tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58024446764953549162024-03-16T16:49:12.141-07:00The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)Questioning what we call ourselves as people of African heritage in BritainThe African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-31065217944446347032023-10-04T22:18:00.000-07:002023-10-04T22:18:52.980-07:00Has English Heritage Amended Its Claudia Jones Plaque Or Will It Embed A Falsehood Within The Public Realm?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwe6aKJDc8F8JmDX4PAt_Ns-TIoyfKMb_BN_5-aH5Ty2psqnXnsX5KEWVly1vEb6g7OIvdwf_qub4bGKACPJtfFVaD6x9mt3uJtoYfVQTt3RJuaB4rYQ3LXkvfzoyj3_LoU69c8iQD2_8MWGIR8P3q2LE26dTSv1waJ0Bzh2Gy_2WY4ZlhumSd13Lhfc/s973/Clauda%20Jones%20English%20Heritage%20Plaque%20Times%20Jan%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="973" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwe6aKJDc8F8JmDX4PAt_Ns-TIoyfKMb_BN_5-aH5Ty2psqnXnsX5KEWVly1vEb6g7OIvdwf_qub4bGKACPJtfFVaD6x9mt3uJtoYfVQTt3RJuaB4rYQ3LXkvfzoyj3_LoU69c8iQD2_8MWGIR8P3q2LE26dTSv1waJ0Bzh2Gy_2WY4ZlhumSd13Lhfc/w509-h307/Clauda%20Jones%20English%20Heritage%20Plaque%20Times%20Jan%202023.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tk_HtGnPg4TYMnodGwJIoD5qT_zWld9J1g_VYFO4x2xLeBZMcF3vnpdC2UjbXtr4vtdD56uGO6AS2LX140wvQOxCzWhb3-2r4Cc6k_NuFmZlLgTx2yAUxd52V5Q2xB1XNwiQ5hrbTVNnnSH9C7R-Uy2D_COIV8yqg07DlscpeEb3j7X4OvM__UdsDEs/s4032/Claudia%20Jones%20plaque%20Handwritten%20banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tk_HtGnPg4TYMnodGwJIoD5qT_zWld9J1g_VYFO4x2xLeBZMcF3vnpdC2UjbXtr4vtdD56uGO6AS2LX140wvQOxCzWhb3-2r4Cc6k_NuFmZlLgTx2yAUxd52V5Q2xB1XNwiQ5hrbTVNnnSH9C7R-Uy2D_COIV8yqg07DlscpeEb3j7X4OvM__UdsDEs/w356-h474/Claudia%20Jones%20plaque%20Handwritten%20banner.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-14" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) Press Release</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sep. 28 2023<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;">Has English Heritage Amended Its Claudia Jones Plaque Or Will It Embed A Falsehood Within The Public Realm?</strong></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Next week, English Heritage will finally unveil its long-awaited Claudia Jones plaque on a house in Meadow Road near Vauxhall in south London, where the indefatigable activist once lived.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Hopefully, the wording on the plaque, as we have been unofficially informed, has been amended, thus avoiding any association of Jones with Notting Hill Carnival.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />From 1959 to 1964, when she passed away, Jones and her supporters organised six indoor carnivals across various venues in London, but none within the Notting Hill area. Therefore, while she deserves the title of Mother of Caribbean Carnival, she had no involvement in, nor was she or her Caribbean Carnival the inspiration or motivation for the creation of the street carnival that began in Notting Hill after her death.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Pigeonholing Jones' legacy within the context of founding Notting Hill Carnival could be argued to be Afriphobic, as it reduces her legacy to a Carnival which today is mostly about revelry and minimises the presentation of Jones was a serious person.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />She is possibly the greatest British African activist, and deserves to be better remembered as an avowed Communist; anti-racist; political, community and labour activist; a radical, womanist, editor, publisher, or a tireless campaigner.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Earlier this year, the image of a Jones plaque was made public. The African identity advocacy group TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question), and others, wrote to English Heritage pointing out that Jones was not involved in the founding of the Notting Hill Carnival. In our letter - <strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="1213267206" href="https://preview.mailerlite.com/h3v1v2i0v9" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">TAOBQ Request English Heritage Change The Erroneous Wording On Claudia Jones Plaque</a></span></strong> – we stated that the “founding spirit of Notting Hill Carnival” text was an artifice:<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" /><em style="direction: ltr;">“We are not buying the choice of the supposedly clever use of the 'founding spirit of' phraseology in a bid to avoid stating that erroneous but often repeated ahistorical description of Claudia Jones being 'the founder' of Notting Hill Carnival.”<br style="direction: ltr;" /></em><br style="direction: ltr;" />It would therefore be to English Heritage's credit if it has indeed amended the plaque's text to avoid making any connection with the prevalent factoid which places Jones, who has many more deserving accolades, as a central figure in the development of Notting Hill Carnival.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Although English Heritage CEO Kate Mavor has not yet replied to our recent letter asking if the text has since been amended, an unofficial sources has informed us of an amended text that does not mention any link between Jones and Notting Hill Carnival.