This Day (Lagos)
20 June 2009
The United States Congress has for the first time in its 230-year history issued a formal apology for slavery and segregation, describing the dark period of that country as inhuman.
[ See Article ]
Slavery is one of the most egregious of all crimes, yet some still try to make it out as a daily occurrence in the Western world, or in the very least, that they are responsible for it all, and they want it to return; utter foolishness. It would be good if those who perpetrate such nonsense to spend some time in study. For openers, slavery itself was just recently outlawed in Africa. For just one example, how about Kony & his LRA (?) who have been 20 odd years in the bush, and to this day, are grabbing innocent children to carry their goods, cook their meals, and perform whatever sex act they want, whenever oh, did I mention wonton slaughtering and maiming of other innocents? Is not a true face of slavery? In this article yet another government apologized for what happened generations earlier, and that country has matured. Those who truly want their peoples and countries to succeed would do well to realize that in the real world people learn from history, especially the mistakes . And the good ones (and their countries) go forward. To hold on to the past, to talk about the Berlin Conference or the Boers, is a wonderful thing for education, but if you can not go forward, youre either stuck or sliding back. Learn from history, so while going forward, youll know a basis of not only What to do or Why Not to do it, but Why. Be Blessed.
We will believe the "apology" is sincere when we see an end to modern-day slavery in Africa like the ones perpetrated by western enterprises (plantation owners) like Shell and Chevron, in collaboration with their plantation slave drivers (Hausa/Fulani govt) killing innocent women and children in the Niger Delta to get the locals to comply with the cabals brazen exploitation. Words are cheap if not backed up by action.
I agree with your sentiment. Slavery is a grievous and painful fact, but only one aspect of European nations acting in concert for some 500 years to main instability and to desocialize African cultures. The colonial boundaries are a continuing legacy, for example, of the mischief perpetrated by colonial powers.
The wise thing for Europeans and the legacy colonial governments to do is assist African societies urgently to develop deep and diverse economies and to develop meaningful power grids and telecommunications infrastructures. Today, China seems to be beating them to that initiative, and the West is loosing legitimate influence in Africa.
This is good for the morale of the black people, and the same America has made the black man the most powerful person on earth today. How about Nigerian elites apologising to the masses for raping the nation of its resources about 50 years after independence. And bring in social rights and social security in our constitution as God all equal and there should be equal opportunity for all Nigerians.
COMPREHENSIVE REPARATIONS - White Europeans need spiritual reparations
- Black Africans need spiritual & financial reparations
A. Appendix of Uncle Tom's Cabin Lists Companies who engaged in slavery
B. NAACP & Black African Newspapers - records & details of lynchings
1. Post Emancipation Slavery Cases (Convict Labor System Continues) via Modern Slavery Owners
2. Prison Stock Wall Street
3. No Statute of Limitations on Murder ;[ LYNCHINGS ]
BOOKNOTES FROM THE BOOK (and other sources) 100 YEARS OF LYNCHING BY RALPH GINZBURG
[A H victims ] - THEIR LOCATIONS & DATES
* Henry Askew Mississippi City, MS June 10, 1900
* Walter Allen Rome, GA Apr 1, 1902
* Herman Arthur (1892) Hodges Farm - Paris, TX July 6, 1920
* Irving Arthur (1901) Hodges Farm - Paris, TX July 6, 1920
* Charles Atkins (1907) Davisboro , GA May 18, 1922
* Henry Argo (1911) Chickasha , OK May 31, 1930
* George Armwood (1909) Princess Anne, MD Oct 18, 1933
* Will Burks (1881) Greenwood,SC Feb 18, 1900
* James Bailey Lake Cormorant, TX July 15, 1914
* Jeff Brown Cedar Bluff, MS Apr 1, 1916
* Cleveland Butler Dublin, GA July 2, 1919
* Will Brown Omaha, NE Oct, 1919
* William Bowles Eagle Lake, FL ????????
