>
<p>They know it in part because they have experienced the same racism and militarism in U.S. foreign policy toward the continent from colonial times to the present. This history includes U.S. support for Belgian <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/world/europe/king-leopold-statue-antwerp.html">King Leopold II</a>’s brutal rule of Congo at the end of the 19th century, which claimed as many as 10-15 million lives, and the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/16/the-cias-mysterious-role-in-the-arrest-of-nelson-mandela/">U.S. role in the capture of Nelson Mandela</a> by the apartheid South African state in 1962.</p>
<p>During the Cold War, the United States propped up military dictatorships and repressive one-party states in countries such as Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Liberia, Sudan, Somalia, and Kenya. It only distanced itself from the apartheid regime in South Africa after massive protests in the mid-1980s. More recently, U.S. President Donald Trump’s has subjected African citizens to travel bans and infamously referred to African countries as “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/immigrants-shithole-countries-trump/index.html">shithole countries</a>.”</p>
<p>The current protests come as the coronavirus pandemic has stripped away the facade of American exceptionalism and exposed deep and persistent racial inequalities in the United States—evidenced by the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/06/study-finds-that-disproportionately-black-counties-account-more-than-half-covid-19-cases-us-nearly-60-percent-deaths/">disproportionately high rate</a> of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among black people. Beyond the public health crisis, African Americans are also the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-obliterated-best-african-american-job-market-on-record-11591714755">most exposed to the consequences of the economic crisis</a> that follows in the wake of the virus. The cavalier and inept response by the Trump administration and allied white Republican governors demonstrates a depraved <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/">disregard for black lives</a>. Africans know this.</p>
<p><span class="pull-quote-sidebar">The individual victims of U.S. police brutality include people of African descent from Haiti such as Abner Louima and African immigrants such as Amadou Diallo.</span></p>
<p>The individual victims of U.S. police brutality include people of African descent from Haiti...<em><strong><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/12/america-disdain-black-lives-extends-africa-militarization-africom-somalia-trump-police-brutality/" target="_blank">CONTINUES</a></strong></em></p>
<address class="author-list"><strong><span class="pre">BY</span> <a class="author" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/salih-booker/">SALIH BOOKER</a></strong><strong> <span class="separator">|</span> JUNE 12, 2020, 5:12 PM<br /><br /></strong><strong>Salih Booker</strong> is the president and CEO of the Center for International Policy.<br /><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/12/america-disdain-black-lives-extends-africa-militarization-africom-somalia-trump-police-brutality/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/12/america-disdain-black-lives-extends-africa-militarization-africom-somalia-trump-police-brutality/</a></address>
<p> </p></div>Ghana: Supreme Court to Rule On Controversial Ghana-U.S. Military Agreement May 5https://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/ghana-supreme-court-to-rule-on-controversial-ghana-u-s-military-a2020-04-23T21:59:51.000Z2020-04-23T21:59:51.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p>The Supreme Court will on May 5, 2020, deliver judgement in a suit challenging Ghana's military cooperation agreement with the United States of America (USA).</p>
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<p class="story-body-text">The defence agreement would among other things allow the US military and civilian personnel access to certain facilities in Ghana and provide them privileges, exemptions and immunities equivalent to those accorded to the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961.</p>
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<p class="story-body-text">Ghana is expected to benefit from aid package in excess of $20 million from the USA in the areas of training and grant.</p>
<p class="story-body-text">Mr Yaw Brogya Gyamfi, Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who filed the writ, is asking that the agreement be nullified as the ratification by Parliament was unconstitutional.</p>
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<p class="story-body-text">The applicant argued that the agreement was invalid, because the President of Ghana failed to execute the agreement, as prescribed by article 75 of the 1992 Constitution, before sending it to Parliament for ratification.</p>
<p class="story-body-text">The writ, filed on Monday, March 26, 2018, has Miss Gloria Akuffo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul, as first and second defendants.</p>
<p class="story-body-text">According to Mr Gyamfi, the government appointees breached several laws in their bid to have the controversial Ghana-US military agreement ratified.</p>
<p class="story-body-text">He is, therefore, asking for a declaration that the Minister of Defence acted in contravention of articles 58(1), 75 and 93(2) of the 1992 Constitution, when he laid or caused to be laid before Parliament an unexecuted draft of the supposed defence cooperation agreement for ratification under article 75 of the 1992 Constitution.</p>
<p class="story-body-text">The applicant contended that neither the executive nor the legislature had the power to enter or ratify a treaty that sought to oust the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in matters of interpretation of international agreements.</p>