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />We hope that this is true, because we have pointed out to Mavor and her colleagues at English Heritage that the claim that Jones was a founder or a precursor of Notting Hill Carnival is false and misleading. Mavor herself admitted in her reply to our previous letter that:<br style="direction: ltr;" /><em style="direction: ltr;"><br style="direction: ltr;" />“There was no intention to indicate either that she founded the Carnival or that there was a direct organisational link between the events she ran and what later developed in Notting Hill (we are aware that such claims may have been made in the past, and are not well founded – and have deliberately sought to avoid repeating them). The phrase ‘a founding spirit’ is intended to indicate a more distant, inspirational, level of involvement and also – importantly – that her activities were one of a number of cultural precursors to the Carnival.”</em><br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />After such an admission, why would English Heritage want to imply a vague and unsubstantiated “more distant, inspirational, level of involvement” between Jones and Notting Hill Carnival? Why not just acknowledge her for her Caribbean Carnivals, without any reference to Notting Hill Carnival, instead of continuing the ubiquitous but false association.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />On October 5 we expect that the unveiled plaque will do justice to Jones' legacy, and will not associate her with Notting Hill Carnival.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Because to do so would be to embed a falsehood within the public realm. If that's the case, anyone who supports such a plaque without question, along with those who privately agree with us but don't want to publicly say that Jones was neither the founder nor a participant in the development of the street festival known as Notting Hill Carnival, would be complicit in the continued propagation of this falsehood.<br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Whilst Mahatma Gandhi may not be our favourite person because the Afriphobic views he expressed whilst living in South Africa, this quote of his is most apt:<em style="direction: ltr;"><br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."</em><br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">ENDS</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Kwaku<br style="direction: ltr;" />TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) convener<br style="direction: ltr;" /><a href="mailto:bbmbmc@gmail.com" style="color: #09c269; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">bbmbmc@gmail.com</a><br style="direction: ltr;" /><a data-link-id="1213267207" href="https://africanhistoryplus.eventbrite.com/" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com</a><br style="direction: ltr;" /><a data-link-id="1213267208" href="https://taobq.blogspot.com/" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a><br style="direction: ltr;" /><br style="direction: ltr;" />Notes<br style="direction: ltr;" />26/01/23 PRESS RELEASE: TAOBQ Requests English Heritage Change The Erroneous Wording On Claudia Jones Plaque:</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a data-link-id="1213267209" href="https://preview.mailerlite.com/h3v1v2i0v9" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://preview.mailerlite.com/h3v1v2i0v9</a></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">To found is “to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence”:<br style="direction: ltr;" />So Claudia Jones, who died in north London in 1964, could not have founded Notting Hill Carnival, which was started in 1966 (some put it at 1965, but provide no indisputable corroborative evidence) with no reference to Jones nor her Caribbean Carnivals<br style="direction: ltr;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"></tr></tbody></table>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-73124180372320042832022-11-30T22:32:00.002-08:002022-11-30T22:34:26.303-08:00Allies, Concerned Citizens And Organisations Urged To Show Support Against Afriphobia By Using Global African Quad Colours Dec. 5-8<p><b> <span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Allies, Concerned Citizens And Organisations Urged To Show Support Against Afriphobia By Using Global African Quad Colours Dec. 5-8</span></b></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSn515z_InLGQxpTH_vDESbrj0HTew5d6TxkIbQbtX4M31f9Nqtuk29JrnUZpivXhxghWWiFVz010J6jnqZdgSqN_6tQufscY39E5xxAtb4q8Qr01wWmKJbPs2F7GtAPCDit9f4O8w4Gw3TbxMk4maskX74-ZTHyRlum7bslgqniszj_GQCYcfXyH8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="320" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSn515z_InLGQxpTH_vDESbrj0HTew5d6TxkIbQbtX4M31f9Nqtuk29JrnUZpivXhxghWWiFVz010J6jnqZdgSqN_6tQufscY39E5xxAtb4q8Qr01wWmKJbPs2F7GtAPCDit9f4O8w4Gw3TbxMk4maskX74-ZTHyRlum7bslgqniszj_GQCYcfXyH8=w560-h347" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">December 1 2022 London, UK</span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coverage of this year's World Cup has been as much about people and pundits talking about discrimination as about what has been happening on the playing fields.