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 Africans apologising for slavery, apology for slavery, Child Migrants Programme, Child Migrants Trust, Ed West, Gordon Brown, Telegraph, Trans Atlantic slave trade on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Walk In the Park
Posted in Bristol, History, Politics, Research, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was lucky enough to attend the slavery trail in Bristol, with only a small group we embarked on this journey where we would learn about slavery and its past. The four of us walked through Queen Square and heard all about the things that had taken place there and the people who were involved. There was [...]
Where I am Going
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A good question to ask is where am I going with this? what results am I looking for?, what will happen differently when the results are in? As a child I never celebrated black history, I dont remember much about any historical figures, I dont remember my mum, dad or granparents telling me about role models or heroes [...]
Where I’m coming from
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Salama and i am 24 years old i am the fourth child of nine from my father and the first of two from my mother. As a child growing up i always felt that i didn’t recieve the black history i needed to support me with who i wanted to be, I am on [...]
Myths, Facts and Feelings?
Posted in 2007, Bristol, facts and feelings, maafa, slave trade, slavery, tagged abolition 200, Bristol, slave trade, slavery, transatlantic slave trade on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myths and Facts
or
Facts and Feelings?
This working title for this book project is a bit problematic.
The idea of myths suggests something that is not ‘true’. Something that is a part of folklore, usually involving supernatural and celestial beings. The kind of ‘myth’ we are supposed to be dealing with here though is like:
Slaves were kept in [...]
The ‘myths and facts’ Project
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The task is to make a book with community input into the process. The first part of this input was to go away for what one collaborator called a ‘co-creation’ exercise. A residential in Devon to and get immersed in the subject. Watched a film, wore our wellies, had some chats, ate some food, explored [...]
Myths and Facts…
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery, tagged Bristol, facts and feelings on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Feelings and Opinions. Well however it goes, there is a book being published by the Bristol Race Forum that will try to address the myths and facts of the city and transatlantic slavery.
Slaves in Caves; Whiteladies Road; Blackboy Hill; “It’s all too long ago”; Cabot only traded pineapples… and a mix of prominent views and [...]
Something in the Air…
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 [...]
Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’ (Black & White Dirty Laundry)
Posted in Politics, dirty laundry, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Other Guy’s £250k’s worth
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 [...]
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 »
bristol 2007
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 [...]
Something to Celebrate?? contd. – Whitefolk
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 [...]
Representation and Bristol’s approach to acknowledging slavery history
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 [...]
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