The Glory of Africa Part 2

Africa will forever have a special place in my heart. The land of Africa and the people of Africa
(which consists of many colors and backgrounds) certainly acquire a profound connection
with me. The reason is that my own ancestors came from Africa. Yes, I am a
black American and I'm not ashamed of who I am or where I come from. I
guess many individuals have already deduced that. Yet, all people, regardless
of their background, should comprehend the continent of Africa as a succinct
portion of our human history in general. The diversity of Africa is seen in the forests of
Central Africa to the urban high rises (with skyscrapers) of Johannesburg, South Africa. Even
back in our youth throughout the 1990’s, I and my family certain were very conscious of the
dynamic nature of black history. There was the Meroitic alphabet found in Nubia. This script
was formed during the Napatan Period in ca. 700-300 B.C. It was deciphered in modern times
by British Egyptologist Francis Llewellyn Griffith in 1909. The Meroitic language have yet to be
translation. There were 23 letters in the Meroitic alphabet, including four vowels. There are
tons of ancient architecture in Africa like the Temple in Aksum Kingdom in Ethiopia. The
Tichitt Walata is found in ancient Ghana. It’s an ancient architectural location. It was built by
the Soninke people and is thought to be the precursor of the Ghana empire. It was being
settled around 2000 B.C. One finds well laid out streets and fortified compounds all made out
of skilled stone masonry. In all, there were 500 settlements. The famous University in
Timbuktu exist and the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali. It was constructed in the 1200’s. It
was reconstructed in 1906 to 1909 to be the largest clay building in the world today. Ashanti
architecture was especially famous in the world as well. Berki, writing in 1067 about the
City of Aoudaghast in Ghana recorded that it is, "A very large city with several
markets, many date palms and henna trees as big as olives, filled with fine
houses and solid buildings." Even scholars acknowledged the great architecture of sub-
Saharan Africa. The Songhai Empire (which existed in AD 11th-17th) was an Empire larger
than Mali that was renowned for its scholarly culture and complex government. One person
named Leo Africanus (who was a 16th century Spanish Moorish human being) said of
it that: "(Surpassed) all other Negroes in wit, civility, and industry.” So, complex
architecture and inventions definitely existed all over Africa in ancient times and today in the
21st century. I’ve studied this specific form of information for a while now. It’s certainly a
truism that any human being can accomplish a great successful life. Human improvement is a
confirmation of the great value of life in general. This work will delve more into the past
histories of Africa that deals with the African experience. A common feature of the psyche is
the triumph over oppression and adversity. There are a lot of good news in Africa, but this
doesn’t mean that threats are non-existent. They exist in many forms like economic
exploitation, unfair World Bank debt policies, wars, diseases, and other things. Yet, one
overlooked threat against people of the world include the eugenic elements of abortion and
population control. These 2 things are some of the most and slick ways where the Western
establishment can control the resources of much of Africa. One simple example is how NGOs,
the U.N., and similar organization will use the legitimate policy of giving electricity, clean
water, health care, and other forms of authentic aid as an excuse to mix these goals with
population control (including abortion). In America, Planned Parenthood and other groups
have even funded forced sterilization against Americans (especially against black people via
the Negro Project) in order to decrease the world’s population in general. Another example
proving this threat is the U.S. sponsored NSSM 200 Document that calls for the
depopulation of Third World nations (including using food as a weapon to enact population. In
other words Henry Kissinger and others who help form NSSM 200 threaten Third World
nations to go along with depopulation plans or become restricted of food supplies to those
nations). This African experience is very well known for spreading all over the Earth. They did
these nefarious actions under the guise of improving the community, yet America hasn‘t
witness a radical amount of population growth at all (especially in the 20th century). I want to
do this, because this story is so often ignored in our society. Finally, more people are fixed on
the interesting story of Africa.

Genetically modified foods are a new threat in Africa as well as the world. GM
foods are praised by the establishment as a means to fight against world hunger.
Yet, many scholars and authors have written books and done speeches describing
the dangerous side effects of genetically modified foods in the world. One film
describing this issue is called “The World According to Monsanto.” Monsanto is
the Earth’s largest producer of genetically engineered products. This corporation
of Monsanto believe that its GM seeds and bovine growth hormone of BGH will
increase worldwide production of agricultural, dairy, meat, and Bt cotton and can
end world hunger (plus poverty). Monsanto made Agent Orange. The founder of
Monsanto is John Francis Queeny and he’s a Knight of Malta. Monsanto have used
chemicals that can poison our foods. The documentary exposes how Monsanto
uses pressure tactics in getting their agenda across that is dangerous for the
environment, etc. In Africa, agribusiness promote GM crops. The catch is that
these U.S./Western based “wonder crops” can control the property in Africa.

"Poor-washing" is the common public relations tactic of concealing bitterly unfair and
predatory trade policies that create and deepen hunger and poverty with clouds of hypocritical
noise about feeding the hungry and alleviating poverty. It's hard to imagine a better case of
media poor-washing than the hype around the recently announced $150 million "gifts" of the
Gates and Rockefeller Foundations to the cause of reforming African agriculture, feeding that
continent's impoverished millions and sparking an African "Green Revolution.” Also, world
agribusinesses like ADM, Cargill, Monsanto, etc. use pesticides and chemicals to
damage crops, make registration of crop varieties, and force farmers to pay
royalties to corporations (who own the genetic code of those crops). Until recent,
farmers in the developing world didn’t pay American agribusiness for anything
(when they planted, plowed, and harvested their lands). The end game of these
corporations is to not only control farms lands worldwide, it’s to control all of our food
supply with these genetically modified corps and terminator seed technologies into our food
chain. For example, Jeffrey Smith is an author who wrote a book entitled "Genetic Roulette."
It's a book that described nearly 65 risk factors of certain foods Americans eat every day.
Smith also refutes the notion that genetically modified foods are primarily safe. That's why an
increase amount of citizens are embracing organic foods and supplements plus vitamins.
That's why I'm against Codex, since it over regulates and in some cases bans vitamins and
supplement. America, especially the Third World, and other locations worldwide need
legitimate nutritution to build up the health of societies be apart of legitimate industralization
or development. I believe in heath freedom (i.e. individuals should rule over their
own health) and the existence of real competition without the control of Big Pharma or
the government most of the time.
The first far left image shows the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaton. He has a very
interesting history. He’s known for his monotheist worship of Aton as God.
The 2 other images are depictions of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. These men
are famous in the history of ancient Egypt.

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egypt consisted of a very advanced civilization. They had
hieroglyphics, science, mathematics, architecture, astronomy, law, and other confines of a
complex nation. The people of ancient Egypt were diverse from Black Africans, Semitic, and
other groups of people. Chamberlain says, "one of the prime reasons why no civilization of
the type of that of the Nile arose in other parts of the continent, if such a thing were at all
possible, was that Egypt acted as a sort of channel by which the genius of Negro-land was
drafted off into the service of Mediterranean and Asiatic culture…” The opinion of the
ancient writers on the Egyptians is more or less summed up by Gaston Maspero (1846–1916)
when he says,

"By the almost unanimous testimony of ancient historians, they [the Egyptians]
belong to an African race which first settled in Ethiopia on the Middle Nile:
following the course of the river they gradually reached the sea. Many of the leading
antiquarians of the time, based largely on the strength of what the classical authors,
particularly Diodorus Siculus and Stephanus of Byzantium, had to say on the
matter, were exponents of the view that the ancient Ethiopians, or at any rate, the
Black people of remote antiquity were the earliest of all civilized peoples and that
the first civilized inhabitants of ancient Egypt were members of what is refereed to
as the Black race who entered the country as emigrants from Ethiopia."