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<p> </p></div>Afrocentricity International condamne les Attaques de la Chine contre des Africainshttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/afrocentricity-international-condamne-les-attaques-de-la-chine-co2020-04-17T17:45:48.000Z2020-04-17T17:45:48.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="222" alt="4394919249?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>Afrocentricity International condamne vigoureusement les agressions brutales contre des hommes d'affaires, des étudiants, des touristes et des travailleurs africains par des hommes et des femmes chinoises qui accusent faussement les Africains d'avoir amené Covid-19 en Chine. C'est un mensonge; le gouvernement chinois le sait et doit être tenu responsable par les nations africaines dont les ressortissants ont été mutilés, estropiés, agressés sexuellement et forcés de quitter leurs maisons dans les rues des grandes villes, parfois même sans leurs vêtements ou leurs chaussures. Guangzhou, le vieux Canton, compte plus de 50 000 Africains qui y vivent et y font des affaires depuis des décennies.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">La Chine est la puissance mondiale qui monte de plus en plus en ce qui concerne l'Afrique. Il y a des Chinois dans presque tous les pays africains qui font des affaires, cultivent, construisent des chemins de fer, cherchent de l’or, et forent du pétrole. Il y a des villes chinoises naissantes à l'intérieur des grandes métropoles africaines à travers tout le continent africain. Mais il n'y a jamais eu d'indignation massive contre les Chinois et l'influence économique que la Chine exerce sur les nations africaines; notre peuple a accepté les Chinois comme des partenaires commerciaux légitimes.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Il est clair que de nombreuses ambassades africaines en Chine se sentirent si inquiètes du fait des attaques contre leurs citoyens qu'elles décidèrent d'écrire une protestation collective contre ces attaques vicieuses. Afrocentricity International soutient les protestations des ambassadeurs, mais AI exige aussi des ambassadeurs africains qu'ils inscrivent leurs noms sur cette déclaration et que leur pays soit clairement identifié pour nous montrer qu'ils assument la responsabilité de leur protestation.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Ceci relève de la moralité et de la justice pour le peuple africain, et nous devons insister pour que les nations africaines fassent preuve de courage pour condamner les Chinois comme nous avons condamné les Européens et les Arabes lorsqu'ils pratiquent le racisme.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Nous n'allons pas accepter cela et nous exigerons que tous les Africains montrent aux Chinois que le gouvernement chinois doit dénoncer leurs terroristes nationaux, ceux qui attaquent lâchement des Africains innocents.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Maintenant qu'il y a des milliers de Chinois sur le continent africain, ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant que les Africains qui souffrent depuis longtemps commencent à se défendre et à montrer aux Chinois qu'ils peuvent également jouer le jeu de chasser les gens d'un continent. Il ne devrait pas en être ainsi, du tac au tac, mais les Africains ne seront plus les tapis sur lesquels les Chinois ou d’ autres s’essuient les pieds. Les business chinois en Afrique et en dehors de l’Afrique devraient également être boycottés afin que les Chinois sentent le poids de notre courroux Pan-Africain collectif. Et donc, notre objectif d'une Afrique unie devient encore plus pressant pour que le peuple africain puisse parler à la Chine, aux États-Unis ou à toute autre nation, d'une seule voix. Vive la résistance et la victoire africaine!</p>
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<p> </p></div>LE SACRE DES MARRONShttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/le-sacre-des-marrons2020-04-12T00:50:44.000Z2020-04-12T00:50:44.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><div><br />
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">April 11 marks the official date of abolition in the colonies of the INDIGENAT <em>Code Houphouet Boigny 1947.</em> On this occasion, and under the leadership of Gasprom (Antenne Fasti de Nantes) the organizers had planned<em> </em>to propose a vast programme that was to close this 11 April 2020 in POL'n (Cultural Skills Poles).</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong>COVID-19: POL'n OPENER APRIL 27, 2020 (see SITE POL'n)</strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><em>April 27 marks the date of the Decree of the Second Abolition of Slavery in 1848</em></strong></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><u>Complaint from the International Movement for Repairs / Rejections of French Courts between 2005 and 2018: LA SUITE</u></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">In addition to the contributions in the form of various expressions as part of the programme of this<em> </em>cultural and political event painstakingly developed by activists based in the former main slave port of France and cancelled because of the Covid-19, the Browning Circle and MIR France intended to provide the public and the press with some information on the admissibility by the European Court of Justice (February 2020) of the Complaint of the International Movement for Reparations against the French State for crimes against humanity of the slave trade and the enslavement of blacks.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong>CONTRIBUTION CONFINEMENT :</strong> Tolamuka-Totelema excerpts from the document <strong>"THE SACRE OF THE MARRONS"</strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The <em>"Black Liberation Movement"</em> had planned to broadcast a selection of images and sound of 52 minutes as part of the Day of Memories of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their abolitions 2020 and 6 months after the officialization by the Prime Minister of the Foundation for the Memory and History of Slavery in November 2019. Given the current situation, this audiovisual document will be broadcast at a later date</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><em>Excerpts 11 minutes from</em> <strong>"THE CORONATION OF THE CHESTNUTS"</strong> </p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><em>With by order of passage:</em></strong><em> Louise Marie Diop-Maès, Youssouf Tata Cissé, Mutombo Kanyana, Fanta K, Ramata Dieng, Dowoti Désir, Alain Anselin, Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe and Louis Sala-Molins. - excerpts with Mallence Bart Williams and Cécile Kyenge. Dir: Mbuta Lema Peter.</em></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><em>Illustration: Master Claudette Duhamel and Garcin Malsa by Theo Lubin</em></p>
