african diaspora

http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/ category/ comment/48713 Barack Obama and the New Afrikan “National Question” Kali Akuno 2008-06-12 Kali Akuno looks at the limits and contradictions of Obama and argues that the progressives have to use a "combined “outside-inside”...

http://www.melanet. com/clegg_ series/hawaii. html#HAWAII: %20BLACK% 20ROYALTY% 20IN%20THE% 20PACIFIC HAWAII: BLACK ROYALTY IN THE PACIFIC White Southerners, who settled the Hawaiian islands during the 19th Century had a song about the native people which...

SLAVERY IN BLACK AUSTRALIA. Associate Professor Gracelyn Smallwood AM Advisor to the VC on Indigenous Affairs July 23, 2008 For the past 220 Years, Black Australians have endured all forms of racism, slavery and continued violations of human rights. Prior...

http://news. afrocolombians. com/news/ ?sectionid= 8 Community in Danger. Leader of Community Council Assassinated . June 26, 2008 On Tuesday 24th Felipe Landazury, Secretary of the Community Council of Bajo Mira y Frontera, in Tumaco, Nariño was killed,...

A Tale of Two Decisions by Carl Dix April 25, 2008 NY judge acquitted the cops who fired 50 shots at Sean Bell, killing him just hours beforehis scheduled wedding and severely wounding two of his friends. When asked about this verdict, Barack Obama replied:...

http://www.juventud rebelde.co. cu/columnists/ 2008-07-11/ breaking- the-silence- around-race- in-cuba/ Breaking the Silence Around Race in Cuba By: Gisela Arandia July 11 2008 Constructed as a taboo by traditional historiographers, racial identity has...

http://news. afrocolombians. com/news/ Recent Massacre at the San Juan River Sends Refugees Fleeing their Homes Four Afro-Colombian peasants from the village La Playita, located in San Juan River, Choco, were disappeared and found later killed on June...

http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2008/jul/ 01/humanrights. usforeignpolicy Diego Garcia: Chagos islands return 'puts US base at risk' Duncan Campbell The Guardian, Tuesday July 1, 2008 Islanders seeking to return to the homes from which they were removed...

http://www.newsweek .com/id/139401/ page/1 Rise Of The Latin Africans By Joe Contreras Newsweek Jun 9, 2008 Issue Hugo Chávez is known as a revolutionary in many contexts, especially his defiance of the United States. In recent years, however, he's also...

http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ scotland/ edinburgh_ and_east/ 7492386.stm Aborigine skulls to be taken home Monday, 7 July 2008 A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia has arrived in Edinburgh to take home human remains. The six skulls...