A similar culture and civilization and culture can be found in Nubia and ancient Ethiopia as
well. Nubia ironically has been called Ethoipia by the ancient world. "The Ethiopians (or Nubians)
conceive themselves," says Diodorus Siculus (Lib. III), "to be of greater antiquity than any
other nation; and it is probable that, born under the sun's path, its warmth may have ripened
them earlier than other men. They suppose themselves also to be the inventors of divine
worship, of festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifices, and every religious practice. They
affirm that the Egyptians are one of their colonies…” Ancient Nubia existed even before ancient
Egypt came about as a civilization. Nubia was the first major black civilization in world history. Nubia
or Kush has been called the land of Gold. Nubia and ancient Egypt fought various wars with each from
time to time, yet both countries had countries had peaceful coexistence for extended periods of time.
The Historian Michael Rice wrote about Nubia that: "...The Southern Kingdom, Upper Egypt,
was clearly conceived as the dominant of the two regions. It was from the south that the most
enduring influences in Egyptian society came and without doubt most of its greatest leaders
were southerners too. Through her long history Egypt constantly needed to return to the
south to refresh herself and to restore her institutions, even perhaps her soul, when the
weight of years or of external pressures laid too heavily upon her..."

The Neolithic period in the Nile Valley probably came from Sudan according to scholars. This period
was in ca. 4,000 B.C. There are rock reliefs showing scenes of a cattle cult. Megaliths discovered at
Nabta Playa are early examples of what seems to be one of the world's first astronomical devices, out
dating Stonehenge by several 1000 years. In 3,800 B.C., there was the A Group Culture in ancient
Nubia. Qustul in Nubia in 3300 B.C. was an unified Kingdom with many structures. Qustul was also
called Ta-Seti. Around the turn of the protodynastic period, Naqada, in its bid to conquer and unify the
whole Nile valley, seems to have conquered Ta-Seti (the kingdom where Qustul was located) and
harmonized it with the Egyptian state, and thus, it became the first nome of Upper Egypt. At the time
of the first dynasty, the A-Group area seems to have been entirely depopulated, most likely due to
immigration to areas west and south. The B Group came in Nubia in about in the early 28th century
B.C. Today most historians believe that B-Group was merely A-Group but far poorer. The causes of
this are uncertain, but it was perhaps caused by Egyptian invasions and pillaging that began at this
time. There were the C Group which flourished from ca. 2240 B.C. to ca. 2150 B.C. The C-Group is
known for its pottery having incised geometric lines with white infill (plus impression imitations of
basketry). Modern Nubia came about in ca. 2,000 B.C. being one of the advanced ancient black
civilizations in the world. Nubia is home to ebony, writings, trade, and other interesting components.
The people of Kerma organized thier Kingdom in Nubia as well. The Nubians regularly mixed with the
ancient Egyptians especially in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. The famous black Nubian King
Taharqa (he's mentioned in the Bible) ruled both Nubia and Egypt. Meroe (which existed from 800 BC
- ca. AD 350) lay on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near
Shendi, Sudan. Meroe is about ca. 200 km north-east of Khartoum. The queens of Meroe were called
Candaces. The Nubian Queen of Amentari and King Netek-amen worshipped the 3 headed lion deity
called Ampedak. The Nubians were known to defeat Alexander the Great and the Roman armies.
These Empires desired to conquer the land of Nubia, but they were unsuccessful.
 This is the image of members of the Punt civilization. The female on the center is
the Queen Aty, while her husband (who is on the far right) is the chief of Punt
named Parakhu. A very famous expedition was for Queen Hatshepsut in the 18th
dynasty (1473-1458 BC). It was formed of five ships, each measuring 70 feet long,
and with several sails. These accommodated 210 men, including sailors and 30
rowers, and was led by the Nubian general "Nehsi." They departed at Quseir on
the Red Sea for what was primarily a trading mission, seeking frankincense and
myrrh, and fragrant unguents used for cosmetics and in religious ceremonies. Later,
they brought back exotic animals, plants, ivory, and other resources into ancient
Egypt. Reliefs show the Punt people as black Africans and animals there like
hippopotamus, giraffes, etc. that live in Africa.

Ancient Ethiopia or Abyssinia have a interesting history. It's one of the most ancient countries in the
world. In 1,000 B.C., the region of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and southern Yemen traded with each other and
had a similar ethnic group. They were made up of Negriod and Semitic peoples. Southern Arabia was
also known for the Saba civilization with damns, artwork, etc. The Queen of Sheba from the Bible is
known as coming from this part of the world. She is called "black and comely" and had a relationship
with the Israelite King Solomon. Today, those in Ethiopia believe that Sheba and Solomon's
descendants are in the Royal family of Ethiopia. In that area of the world, they knew about astronomy
and other fields of human endeavors. They also worshipped celestial bodies including the sun plus the
moon. Punt was a famous country in Somalia. Punt traded with ancient Egypt and had black people
living there. Punt was called Pwene or Pwenet. It produced gold, aromatic resins, ebony, irony, African
blackwoods, etc. The earliest recorded ancient Egyptian expedition to Punt was organized by Pharaoh
Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty or in from ca. 2458 to 2446 B.C. In ca. 1950 B.C., Egyptian pharoah
Mentuhotep III lead an officer named Hannu to go voyagges into Punt. Some of the ancient Egyptians
view Punt as their ancestral homeland according to W. M. Flinders Petrie’s 1939 book called “The
Making of Egypt.“ In 2003 a newly discovered text was found in a tomb in El Kab, a small
town that is located about 50 kilometres south of Thebes. The tomb belonged to the local
governor, Sobeknakht II, and dates to the 17th dynasty (c.1600-1550 BC). The tomb’s
inscription described how Egypt was invasion ferociously by the forces of Kush and allies
form the south like Punt. This places the location of Punt in the Horn of Africa. Cheikh Anta
Diop, Walter Rodney, and other people have done wonders in discovering the real history of
Black People.

There was the D'mt cvilization in the 1st millennium B.C. Axum is the famous civilization in ancient
Ethiopia that most people understand. It began to be prominent in ca. the 1 century A.D. They even
conquered Nubia for a time. The King Ezana ruled Axum in the 4th century A.D. Christianity arrived in
Nubia and Axum early on. Ethiopia thrived even during the time of the growth of the imperialist Islamic
Empire and the European imperialists. Ethiopia resisted European imperialists for centuries. One
example is how they under King Menelik II defeated the Italians in the Battle of Adwa from 1896. Italy
and Ethiopia subsequently signed a temporary provisional treaty of peace on October 26, 1896. The
early twentieth century was marked by the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I, who came to power after
Iyasu V was deposed. It was he who undertook the modernization of Ethiopia, from 1916, when he
was made a Ras and Regent (Inderase) for Zewditu I and became the de facto ruler of the Ethiopian
Empire. The Papal fascist Benito Mussolini of Italy occupied Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. Halle
Selassie is the most famous Emperor in Ethiopia's history. He was born of parents from the 3 major
Ethiopian ethnicities of Ormo, Amhara, and Gurage. Ge'ez is alphabet in Ethiopia. Famous words in
Ethiopia for the cold zone is dega, for the hot zone is kolla, and Tsehay is for the sun. Ethiopia was
liberated by a combination of British Commonwealth forces and Ethiopian patriot forces. Today,
Ethiopia has tons of ethnic groups (like the Amhara, Gurage, Sidama, Afar, the Falasha or Beta Israel,
and the Tigray-Tigrinya peoples) and even a significant minority Muslim population. The Falasha are
some of the Lost Tribes of Israel who existed in Ethiopia.

“We are revolutionaries.”

“There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of
conscience.”

“No man can give anybody his freedom. A man is born free.”

“The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.”

 “We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.”