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<p> </p></div>Afrocentricity International condamne les plans génocidaires du président Boisonaro contre les Africains au Brésilhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/afrocentricity-international-condamne-les-plans-genocidaires-du-12020-04-11T22:13:20.000Z2020-04-11T22:13:20.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}&width=192&height=192&crop=1%3A1"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}&width=192&height=192&crop=1%3A1" alt="4394919249?profile=RESIZE_710x&width=192&height=192&crop=1%3A1" /></a></p>
<p>Les Africains au Brésil sont confrontés à un plan intensifié d'extermination systématique orchestrée par le gouvernement suprémaciste blanc de Jair Bolsonaro, un allié de Donald Trump, pendant la pandémie du Coronavirus.</p>
<p> Le Brésil a la troisième plus grande population au monde, avec l’un des taux d’accroissement les plus élevés au monde. Les Noirs qui constituent une majorité numérique croissante font l’objet d’une incarcération massive. Alors que les prisons ne peuvent contenir que 430 000 personnes, aujourd'hui plus de 815 000 personnes sont incarcérées, la plupart africaines. Le surpeuplement des cellules et le manque de procédures de sécurité et de santé dans les prisons rendent donc l'environnement particulièremnet propice à l'expansion de la pandémie;</p>
<p> Pour aggraver les choses, le président Jair Boisonaro exige que les travailleurs continuent à travailler, malgré les recommandations des organisations internationales de santé et le nombre élevé de morts dans d'autres pays en raison du Coronavirus. Lorsque la mise en quarantaine devint inévitable, le président tenta de faire adopter une loi autorisant les entreprises à retenir les salaires des travailleurs pendant quatre mois et refusa de prendre des dispositions d’urgence pour les travailleurs incapables de travailler. Il issut une mesure provisoire (PM), publiée le 22 mars, qui modifie une série de lois du travail pendant la pandémie. Parmi les changements, le PM établit que les accords individuels entre l'employeur et l'employé seront au-dessus des lois du travail existantes pendant toute la durée de validité de la mesure provisoire pour "assurer la continuité de la relation de travail," alors que dans le même temps, il utilise les réserves</p>
<p>monétaires du pays pour renflouer généreusement les grandes entreprises et les banques.</p>
<p>En outre, le président a mené une campagne de désinformation: dans un communiqué, il a qualifié le COVID-19 de «rhume ou grippe mineure», dont - s'il était contaminé - il s'en sortirait indemne grâce à son profile d’athlète ... Tous les gouverneurs, de tous les partis toutes obédiences politiques confondues, ont essayé de mettre en place des mesures de sécurité et de santé face à l'opposition du président, qui va délibérément à l'encontre de toutes les mesures d'urgence qui ont démontré leur efficacité ailleurs dans le monde. Le président, qui était aux États-Unis en compagnie de personnes, dont 24 testées positives pour le virus, a, à son retour au pays, organisé et participé à des rassemblements publics, embrassant et serrant la foule, alors même qu’il était soupçonné de contamination. Même le Ministre actuel de la Santé a été menacé de licenciement pour avoir appliqué des mesures de confinement.</p>
<p>Pourtant, alors que le président refuse d'adopter des mesures pour minimiser les effets désastreux sur la vie, la santé et l'économie des Brésiliens, dont la majorité, encore une fois, sont africains, il a envoyé un soutien à l'Italie, le lieu d'origine de sa famille, en utilisant les ressources publiques du pays pour ce faire.</p>
<p> Les peuples africains du monde entier doivent garder à l'esprit que le plan de nos ennemis historiques est notre soumission et notre destruction. Afrocentricity International nous invite donc tous et toutes à intensifier nos efforts pour parvenir à une autonomie complète. L'Afrique vaincra!</p>
<p> Unidade et nosso Objetivo, Vitória et nosso Destino!</p>
<p> L'Unité est notre But, la Victoire est notre Destinée!</p>
<p><em><strong> Per-aat Ama Mazama</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Organisateur international Molefi Kete Asante</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong> 7 avril 2020/6256</strong></em></p>
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<p> </p></div>Afrocentricity International condemns President Boisonaro’s Genocidal Plans against African People in Brazilhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/afrocentricity-international-condemns-president-boisonaro-s-genoc2020-04-11T22:02:46.000Z2020-04-11T22:02:46.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4394919249,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="4394919249?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="222" /></a>African people in Brazil are facing an increase in systematic extermination orchestrated by the white supremacist government of Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of Donald Trump, during the Coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p> - Brazil has the third largest population in the world, and it is one of the fastest growing. Black people who constitute a growing numerical majority have been targeted for mass incarceration. While prisons can only hold 430,000 individuals, today more than 815,000 people are incarcerated, most of them African. The overcrowding of cells and the lack of safety and health procedures in prisons thus render the environment quite propitious for the expansion of the pandemic;</p>
