Posted in Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, media, multiculturalism, slavery, tagged New World Order, Obama, US Elections on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s something in the air
On Obama day.
Something shifted in the ether
between I and I, you and me.
There’s something in the air today
here in the UK,
as across the globe
Black folk exchange glances with new scopes
Audacious hope
They now hold,
feeling bold.
There’s something,
New self-love?
Shared knowing?
New Pride is tangible for sure.
Maybe Love for their new white sisters and brothers,
emanates from [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Economics, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER GUY!
DISCLAIMER: Too much of this entry is about finance, and doesn’t take account of human life and dignity neither past nor present. Apologies if it offends. It’s making a point about something which has been reduced to monetary values.
Given how much the Bristol Corporation (now Bristol City Council) and [...]
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Have been away otherwise would have commented sooner on the £250,000 FOR SLAVERY COMMISSION story!
This is just a quickie response. More substantial ones to follow.
DISCLAIMER: SOME READERS MAY GET ANGRY ABOUT WHAT YOUR ARE ABOUT TO READ. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO WRITE THIS BLOG SO IF YOU KNOW US, PLEASE AIM YOUR ANGER AT [...]
Posted in Africa, Bristol, abolition, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery, tagged animation, benifactors, Bristol, civic memorial, Edward Colston, hell, merchant venturers, plantation owners, slave trade, slavers, slavery, statue on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Politics, abolition, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on December 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
As the embers of the 2007 begin to fade into 2008, our reflections of the year that has been a commemoration of the slave trade abolition are filled with a mix of disappointment and optimism.Bristol, as one English city steeped in and materially enriched on the people-trafficking two centuries ago, has seen itself in the [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, multiculturalism, slavery, tagged abolition 200, Bristol, slave trade, slavery on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A POLEMIC
One noticeable thing about this year and the open debate about the suffering of black people, has been the increased irritation of some white-folk.
Mainly because they can’t see why all the attention should be placed on people who, to them, have have only just arrived. Especially if they have similar basic needs too. A [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, racism, slavery, tagged Bristol, representation, slave trade, slavery on November 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Bristol and the slave trade is a complex web as I feel it’s a heady mixture of the need for acknowledgment and recognition of the impact & legacy / the need to seperate fact from myth and the lack of evidence thereof / and the very human emotional need for healing and the effects on identity.
When [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, education, maafa, slave trade, slavery, tagged Bristol, Afrocentrism, History, maafa, John Lynch on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Afrikan education was another thing missed on this trip.
As the home of the John Lynch Afrikan Education Project, and with the visits of Ligali to the city, there is always going to be an opportunity for Bristol’s African people to explore an Africentric worldview.
In this world, African people have history. Big history! And soul-healing and liberation will come from [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, education, tagged , abolition 200, edcuation on November 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
So on the night in question (12th November 2007, reviewing Abolition 200 in Bristol at the Malcolm X centre, as per previous blog entry), there were some pertinent questions and debate about this year. There were a few points on education brought by Cllr. John Rogers , Lisa Blackwood, well and everybody really, after a question from Jacky Davis.
This [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, slave trade, slavery, tagged , Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, Paul Stephenson on November 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This is a good time to start blogging on the Bristol 2007 commeration. It is after Black History Month, and coming to the end of the the 2007 year. The Bristol 2007 site has languished for some time due to lack of inspiration and the headache of hosting a site.
Why today to start this? Because yesterday I attended a meeting [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, slave trade, tagged abolition, Bristol, slave trade on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My reflection of the (so called) abolition year so far, is that I wonder how many sympathetic and unsympathetic people would admit to having ’slave trade fatigue’.
I say that because, even as a (hopefully) conscious proud African who takes very seriously the need for African history to be leant and African stories to be told, [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on May 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
BECM Apology Debate 10 May 06 -
PART 1
- LISTEN TO THE DEBATE BY CLICKING ON THE SPEAKERS’ NAMES BELOW-
or go to PART 2
BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM 10 MAY 2006,BRISTOL,UK
SHOULD BRISTOL APOLOGISE FOR THE SLAVE TRADE?
PART – 1- OPENING SPEECHES
(the audio files, are in MP3 format)
Chapter
Length
Introductions by A.C.Grayling (Chairperson),Professor of Philosophy and Columnist
[...]
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, maafa, media, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on May 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
PART 2
- LISTEN TO THE DEBATE BY CLICKING ON THE SPEAKERS’ NAMES BELOW-
or go to PART 1
BRISTOL,UK
SHOULD BRISTOL APOLOGISE FOR THE SLAVE TRADE? -
PART – 2 – AUDIENCE AND PANEL DISCUSSION – 10th May 2006
(the audio files, are in MP3 format)
Chapter
Length
Audience – Call 1
inc. Richard Hart
9mins 30sec
Panel – Repsonse 1
Toyin, Isabel, Mike, [...]
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