Of course there are other possible examples.  You
would be flabbergasted to see how many of my African
brothers (well educated too) in big cities driving
cabs and doing other menial jobs because they could
not be employed in their respective fields.

Have they given African-Americans the promised 40
acres and a mule?  The list goes on and on.

Your question: "Who will write our stories for us?" is
quite a Revelation.  This is why I would never get
excited about anything they say about any part of
Africa - even when it favors me.

I hope all of you are doing well in Madison.  Remain
blessed.

KC



--- Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ever since the news emerged that a slave ship loaded
> with children was plying the coast of West Africa, I
> have felt very uncomfortable with the use of the
> term "slave ship." Worse yet, the mere juxtaposition
> of "children" with the phrase "slave ship" has
> amplified the emotional and the sensational elements
> in all of us. On fear of being labeled as an
> apologist for Africa in the face of such horrendous
> acts, I was at a loss in articulating some of my
> thoughts.
>
> My fears were confirmed this evening while watching
> ABC's Politically Incorrect. The host actually
> stated, and I paraphrase: "The slave ship shows
> there is still slavery going on in Africa. There is
> more slavery going on in Africa today than happened
> in other parts of the world until it was abolished
> around the middle of the 19th century."
>
> First of all, there are children the world over who
> are being subjected to work against their will and
> nobody refers to them as slaves.  Children in
> south-east Asia who are sold into prostitution by
> their poor parents are never referred to as slaves.
> Exploited children who sew Nike and Reebok shoes are
> not slaves. Today, there are still sweat shops in
> big cities here in the U.S. where poor immigrants,
> and in some cases, children still work in deplorable
> conditions, but are never referred to as slaves. Are
> there other possible examples . .?
>
> Secondly, I have been always been intensely
> disturbed by this new revisionist history which
> claims that we Africans were responsible for
> slavery. To the extent that white folks who planned,
> organized and implemented a systematic business
> enterprise of slavery for serious economic gain are
> not to blame at all.
>
> Who will write our stories for us?
>
>


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