A Captive

It’s an opinion of mine that there will never be peace without justice.
There is quite a bit of talk about anniversary dates and commemoration of the role the British state, corporations, churches and society played in the genocide of African people.
Gestures, on the part of the part of government, government funded organizations and individuals, [...]

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Long before the Arabs
Septimus Severus, an African born in modern day Libya was Rome’s regional governor of Britain 208 years after Christ died. He passed on at what is now York, England, having assisted in construction of Hadrian’s Wall.
Governments of the European Union and African nations currently are in open talks in December 2007.
In the [...]

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Soweto, 31 years after the children rebelled.
Don’t You Call Me Brother was the title of a searing O’Jays vinyl cut from the 1970s.
It was “The Joint,” if you know what I mean.
The tune reminds me of some folks I don’t want any association with, Africans on the Continent who have learned how [...]

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 US president John Kennedy and Mobutu Sese SekoThe US arranged with Belgian colonialists the murder of Patrice Lumumba and on 24 November 1965 Mobutu stood as leader of the Congo.
The Association Internationale du Congo had been established 125 years ago when Belgium’s King Leopold II made a bid for his small state’s continued domination of [...]

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When the rich meet: Jay Z and Prince Charles in London

Going forward in life is not just the amount of money in our pockets.
No doubt, opportunities to earn make a big difference.
But what may be more important is the Human Right to have a healthy childhood in which to create, be shaped [...]

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