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Restaveks: Child Slaves in Haiti

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Aljazeera English, Child Abuse, Child Exploitation, Haiti, Restaveks on November 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Al Jazeera: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil Part 4: Child Slaves (click on image)

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“Rapper is No Friend of Haiti-Wyclef Opposed Aristide” by Charlie Hinton

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Haiti, Leadership, News, Politics, Wyclef Jean on August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Scathing commentary by Charlie Hinton of the Haitian Action Committee. Click on image for article. Here is an open letter by Wyclef on why he decided to run for the Haitian presidency: Click on image:

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Malia vs. Haitian Child Sex Slaves

Posted in African Diaspora, African-Americans, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Barack Obama, Child Abuse, Child Exploitation, Glenn Beck, Haiti, Malia Obama, Media, News, Sexual Assault and Exploitation on May 30, 2010 | 18 Comments »

I have been very busy with work and travelling this week, however two stories caught my attention. Although they involved Black children, what I found interesting and most revealing was the reaction of the African American community to both stories. The first story had to deal with FOXNews personality Glenn Becks spoof of a conversation between President Obama and his daughter Malia on plugging [...]

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“Haiti’s calamity the hypocrisy of African rulers” by Nkwazi N. Mhango

Posted in Abdoulaye Wade, Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Critical Thinking, Darfur, Exploitation, Genocide, Geopolitics, Haiti, Leadership, Life, News, Nkwazi Mhango, Senegal on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The world is still grappling with what happened in Haiti recently. On 12 January, 2010 Haiti was hit by a killer earthquake that left tens of thousands dead and millions either injured or their properties destroyed. After the quake struck, the world, led by US, was racing to Haiti to help the victims. This is [...]

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“A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is to show how clever he is.” Prov 18.2

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Critical Thinking, Education, Geopolitics, Haiti, History, Knowledge, Life, News, Paul Shirley, Sir Hilary Beckles on January 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

One of the advantages and dangers of the cyber age, is that anyone can post their opinion for the world to ingest. One of the things I sometimes struggle with is whether or not to post and/or comment on an article which I find incredibly distasteful. In a way I am giving that person a platform to [...]

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Bits & Bytes: The Devil Loves Creole

Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Corruption, Exploitation, Geopolitics, Haiti, Life, Neo-Colonialism, News, Pat Robertson, Racism on January 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »

As I watch the news coming from Haiti, the death, destruction and the rising chaos, my heart truly breaks for the people. Last night I watched as volunteer doctors and nurses delivered babies, performed amputations as well as other life saving operations, and dressed serious wounds on cots in the middle of the street… on men, women and children… without [...]

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Senegal offers repatriation to Haitians

Posted in Abdoulaye Wade, Africa, African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Haiti, Leadership, Life, News, Pan Africanism, Repatriation, Senegal on January 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

“The repeated calamities that befall Haiti prompt me to propose a radical solution — to take measures to create somewhere in Africa… the conditions for Haitians to return,” Senegal’s president Abdoulaye Wade told France Info radio today. He is offering Haitians who want to return to their original homeland housing, a plot of land or a [...]

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