-The wisdom of Kwane Ture in his own words

I. The transatlantic slave trade was evil by any conceivable definition. It was influential in
history in defining much of the African experience. It was brutal, hateful, and
terroristic. It treated fellow human beings as less than human. Between 9.4 and 12 million Africans
traveled into North and South American during the slave trade according to many modern historians.
We mostly hear stories about the slaves traveling into America, which should be known about. Yet,
most of the African slaves traveled into places like Brazil, the Caribbean, and South America. Most of
the African slaves came from West and Central Africa (some even came from East Africa). Africans
and African Americans classify this injustice as Maafa or Holocaust or great disaster in Swahili. This
trade was inhuman and was apart of economic mercantilism. That system allowed slaves (which
suffered brutality that was too harmful for me to put into words) to travel into the Americas to give
crops like cotton and other foods to be traded into Europe. This economic system of the
Middle Passage or the Triangular Trade lasted for centuries. Now, slavery existed
for thousands of years before this event, but this information relates to African history. Many traitorous
Africans sold black slaves to Arabic people then centuries later to the Europeans. Europeans used
their African agents to get the slave trade going forth. This doesn’t mean that European Empires lack
the majority of responsibility for the slave trade. The European elite are mostly responsible for the
slave trade, so I want to make that clear. The 2 major eras of this trade are called the First and
Second Atlantic System. The First Atlantic System dealt with Portuguese and Spanish empire getting
African slaves from Africa to fund their empire. This was only a small percentage of all of the Atlantic
slave trade being only 3%. It started in the late 1400's and grew mightily by 1502. During this period
some of the Dutch, English, Spanish, and French traders worked in this trade as well. The Second
Atlantic system was of course dealing with English, Brazilian, French, and Dutch traders stealing
African people form their homeland and sending them into the Caribbean colonies, Brazil, and the rest
of North America. Even some Jewish people (mostly from Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, etc.) have a
role in the international slave trade that's even exposed in mainstream history. The slave trade
continued onward into the 19th century. The Native Americans suffering smallpox and population
depleted inspired the Europeans to increase the slave trade among African people. No one knows the
total dealt toll of the slave trade. Some believe that from 8 million to 16 million Africans dead in the
slave trade (which includes the procurement of slaves, storage, shipment, landing of people into the
new world). Slaves in the Americas were used to build up crops like sugar, cotton, tobacco, etc. in that
part of the war. Some of the profits from these crops aided the wars of the Seven Years' War in 1763,
etc. Many then and today apologize for slavery and the slave trade. They should. On
July 30, 2008, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution
apologizing for American slavery and subsequent discriminatory laws. The language
included a reference to the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and
inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow" segregation.” On June 18, 2009, The United
States Senate issued an apologetic statement decrying the "fundamental injustice,
cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery". The news was welcomed by President
Barack Obama, the nation's first President of African descent. Barack Obama (even
though I don’t agree with him on every issue) is certainly an inspiration to all people
that any human being regardless of what they are can achieve excellent
achievements in life.
The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The English settlers
treated these captives as indentured servants and released them after a number of years. As
English settlers died from harsh conditions more and more Africans were brought to work as
laborers. Africans for many years were similar in legal position to poor English indenturees,
who traded several years labor in exchange for passage to America. Africans could legally
raise crops and cattle to purchase their freedom. They raised families, marrying other
Africans and sometimes intermarrying with Native Americans or English settlers. By the
1640s and 1650s, several African families owned farms around Jamestown and some became
wealthy by colonial standards. By the 1700’s, more and more black people in America were
slaves in American colonies. Colonial history in America was filled with tragedy and fights
for freedom. John Casor was a black man in 1655 who was the first legally recognized slave
in the area that became the United States. In the Stono Rebellion, South Carolina slaves
gathered at the Stono River to plan an armed march for freedom. This occurred in
September 9, 1739. Rhode Island forbade the import of slaves in 1774. All of the
colonies except Georgia had banned or limited the African slave trade by 1786;
Georgia did so in 1798 - although some of these laws were later repealed. Vermont
in July 8, 1777 was the first state to passed a constitution that abolished slavery. The
First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia was organized under Andrew
Bryan in 1788. The abolitionist movement to end slavery exist among many races,
but black people took the lead. David Walker was a famous abolitionist. He express
the words of freedom and seeking liberty. Walker's "The Appeal to the Coloured
Citizens of the World," which was considered the most radical anti-slavery document
of its time. It aroused fear in Southern slave owners and caused a stir among slaves.
Slave rebellions were unsuccessful before the Civil War like the famous Nat Turner
rebellion in August of 1831. Slave revolts existed for centuries, because it was a
response against immoral oppression. Being uprooted from an entire Hemisphere
(and be eliminated of your name, culture, history, creed, etc.) and to suffer through
unspeakable acts aren’t NATURAL. You had to fight for freedom back then against
wicked imperialists. THAT IS PURELY NATURAL. RESISTANCE, REVOLT,
AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE ARE ALSO NATURAL REACTIONS. Black men
and Black Women fought for their liberation for thousands of years. Many rebellions
or revolts (These were freedom movements before the 1960’s) like the Denmark
Vessey Rebellion in South Carolina, Bussa’s liberty movement in the island of
Barbados from 1816, Africans fighting for liberty in 1820 inside of Belize, etc. Nat
Turner was captured in October 30, 1831. Nat Turner was hung in Jerusalem,
Virginia ironically in November 11, 1831. These liberation movements are regularly
suppressed by the establishment, because the establishment doesn’t want black
people to have that strong unity to make radical solutions in the world. That is why
the racists hate when black people show their real history to the world. They hate us.
Now, we shouldn’t present hate toward them. We should just promote a great bond
with our brothers and sisters. We should go out and promote our natural features
(including our natural culture) and our spiritual growth to inspire people. You
know where I’m going with this. For years, I have seen this evil war against Black
consciousness, especially in America via the media, Hollywood, TV, some books,
etc. Our people have inspired liberation for a very long time. You have the oligarchs
harming people worldwide (of many backgrounds. The oligarchs formed evils like
the Transatlantic slave trade, the feudal system, colonization of the world. This system
oppressed the poor of many ethnicities). That’s all the more reason in why we should
fight for the rights of black people and all oppressed people worldwide regardless of
their background. Yet, the racists today are trying to sugarcoat slavery and other
issues, so we shouldn’t fall for that trap. I’m old enough to fight back against the
tactics of reactionaries. Mainstream society in numerous times don’t want a black
man and a black woman to succeed in the world. The good news is that more and
more black men and black women are waking up. We will overcome challenges.

The Nat Turner rebellion occurred in Southampton County, Virginia where some of
my relatives live at to this day. Towns in Southampton County include Boykins
(which I’ve been to near North Carolina), Drewyville, Capron, Courtland, etc. I visit
Southampton County many times a year to meet up with my relatives. These places
are in the country where my kinfolks live at and I have mutual connections with
them. You know what I mean. Emporia is a city beyond Southampton, County.
Emporia is in Greenville County, Virginia where some of my relatives live in too.
I’ve been to Emporia to do certain activities. There is a lot of history there. People
on my father’s side have roots in Cape Charles as well. They lived in Northampton
County. My relatives on my father‘s side live in Virginia and in Baltimore as well. I
am a product of my father (who has an interest in history and theology with a strong
masculine personality) and mother (with an interest in sociology and theology with
a strong compassionate personality even back decades ago) in personality indeed.
My relatives tell stories about Nat Turner. There were Frederick Douglass (who
allows his son to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Douglas had a
correspondence with President Abraham Lincoln), Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner
Truth that worked in the Underground Railroad to free escaped slaves. Spirituals or
songs were common in the period of the 1800’s. They transpired not only as music
for confront over the trials and tribulations over life under slavery. They transpired
as code words for escaped slaves to find safe houses or other safe locations to go into
the North or Canada, where slavery was illegal. The Big Dipper or the North star
was a sign that slave utilized in escaping northward. Some slaves went into the
North and beyond into Canada. The descendants of those escaped slaves still live
throughout America and in Canada. There are countless other stories that depicted
human beings that stood tall against the dehumanizing evil of slavery plus the slave
trade. These men, women, and children helped to abolished slavery in America after
the Civil War ended.