<br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />As with the use of the Ukranian colours in recent months, we've seen in the last week or so, people and organisations adorn themselves in the LGTBQ colours, from arm-bands, mastheads to social media profile backgrounds.<br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />Next week, from Dec. 5 to 8, the 1st Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent takes place in Geneva, Switzerland. African identity advocacy group TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) is urging all who are against discrimination to show solidarity with African people and their distaste for Afriphobia, by posting or using the Global African Quad colours on their online platforms next Monday to Thursday.<br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />The Global African Quad colours – red, black, gold and green, combines the four colours the two Pan-African flags have in common.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />The Permanent Forum has been formed eight years into the 2015-24 period, which the UN declared in 2014 as IDPAD (International Decade for People of African Descent), within which, among other things, member states and civil society are to raise awareness of discrimination and racism against people of African heritage (this is specifically described as Afriphobia) and to come up with plans to redress the situation.<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSqMqJIdPnY-V2vOFI18qCx1AusBjUeWeknxSIN65yrOA69KE_HPaxiNozOc8kU3c5m7vUkSl2yy4r6krMXpUy8Jucp_SkcxLpx_johpbQNm8jfa5rnMdAy0KTZxcZNmyjrp7ybHnUea91abgGoE_hqtfLW89iqoj8B6vA8HhfDV_gS2G15ETWCbpP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="722" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSqMqJIdPnY-V2vOFI18qCx1AusBjUeWeknxSIN65yrOA69KE_HPaxiNozOc8kU3c5m7vUkSl2yy4r6krMXpUy8Jucp_SkcxLpx_johpbQNm8jfa5rnMdAy0KTZxcZNmyjrp7ybHnUea91abgGoE_hqtfLW89iqoj8B6vA8HhfDV_gS2G15ETWCbpP=w557-h314" width="557" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Dawn Butler MP with Kwaku Whyworry</span></div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />Ahead of the Permanent Forum's inuagural session, TAOBQ has co-convened a Zoom conference on Saturday Dec. 3, 3-6pm GMT. It is is an opportunity for the Permanent Forum to hear from African community organisations and IDPAD advocates about the work they've been doing in the UK and across the African diaspora in the last eight years.<br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />The conference, entitled International Decade For People Of African Descent 2015-24: What Practical Gains Can We Make From The Last Two Years Of IDPAD?, can be booked at </span><a href="https://bit.ly/IDPAD2022" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">https://bit.ly/IDPAD2022</a><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">.<br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />IDPAD is also meant to shine a light on marginalised African histories and highlight African contributions to world civilisation. And incidentally, today, Google Doogle highlights the outstanding late African-American video game electronics engineer Gerald Lawson on what would have been his 82</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nd</sup><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> birthday.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">ENDS</span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kwaku Whyworry<br />TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) lead</span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:theaobq@gmail.com">theaobq@gmail.com</a></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://TAOBQ.blogspot.com/">https://TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Editor's notes</span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">1st Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent:<br /></span></span><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/forums/2022/1st-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/forums/2022/1st-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent</a></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's advised that the Afr<b>i</b>phobia spelling, which makes a stronger connection to Africa, be used, instead of Afrophobia or anti-Black<br /></span></span><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Call It By Its Name: Afriphobia Is Racism Against African People:<br /></span></span><a href="http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/call-it-by-its-name-afriphobia-is-racism-against-african-people/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/call-it-by-its-name-afriphobia-is-racism-against-african-people/</a></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">International Decade For People Of African Descent 2015-24: What Practical Gains Can We Make From The Last Two Years Of IDPAD?: <a href="https://bit.ly/IDPAD2022">https://bit.ly/IDPAD2022</a></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-68826969748244147132022-08-23T22:54:00.012-07:002022-11-30T23:37:18.216-08:00Repairing Histories 2: Commemorating Claudia Jones @ 58 <p><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">This December makes 58 years since</span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Claudia Jones </strong><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">sadly passed. This will be marked by a Zoom conference entitled </span><strong style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="1005643310" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/repairing-histories-2-commemorating-claudia-jones-58-tickets-393960575687?