* Jake Brooks Oklahoma City, OK Jan 17, 1922
* Parks Banks Yazoo City, MS Aug 22, 1922
* Albert Blades Osceola, AR June 2, 1926
* Willie Bryan (1906) Darien, GA Sept 10, 1930
* Norris Bendy Clinton, SC July 5, 1933
* Richard Coleman (1879) Maysville, KY Dec 6, 1899
* Elijah Clark (1880) Huntsville, AL June 23, 1900
* Ballie Crutchfield Nashville, TN March 16, 1901
* Dusty Crutchfield - Hamilton, GA Jan 23, 1912
* Eugene Carter Pierce City, MO Aug 10, 1901
* Tom Clark Corinth,MS Sept 28, 1904
* Luther Colbert & His Wife Eastland Plantation - Doddsville, MS July 7, 1914
* William Carr Planquemines, LA March 17, 1906
* James Comeaux Jennings, LA Aug 28, 1913
* Henry Crosby Parkinsville, KY Sept 21, 1913
* Mary Conley Arlington, GA Oct 4, 1916
* Lloyd Clay (1895) Jackson, MS June 4, 1919
* Eli Cooper Eastman, GA - Burned Lodges & Churches too Aug 29, 1919
* Dallas Cooksey Johnson City, TN Oct 28, 1920
* Shap Curry (1896) King Ranch - Kirvin, TX May 6, 1922
* John Cornish (1903) King Ranch - Kirvin, TX May 6, 1922
* Samuel Carter (1877) Bronson, FL - This actual lynching was depicted In the movie Rosewood Jan 4, 1923
* Lindsay Coleman Nicholas Plantation - Clarksdale, MS Dec 19, 1928
* Henry Choate (1909) Columbia, TN Nov 12, 1927
* Cord Cheeck (1913) Columbia, TN Dec 15, 1933
* John Criggs (ca. 1904) Newton, TX - Worked At Box Factory June 21, 1934
* Richard Dickerson Springfield, OH Feb 7, 1904 ?
* Jim Durfee Angleton , TX Oct 14, 1914
* Frank Dodd DeWitt, AR Oct 9, 1914
* George Dorsey (1919) & Wife - Monroe, GA July 27, 1946
* Charles Evan Norway, SC July 2, 1903
* Ruben Elrod Piedmont, SC July 2, 1903
* Warren Eton Monroe, LA Oct 22, 1913
* Charles Fisher Marshall, TX April 29, 1914
* John Foreman + 1 / - Nowata, OK Sept 30, 1916
* Jim Fox Louisville, MS June 13, 1927
* Mark Fox Louisville , MS June 13, 1927
* Gulley (whole name unkown) Pierce City, MO Aug 10, 1901
* Richard Galloway + 1 / Beaumont, TX June 6, 1913
* Wilson Gardner Birmingham, AL Aug 25, 1913
* Willie Green Cowards, SC Dec 6, 1914
* Ernest Glenwood ? Americus, GA Oct 3, 1919
* Philip Gathans ? Rincon, GA June 21, 1920
* George Gay (1897) Fairfield, TX Dec 14, 1922
* George Grant Darien, GA Sept 10, 1930
* David Gregory Beaumont, TX Dec 8, 1933
* Sam Holt Newman, GA Apr 23, 1899
* Belle Hathaway Hamilton, GA Jan 23, 1912
* Eugene Hamming Hamilton, GA Jan 23, 1912
* Hammet, Jess ? Vivian, LA Aug 26, 1916
* George Holden Monroe, LA May 1, 1919
* Robert Hicks (1896) Lake Village, AR Nov 29, 1921
* Len Hart (1889) Jacksonville, FL Aug 25, 1913
* George Hughes (1889) Sherman, TX May 10, 1930
* Ellwood Higginbotham Oxford, MS Sept 18, 1935
[I Q victims ] - THEIR LOCATIONS & DATES
* Ron Jacobs Tylertown, Mississippi - Nov 10, 1920
* Henry Jacobs Tylertown, Mississippi - Nov 23, 1920
* Richard James Versailles, KY Mar 13, 1921
* Moses Jones King Ranch, Kirvin, TX May 6, 1922
* Joe Love Clarksdale, MS June 9, 1934
* Wesley Johnson Montgomery, AL June 4, 1937
* Ray Newsome H.A. Woods FarmPinetta, FL Oct 1, 1921
* Nash Nelson (1909) Ringgold, LA Feb 20, 1933
* Andrew McCloud (1908) Bastrop, LA July 9, 1934
* Claude Neal (1911) Marianna, FL Oct 27, 1934
* Bootjack McDaniels Duck Hill, MS Apr 14, 1937
* Wilder McGowan (1914) Wiggins, MS Nov 22, 1938
* Roger Malcolm (1919) & His Wife Monroe, GA July 27, 1916
Warren ? (1906) New Dacus, TX June 24, 1922
An African American - Pilot Point, TX Dec 29, 1922
Clarence ? Aiken, SC Oct 8, 1926
Bertha ? Aiken, SC Oct 8, 1926
Demon ? Aiken, SC Oct 8, 1926
Willie Kirkland Magnolia Gardens, GA Sept 25, 1936 ?