It’s doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the camaraderie among many Native
Americans and African Americans in U.S. History. African Americans have united
with Native Americans for centuries. There are those who believe that African
peoples lived in the Americas before Columbus’ exploration. This is debated to this
day. Even Alex Haley in his tracking of his ancestor Kunte Kinte found out that he
had some Native American ancestors. Even Chris Tucker discovered this out of
having some Native American ancestry recently in his DNA test. Today, tons of
black Americans (that I know personally) have some Native American branches in
their family trees. The suffering of the Native American people are indescribable.
The imperialism, the labor exploitation, and theft of their land by many factions (not
just by Europeans) is an obviously unjustified occurrence. Black people took their
place in slavery in North America especially. There was always African/Native
American unity and connection in the 1500’s even. The first evidence of Native
American and African unity appears in a l503 communication to Spain's King Ferdinand
from Viceroy Nicolas de Ovando of Spain's headquarters on Hispaniola, now Haiti. Ovando
complained that his enslaved Africans "fled among the Indians and taught them bad customs
and never could be captured." In the last four words the governor is describing more than a
problem with untrustworthy servants or the difficulties of retrieving runaways in a rainforest.
This coalition grew new recruits each week. Back in the 1680’s, according to U.S.
anthropologist Richard Price (who lived among and recorded the origins of the
Sarmaka nation) found that the Saramaka combined with African people. Slave revolts
were supported by numerous Native Americans. Dr. Carter G. Woodson (who is the
father of modern Black history research) in 1920 wrote that research in the
Black/Indian arena was lacking plus that slaves "found among the Indians one of their
means of escape." The British and the Spanish leaders tried to divide black people and
Native Americans, but this was mostly unsuccessful. It’s clear to see that African Americans
and Native Americans have a bond of fighting against tyranny and working together in the
Americas. This history is very overlooked back then. Now, it isn’t.

II. Black people in the Caribbean have made great contributions in human history. On
my
mother's side, I have some Caribbean ancestry from the West Indies. There is
the great Trinidadian author C.L.R. James born. Shirley Chisholm, who was the first
African American nominee for the Presidency is of Caribbean descent. Now, the Caribbean is a vast
region that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean. It's fully of over 7,000 islands,
islets, reefs, and cays. The Caribbean is caused Caraibe in French and the Caribe in the Spanish
language. Native American are the original settlers in the Caribbean Islands and countries. Hispaniola
had human settlement in 3600 B.C. The earliest dates in the Lesser Antilles are from 2000 BCE in
Antigua. A lack of pre-ceramic sites in the Windward Islands and differences in technology suggest
that these Archaic settlers may have Central American origins. The Carib speaking and Arawak
speaking groups lived in Trinidad. There were the Taino tribes in the Greater Antilles, the
Bahamas, and the Leeward Island. The Taino were known for being of course in Puerto Rico
as well. The Papal imperialist Christopher Columbus (with Knights Templar crosses on his
ships) came into Bahamas, he met the Taino tribes, and he visited Hispaniola. Columbus did
this under the Spanish crown to get gold and other resources. There were small resources of
gold, but not much. Spanish imperialists would import African slaves in order to get
resources. They soon claimed the entire Caribbean, yet settled in the islands of Puerto Rico,
Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Hispaniola (which consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
The Spanish Empire soon declined, so other European powers took over areas of the Caribbean. In
the 1600's, the British started to colonize Bermuda, the Bahamas (the English admiral William
Penn seized Jamaica in 1655 and it was under British rule for over 300 years), and other places. Haiti
was ruled by France. Even the Dutch took over many islands like Tobago, St. Croix, Tortola, Aruba,
etc. The imperialism in the Caribbean develop the European lust for sugar crops and the growth of the
slave trade. The oppression in the Islands caused of course wars and rebellions. Haiti fought for their
independence and it was the first name to achieve independence in the Caribbean in 1791. A slave
rebellion that became the Haitian Revolution under the leadership of Toussaint l'Ouverture established
Haiti as a free, black republic by 1804. Haiti became the world's oldest black republic, and the second-
oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. The remaining two-thirds of
Hispaniola were conquered by Haitian forces in 1821. In 1844, the newly-formed Dominican Republic
declared its independence from Haiti. Other nations gained independence from European nations in
the 19th century. To this day, some states in Caribbean are controlled by European powers. There
has been the recent January 2010 Earthquake of Haiti (whose capital is Port au
Prince) where over 500,000 people possibly have died. It’s a very catastrophic quake
with a 7.0 on the Richter scale. Folks from America, the UK, Germany, China, and
nations all of the world are trying to send relief efforts into Haiti. The magnitude of
the disaster is incredible incalculable to describe. Doctors without Borders wants
infrastructure to be built along with rescue workers to find survivors in the huge
rubble inside of Haiti. That’s a legitimate action to take since assistance is always a
necessity to help our human beings in a meaningful fashion. A large Haitian
community exists in America, so many Haitian Americans are trying to contact their
realities in Haiti to see if they are fine or not. Haiti have been plagued with huge
poverty. We should hope that Haiti will be much better than it is now. It’s also
important to give a massive amount of aid to people who need it in Haiti. The world
is starting to respond to cries of help from the great nation of Haiti. We shouldn’t
stop with humanitarian aide until Haiti is definitely on its feet again.
The 2 people above are of course Bob Marley and the great track star Veronica
Campbell-Brown. Both people are from Jamaica. The Monroe doctrine influenced that
part of the world, because that Doctrine says that Europe shouldn't have undue influence in the
Western Hemisphere. It was invented by President James Monroe in the early 1800's. American
leaders feared that the Jesuits and other European powers were attempting to re-colonize America
(which in some ways are occurring now covertly). The West Indies are a major region in the
Caribbean as well. There were Spanish colonists in the region and African slaves that arrived there
mostly from 1500 to 1800. Black slaves came primarily from West Africa (like the Kongo, the Ashante
of Ghana, the Mende of Liberia, the Igbo [including the Yoruba and Akan] of Nigeria, and immigrants
(from Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Denmark). The majority of the Caribbean are
made up of black people (even though Hispanic people, Asians, English, French, Portuguese,
Chinese, and Indian people live in the Caribbean) in the region that once were colonized by the
English, French, and the Dutch. The Spanish speaking Caribbean people are made up Africans,
Europeans, and Hispanic people. Hispanic people aren’t a race per se. They are an ethnic group with
Native American, European, and African heritage. Puerto Rico has a mixture of African people, Native
Americans, Europeans, etc. Stokely Carmichael is a famous civil rights leader who have ancestors
from the Caribbean. He stood with Dr. Martin Luther King and soon believed in self defense. Today,
the Caribbean has made great strides and many problems like us Americans have.
 The sisters to the left are regular Black Afro-Latino women enjoying themselves. The
Afro-Latino sister to the right is named Alexandra Ocles Padilla and she’s from
Ecuador. She’s a great leader and an excellent writer. She is an inspirational Black
Woman indeed.

III. Black people in Latin America, Mexico, and South America have a huge history. It can take
books and books of information to describe the whole history of the Black experience in Latin
America, but here is summary of these gems of history. There are black people living in
Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and all over South America too. Being black isn’t nationality
limited for Black people exist globally. That is why numerous Latino people are cousins literally to
Black people. Some Latino people are Black people. Hispanic people have a magnificent and inspiring
history in their own right. The Hispanic culture is a beautiful culture. Hispanic people I come in contact
with are very nice, loving people. Soledad O’Brian is showing the CNN’s special called “Latino in
America” that outlines the diversity, yet unity of the Latino population in the United States of America.
In Colombia there are black people. Some existed in the nation as slaves in the 1500's. African slaves
worked on gold mines, sugar cane plantations, cattle ranches, and large haciendas. This was
immoral. Colombia banned slavery in 1851. African Colombians today are
prominently situations in Colombia's urban centers. There was an eugenics plan in
trying to use the Spanish mestizaje plan to get rid of black people genetically from Colombia. It didn't
work. Not until 1991, after a very strong popular struggle, did the new Colombian Constitution give
Afro-Colombians the right to collective ownership of traditional Pacific coastal lands, and special
cultural development protection. Today, discrimination against black Colombians exist just like in
America. Edgar Renteria is a famous major league baseball player being a black man. Joe Arroyo is
one of the top Salsa soloists of all time. Dating back to his days in the city of Cartagena, the city of
escaped slaves, he started singing in church choirs and in nightclubs. He provides a fusion of sorts in
his music by incorporating sounds of Cumbia, Soca and Zouk which ends up having a very Caribbean
sound. Joe Arroyo sings songs deal with the struggles in life and of his black heritage. Senator Piedad
Cordoba is the highest ranking Afro-Colombian Congress person. He promotes equal rights for many
people. Plan Colombia is an "anti-drug" campaign supported by America that some criticize as
negatively effecting the black community in Colombia. In this plan, homes have been destroyed and
people have suffered. Of course, I reject the Drug war.

