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The History of Parliament in Ancient Africa
... THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT IN ANCIENT AFRICA By Dan Kashagama Did a Pan African Parliament exist in ancient times? Although the word parliament derives from the French "parler" meaning "to speak", parliaments are found in many different states and...
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Afro Colombian Heritage Week
http://www.afropres encia.com/ id30.html A fro Colombian Heritage Week: May 19 through 23 in Cartagena, Colombia By Karen Juanita Carrillo In Cartagena, Colombia this year, the Cabildo Afrocaribeño "Gavilaneo" will sponsor a series of forums, marches,...
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Japanese patient's 'tumour' turns out to be 25-year-old towel
This story illustrates why people of African descent should be even more wary of hospitals as doctors and nurses regularly work long shifts because of understaffing which inevitably leads to these kinds of aberrations. Instead of hiring an adequate number...
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Diasporan Africans must refuse to be used as pawns against Africa
Jendayi Fraser’s Utterances: A Prescription for Chaos US envoy Jendayi Fraser’s announcement on 24th April 2008 that ‘Morgan Tsvangirai is the clear winner’ in Zimbabwe’s recent elections is the most egregious display of unwarranted intervention in the...
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Troy Davis may be innocent yet racist high court rejects new hearing
High court turns down Ga. death row inmate http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPnsRNDfBO3hfXh1ZEJGA7F1HaxgD93QB0203 By Greg Bluestein ATLANTA (AP) The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Georgia man to be put to death for killing a police officer...
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The August revolts of Gabriel Prosser & Nat Turner
The August revolts of Gabriel Prosser (1800) & Nat Turner (1831) http://www.africawithin.com/bios/gabriel_prosser.htm http://chss. montclair. edu/english/ furr/spl/ gabrielrevolt. html http://www.pbs. org/wgbh/ aia/part3/ 3p1576.html Gabriel Prosser (ca....
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Straight talk about Islam from Master teacher Dr Henrik Clarke
Dr.John Henrik Clarke talks about Islam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOYOXjR_8-4&feature=related In this video, master teacher Dr. Henrik Clarke, explains how Arabs turned Africans into Moslems, and why our people continue to cling to this slaveholding...
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La ségrégation française : souchiens ou sous-chiens
Il est temps que les antillais francophones arrêtent de s'appeler 'fils et filles d'esclaves' puisque leurs ancêtres africains étaient des peuples libres. C'est d'autres peuples qui les ont mis en esclavage et nos ancêtres ne l'ont jamais accepté. C’est...
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Africans thrived in Great Benin before slavery and colonialism
African people have been told so many lies about themselves and their history that it is understandable why no one wants them to return to their past, yet they must return if they are to become whole again. The story of Benin illustrates the tragedy that...
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La crise alimentaire est globalement issue des jeux économiques
Je vous rappelle qu’en 1881 Ernest Renan a donné la vision occidentale du monde quand il a dit « La nature a fait une race d’ouvrier, c’est la race chinoise, une race de travailleur de la terre, c’est le negre, et une race de maîtres et de soldats, c’est...
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Archeological finds in Australia and Peru
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_ancient_tools Ancient tools unearthed in Australia by Tanalee Smith Associated Press Writer SYDNEY, Australia - Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have been unearthed in a rock shelter...
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A short history of land settlements in the Rift Valley, Kenya
http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/ category/ comment/46930 A short history of land settlements in the Rift Valley Horace Njuguna Gisemba (2008-03-26) Since the outbreak of post-election violence in the Rift Valley, there have been numerous reports in the local...
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Pensez vous vraiment qu’une minorité aurait pu dominer toute la planète si longtemps sans recours à une doctrine de choc?
http://www.toutsaufsarkozy.com/cc/article04/EkEkpEyAuueoGxLhcU.shtml « Le capitalisme du désastre’ ou les désastres sciemment provoqués par les tenants du néo-libéralisme » 28/05/08 Comment une politique conçue dans les locaux du Département d’Economie...
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Malcolm X says that people of African descent need a do-it-yourself philosophy
www.cwo.com/~lucumi/runoko.html Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet delivered 12 April, 1964 in Detroit, MI Forwarded by Yolanda Whyte [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. Mr. Moderator, Reverend Cleage, Brother...
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Tanzanians now want to follow Zimbabwe's indigenisation policy
All the African countries should adopt Zimbabwe's indigenisation policy. In fact, this is what should have happened at independence so they are already 40 years too late. Had African countries wrested control of their economies from Western hands, they...
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Enslaver's image removed/Victoire contre l'Esclavagiste
Victory of the Black Community over the Enslaver Schimmelmann. Mission: Accomplished! Cursed to hell, the Statue of shame will definitely be removed! Thanks and Praises to our s/heroic Ancestors. But We remain vigilant as the Struggle Continues! Dear...
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Breaking the Silence Around Race in Cuba
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...
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Africans around the world need to emulate Martinique's Reparations Convoy
Marching and Meeting in Martinique (Real Reparations) David L. Horne, Ph.D Friday, May 30, 2008 organizingsrdc@ aol.com For a full week, every May 14-21, in the unlikely location of the contemporary French colony of Martinique, there occurs the world's...
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Philip Emeagwali, father of the internet, says Africa must produce or perish
http://emeagwali. com/speeches/ africa/Africa- Day/africa- must-produce- or-perish- by-philip- emeagwali. htm Africa Must Produce or Perish by Philip Emeagwali emeagwali.com Sunday, May 18, 2008 Excerpted from a keynote speech delivered by Philip Emeagwali...
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Africans must wrest control of film distribution from foreign hands and learn how to market their films
No Space for African Films, We Serve Hollywood By Mwenda Wa Micheni Business Daily (Nairobi) 10 April 2008 It is a classic case of absurdity. Whether in Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa or even in Kenya, there are several idle cinema theatres on one side,...
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Evicted islanders return home would 'put US base at risk' says British govt.
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...
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Origins of the post-apartheid violence in S.Africa
ORIGINS OF THE POST-APARTHEID VIOLENCE IN AFRICA by Dan Kashagama May 2008 In 1999 South Africa's government was brow-beaten by the European Union to sign the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement TDCA. The TDCA expressly excluded from the negotiations...
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When blacks turn against blacks
http://nigeriaworld .com/articles/ 2008/may/ 221.html When Blacks Turn Against Blacks Stan Chu Ilo stanchuilo@yahoo. com Hastings, Ontario, Canada Thursday, May 22, 2008 Notwithstanding the debate in Quebec and some of the debate during the Ontario election...
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History of the African Liberation Day
http://www.talkzimb abwe.com/ news/119/ ARTICLE/2204/ 2008-04-25. html History of the African Liberation Day Abdurrahman Nelson Fri, 25 Apr 2008 ALD was founded in 1958 by Kwame Nkrumah on the occasion of the First Conference of Independent States held...
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YouTube forcé de fournir des données sur ses usagers au géant des médias Viacom
YouTube forcé de fournir des données sur ses usagers au géant des médias Viacom Vendredi, 4 Juillet 2008 Un tribunal fédéral de New York a ordonné à Google de fournir au géant des médias Viacom (MTV, studios Paramount) des données sur les utilisateurs...