??? - Ninety-Six, SC Oct 9, 1933
Wylie McNeely (1902) Leesburg, TX Oct 11, 1921
John Peterson Demark, SC ca. 1899
F.D. McLand - Shreveport, LA June 19, 1901
John Pennington Enterprise, AL August 7, 1901
Pierce City African Americans Pierce City, MO August 20,1901
Dudley Morgan Lansing, TX May 22, 1902
Ed Johnson Knoxville, TN March 19, 1906
Judge James Pine Bluff, AR March 26, 1910
1520 Negroes Slocum-Denisons Springs-Palestine,TX7/31/1910
Honea Path Augusta, GA November 13, 1916 ?
John Moore Hamilton, GA January 23, 1912
Tom Miles Shreveport, LA April 9, 1912
A/A Man Jackson, GA May 4, 1912
Willis Perkins Sheffield, AL Sept, 1912
Walter Johnston Princeton, WVA September 7, 1912
???? Perrys Marshall, TX February 27, 1913
Joe & John Perry Henderson, NC March 12, 1913
Richard Puckett Laurens, SC August 12, 1913
Lige Lane Clinton County, GA 1913
Charley Jones Groveton, GA May 8, 1914
Watson Lewis Sylvester, GA? December 13, 1914
Felix Lake Sylvester, GA - January 22, 1916
Frank Lake Sylvester, GA - January 22, 1916
Dewer Lake Sylvester, GA - January 22, 1916
Major Lake Sylvester, GA - January 22, 1916
Oscar Martin Idabel, OK April 4, 1916
Two A/As Paducah, KY October 16, 1916
Will Powell Montgomery, AL July 25, 1917
Jesse Powell Montgomery, AL July 25, 1917
Ell Persons Memphis, TN May 18, 1917
Jim McIlherron Estill Springs, TN February 13, 1918
William Little Blakely, GA April 4, 1919
[R Z (victims ] - THEIR LOCATIONS & DATES
Wells, George Weir City, KS October 30, 1899
Rice, Louis Ripley, TN March 24, 1900
Russ, Ed Mississippi City, MS June 10, 110
Sanders, John + (1?) Sneads, FL June, 1900
Reid, George Rome, GA January 4, 1900
Ward, George Terre Haute, IN February 27, 1900
Smith, Frank Prophet- Shreveport, LA June 19, 1901
Wyatt, David S, - Belleville, IL June 8, 1900
White, George F. Wilmington, DE June 20, 1903
Steers, Jennie Beard Plantation/Shreveport, LA- July 27, 1903
A/A Residents Whitesboro , TX August 12, 1904
Winters, John Eastland Plantation/Doddsville, MS Feb 7, 1904
A/A Residents Springfield, OH February 9, 1904
Nine (9) A/As St. Charles , AR March 25, 1904
Richardson, Grant Braehead, AL October 13, 1910
Verge , Sam Demopolis, AL August 4, 1911
Qualken, Zachariah Coatesville, PA August 14, 1911
Rufficant , ? Wetumpka, AL November 11, 1912
Ricker, David (1883) Houston, TX February 8, 1913
Williams, Andrew Houston, TX February, 1913
Tyson, Charles (secret lynching) Shreveport, LA 2/16/1913
Redding , William (4 wounded) Americus, GA June 21, 1913
Swanson, Virgil Greenville , GA August 27, 1913
Scott, Marie Muskogee, OK March 13, 1914
Sullivan, Fred & Wife Byhalia, MS November 25, 1914
Reed, Young Cedar Keys, FL February 26, 1915
Sheffield , Caesar Lake Park, GA April 17, 1915
Wilton, Mallie? Dresden, TN September 8, 1915