These are more Afro-Latinos living in the 21st century. The person on the left a
musician named Seu Jorge Coachella and the person on the right is named
Melissa Desousa.

There are blacks in Ecuador. Afro-Ecuadorians are well known. Augustin Delgado is a top soccer
player from Ecuador. The blacks in Venezuela are very African conscious with their magazine called
Africanias. Many black Venezuelans are in top positions of their government, but inequalities exist
there. They live heavily on the coast. Barlovento is the Black Mecca for Venezuela. Black heritage
reigns in Barlovento such as Esmereldas in Ecuador and Choco in Colombia. The Venezuelan African
community in Barlovento hosted the Second International reunion of the Latin African Family in 1999
with reps coming from Puerto Rico right down to Argentina. The Africans in Venezuela are now
playing a prominent role on the international stage whereas previously, they were unseen (with people
like Oscar D'Leon and others). Even the controversial leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has some
Afro-Venezuelan heritage. Of course, I don’t agree with his promotion of the new world order or his
alliance with the Pope. Blacks live in Belize and Guatemala. Guatemala is the most populous nation in
Central America. The Afro-Dominican Ensemble KumbaCarey has been celebrating the culture
of Afro-Dominican people. This group wants to preserve the African heritage in Dominican
culture in their performances of traditional rhythms. They recreate the rhythms of Palos,
Congos, Bambula, Machaco, Mangulina, and Carabine, as well as Merengue and Gaga. They
are directed by master dancer Pedro Raposo and master percussionist Alexander Callendar,
and have performed at colleges and festivals across the country. The Dominican Republic
was visited by the imperialist Christopher Columbus. It was occupied by both Spanish and
French colonists. It became independent by the time of February 27, 1844. According to a
study by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, about 90% of the contemporary Dominican
population has West African ancestry to varying degrees. U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
led members of the Congressional Black Caucus in a nationally televised town hall
discussion in Colombia with President Alvaro Uribe to promote real equality and liberty
among Afro-Columbian people. "[Afro-descendants] can see what the outside world is doing.
That's caused a consciousness where they say, ‘We can do it, too,' '' says Meeks, who is also
working with blacks in Peru and Bolivia. "They can see what the civil-rights movement did
in the United States and know that they have the ability to benefit also."

There has been Black people living in Mexico then and now in the 21st century. It’s also
true to mention that Spaniards and the Portuguese had their evil slave international trade
even before the English did (The Spaniards and the Portuguese had it as early as the late
1400‘s). There was the free pueblo of Africans in the Western Hemisphere in Vera Cruz,
Mexico (It was formed by Yanga, who was an African person). Even in 1811, the
partially African Jose Morelos led a Black army brigade to help fight for Mexican
independence against Spanish imperialists. Even in 1855, more than 4,000 runaway
slaves were helped by Mexicans in Texas to escape and find freedom in Mexico. The
Underground Railroad therefore extended north into Canada and south into Mexico.
Vicente Ramon Guerrero was a famous Mexican (of partial Black African descent) that
won many battles to fight for Mexican independence too. Black Mexicans fought and
defeated the French during the Civil war in the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. This
victory is now called Cinco de Mayo. So, black people fought for the liberty rights in
Mexico. Some of this stuff I’m starting to learn about for the first time in my life. In 1866,
Mexican President Benito Juarez confirmed an 1851 land grant giving Black people in
Mexico a sizeable place of refuge at Nascimiento. Benito Juarez is one of the greatest
Mexican Presidents in history. He believed in equality and wanted nationalism for his
Mexican people. Benito Juarez was a full-bloodied Native American. You judge a person
by their character and not what a human being looks like physically. So, a real black
person would never hate another ethnic group, but he or she will always love the legacy
and the composition of their own black heritage. Certainly, more and more brothers and
sisters are having a higher level of consciousness and connections with Black people in
the world over (especially in the 21st century). This consciousness isn’t new, but it
transpired many centuries ago.

Black people in Brazil is very interesting to know about. Learning this part of history is like opening a
new chapter in understanding our brothers and sisters in the world over. They are more black people
in Brazil than they are in America. They are called Afro-Brazilian or African Brazilian. Some estimate
as of 2005, that there are 91 million black Brazilians in Brazil. Most Brazilians are descended or
related to African slaves. Some in the Brazilian government promote affirmative action program to
sections of Black Brazilians and Native Americans that live there. Discrimination occur there just like
in America against Black people. According to Ribeiro, then, when black Brazilians start to be
part of the wealthier classes, through social democracy, the racial democracy will be possible
in Brazil. Today, African Americans in North America have inspired some Brazilians to
promote causes to affirm their black identity (yet, black Brazilians have always affirmed their
heritage for years before any North American influence though. So, I want to make that
clear). There is the Black Movement of Brazil group. The Portuguese trade African slaves to
work the sugar plantations in ca. 1550. Slavery was a big part of the Brazilian economy centuries ago.
Over 1,720,000 people came into Brazil from 1761-1829. The Africans sent by force into Brazil came
from the West African and Bantu peoples mostly. West Africans include the Yoruba, the Igbo, the
Fon, the Ashanti, etc. They were sent into Bahia in a large scale. The Bantus include people from
Angola, Congo, and Mozambique. The Bantus were heavily sent into Rio de Janeiro, Minas gerais,
and northeastern Brazil. The Victorian Evangelical group of politicians called the
Clapham sect influenced Brazil to end slavery by May 13, 1888. This is
called Lei Aurea or the Golden Law. Some of the Portuguese used the African women as
concubines, etc. Stronger black influence in Brazil live on the coast. Some blacks moved into the
interior of Brazil to met with the Native Americans and the Mameluco. African slaves invented a form
of martial artists called Capoeria. You use kicks and other defense mechanism against an opponent.
Some move counter clockwise in their movements as well. Abdias Do Nascimento is a famous
Brazilian black man who wrote a book called "Brazil Mixture Or Massacre." It exposes the
physical and cultural the genocide of numerous black people in Brazil. Some may disagree
with parts of the book, but there is nothing wrong with promoting the determination and
liberty of black people and all people in Brazil. The good news is that many black people in
Brazil plus the world over is fighting against discrimination and other evils in Brazil then and
now. Famous black Brazilians are Seu Jorge, Daiane dos Santos (who is a famous and
successful female gymnast), Milton Nescient (who is a songwriter and singer), the
great soccer player Pele, the black actress of Sandra de Sa, Taís Araújo. etc.
All of these words are from the strong Brother Dr. Martin Luther King: “Power, properly
understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about
social, political or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary
in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of
history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites.
…What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that
love without power is sentimental and anemic. …There is nothing essentially wrong with
power. The problem is that in America power is unequally distributed.” (Where Do We
Go, p. 37).

“Black Power is a call for the pooling of black financial resources to achieve economic
security. …If Black Power means the development of this kind of strength within the
Negro community, then it is a quest for basic, necessary, legitimate power. Finally,
Black Power is a psychological call to manhood.” (Where Do We Go, p. 38).

