I’ve written before about the fact that I am not begging for an apology from Britain and the other slave trading countries. An apology should be something they offer sincerely, and not something that I should have to beg for. That said, the disdain in which they continue to trample on the reality that is the [...]
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The power of an apology for a people
Posted in Africa, maafa, racism, slave trade, slavery, tagged Ed West, Telegraph, Gordon Brown, Child Migrants Programme, Child Migrants Trust, apology for slavery, Trans Atlantic slave trade, Africans apologising for slavery on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Africans – by Nneka
Posted in Africa, tagged self determination on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
U keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers
U say they came and they took all we had pocessed
They have to take the abuse that they have caused our present state with their intruding history
Use our goodness and nourishment in the Name of missionary
Lied to us,blinded slaved us,misplaced us,strengthen us,hardened us [...]
Dirty Laundry – Part 3 (Abolition 2007/2008….)
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 [...]
Who the Hell is Edward Colston?
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 »
Teddbeargate
Posted in Africa, tagged bear, Gillian Gibbons, Islam, Islamist, Muhammed, Muhammed pbuh, Sudan, teddy, teddybeargate on December 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Have been very speechless over Teddybeargate this past week. As much as I may love the idea of Africa my ancestral homeland I will not defend her in all her decisions.
The decision of the Sudanese government and courts last week to jail Gillian Gibbons for allowing her school class to name a teddy bear Muhammed is absolutely shocking [...]
The last days of the British Empire
Posted in Africa, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, windrush, tagged abolition, Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, multiculturalism on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a blow to the cultural “offer” of the city that the Commonwealth museum is moving to London. In it’s short time in Bristol it has hosted a wealth of exhibitions and events that have aimed to raise poignant questions for the whole city; for those born here and for those born elsewhere.
That said, there are also [...]
BECM Apology Debate 10 May 06 – (Part 2)
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
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SHOULD BRISTOL APOLOGISE FOR THE SLAVE TRADE? -
PART – 2 – AUDIENCE AND PANEL DISCUSSION – 10th May 2006
(the audio files, are in MP3 format)
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Length
Audience – Call 1
inc. Richard Hart
9mins 30sec
Panel – Repsonse 1
Toyin, Isabel, Mike, [...]
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