Category: History
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God is not white
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Tune in every Wednesday at 7 PM EST for a thought-provoking discussion on themes related to an increasingly uneasy relationship modern-day Africans of the continent and its diaspora are developing with Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) which were mobilized to subjugate their ancestors over centuries of foreign invasion. To receive regular alerts and updates,…
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White Warlords are Haiti’s Real Curse
Originally published on Black Agenda Report There exists a numerically-miniscule but economically-powerful set of inbreeding oligarch families in Haiti , who are not descendants of deported and enslaved Africans, like 99% of Haitians. The first ancestors of these “white oligarchs” arrived on the island in the late 1800s, as refugees from Syria, Palestine, Lebanon or later as…
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Haiti demands long overdue reparations and refuses to become Caribbean Rhodesia
Message posted to the Corbett Haiti List while in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 9, 2004… I participated in this solidarity conference and I can confirm that the current situation in Haiti is not as hopeless as the international media is trying hard to portray it – Some folks are trying to make their projection become reality.…
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No to Organized Religion, It's Spirit that Counts
By Brian StevensHaitian Times Staff , Published in May 2000 MIAMI – With the provocative title “Viv Bondye, Aba Relijyon” (Long live God, Down with Religion) it is no surprise the author Jafrikayiti wants to shake up the traditional take on spirituality and faith and reclaim a domain he says is dominated by those who…