<p> To make matters worse, President Jair Boisonaro demands that workers continue to work, despite the recommendations of international health organizations and the high death tolls in other countries as a result of the Coronavirus. When quarantine became inevitable, the president tried to pass a law allowing companies to withhold worker’s salaries for four months and refused to entertain any emergency provisions for workers unable to work. He issued a Provisional Measure (PM), published on March 22, which changes a series of labor rules during the Pandemic. Among the changes, the PM establishes that individual agreements between employer and employee will be above the existing labor laws throughout the period of validity of the provisional measure to "ensure the continuity of the employment relationship,” while at the same time using the</p>
<p>country's foreign exchange reserves to generously bail out large companies and banks.</p>
<p> Furthermore, the president has been carrying out a campaign of disinformation: in an official statement he referred to COVID-19 as a “minor cold or flu,” from which - if contaminated - he would come out unscathed thanks to his athletic background. All governors, from all parties and political lines, have tried to work to adopt safety and health measures in the face of the presidency's opposition, which deliberately goes against all contingency measures that have shown their effectiveness elsewhere in the world. The president, who had been in the United States in the company of people, 24 of whom tested positive for the virus, on his return to the country called and participated in public gatherings, embracing and kissing the crowd, even under suspicion of contamination. Even the Minister of Health of the current government was threatened of being fired for carrying out containment measures.</p>
<p>Yet, while the president refuses to adopt measures to minimize the disastrous effects on the life, health and economy of people in Brazil, whose majority, again, is African, he has sent support to Italy, his family's place of origin, using the country's public resources.</p>
<p> African people around the world must bear in mind that the plan of our historical enemies is our submission and destruction. Afrocentricity International thus urges all of us to intensify our efforts in order to achieve complete autonomy. Africa will prevail!</p>
<p> Unidade é nosso Objetivo, Vitória é nosso Destino!</p>
<p> Unity is our Aim, Victory is our Destiny!</p>
<p> <em><strong>Per-aat Ama Mazama</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>International Organizer Molefi Kete Asante</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong> April 7, 2020/6256</strong></em></p>
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<p> </p></div>Afrocentricity International condamne les plans génocidaires du président Boisonaro contre les Africains au Brésilhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/afrocentricity-international-condamne-les-plans-genocidaires-du-p2020-04-07T14:17:18.000Z2020-04-07T14:17:18.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Les Africains au Brésil sont confrontés à un plan intensifié d'extermination systématique orchestrée par le gouvernement suprémaciste blanc de Jair Bolsonaro, un allié de Donald Trump, pendant la pandémie du Coronavirus.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Le Brésil a la troisième plus grande population au monde, avec l’un des taux d’accroissement les plus élevés au monde. Les Noirs qui constituent une majorité numérique croissante font l’objet d’une incarcération massive. Alors que les prisons ne peuvent contenir que 430 000 personnes, aujourd'hui plus de 815 000 personnes sont incarcérées, la plupart africaines. Le surpeuplement des cellules et le manque de procédures de sécurité et de santé dans les prisons rendent donc l'environnement particulièremnet propice à l'expansion de la pandémie;</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Pour aggraver les choses, le président Jair Boisonaro exige que les travailleurs continuent à travailler, malgré les recommandations des organisations internationales de santé et le nombre élevé de morts dans d'autres pays en raison du Coronavirus. Lorsque la mise en quarantaine devint inévitable, le président tenta de faire adopter une loi autorisant les entreprises à retenir les salaires des travailleurs pendant quatre mois et refusa de prendre des dispositions d’urgence pour les travailleurs incapables de travailler. Il issut une mesure provisoire (PM), publiée le 22 mars, qui modifie une série de lois du travail pendant la pandémie. Parmi les changements, le PM établit que les accords individuels entre l'employeur et l'employé seront au-dessus des lois du travail existantes pendant toute la durée de validité de la mesure provisoire pour "assurer la continuité de la relation de travail," alors que dans le même temps, il utilise les réserves monétaires du pays pour renflouer généreusement les grandes entreprises et les banques.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>En outre, le président a mené une campagne de désinformation: dans un communiqué, il a qualifié le COVID-19 de «rhume ou grippe mineure», dont - s'il était contaminé - il s'en sortirait indemne grâce à son profile d’athlète ... Tous les gouverneurs, de tous les partis toutes obédiences politiques confondues, ont essayé de mettre en place des mesures de sécurité et de santé face à l'opposition du président, qui va délibérément à l'encontre de toutes les mesures d'urgence qui ont démontré leur efficacité ailleurs dans le monde. Le président, qui était aux États-Unis en compagnie de personnes, dont 24 testées positives pour le virus, a, à son retour au pays, organisé et participé à des rassemblements publics, embrassant et serrant la foule, alors même qu’il était soupçonné de contamination. Même le Ministre actuel de la Santé a été menacé de licenciement pour avoir appliqué des mesures de confinement.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Pourtant, alors que le président refuse d'adopter des mesures pour minimiser les effets désastreux sur la vie, la santé et l'économie des Brésiliens, dont la majorité, encore une fois, sont africains, il a envoyé un soutien à l'Italie, le lieu d'origine de sa famille, en utilisant les ressources publiques du pays pour ce faire.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Les peuples africains du monde entier doivent garder à l'esprit que le plan de nos ennemis historiques est notre soumission et notre destruction. Afrocentricity International nous invite donc tous et toutes à intensifier nos efforts pour parvenir à une autonomie complète. L'Afrique vaincra!</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center">Unidade et nosso Objetivo, Vitória et nosso Destino! </p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center">L'Unité est notre But, la Victoire est notre Destinée!</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Per-aat Ama Mazama</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Organisateur international Molefi Kete Asante</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">7 avril 2020/6256</p>
