Submission from Sis. Ana The Story of St Josephine Bakhita, a remarkable woman born in Sudan who was kidnapped by slavers. Despite slavery, rejection, the loss and separation from her family, discrimination and hardship, she kept the faith and retained her dignity as a human being. She is considered by many as the Universal Sister [...]
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The Story of St. Josephine Bakhita
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Anita Cumberbatch, Black History, Slave Trade, Slavery, St. Josephine Bakhita, YouTube on October 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Report from Detroit for AfroSpear: Porn Shows at the Reconstrueists’ Ball
Posted in Art, Black History, Critical Thinking, Democracy, Economics, Leadership, Liberalism, Media, Politics, White Supremacy Ideology, tagged Democracy, Detroit, Detroit News, Gentriication, John Berger, mass media, Media, Miami, Politics, United States, Urban Blight on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Democracy is a proposal (rarely realised) about decision-making; it has little to do with election campaigns. Its promise is that political decisions be made after, and in the light of, consultation with the governed. This is dependent upon the governed being adequately informed about the issues in question, and upon the decision makers having the [...]
“The Education Race Man on Black History Month 2011 (Exhibit V)” by José Luis Vilson
Posted in AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Education, Life on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Submission from educator, writer and AfroSpear Googlegroup blogger José Luis Vilson Click on image for article:
elementary my dear Watson, elementary
Posted in Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Culture, Education, History, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Science, Work on January 15, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Updated repost of one of my favorites. Thanks to Sister Anna for bringing it to my attention again after 3 years. I remember watching a couple of the Sherlock Holmes movies when I was a kid. I never thought much of them as the story lines didn’t really hold my interest, plus they were shown [...]
When Voting and Racism Collide
Posted in 2010 U.S. Midterm Elections, Black History, Black Issues, Black pride, Civil Rights, Politics, White Approval, White privilege, tagged Black History, elections, Racial Profiling, racist, voting on November 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Meet John Barr; Ypsilanti Township, Mich racist. I met John this past Tuesday (Nov 2) when I went to my polling location to vote. Backstory: Over the last few months, I had been debating how I would vote for Mich governor. I was or torn between voting for a republican whom I felt was competent [...]
from tribal intellectualism to cultural lyricist
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Jazzuloo, Life on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago, my brother The Field Negro contacted me to say that he had used a post I did about 2 years ago entitled: “Tribal Intellectualism and the concept of the House Negro”, as the basis of an article he had posted on his blog. I was like “cool”, went over to his blog and read [...]
More on U.S. experiments on people of African descent
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Crimes Against Humanity, Guatemala, News, Panama, Science, U.S.A on October 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Thanks to Ana for sharing this information. This article at The Silver People Chronicle: The Back Punch Revisted-”We can End the Silence”, is shockingly eye-opening by revealing the experiments that were done on people of African descent in Panama by the U.S. government. On Friday, October 1st 2010, U. S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton [...]
My love for 2Pac
Posted in 2Pac, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Rap on September 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I have mad love for 2Pac. I refer to it as “mad” because it’s a love that you know you shouldn’t have for someone (or something) but you can’t help it. You just do. I didn’t realize today was the 14th anniversary of his death until I read this article at theloop21. Interestingly though, last week [...]


