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<span style="font-weight: bold">Slavery apology comes to Trench Town </span>
By: Dr Henley Morgan
Source: Jamaica Observer
THE inconvenient truth of the evils of the African slave trade will not go away; no more than the horrors of the Jewish holocaust will. Maybe one day, like the Jews, we will cast off the vestiges of slavery and rise confident in our identity as a great and noble race.
Jamaica took another step towards realising the dream last week with the arrival of a group operating under the name, Lifeline Expedition. The group, which is comprised of white Europeans and a few Africans, has visited 16 countries to march and apologise on behalf of their ancestors for the enslavement and death of millions of Africans who were uprooted from their homeland and forcibly transported to work on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas.
The cynics will deride such an action, calling it a waste of time that stirs up memories of an era long gone and best forgotten. The marchers are strong in their belief that restorative justice is necessary for promoting reconciliation through Christ, which in the end will release the perpetrators from guilt and shame, and begin to heal the emotional and other scars still evident among the descendants of those who were enslaved.
Project leader Joseph Zintseme explained the purpose of the expedition. “Jamaica is a small nation with global influence and a key place as far as the legacy of slavery is concerned. Unspeakable horrors were inflicted upon those who were forcibly transported from Africa to enrich Europeans through forced labour. We believe that many social ills affecting Jamaica today are evidence of that legacy. We want to come alongside Jamaicans at this significant time and through our apology help to repair the damage and help heal the wounds of history. That is why we are coming here.” Members of the group, tied with chains and yoke reminiscent of the common practice during slavery, will march in Black River, Falmouth, Spanish Town, Morant Bay and Trench Town.
Read the rest at the Jamaica Observer
<span style="font-weight: bold">Slavery apology comes to Trench Town </span>
By: Dr Henley Morgan
Source: Jamaica Observer
THE inconvenient truth of the evils of the African slave trade will not go away; no more than the horrors of the Jewish holocaust will. Maybe one day, like the Jews, we will cast off the vestiges of slavery and rise confident in our identity as a great and noble race.
Jamaica took another step towards realising the dream last week with the arrival of a group operating under the name, Lifeline Expedition. The group, which is comprised of white Europeans and a few Africans, has visited 16 countries to march and apologise on behalf of their ancestors for the enslavement and death of millions of Africans who were uprooted from their homeland and forcibly transported to work on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas.
The cynics will deride such an action, calling it a waste of time that stirs up memories of an era long gone and best forgotten. The marchers are strong in their belief that restorative justice is necessary for promoting reconciliation through Christ, which in the end will release the perpetrators from guilt and shame, and begin to heal the emotional and other scars still evident among the descendants of those who were enslaved.
Project leader Joseph Zintseme explained the purpose of the expedition. “Jamaica is a small nation with global influence and a key place as far as the legacy of slavery is concerned. Unspeakable horrors were inflicted upon those who were forcibly transported from Africa to enrich Europeans through forced labour. We believe that many social ills affecting Jamaica today are evidence of that legacy. We want to come alongside Jamaicans at this significant time and through our apology help to repair the damage and help heal the wounds of history. That is why we are coming here.” Members of the group, tied with chains and yoke reminiscent of the common practice during slavery, will march in Black River, Falmouth, Spanish Town, Morant Bay and Trench Town.
Read the rest at the Jamaica Observer
not even close and as long as we keep denying we are African we will never rise. If dem waan tek supm from jewry tek dat.
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