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<p> </p></div>2020 African Peer Review Mechanisms anniversary celebration aims to deepen the African Union values to end conflicts within the four major conflict zones on the continent.https://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/2020-african-peer-review-mechanisms-anniversary-celebration-aims-2020-03-13T19:29:35.000Z2020-03-13T19:29:35.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4097451560,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4097451560,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400" alt="4097451560?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>The 17 Anniversary of the APRM, which fell yesterday March 9, was celebrated under the theme: “silencing the Guns through the Promotion and Deepening of the AU shared values”.</p>
<p>In a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Mr Kofi Marrah, Executive Secretary Ghana, APRM office, said it was important to reflect and take stock of progress in governance while on the road towards universal accession to the APRM.</p>
<p>It said 40 countries had voluntarily acceded to the APRM, which included the Republic of Seychelles and the Republic of Zimbabwe, which joined the APRM Family at its 29th APRM Forum of Heads of State and Government held on February 8, 2020, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.</p>
<p>The statement said beyond the ongoing political and military efforts, there was the need for structural conflict prevention by addressing issues of governance such as inclusiveness, youth, gender and human rights, climate change and other critical factors that underlie many conflicts on the continent.</p>
<p>It was against this background that in January 2018, the Assembly of the Union Agenda and Roadmap, thus positioning the APRM as a pre-emptive early warning tool for conflict prevention and expanding the capacity of Africa to rely on such home-grown knowledge that will allow for African solutions to African problems.</p>
<p>The statement said “Silencing the Guns” was a timely theme this year, following the objective set in 2013 by the African Union (AU) for it to occur by 2020;”Member States and citizens should use this year to reflect on how they can contribute towards a conflict free development through peace building and good governance”.</p>
<p>On the status of peace and security on the continent, it said most conflicts in Africa were rooted in governance deficits, which included mismanagement of diversity, manipulation of constitutions, and marginalization of the youth and mismanagement of natural resources.</p>
<p>He said the Africa Governance Report (AGR) 2019 indicated that there were 21 conflicts in the 55 African Union member states as at July 2018 and had identified four major conflict zones namely; the Mano River Region, the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel/Maghreb Region.</p>
<p>“While large-Scale wars have declined in proportion to the population in recent years, political violence such as riots and Member States are now more prevalent, while there are fewer conflicts between States, when compared to two or three decades ago when inter-state conflicts such as the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea were more common,” it said.</p>
<p>The statement said the AU in its efforts to promote peace and security had, in terms of policy and practice, established a framework for strengthening democratic actions towards attaining peace and security.</p>
<p>He said violence and crises on the continent were rooted in and exacerbated by governance deficits; these were threats to the realisation of an Africa, which was peaceful, progressive and prosperous.</p>
<p>He said the strengthening of conflict prevention efforts through a focus on the root causes of conflict, as reflected in APRM’s country review reports on democratic governance were, therefore, an important source of support for the AU’s peace and security agenda, and indeed the ‘Silencing the Guns’ objectives.</p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Bridget Boakye is a writer, activist, and entrepreneur based in Accra, Ghana. Raised in both Ghana and the U.S., she is particularly interested in issues that draw on the experiences, insights, and values from both Africa and the African Diaspora. She is currently an Amplify Africa Fellow and member of the Global Shapers Accra Hub. You can find her on Instagram at @boakyeb</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Cornrows have become a crowd favorite for women of every culture in the last 10 years. Whereas it used to be worn by children, especially young African and African American girls, the style has become widely popular across women of all ages.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">But many do not know the deep and rich history of the hairstyle that saved the lives of many. Moreover, they do not know of its role in the freedom struggles which have led to the liberties we now enjoy.</span></span></p>