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Repairing Histories 2: Commemorating Claudia Jones @ 58</a></span></span></strong><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">on</span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #dc3545; direction: ltr;">Saturday Dec. 17 2022</span></strong><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">, 1-4pm GMT. </span></p><p><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The aim of the</span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Repairing Histories</strong><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> conference is to have papers</span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom</em><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">. It is presented by academic and community historians with a plenary for audience engagement.</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /><em style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Click <strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr;"><span style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="1005643317" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/repairing-histories-2-commemorating-claudia-jones-58-tickets-393960575687?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></strong> to book</em><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjseFP7c2FHZpaIf-omQVnO_vx955dG0l7_O8Snt-I18JzpanZ2mr7hVTQnNU_cu2QFOYjQBi_K1hskoBvhSx_FHaYhN6Ih1osYrYyBjvIdol7QEAiHB6nfmjLRKuKYlFZ-pd9WzBFkQFwMVrfcDU9YpB9zzudYXF3R8b6blxr9VNrZGT4IzNPOK-z/s754/LONG%20CLAUDIA%20JONES%20DEC%2017%202022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="353" height="1289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjseFP7c2FHZpaIf-omQVnO_vx955dG0l7_O8Snt-I18JzpanZ2mr7hVTQnNU_cu2QFOYjQBi_K1hskoBvhSx_FHaYhN6Ih1osYrYyBjvIdol7QEAiHB6nfmjLRKuKYlFZ-pd9WzBFkQFwMVrfcDU9YpB9zzudYXF3R8b6blxr9VNrZGT4IzNPOK-z/w605-h1289/LONG%20CLAUDIA%20JONES%20DEC%2017%202022.png" width="605" /></a></div><br /><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(111, 111, 111); color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8" style="caret-color: rgb(57, 54, 79); color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.9333px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p class="eds-text-bm" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Highlighting Claudia Jones' history in the context of British and Global African history; and to improve or expand our knowledge.</span></p></div><div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8 structured-content" style="caret-color: rgb(57, 54, 79); color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.9333px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><h2 class="eds-text-bl eds-l-mar-bot-4" style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px -0.25px 16px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">About this event</h2><div class="has-user-generated-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm structured-content-rich-text" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="eds-text--left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PROGRAMME:</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Repairing Histories 2: </span><em>Commemorating Claudia Jones @58</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">A Zoom online conference that will cover Global African and British African history, framed around the British and international histories of <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones</span>. Presented by academic and community historians, with a plenary for audience engagement.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">The aim of the conference is to have papers that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">This event marks the 58th anniversary of the passing of Claudia Jones, who died in London on Dec. 25 1964. </span></em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Conference Papers:</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones: Righting Things In Her Own Words Reimagined</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones: A Titan Among Radical African Female Radicals </em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Why Claudia Jones Is One of the Greatest British Activists, Ever </em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones In The Context British & Global African History </em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Plenary</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">For enquiries: <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Awula Serwah </span>via <span style="font-weight: 700;">btwsc@hotmail.com</span>.