Stevenson, Cordelia Columbus, MS December 18, 1915
Wasshington, Jesse Waco, TX - May 15, 1916
Smith, Bert Goose Creek, TX - October 12, 1917
Washington, Berry Eastman, GA May, 1919
Scott, Henry Atlantic Coastline R/R , FL May 8, 1920
Roach, Edward (1896) Durham, NC July 8, 1920
Roland, Jim Camillia, GA February 13, 1921
Slater, Phil (1871) Monticelle, AR March 17, 1921
Smith, Leroy (1907) McGhee, AR May 27, 1921
Williams, John Henry Moultrie, GA June 20, 1921
Winn, Alexander Coolidge, TX August 16, 1921
Wothfield, Jerome Winstron, NC August 18, 1921
Turner, Will Helena, AR November 19, 1921
Rouse, Fred Armour Packing Ft. Worth, TX Dec 12, 1921
Thomas , Jesse + 1 - Waco, TX May 27, 1922
West, John Hope, AR July 28, 1922
Wright, Charles Perry, FL September 14, 1922
Young, Albert Perry, FL September 14, 1922
Scott, James T. Columbia, MO April 29, 1923
Warner, Lloyd St. Joseph, MO November 29, 1933
Thomas, Isaac Clarksdale, MS June 9, 1934
Sanders, James (1909) Bolton, MS July 16, 1934
Young, Ab Slayden, MS March 12, 1935
Tyrone, R.J. Hattiesburg, MS April 24, 1935
Shaw, Lint (1891) Colbert, GA April 28, 1934
Townes, Roosevelt Duck Hill, MS October 14, 1934
Williams, A.C. Quincy, FL 1934?
VICTIMS , THEIR LOCATIONS & DATES
* UNKNOWN AFRICAN AMERICANS LYNCHED *
- 1 Person - Eastman, GA Sept 11, 1903
- 3 Persons Doddsville, MS Feb 7, 1904
- 4 Persons Dady, FL (Also many A/As left town) Aug 4, 1910
- 2 Persons Hartwell, GA (1 beaten) Jan 3, 1916
- 6 Persons - Blakely, GA (Also Lodge & Church Burned) Jan 3, 1916
* An African-American R/R Porter Atlantic Coastline R/R (FL) May 8, 1920
[As pay got better for R/R workers, many A/As Were terrorized or killed Hence we now have mostly White Railroad Workers]
* Joe Pop Omaha, NE Oct 10, 1891
* Ed _____ - Black River Section Of Williamsburg County Jan 13, 1927
* [Unknown] Columbus, MS July 22, 1933
* [Unknown] Franklinton, LA Jan 11, 1933
* [Unknown ] Savannah, GA March 30, 1902
Unknown Wetumpka, AL November 11, 1912
A/A Woman Wagner, OK April, 1914
Sea????, ____- Sylvester, GA January 22, 1916
One(1) A/A - Stuttgart, AR Late August , 1916
A/A Brakeman Yazoo & MS Valley R/R - March 17, 1921
_____, Albert - Perry, FL September 14, 1922
Unknown Streetman, TX December 11, 1922 Swa???, Henry Palm Beach , FL Circa 1923
MOBS OUT OF CONTROL
Places ,Dates & Estimates of the total crowd(s)
STATE CITY/COUNTY DATE CROWD
ALABAMA Huntsville 7/23/1900 1,500 Montgomery 5/22/? 1,500
ARKANSAS Nodema 1/27/1921 500 Texarkana 7/28/1922 100
DELEWARE Wilmington 6/22/1903 2,000
FLORIDA Marianna 10/27/1934 7,000
GEORGIA Newman 4/23/1899 2,000 Rome 1/3/1901 150 Rome 4/1/1902 4,000 Hamilton 1/23/1912 100 Eastman 7/14/1901 50 Americus 6/21/1913 500 Rincon 6/21/1920 5,000 Davisboro 5/18/1922 200 Royston 4/28/1936 100
KENTUCKY Maysville 12/7/1899 2,000 Versailles 3/13/1921 50
