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Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Akon, Exploitation, Life, Slavery on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For African Women’s Month
Posted in African Women, Capital Punishment, Capitalism, Domestic Violence, Genocide, God, Holocaust, Iskandar Langalibalele, Life, Slavery, Uncategorized, Women on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Greatest Woman in History: A Rock The woman, a peasant, in the field, worked from dusk to dawn to reap its yield, she dug and planted yam to feed her fam. Sorghum, too, its grass to line the beds where her children lay their heads. Her husband was a farmer, hunter and went off [...]
On Responsibility, Accountability and Values: The Process to Change
Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Life, Politics, Racism, Slavery on July 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
“BP: While I completely acknowledge the historical fact of white responsibility …how long do we wait for white folks to change? And what do we get out of continuously speaking truth to someone who can’t hear? We have so much changing and growing to do ourselves yet have the time to muse on when the [...]
Modern Day Slavery in West Africa
Posted in Africa, African-Americans, Arabs, Black History, Economics, Education, Ghana, Islam, Life, Mauritania, News, Slavery, Sudan on March 12, 2008 | 15 Comments »
In 1998 when I was planning my pilgrimage to West Africa, I was warned against visiting Mauritania. It was explained to me that slavery against the “Black” African population was still practised there by the “White” Arabs and I could therefore put my self at risk. The fear was not so much my abduction and enslavement, but certainly blatant [...]
Modern House Negroes
Posted in Black History, Life, Slavery on February 4, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Imagine the year is 1840. You are an enslaved African working on a plantation in the southern United States. You work in the fields. It’s the middle of the day in the middle of summer. The sun is hot and even though your body has been conditioned to work from sun up to sun down [...]
200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the US
Posted in Africa, African-Americans, Racism, racist exploitation, Reparations, Slavery, Uncategorized, tagged 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade i, Racism, Slavery on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
U.S. National Archives and Partner Agencies to Present Symposium Marking 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the U.S., on January 10, 2008 in Washington, DC The U.S. National Archives in partnership with several partner agencies will present a symposium commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in [...]
November Carnival Submissions: “Reparations:what is the value of what we’re owed?”
Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Carnival, Culture, Education, Geopolitics, History, Holocaust, Imperialism, Law, Life, Pan Africanism, Politics, Racism, Religion, Reparations, Slavery, Truth and Reconciliation on November 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to those who participated. Additions are welcomed and respectful discussion is encouraged. As always, if you have an idea for a future Carnival topic, let us know at Afrospear@hotmail.com. Jamelle discusses what reparation’s mean and more importantly, how we should really conceive of reparations at The United States of Jamerica. Hathor argues that the public needs to [...]
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