“Black is beautiful and as beautiful as any other color. When we believe that, this is
something very necessary, this is something very constructive and very creative. So, the
concept of Black Power is something we are certainly able to understand and accept. …So as
we talk about power, we must always see power as the right use of strength.” ((SCLC Staff
retreat, Frogmore, SC, 11/14/66).
IV. The ending of colonization for Africa increased after the end of WWII. Ghana for thousands of
years had trade roots, courts, and other fields of advanced civilization. Even in the 12th century,
Ghana's wealth were eclipsed by Mali to the north. In the 1600's, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
effected Ghana in a higher level. The Europeans lusted after the gold and the people in the coast of
West Africa. This is where the nickname of the Gold Coast originated from. The Ashante tribe
united as a bulwark against European imperialists. Those individuals in Ghana united under Osei tutu
who ruled from a golden stool in he capital city of Kumasi in the early 1700's. They had guns and
made their mark. The Fante worked with the Europeans and the economy of the Asante plus other
coastal kingdoms were depleted drastically. The Asante fought the British during the era of the
Industrial Revolution since the British wanted to use rail transport to get into the interior of Africa more
effectively. The Berlin Conference of 1884 divided Africa, but the Europeans disagreed with other on
how to get that division accomplished. Wars occurred and independence movements for Ghana and
the rest of Africa existed. Kwane Nkrumah was a gifted Ghanaian student. He studied in London
during the 1940's. Even back in 1945, he worked with W.E.B. DuBois to institute the Fifth Pan African
Conference. This allowed and inspired many courageous, young African intellectuals to promote the
cause of liberation of African people from the imperialists and to cooperate for the benefit of all. By
1948, Nkrumah went home in Ghana to protest the British rule of his nation. Nkurumah earned
degrees. He was so smart that he was called the “Most Oustanding Professor of the Year” by the
Lincoln University newspaper back in 1945. He earned degrees at Lincoln Univeristy and
Pennsylvania University. He went into London to fight for the independence of Africa. Nkrumah was a
brother that screamed for liberty for our people. He said that: “…all men of goodwill, organize,
organize, organize. We prefer self-government in danger, to servitude in
tranquility. Forward ever, backward never…” He was jailed by the British
imperialists for just trying to call for real independence. When he was the Prime
Minister of Ghana, he made great achievement. He made the Akosomobo Dam to give
electricity to both Ghana and other states in Africa. He increased waged and created
more jobs. He broke the monopoly of multinational corporations in the Ghanaian
economy. He built new hospitals and pipe-borne water. He promoted free basic
education for all children in Ghana by abolishing school fees at this level. He built
universities. The list goes on and on of Ghanaian contributions in world history.

Ghana gained its own independence in 1957. Ghana was the first sub-Saharan nation
that broke free from Europe. Kkrumah was the leader in Ghana from 1961 to
1965. Nkrumah’s 1965 book called “Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of
Imperialism” accused the CIA of being a main strike force behind the former
colonial powers. He tried to create a form of socialism, but a military coup ousted him. William
Blum in his book “Killing Hope” said that the CIA had involvement in the coup of February 1966 (CIA
agent John Stockwell admitted CIA complicity in order for the West to control the independent nation
of Ghana). Nkrumah wasn’t perfect (later, he had unrealistic and huge taxation and economic chaos
came about), but the legitimate policies of this leader should be respected. Too much reliance on the
West for aid have caused Ghana many large debts owed to the World Bank and the IMF. The World
Bank and the IMF are known for using debts as an excuse to further control many nations, especially
those in the Third World. Nkrumah wanted a unified group of African nations to improve Africa. He
was an architect of the OAS or the Organization of African States. Of course, I don't agree with
globalist institutions. A famous Ghanaian is Kofi Annan, who was the ex-Secretary General of the
United Nations. Annan is a new world order puppet and his relatives have ties to Freemasonry. So, we
respect the Ghanaian independence as an inspiration that real changes can still occur in the world.
V. Not that many people realize that Black people have had a crucial history in Canada spanning
numerous centuries. The African Canadian population have come from across the world from
America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, South America, etc. From British Columbia to Nova
Scotia, black history in Canada is widespread and it ought to be known. In 1605, Mathieu Da
Costa is considered the first Black person to set foot in Canadian soil. Costa was a
free man and he was a hired translator for Samuel de Champlain’s 1605 excursion. Even with
Canada’s history, slavery unfortunately existed in Canada for a time. An African (who was given the
name of Olivier Le Jeune) was enslaved by many people like Sir David Kirke and Jesuit Paul Le
Jeune. By May 1, 1689, Louis XIV permitted slavery in the West Indies (among Black People
and Pawnee Native Americans). Kings of France authorized slavery in New France, which
included Canada in that time of 1709. Many black people tried all they could to be free from
the evil of slavery. Marie-Joseph Angelique in the Spring of 1734 was tortured and hanged. She was
accused of setting fire to her owner’s home in order to cover her escape (she was accused of
destroying almost 50 homes as well). The British soon ruled Canada by 1760 and stated that blacks
and Pawnee Native Americans would remain slaves in the Articles of Capitulation. The American
Revolution allowed many black people to fight for the British in promises of freedom. In many cases,
the British lied and many blacks remained slaves after the British lose the Revolutionary War. Some
100,000 black people fled into the British side during the Revolutionary War (under the
encouragement of freedom by British Commander in Chief Sir Guy Carleton and Sir Henry Clinton
back in 1777). There were a corp of free Blacks fighting in the Revolutionary War called the Black
Pioneers.

During the Revolutionary War, Free Blacks traveled into Nova Scotia as a safe haven. The famous
Black Loyalist from Virginia David George preached in Nova Scotia back in 1784 to both white and
black audiences. Even in Nova Scotia, discrimination against black people continued and a riot came
up in July 26-27 called the Birchtown riot (when blacks just wanted to accept work at rates competitive
with their white neighbors). Some black went into Sierra Leone to escape the discrimination in Nova
Scotia. Canadians were shocked over the Cooley case where an enslaved girl from Queenstown was
beaten by her own and sold into an America. This caused Lieutenant Governor Simcoe to call for the
abolition of slavery in Candad. Slavery was gradually abolished in Canada by 1793. Black people in
about 600 landed in Halifax from Jamaica to escape slavery. The Underground Railroad was famous
for allowing black people to go into Canada as a safe haven. By August 28, 1833, Britain abolished
slavery in all of its lands including Canada. Blacks in Canada like in Toronto worked with American
blacks (plus others) to end slavery in the U.S. Henry Bibb chaired the famous September 10, 1851
North American Convention of Colored Freemen. After the Civil War, Mifflin Gibbs was
elected as the first black politician in Canada (as apart of the Victoria Town Council) in
1866. Anderson Abbot became Canada's famous Black physician in 1861. He received the
appointed aide-de-camp of the New York Commanding Officers Dept., the highest military
honor bestowed to that time on a Black person in North America. Black Canadians served in
WWI and WWII. The Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
(NSAACP) united civil rights forces. The NSAACP supported a black woman from Halifax
named Viola Desmond. She was arrested for sitting in a “White only” section even though
she was willing to buy the more expensive ticket. Caribbean festivals are still held in Toronto
since all part of the Canadian West Indian population resides in the greater Toronto area. A
black woman named Michaëlle Jean was sworn in as Canada's first Black governor general in
September 27, 2005. Canadian history is very interesting and vital to comprehend. It’s apart
of world history too. Canada is a wonderful, beautiful piece of land with tons of humble
people.
VI. The black presence in Britain or the United Kingdom have existed for thousands
of years. During the ages of the Roman conquest of Britain, some Black troops were
sent into the province of Britannia and some were in other locations. In the 2nd and
3rd centuries, Roman soldiers of African origin served in Britain, and some stayed
after their military service ended. According to the historians Fryer, Edwards and
Walvin, in the 9th century Viking fleets raided North Africa and Spain, captured
Black people, and took them to Britain and Ireland. The Moors were common in
Europe as well. The Moors came from Spain and were made up of many ethnic
groups. In the late Middle Ages, the black presence in Britain increased. The British
was one of the leaders in the evil international slave trade as well. British leaders
organized their part in the slave trade in the 1500’s. Millions of Africans were stolen
from Africa and sent into the Americas. This is apart of the Black Diaspora. Some of
the enslaved Africans including their children plus grandchildren went into Britain
as well. Some slave-owners brought slave into Britain to work as servants. Black
people were sold in British ports as well. 1593. An African named Cornelius has
been recorded in London in 1593. Francis Williams was born in 1700 who was of
Jamaican descent. He studied at Cambridge University and he ran a school in
Spanish Town. King James IV (1473-1513) had black people back then utilized as
servants. King James IV wanted to see a black baby as well. Many Europeans (not
all) back then exploited black people as objects or items instead of treating black
people as full human beings. Some of them were invited guests or musicians. In
1764, for example, the Gentleman's Magazine estimated that 20,000 Black people
lived in London, a figure accepted by the anti-slavery campaigner Granville
Sharp. Olaudah Equiano is a famous black British leader who opposed slavery
and desired education in society. After, the UK abolished slavery, black people
continued to fight for equality and freedom. Even in the 1919 Paris Peace
Conference, the British refused to accept the Racial Equality Proposal made by the
Japanese (at the insistence of Australia). David Pitt was a black man in Britain
during 1975 that brought a new voice to the House of Lords. Pitt condemned
racism and wanted equality for all residents in Britain. Later, 4 black people were
elected in the Parliament. In the end of the 1990’s, there are about a half of million
black Londoners. In the UK total, there is about 1,448,000 black people in Britain.
Caribbean and African cultural influences are in the Black UK community indeed.
The Crimean war nurse Mary Seacole is a famous Black Briton (She has been voted
the greatest Black Briton). Sir Trevor McDonald is a black famous journalist, who
was born in Trinidad. The black woman named Shirley Bassey is the UK's most
successful female artist of all time. Valarie Amos became the first black woman
cabinet minister and the first black woman to become the leader of the House of
Lords. The lesson here is that fundamentally, black people’s struggle for dignity
and equality in the world is a human struggle. If a human regardless of his or her
background is depleted of their liberties, it’s a threat against all of our freedoms.
All people have a right to live in their own lives and have that basic incorporation
of true liberty in their lives.
The image of the left is a black person in India. The young girl on the right is a
young black Siddi girl living in India for real. So, the Black presence in India
have existed for thousands of years.