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Produced by </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">BTWSC/African Histories Revisited</em></span><em> in association with </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress)</em></span><em> and </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</em></span></h3></div></div></div></div>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-85138947864267601402022-08-23T22:51:00.002-07:002022-08-23T22:51:41.357-07:00 African History Reflection Day: The Global African People's Forum<p> <strong style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">African History Reflection Day: The Global African People's Forum</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #dc3545; direction: ltr;">Wednesday Aug. 31 2022</span></strong>, 6.30-8.30pm BST via Zoom<em style="direction: ltr;"><br style="direction: ltr;" />Click <strong style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="1005643304" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/african-history-reflection-day-the-global-african-peoples-forum-tickets-327313592767?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">here</a></strong> for more info or to book</em>.</p><div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p class="eds-text-bm" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Forum marking African History Reflection Day, by exploring history and social issues put forward by the participants.</span></p></div><div class="eds-l-mar-bot-8 structured-content" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><h2 class="eds-text-bl eds-l-mar-bot-4" style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px -0.25px 16px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">About this event</h2><div class="has-user-generated-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm undefined" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><img alt="African History Reflection Day: The Global African People's Forum image" class="eds-max-img" src="https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F142351871%2F23868659180%2F1%2Foriginal.20210722-030629?h=2000&w=720&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=d6794afb40159fa33032cba9a6735a56" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 0px;" /></div><div class="eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm structured-content-rich-text" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><div class="eds-text--left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">African History Reflection Day: The Global African People's Forum</span></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">The motion for <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/august-31-declared-african-history.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">African History Reflection Day</span></a> (AHRD) to be marked on August 31 was passed in 2014, the centenary year of the founding of the UNIA-ACL (Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League). It's inspired by UNIA's Declaration Of The Rights Of The Negro Peoples Of The World, which was adopted on August 13 1920 at a UNIA convention in New York.</p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">In 2021, Costa Rica Vice President <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Epsy Campbell Barr </span>helped shepherd through the United Nations General Assembly the adoption of the resolution which proclaimed August 31 as the International Day for People of African Descent. This new Day, whichshould give higher profile to the significance of August 31, was revealed by Barr, to be inspired the UNIA Declaration.</p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">This year, AHRD 2022 will be marked by history consultant and TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) co-ordinator <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Kwaku</span> leading a forum where the focus will be on exploring history and social issues suggested by the participants.</p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Ten years ago, <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</span></a> organised a workshop entitled <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-does-it-mean-to-be-global-african.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">What Does It Mean To Be A Global African?</span></a>,<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>to explore the meaning. We'll screen a short video of <span style="font-weight: 700;">Prof Sir Hilary Beckles</span> talking about the history of Pan-Africanism and why he now talks about <em>Global Africa. </em></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">This is meant to be an inter-generational event, so you are welcome to bring young people to join the Zoom meeting.</p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">See also <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2020/01/taobq-african-or-black-question.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) Manifesto 2020+ </span></a>and <a href="https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/african-history/the-politics-of-racism-and-terminologies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">The Politics Of Racism, Terminologies And Imagery</span></a>. </p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Produced by </em><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">BTWSC/African Histories Revisited</span></em><em> and </em><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question). </span></em><a href="https://africanhistoryplus.eventbrite.com/?