<div id="x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315attachment_67340" class="x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315wp-caption x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315alignnone" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;width:635px;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><img class="x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315wp-image-67340 x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315size-large x_ydpcf1bc163yiv9676751471ydpc35913d7yiv9523941315ezlazyloaded" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;width:625px;max-width:0px;" src="https://face2faceafrica.com/ezoimgfmt/cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rihanna-wears-cornrows-1024x512.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:733x367/rscb4/ng:webp/ngcb4" alt="" /></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:#006400;"><em style="line-height:1.22em;"><strong style="line-height:1.22em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Rihanna wears cornrows</span></span></strong></em></span></div>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Cornrows have long been a facet of African beauty and life. In many African societies, braid patterns and hairstyles indicate a person’s community, age, marital status, wealth, power, social position, and religion. In the Caribbean, the style may be referred to as cane rows to represent “slaves planting sugar cane”, and not corn.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">The style <a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;" href="http://kalamu.com/neogriot/2016/07/06/fashion-mapping-out-freedom-escaped-slaves-used-braids-for-direction/" target="_blank">consists of</a> braiding the “hair very close to the scalp in an underhand, upward motion in order to create a single line of raised row, creating the cornrow”.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">“Depictions of women with cornrows have been found in Stone Age paintings in the Tassili Plateau of the Sahara, and have been dated as far back as 3000 B.C. There are also Native American paintings as far back as 1,000 years showing cornrows as a hairstyle. This tradition of female styling in cornrows has remained popular throughout Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa and West Africa.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Historically, male styling with cornrows can be traced as far back as the early nineteenth century to Ethiopia, where warriors and kings such as Tewodros II and Yohannes IV were depicted wearing cornrows.”</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Now to its role during the Transatlantic Slave Trade:</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">During the Atlantic Slave Trade, many slaves were forced to shave their hair to be more ‘sanitary’ and to also move them away from their culture and identity.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">But not all enslaved Africans would not keep their hairs cut. Many would braid their hairs tightly in cornrows and more “to maintain a neat and tidy appearance”.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Enslaved Africans also used cornrows to transfer and create maps to leave plantations and the home of their captors. This act of using hair as a tool for resistance is said to have been evident across South America.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">It is most documented in Colombia where <a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;" href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-this-runaway-slave-founded-san-basilio-de-palenque-first-free-town-in-the-americas" target="_blank">Benkos Bioho</a>, a King captured from Africa by the Portuguese who escaped slavery, built <a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;" href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/wetour-san-basilio-de-palenque-the-first-free-town-in-the-americas-founded-by-runaway-slaves" target="_blank">San Basilio de Palenque</a>, a village in Northern Colombia around the 17<sup style="line-height:1.22em;">th</sup>century. Bioho created his own language as well as intelligence network and also came up with the idea to have women create maps and deliver messages through their cornrows.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">“Since slaves were rarely given the privilege of writing material or even if they did have it, such kind of messages or maps getting in the wrong hands could create a lot of trouble for the people in question, cornrows were the perfect way to go about such things.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">No one would question or think that one could hide entire maps in their hairstyle, so it was easy to circulate them without anyone finding out about it.”</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Afro-Colombia, Ziomara Asprilla Garcia, further explained to the Washington Post in the article, <a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/afro-colombian-women-braid-messages-of-freedom-in-hairstyles/2011/07/08/gIQA6X9W4H_story.html?utm_term=.8310cc1133e0" target="_blank"><em style="line-height:1.22em;">Afro-Colombian women braid messages of freedom in hairstyles</em></a>:</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">“In the time of slavery in Colombia, hair braiding was used to relay messages. For example, to signal that they wanted to escape, women would braid a hairstyle called departes. “It had thick, tight braids, braided closely to the scalp and was tied into buns on the top.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.22em;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">And another style had curved braids, tightly braided on their heads. The curved braids would represent the roads they would [use to] escape. In the braids, they also kept gold and hid seeds which, in the long run, helped them survive after they escaped.”</span></span></p>
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<p> </p></div>Zimbabwe facing man-made starvation, says UN experthttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/zimbabwe-facing-man-made-starvation-says-un-expert2019-11-30T23:11:18.000Z2019-11-30T23:11:18.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><p>The independent UN human rights expert was presenting her assessment on the current situation in<span> </span><span class="xn-location">Zimbabwe</span>, concerning all aspects related to the right to food, following a 11-day visit to the country.</p>