VII. There is even an black/Indian friendship that has spread among a long time. I know
what you’re thinking. Aren’t there tension among both peoples? There are among a
small minority, but it’s also true that black culture and Indian culture have all been a
great blessing among the human race. This doesn’t mean we ignore the bigoted caste
system in some parts of India or the oppression occurring in India. We shouldn’t ignore
at all. We should expose and oppose it. Now, there are even newer and deadlier Hindu
extremist groups. They claim to be breakaway faction of the RSS (which is the most
influential Hindu Extremist organization). These new Hindu extremists are called
Abhinav Bharat (Pride of India), the Rashtriya Jagran Manch (National Revival
Forum), the Sri Ram Sene (Army of god Rama), the Hindu Dharam Sena (Army for
Hindu Religion) and the Sanatan Sanstha (Eternal Organization) These criminals have
launced violent attacks on Christians and Muslims, who are minorities in India. The
Sri Ram Sene have attacked Christians and their property in and around
Mangalore city in the southern state of Karnataka in August-September 2008. In
Jabalpur city in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, suspected extremists from the
Abhinav Bharat attacked the Rhema Gospel Church on Sept. 28, according to the
Global Council of Indian Christians. They had earlier attacked Pastor Sam Oommen
and his family in the same city on Aug. 3. So, these extremists are evil and are an
enemy. People have the right to embrace religious liberty without violence. I didn’t want
to mention hate in this instance. I wanted to show historical truths, so in the coming
years and decades folks can realize that many black people and Indian people hold each
other in great respect and honor. Scholars believe that black people lived in India
during the old Mohenjo-Daro civilization in ca. 2500 B.C. Migrations of black Africans
coming into India for centuries afterward as well. Even the BBC mentioned that: “…Sea
trade between east and southern Africa, and Gujarat in India was established more than
2,000 years ago…” One modern African culture in India is called the Sidis. "The damaal
comes from Africa," explains Yunus, a blind man who is the chief drummer of Jambur.
"The skill of playing has been passed down from father to son. It is a gift from God," he
says. People in Jambur are Sufi Muslims who love to use drums and dance in their
worship services.
South Africa is another example of how oppression should be opposed in any time. Southern Africa
have people fighting for their liberty as well. As numerous scholars realize, the Bantu tribes mostly
lived in this region of Africa. There were the King of the Methethwa being defeated in
battle (whose name was Dingiswagyo. His stalwart lieutenant was Shaka Zulu). They were
a branch of the Ngoni speakers of the Bantu people. The Bantu people migrated from West Africa into
South Africa over the span of thousands of years. They were a very peaceful people. Conflicts came
when fertile became dry. The conquered Methethwa people were and are called the Zulu. The
Dutch even in 1652 landed on the southernmost point of Africa (called the
Cape of Good Hope today). The Dutch East India Company did this to create a settlement of
supply station for trading ships (to go into Asia by way of the African coast. The Suez canal wasn't
formed yet). The Dutch raised cattle and crops. They contacted the indigenous people of the Khiokoi
and the San. Some of the Dutch colonists used enslaved Africans and Asians on their farms. Some
used their sons to own a 6,000 acre lot with acquired forced labor to work. Later, Holland turned the
settlement over to Britain. Britain banned slavery in 1832, so the Dutch went into the "open land." Long
wagon trains of Dutch settlers came out. They pushed north and the Zulu pushed south. Soon, they
were headed towards each other. Shaka Zulu used new weapons, training, tactics, and military
organization to defeat his adversaries. His enemies fled him or absorved into the Zulu. Shaka formed
Zululand as a huge expanding Kingdom by 1828 (after 10 years of hardcore fighting). Shaka wanted
to touch European settlements. Shaka contacted traders already. He allowed them into Zululand with
strict supervision. Shaka ultimately wanted access to European trade goods and access to their
weaponry plus military knowledge. Shaka was such a genius that the British would use his ideas in
WWI and the Germans in WWII. Shaka was assassinated in 1828 by his brother in support of other
commanders. One can only wonder what would of happened if Shaka reached the Europeans and
advanced his technology even greater. His brother, Dingane, was no match for the Dutch who
defeated him decisively at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. Soon, the Europeans expanded all over
the South African coast. They competed for resources like diamonds. Britain wanted a piece of the
action in South Africa because diamonds were discovered in the 1870's and gold was found in the
1880's. The British and the Boers (or Dutch people living in South Africa) competed for resources and
land in the region. Therefore, Britain fought with the Dutch when the UK went in the interior of South
Africa. The British was victorious in 3 years. By 1945, South Africa was granted independence as a
country. The country was ruled by a small white minority. The evil of apartheid laws came about in
1948. This made racial discrimination a reality in every aspect of society even in the constitution of the
country. Bigtory in apatheid existed in many formats. For example, The Prohibition of Mixed
Marriages Act of 1949 prohibited marriage between persons of different races and the
Immorality Act of 1950 made sexual relations with a person of a different race a criminal
offence. In reality, a person should marry who they want to. There have been peaceful methods
to obtain justice. Black Africans, white Africans, Dr. Martin Luther King, and even Robert Kennedy
opposed apartheid heavily in the 1960's. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote (in his book, entitled, “Where
do we go from here: Chaos or Community”) about this apartheid that: “…The classic example
of organised and institutionalised racism is the Union of South Africa. Its national policy and
practice are the incarnation of the doctrine of white supremacy in the midst of a population
which is overwhelmingly Black. But the tragedy of South Africa is virtually made possible by
the economic policies of the United States and Great Britain, two countries which profess to
be the moral bastions of our Western world." Nelson Mandela in the 1960's was the leader of an
armed struggle to make changes in South Africa. He was captured and imprisoned in 1964. He won't
be released until decades later. The indigenous population was ultimately corralled into horrendous
slums ("townships") in the cities and banished to largely infertile, resource-deprived areas of the
countryside (or "bantustans").