__hstc=263590995.6d976403b8f103de994f28087f456127.1660991106702.1661102133606.1661320205918.3&__hssc=263590995.2.1661320205918&__hsfp=369274909" style="color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">https:AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com</span></em></a></p></div></div><div class="eds-l-mar-vert-6 eds-l-sm-mar-vert-4 eds-text-bm undefined" style="font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><img alt="African History Reflection Day: The Global African People's Forum image" class="eds-max-img" src="https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F106470322%2F23868659180%2F1%2Foriginal.jpg?h=2000&w=720&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=bec2fce588ba35ad25f95e966746effc" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 0px;" /></div></div></div>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-665118924649344592022-03-28T18:58:00.006-07:002022-03-28T19:27:58.727-07:00Open Letter To Will Smith, On Behalf Of A Fan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72vkSv1Q8iGajJ82nq0vwslKx-ALnjkVoMMak8OvW8a-5Owchl7Ijz8Q_fp9Q8nzfMTUNjpPRvv3qDsdKzfXzkaXMh-ZeIis5lu06aEigc7iYqG6G3zQynP2gm2qaLB51WpXCWT4CyxzbFRs4gVi4640RmNFoW10gKMFHmtGuvPvBZrq-tblmcYD-/s1333/WILL%20SMITH%20OPEN%20LETTER%20IMAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72vkSv1Q8iGajJ82nq0vwslKx-ALnjkVoMMak8OvW8a-5Owchl7Ijz8Q_fp9Q8nzfMTUNjpPRvv3qDsdKzfXzkaXMh-ZeIis5lu06aEigc7iYqG6G3zQynP2gm2qaLB51WpXCWT4CyxzbFRs4gVi4640RmNFoW10gKMFHmtGuvPvBZrq-tblmcYD-/w480-h640/WILL%20SMITH%20OPEN%20LETTER%20IMAGE.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b><b>Open Letter To Will Smith, On Behalf Of A Fan</b></span><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />29/03/2022</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dear <b>Will Smith</b>,<br /><br />We know that you love your wife, but do you remember your grandma <b>Gigi</b>'s advice, when you started your nascent rap career? She said that <i>intelligent people don't need to use offensive language or profanity to express themselves.</i><br /><br />You not only let her down with the words that came out of your mouth on <b>Oscar night 2022</b>. But you also let down a lady you've most likely never heard of, <b>Ms Serwah</b> or <b>Awula Serwah</b>, who was inspired by you almost 20 years to the day, to set up a small, London, UK voluntary organisation that's been inputting positively into people's lives, and urging young people and adults to eschew profanity, or curse words.<br /><br /><b>Beyond The Will Smith Challenge</b>, or <b><a href="https://linktr.ee/BTWSC" target="_blank">BTWSC</a></b>, launched with a seminar on March 23 2002 in east London entitled <i>‘The Uplifting Power of Music & Words’</i>, which highlighted the prevalence of questionable lyrics and imagery aimed at the youth.<br /><br />The organisation's name and eponymous project was inspired by your hit single <i>‘Freakin It’</i>, <i>which threw a challenge to gangsta rappers to come up with a hit song without using offensive language</i>.<br /><br />Subsequent projects, including the current edutainment <b>Music4Causes</b> strand, go further by continuing to encourage prospective young artists and writers to come up with positive themes that uplift, inspire and empower.<br /><br /><i>Issued by <b><a href="https://TAOBQ.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</a></b> on behalf of <b>BTWSC</b>, <b>Music4Causes </b>and <b>Akoben Awards For Positive Music</b>.</i></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ends</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Kwaku<br />TAOBQ co-ordinator<br /><a href="mailto:bbmbmc@gmail.com">bbmbmc@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="https://TAOBQ.blogspot.com/">https://TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #39364f;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">BTWSC is a pan-London voluntary organisation that uses the creative arts to develop potential, raise aspirations, and promote social inclusion. It works with youths, adults and inter-generational audiences. Its core areas of delivery cover music industry, event planning, and African history education and programmes. For more details: <b>btwsc@hotmail.com</b>, </span></i></span><span style="color: #39364f; font-size: medium;"><i><b><a href="https://linktr.ee/BTWSC">https://linktr.ee/BTWSC</a></b>.</i></span></p>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-14208372836413068502021-12-22T17:20:00.003-08:002021-12-22T17:20:40.254-08:00Repairing Histories 1: Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMfdwULRRY6hbfYTH1wN3aus4SZwaOdjoZ6UtORo4OXAqqlKOHq59_lGkiYYuZ9XA_U4x0we3eHeUbgf1VmlMWY-nlRIUgLn5ycMZmsNmDcslefT1diV33R3HEnvoM0B6uC9kFABOxy4VZspeVnE6A0DoEMbUHdY0gHTisUeeC_mt27dSo2GSpPJQ9=s1411" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1411" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMfdwULRRY6hbfYTH1wN3aus4SZwaOdjoZ6UtORo4OXAqqlKOHq59_lGkiYYuZ9XA_U4x0we3eHeUbgf1VmlMWY-nlRIUgLn5ycMZmsNmDcslefT1diV33R3HEnvoM0B6uC9kFABOxy4VZspeVnE6A0DoEMbUHdY0gHTisUeeC_mt27dSo2GSpPJQ9=w644-h482" width="644" /></a></p><div class="g-group l-lg-mar-bot-6 l-md-mar-bot-4 " style="background-color: white; color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"><div class="g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.933333rem; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: top; width: 560px;"><div class="has-user-generated-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="text-body-medium" data-automation="listing-event-description" style="font-size: 0.933333rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Highlighting Claudia Jones and Marcus Garvey in the context of British and Global African history; and to improve or expand our knowledge.