<p>Because of hyperinflation, which, said Ms. Elver, has reached some 490 per cent, more than 60 per cent of the population is now “food-insecure”, in a country once seen as the breadbasket of<span> </span><span class="xn-location">Africa</span>: “In rural areas, a staggering 5.5 million people are currently facing food insecurity, as poor rains and erratic weather patterns are impacting harvests and livelihoods”, she said. “In urban areas, an estimated 2.2 million people are food-insecure and lack access to minimum public services, including health and safe water”.</p>
<p>Ms. Elver described the figures as “shocking”, and warned that, due to factors such as poverty and high unemployment, widespread corruption, severe price instabilities, and unilateral economic sanctions, the crisis is getting worse.</p>
<p>Women and children ‘bearing the brunt'</p>
<p>Women and children are bearing the brunt of the crisis, said the Special Rapporteur, adding that the majority of children she had met were stunted and underweight. According to Ms. Elver, child deaths from severe malnutrition have been rising in recent months, and 90 % of Zimbabwean children aged six months to two years are not consuming the minimum acceptable diet: “I saw the ravaging effects of malnutrition on infants deprived of breast feeding because of their own mothers' lack of access to adequate food”.</p>
<p>The situation for women, as described by the human rights expert, is equally stark, with women (and children) increasingly forced to drop out of school, being forced into early marriage, domestic violence, prostitution, and sexual exploitation.</p>
<p>I saw the ravaging effects of malnutrition on infants deprived of breast feeding because of their own mothers' lack of access to adequate food Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food</p>
<p>Urgent reform is needed</p>
<p>Immediate reforms of the agricultural and food system were recommended by Ms. Elver, such as reducing the country's dependence on imported food, and supporting alternative wheats to diversify the diet. The Government, she continued, should create the conditions for the production of traditional seeds to ensure the country's self-sufficiency and preparedness for the climate shocks that hit the country.</p>
<p>The effects of the economic crisis are noticeable, said the Special Rapporteur, in both rural areas, and cities, including<span> </span><span class="xn-location">Harare</span>. She recounted seeing people waiting for hours, in long lines, in front of gas stations, banks, and water dispensaries, and receiving information that public hospitals have been reaching out to humanitarian organizations after their own medicine and food stocks were exhausted.</p>
<p>Ms. Elver called on the Zimbabwean Government, political parties, and the international community to come together to “put an end to this spiralling crisis before it morphs into a full-blown conflict”.</p>
<p>SOURCE <a href="https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news/un-news-centre"><strong>UN News Centre<span> </span></strong></a>Nov 28, 2019, 21:38 ET<br /><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zimbabwe-facing-man-made-starvation-says-un-expert-879556550.html">https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zimbabwe-facing-man-made-starvation-says-un-expert-879556550.html</a></span></p>
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<p></p></div>AFRIKIN 2019: Art of Conversation - A Dialogue of Necessity, During Miami Art Weekhttps://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/afrikin-2019-art-of-conversation-a-dialogue-of-necessity-during-m2019-10-23T14:24:35.000Z2019-10-23T14:24:35.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828870726,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828870726,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="3828870726?profile=original" /></a>Keynote by: David Banner American rapper, record producer, actor, activist, and philanthropist;</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Amara La Negra, International Afro-Latina recording artist and reality star from Dominican Republic;</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Prince Ermias Selassie, grandson of H.I.M. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia;</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Samia Nkrumah, daughter of President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana;</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey from Jamaica;</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Vaughn Benjamin, Prolific Speaker and Singer Songwriter from USVI;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><i style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;">Love Is The Way Forward -- A Dialogue of Necessity, During Miami Art Week / Art Basel (2019), Friday December 6, 2019 at The New World Center, 500 17th Street (Main Performance Hall), Miami Beach, FL 33139<br /></i></strong></span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Discussion on the necessity of love as a unifying force in communities and in the world will be the central theme of the next AFRIKIN® Talks. Fundamental values are renewed as AFRIKIN® Talks shares different perspectives on the future as an intergenerational and multi-racial global society. The term AFRIKIN® is the fusion of two words -- “Africa (the continent) and Kinship (a sharing of characteristics or origins).” AFRIKIN® was created as a platform for the sharing of positive global experiences with a diverse population. This kinship fuels the central theme of AFRIKIN® Talks discussion on Universal Love in removing barriers that divide people and in fostering respect for differences. The faces of the planet now reveal amalgams of ethnicities that reflect the indigenous past and expanding future as seen in the rise of such modern cultures as Afro-LatinX.</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">However, the world is plagued with conflict and trauma. Humans now find themselves at a crossroads -- a place where decisive action must be taken to move forward in facing the “accelerating decline of Earth’s natural life-support systems” and the continuing inhumanity on the part of its inhabitants toward one another. There is a need for an exchange -- discussion that crosses boundaries and utilizes a new vocabulary on the importance of strengthening lives, families and communities on the basis of love -- Universal Love is The Way Forward.