Later, all of the adjacent European colonies gained their independence. In the early 1980s, the elite in
South Africa repeatedly offered to release Nelson Mandela if he renounced armed struggle. Mandela
refused to do so. Parliamentary opposition of apartheid was galvanised by Helen Suzman,
Colin Eglin and Harry Schwarz. People in South Africa suffered tragedies and deaths as well.
Apartheid was so evil that America and other nations worldwide issued a boycott against South Africa
(of all economic activities). In 1988, a combined force of Angolans, Namibians, South African freedom
fighters and thousands of Cuban soldiers decisively defeated a large South African force. In 1990,
Mandela was released without any precondition. The world celebrated. Soon, blacks were allowed to
vote, enter the political process, and Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa. Mandela
(who was award the Knight of the St. John of Jerusalem. Obviously, I don‘t agree with the agenda of
the Knights of the St. John of Jerusalem) was the first black President of South Korea. Mandela lead
his political party called the ANC or the African National Congress. During that period, though, in an
attempt to divide and still rule, some in the white minority encouraged the Zulu to engage in violent
conflict with other indigenous peoples. That has since stopped and Mandela has passed on the
leadership to Thabo Mbeki. South Africa and its neighbors are the world's leaders in the source of
gold, diamonds, platinum, uranium, copper, manganese, chrone, and other minority. South Africa has
a AIDS problem, but in struggle, improvement can come in South Africa. African Americans in recent
years have visited South Africa in high numbers to have a vacation and participate in programs to
improve the conditions in the continent of Africa. South Africa is a land that all people have a right to
live in and respect.
African leaders today exist all of the time like Genevieve Nnaji, Dr. Precious Moloi-
Motsepe, Femi Kut, Judge Mumba, Thandi Haruperi, and the actress Genevive Nnaji,
other human beings. Genevive Nnaji is form the nation of Nigeria. She promotes fashion
too. She grew up in the commercial capital of Nigeria called Lagos. There is the artist Dawn
Okoro that captures the essence of womanhood. She utilized vivid colors in order to
create fluid paintings. She drew images since she was young. Namibia is a nation that has
a President and its framework is a democratic Republic. There is a multiparty system. The
President of Namibia is elected to a 5 year term and is both of the head of the state and
the head of the government. Their legislative branch is vested among the government,
the bicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, and the National Council. The judiciary
is independent of the executive and the legislative branches. Professor Amos Sawyer said
that the youth leadership in Africa is necessary to “achieve the dream of making the 21st
century the African century.” Real political and economic reforms are needed for Africa
to achieve its real potential as well. African American leaders are abundant today as well.
 Black Culture is still strong in the world. The Black Family will exist here and
forever.
Today, Africa is in a crossroads. Many places in Africa are growing economically and some are
suffering heavily. The African journey isn't limited to Africa since that journey is made manifest
globally. Black Americans have made great contributions, but still a lot is still needed to improve our
communities. The CNN documentary "Black in America" lists the hopes, problems, contributions, and
struggle of black Americans. It was hosted by CNN's Soledad O'Brian, who is partially black herself. A
lot of other documentaries have done the same like "Eyes on the Prize." There are good news in the
world as well. An Ethiopian native named Alfa Demmellash lives in America. Alfa fled Addis
Ababa into America when she was 2 years old. She is helping low income entrepreneurs in
New Jersey. Many of them are people of color or African Americans, immigrants, the poor, etc.
Now, these businesses are growing. Her nonprofit group is called "Rising Tide Capital," which
provided training and support to more than 250 individuals. Most of these people are single mothers.
Robin Mum is a woman who runs a flower shop in Jersey City that improve her business output with
the skills that she learned through Demmellash. Kim Bratten, a 39-year-old painter and mother of six,
says she's seen her yearly income increase by 50 percent since she started working with Demmellash
and her team. "They put hope back into the community," Bratten says. Some people are fighting to
help poor and minority citizens to enrich their lives with a just and fruitful education. There is a person
who is named Steve Perry. He is the founder and principal of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School
in Hartford, Connecticut. He wants solutions in the black community including fighting for
improvements in education. He says that his program sent 100 percent of their graduates into the
college of their choice. That’s an amazing achievement indeed. They work with poor students and
some of them are the first generation of their families that attend college. He help to create other
programs like college preparation via a 6 week summer program, after school tutoring and in school
academic advising. I remember such academic advising when I was in high school many years ago.
He talked with single mothers as well. Single mother struggle a lot to bring the best quality of life
possible among their children. Perry believes that his program is a replacement toward failing schools.
Sometimes common sense solutions can increase educational success like no fixed, centralized
curriculum, educational diversity, etc. Perry assembled a team of many races since educational
improvement knows no color. He worked with magnet schools (or places that are publicly funded and
publicly themed based schools. They compete with unions and are subordinate to the local school
board). Perry has a year round college preparatory uniform school for grades six to 12. Now, their
schools try to be independent of union control in terms of organizing the curriculum and they don't that
much care about money as long as results are achieved. A new superintendent from Hartford is more
tolerant of Perry's proposals. Perry Capital Prep rejected some of the agenda of the highly centralized
district and the educator's union. Today, his schools are a success since Capital Prep's 80 percent
black/Latino, 60 percent poor students attend one of America's top high schools, according to US
News & World Report. Truly, independent solutions are the real prescription to improve the success
rate of education among our youth.
Regardless of what background that we are in in, we should dream big. If you want to be a doctor, a
lawyer, a business person, an athlete, a musician, a scholar, an architect, a reporter, a public speaker,
a police officer, teacher, writer, scientist, etc. that's fine. We should never give up. That same
inspiration in our soul, we should elude that power in our lives. In the end, the racists and skeptics will
never win. In this generation, a lot of the racists don't overtly use derogatory language in public. See,
they use the slick tactic of using euphemisms or "code words" to outline their hate while
denying being racist. The new code words are ghetto, aggressive, loud, and angry black
person. First, ghetto is a location not a type of person one is. Many people who live in ghettos
worldwide aren't violent or criminals at all. Many are very intelligent, college educated, and have
wonderful children. So, everyone living in a certain neighborhood aren't monolithic at all. Racists see
people as monoliths typically not as individuals or human beings possessing unique personalities.
Racism accepts an extreme form of collectivism. Also, we should call people out if a person acts in
racism (in words and actions). Secondly, just because a person may raise their voice once in a while,
doesn't a person is inferior or unstable. There is nothing wrong with raising your voice once in a while
to express a legitimate point (not in order to harass a person or harm a person emotionally). I'm tired
of get up by your boots straps and the get over it type propaganda. That's like saying to a
Jewish person to their face to get over the Holocaust, which is wrong in my eyes. You move
forward yes without bigotry (If you‘re an able bodied person, you ought not to be
lackadaisical with you life. So, I believe in personal responsibility, but not personal denial of
reality), but you don't forget the struggle. I want to make this point. Recently, there has
been a lot of hatred and demonization of black women by some black men (plus
other men in the Internet, books, etc.) and that’s disgusting. Never will I bash black
women. Tons of my relatives are strong, black women. Blaming black women for all
problems in the black community is the same lie and slander that racists really use
against all people in general. This women bashing is apart racist propaganda in
order to eliminate the black family and black unity in society. So, we know how this
game is being played and I will never take the racists’ bait. Black women are a big
anchor in our community and all black women should be loved & respected with all
of our hearts. So, the goal here is that we should protect our black women and all
people. My life is my life. I will never use the experiences in my life as an excuse to
bash women. Only cowards do that (If you hate black women, you hate yourself
since we‘re all humans here. Real manhood is not about scapegoating females. Real
Manhood is about standing up for oneself and handling your responsibilities as a
man period). A coward is not a man. A real man will use meekness and strength
to overcome challenges not show venom toward another person. If I can
overcome challenges, anyone can overcome challenges. So, I will always
respect black women and women of every ethnic group. Additionally, I don’t
subscribe to collective male-bashing either since the mainstream media is using that
as well. The males and the females have been marginalized unfairly on many levels in
the world. So, I'm over the lies and stereotypes.

There is nothing wrong with black unity. There is nothing wrong with
appreciating the whole human race either. I am a man, so I judge people on their actions
not by the color of their skin. I don't believe in hating people, because of what they are or their
background. I will always treat all people around me meekly and with respect.
That's apart of God's commandments and commonsense. I’m my own man so
I don’t follow the agenda of Knight of St. Gregory Rupert Murdoch’s FOX News
or the CFR George Soros funded Think Progress media (which ironically
supports the war in Afghanistan. Soros is a Bilderberger as well) site as well.
Hence, the glory of Africa is here to stay. Africa’s glory is certainly a big parcel of the
glorious nature of human existence. Africa has diverse people, but it’s unified in its
history of excellence, composing of wonderful flora plus fluana, overcoming trials &
tribulations, and being the precise origin of all of humankind.

By Timothy

Goodbye for now. I always that faith, hope and

optimism that the betterment of people can develop
more radical improvement in the Earth. I’ll never
lose my faith in God despite my mistakes in life.
I’m still alive to express my words and here plus
globally. The beauty of Africa is always something
that I will forever appreciate in my life.

Peace