</span></div></div></div></div><div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4" style="background-color: white; color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"><div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.933333rem; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: top; width: 560px;"><h2 class="text-body-large hide-small" style="font-size: 1.2rem; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px -0.25px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Book at: <a href="https://bitly.com/ClaudiaMarcus">https://bitly.com/ClaudiaMarcus</a></h2><div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="structured-content__module l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium" style="font-size: 0.933333rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="
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" class="structured-content__image g-img" src="https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F203521269%2F23868659180%2F1%2Foriginal.20211221-145335?h=2000&w=720&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=12fdb28826fa925ba94241b59cad3493" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 0px;" /></div><div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium" style="font-size: 0.933333rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PROGRAMME:</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Repairing Histories 1: </span><em>Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey In The Context British & Global African History</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">A free Zoom online conference that will cover Global African and British African history, framed around the British and international histories of <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Marcus Garvey</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Claudia Jones</span>. Presented by academic and community historians, with a plenary for audience engagement.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">The aim of the conference is to have papers that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Conference Papers:</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey In The Context British & Global African History</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Claudia Jones: Communist In The US & UK</span></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Marcus Garvey In The UK</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Marcus Garvey’s Outernational Work Across Africa</span></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Why Claudia Jones Is One Of The Greatest British Activists, Ever</em></h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">For enquiries: <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Awula Serwah </span>via <span style="font-weight: 700;">btwsc@hotmail.com</span>.</h3><h3 style="color: #1e0a3c; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Produced by </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">BTWSC/African Histories Revisited</em></span><em> in association with </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress)</em></span><em> and </em><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</em></span></h3></div></div></div></div>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-25552327726063211662021-11-09T21:30:00.001-08:002021-11-09T21:32:48.839-08:00 AFRICAN HISTORY SEASON 2021 - The Xtra History Sessions Programme<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">AFRICAN HISTORY SEASON 2021</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d2jq-6pQGCBXT3DCdPPl3oJG16ISVUdwp3EEXO9p2hGz7Eb8pSiyMh8C49eQuRlL0bcaRs11bm9PaacXJGXNRA1XFA5FVmmUU_In0MnlZksDd2EknCX6n1GM-T9ZqhLvUGMBv_a-bVM/s718/XTRA+HISTORY+SESSIONS+2021+BANNER.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="718" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d2jq-6pQGCBXT3DCdPPl3oJG16ISVUdwp3EEXO9p2hGz7Eb8pSiyMh8C49eQuRlL0bcaRs11bm9PaacXJGXNRA1XFA5FVmmUU_In0MnlZksDd2EknCX6n1GM-T9ZqhLvUGMBv_a-bVM/w640-h192/XTRA+HISTORY+SESSIONS+2021+BANNER.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium" style="background-color: white; color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.9333px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">We're repeating much of last year's<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> Monday Xtra History Sessions</span>, plus some additions. It takes place on Mondays Sep. 27, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Sep. 30</span>), Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 2021, 6-9pm. Check for updates at: <a href="https://africanhistoryplus.eventbrite.com/" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">https://AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com</span></a></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">You can book individually or get 30% off if you book the first 11 of the events in one go, by booking MondayXHS2021 1st 11 Events Discount Hub </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mondayxhs2021-all-events-discount-hub-tickets-164235858875?