</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">During Miami Art Week / Art Basel (2019), AFRIKIN® Talks’ Art of Conversation brings together speakers that reverberate the voices of previous leaders who faced historical turning points in their struggle for equal rights, love, justice, respect and unity. A consideration of family members of Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah and Haile Selassie step forward into the present with other innovators and thinkers for the artful introduction of a new dialogue of necessity at this crucial time in human history when divisions must be removed for those making an effort to survive and proceed onward.</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">At this time, when courage is needed to show love and be unafraid to care for, benefit, help and nurture others, AFRIKIN® Talks invite attendees to join the discourse on December 6, 2019 to explore answers to the following questions: How do people facilitate love in spaces where violence and trauma have taken place? What does the 21st Century family unit look like? How can modern families become unified and walk together through the healing process? How does AFRIKIN® ensure that the voices echoing centuries of wisdom come to the forefront? How can AFRIKIN® reflect universal love while under the pressures put upon so many by society? How does AFRIKIN® cultivate and protect communities and resources? The way forward now begins as people gather to contemplate the rebuilding of not only one Africa, the communities of the African Diaspora but the entire human family -- AFRIKIN®.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Bob Marley sang, poignantly in his plea for mankind to have: “One love, one heart and to get together and feel alright.” This relevant discussion on universal matters can only be faced through the consideration and application of love for God giving people a key to healing. This event honors and pays respect to those of African descent -- families and those that came before -- bringing mankind all together at a milestone in the journey toward the future -- from “tears to triumph.” AFRIKIN® Talks invites all to an artful introduction to a shift in reality during Miami Art Week / Art Basel for AFRIKIN® Talks – Art of Conversation.</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">AFRIKIN® (pronounced ah - free - kin) is a platform that elevates global art and culture. As the community of creatives, friends, healers, hopeful people, innovators, lovers of good things, patrons and scientists advance in their ingenuity while journeying toward the promise of a good future – AFRIKIN® assists in crafting and documenting this historic narrative -- without the limitations of bias.</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Organized & Produced by: Rockers Movement (Team Legendary).</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">AFRIKIN®</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Alfonso Brooks</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">305-900-5523</span><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" /><a class="contact_icon" href="https://www.pr.com/press-release/797692/contact" id="email_contact_link" name="email_contact_link">Contact</a><br style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" /><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;"><a href="http://www.afrikin.org">www.afrikin.org</a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">Miami Beach, FL, October 23, 2019 --(</span><a href="https://www.pr.com/" style="color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;">PR.com</a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#f3f3f3;display:inline;float:none;">)--</span></p></div>International Decade for People of African Descent Regional Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, 23-24 October 2019https://www.theblacklist.net/communities/whoamiforafricaandafricans/bulletins/international-decade-for-people-of-african-descent-regional-meeti2019-10-22T16:09:48.000Z2019-10-22T16:09:48.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828870707,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828870707,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="3828870707?profile=original" /></a>The UN Human Rights Office and African Union Commission will on 23 and 24 October hold a regional conference in Dakar as part of the<span> </span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/">International Decade for People of African Descent</a><u>.</u><span> </span>The Dakar meeting will have dynamic youth participation and benefit from digital interaction and social media presence, and will incorporate historical and cultural dimensions relevant to Africa and Diaspora.</p>
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<p>The regional meeting, hosted by the Government of Senegal, follows two previous meetings – one in Brasilia for the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2015, and one in Geneva for the Europe, Central Asia and North America region in 2017. The Regional Meeting for Africa will follow a similar<span> </span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/assets/pdf/EXTERNAL_Programme_E_151019.pdf">format</a><span> </span>anchored around the Decade’s themes of “recognition, justice and development”, taken from the unique perspective of Africa.</p>
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<p>The Dakar meeting aims to increase overall engagement, including with African governments and youth, to implement the objectives of the International Decade at the national and regional levels; and to enhance linkages between the AU Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Programme of Activities of the International Decade.</p>
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<p>The International Decade for People of African Descent, created by a UN General Assembly resolution, began on 1 January 2015 and lasts until 31 December 2024.</p>
<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).</i><span> </span><img alt="" class="prtr" src="https://www.einpresswire.com/tracking/article.gif?t=2&a=M28v5kmEOTD-QaVZ&i=4ooQ-8Gbi2sDjhnn" /></p>
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