african diaspora

http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/runoko.html THE BLACK PRESENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES By RUNOKO RASHIDI Although the great majority of the people of the Philippines are Tagalog, the country is not ethnically homogeneous. In spite of their small numbers the original...

Can Brazil’s Quilombos Survive? "You may have been miseducated if you know more about the Marines than the Maroons!" HeruSa -Kwaku X- Glenn September 25, 2007 Quilombo Country documentary reveals the modern-day challenges faced by Brazil’s runaway slave...

www.freewestpapua.org “ Indonesia ’s territorial integrity” … it’s just a bloody map. Richard Samuelson, Co-Director, Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford , UK 16th October 2007 “The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and...

http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2007/0707bacon.html Blood on the Palms: Afro-Colombians fight new plantations . David Bacon On Sept. 7, 2006, paramilitary gunmen invaded the home of Juan de Dios García, a community leader in the Colombian city...

Britain, slavery and the trade in enslaved Africans Marika Sherwood British slaves British involvement in slavery is over 2,000 years old, but not in what is now the accepted perspective. Cicero noted in about 54 BC that the 'British' enslaved by Julius...

http://www.elshampapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=1 Native Papuans fight against deforestation by Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua Saturday, 27 October 2007 The central government, investors in palm oil plantations and timber companies...

A Reminder of Why They Owe Us ! Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Day-by-day, African people in America are becoming more familiar with the concept of reparations and what it means to our continued struggle in America for self-determination,...

L’ADN des polygames par Serge Bilé 1-10-2007 Sur la question des tests ADN, le journaliste écrivain Serge Bilé jette un pavé dans la mare...et ce n’est pas une pierre ponce... A l’heure où la France cherche à réduire ses dépenses publiques, il est surprenant...

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0739,katzman,77871,20.html Digging Up the Past A wrenching investigation of racism, resentment, and reparations by Lisa Katzman September 25th, 2007 In Banished, Marco Williams investigates, with even-handed and nuanced...

http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=1921 Photo "arrangée" d'une prof : Paris Match condamné La justice a condamné mercredi l'hebdomadaire pour avoir publié "une photo arrangée" d'une enseignante d'un lycée de Clichy-sous-Bois. le 03/10/2007 En mars dernier,...