LOUISIANA Shreveport 6/19/1901 200 Shreveport 8/26/1916 1,000 Sylvester 12/12/1914 200 Bastrop 7/9/1934 3,000 Ringgold 3/1/1933 1,500
MARYLAND Princess Anne 10/18/1933 3,000 Salisbury 11/28/1933 500
MOBS OUT OF CONTROL
Places ,Dates & Estimates of the total crowd(s) STATE CITY/COUNTY DATE CROWD
MISSISSIPPI Biloxi 6/10/1900 100 Clarksdale 6/9/1934 150 Doddsville 2/7/1904 1,000 Vicksburg 5/15/1919 1,000 Winon 4/13/1937 100
MISSOURI Columbia 4/29/1923 500 Maryville 1/31/1931 3,000 St. Joseph 11/29/1933 10,000
NEBRASKA Omaha 10/10/1891 10,000
NORTH CAROLINA Roxboro 7/8/1920 200 Winston 8/18/1921 2,000
OHIO Lima 8/31/1916 3,000
OKLAHOMA Chickasha 5/31/1930 1,000
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia 2/18/1900 250
TENNESSEE Estill Springs 2/12/1918 2,000
TEXAS Corsicana 3/13/1901 5,000 El Campo ??? 300 Ft. Worth (Armour Packing) 12/17/1921 30 Goose Creek 10/12/1917 800 Houston 2/8/1913 1,000 Houston 6/24/1922 300 Kirvin 5/6/1922 500 Lansing 5/22/1902 4,000 Newton 6/21/1934 200 Palestine 7/31/1910 300 Paris 1/6/1920 3,000 Streetman 12/14/1922 1,500 Waco 5/15/1916 15,000
MISCELLANEOUS
1 Mass Exodus Of African Americans resulting in major losses of properties. a) Yazoo City, MS August 10, 1923
2) African Americans Homes and/or Churches Burned a) Sherman , TX May 10, 1930 b) Winnsboro, SC June 14, 1932
HEROES , THEIR LOCATIONS & DATES
NAME (S) LOCATION DATE
Sheriff Ely Lima, OH 8/31/1916
14 Year Old Sheriffs Daughter Columbia,SC Jan, 1917
Grover C. Fain (Police Captain) Atlanta,GA 9/10/1930
Sheriff Hood & 6 Deputies Winnsboro,SC ??
Police Whitesboro,TX 8/13/1903
Dr. James W. Reid Lowell, NC 3/26/1933
Mayor Edward P. Smith Omaha,NE 9/29/1919
Governor Stanley Murray, KY Jan, 1917
Sheriff R.J. White Spartanburg,SC 8/18/1913
[This inspiring poem was featuring in the movie Coach Carter ]
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesnt Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Wont Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
Its Not Just In Some Of Us; Its In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
[NOTE BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WONT STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
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WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS ! BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
- Life Is a Game. Have Fun. [ Luke 18:17 / Isaiah 11:6 ]
* 16 European Nations . Met And Plotted On How They Would Rob Africa Of Its Riches.
* They met during two(2) Periods of time in two(2) places
* The General Act Of Berlin Conference (Nov, 1884 to February, 1885)
* Brussels Belgium to finalize SECRET agreements ( Nov, 1889 to July 1890)
* The Book King Leopolds Ghost (1998) by Adam Hochschild documents some of This information.
The following Nations (Households) - Planned how they would divide among themselves our AFRICAN Riches.
1) Austria-Hungary - Francis Joseph I Charles - August 18, 1830 -
2) Belgium - King Leopold II April 9, 1835
3) Denmark - Frederik VIII -June 3, 1843
4) France - Marie Franηois Sadi Carnot August 11, 1837 -
5) Germany - Wilhelm II - January 27, 1859
6) Great Britain - Queen Victoria (Hanover) May 24, 1819 British Ruler 2nd
7) Holland William III February 19, 1817
8) Italy - Umberto I - March 14, 1844 -
9) Norway - Oscar II [Oscar Frederik] January 21, 1829 (Also Sweden)
10) Portugal - Carlos I September 28, 1863
11) Russia - Alexander III Alexandrovich March 10, 1845
12) Spain - Alfonso XIII May 17, 1886
13) Sweden - Oscar II January 21, 1829 (Also Norway)
14) Turkey - Abdόlhamid II, - September 2 or September 22 - 1842 -
15) United States - Benjamin Harrison August 20, 1833 -
16) Persia (Iran) - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar July 16, 1831
For centuries Black Africans have been exploited and exploited in the name of Islam. Then with the coming of the Portueses (so-called Christians) to Ghana around the 1440s , the so-called Christians started their exploitation.
We Black Africans are puzzling. We have a bounty of riches around us, yet we persist in allowing outsiders to steal them; while we fight each other over trivial matters.
Just in case you're wondering, here's some Black Africans who have done wondrous things to change the way we live in the world.
For example : Garrett-Augustus Morgan invented the Traffic Signal to CURB (no pun intended) TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS !!!
* Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER
* George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE
* George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS PAINT STAINS ETC
* W.A. Dietz - SHOE
* Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM
* Michael Harney - LANTERN
* Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM
* H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE
* Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME
* John A. Johnson - WRENCH
* Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONER
* Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS
* Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP
* John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER
* Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER
* Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR
* W.A. Martin - LOCK
* Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal
* Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898
* W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN
* L.P. Ray - DUST PAN
* W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY
* G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER
* .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER
* J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR
* T.W. Stewart - MOP
* Maxine Snowden - RAIN HAT - 1983
* Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER
* Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster
* Granville T. Woods - Telegraph Transmission Devices - Dec 2, 1884 Patents # - 308, 816 (7)
Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum P.O. Box 76128 Los Angeles , Calif. (90076) Phone (310) 859-4602)
Director : Ghanaian Mr. Hamza Salifa
Contributor of Information : SEESTAH Imahkus Nzinga Okofo
[This inspiring poem was featuring in the movie Coach Carter ]
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate,
Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure.
It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesnt Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Wont Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
Its Not Just In Some Of Us; Its In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP !!! STAY UP !!!
[http://www.infowars.com/infowars.asx] / [gcnlive.com] / [http://alexjonesringtones.net/] Life Is A Game. Have Fun . Luke 18:17 - Isaiah 11:6
It doesn't look like anyone has apologised for the slave trade, only for slavery. In any case, apologies do not change the nature of who we are as Africans. What kind of people are we to have perpetuated an economic system which relied on us raiding our own people for sale? Because these slave traders did not come into our villages, we took the slaves to them at the port. We raided our own lands by ourselves, preying on our weak when we should have been protecting them. The same thing goes on now in the Niger Delta with the federal government prepared to wipe out the people of the entire region if need be, just to protect oil revenues. Ironically the Niger Delta peoples played an important part in the slave trade. I wonder, is it a case now of the slave trader of the past becoming the enslaved now? The hunter becoming the prey?
The Americans have apologised what about the Arabs, and the Persians who saw it as a profitable business along with the Europeans who jumped on the band wagon to make money.. In addition, what about those African kings that sold their own for mirrors and tobacco are they also going to apologise for their part in the atrocity?