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">. Plus 35% off discount by booking all 13 events in one go </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mondayxhs2021-all-13-events-discount-hub-tickets-169736591715?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">Confirmed programme:</em></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Sep. 27 <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">What's British African History? A Free Online Discussion Forum </span><em>- click </em><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-british-african-history-a-free-online-discussion-forum-tickets-169890239279?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;">here</em></span></a><em> to book. £Free</em></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Sep. 30 (Thursday</span>) <span style="font-weight: 700;">Police & Criminalising Of African Youths </span>guest presenter<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper - </span><em>click</em><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></em><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mondayxhs2021-police-and-the-criminalising-of-british-african-youths-by-num-tickets-164149837583?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">here</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></em><em>to book</em></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Oct. 4 <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">THE Reggae Fun, History, Music, Quiz & Prizes Event! </span>guest presenter<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Colin 'CeeBee' Brown -</span><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></em><em>click</em><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></em><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-reggae-fun-history-music-quiz-prizes-event-tickets-163462959111?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">here</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span></em><em>to book</em></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Oct. 11 <span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Interrogating Language 4: Identity, Decolonising, Reparations; Araning & Pan-Africanism: Should Africans Have African Names? 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margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">and our partner</p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress) events can be accessed</span> via: <a href="https://bbm.eventbrite.com/" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">BBM.eventbrite.com</span></a></p><p style="color: #6f7287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;">Follow us on Eventbrite.com.<em style="padding-top: 0px;"> ALL 2021 events are via Zoom</em></p></div><div class="structured-content-video structured-content__module l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium" style="background-color: white; color: #39364f; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.9333px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 296.797px; position: relative; width: 530px;"></div>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-16717049339008772132021-03-08T16:01:00.002-08:002021-03-08T17:31:09.208-08:00Highlighting Inspirational British African Women With A South London Twist<p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Highlighting Inspirational British African Women With A South London Twist</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />By Kwaku</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXrxPUzOAlmkbsKVQPc2uf2BhMLRkA9srl3ZVdqwvki_0qboklzkmd8Rl2nKlfiRT8weawC_WLCzWN0KWF0W6DkYerOGys4ytf9UNexgsFaGDnv30yrxb3HzbMwNRtNWVAyEL8NsDkoc/s886/Exploring+The+Legacies+2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="886" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXrxPUzOAlmkbsKVQPc2uf2BhMLRkA9srl3ZVdqwvki_0qboklzkmd8Rl2nKlfiRT8weawC_WLCzWN0KWF0W6DkYerOGys4ytf9UNexgsFaGDnv30yrxb3HzbMwNRtNWVAyEL8NsDkoc/w539-h442/Exploring+The+Legacies+2020.png" width="539" /></span></a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />To mark International Women's Day/Month (IWD/M), Wandsworth Libraries has posted on its</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://youtu.be/IHQjXj6ZxTk&source=gmail&ust=1615322438749000&usg=AFQjCNHkFQOc4bCOTq_Zj_5Ro_GUR4sWFg" href="http://youtu.be/IHQjXj6ZxTk" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Youtube</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://facebook.com/101756448156372/videos/911907766247851&source=gmail&ust=1615322438749000&usg=AFQjCNF8DG8YlMsPUbSYA2j0QhkAiaSEhg" href="https://facebook.com/101756448156372/videos/911907766247851" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">pages Battersea Library's 2020 African History Month Zoom event entitled </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Exploring The Legacies Of Dame Jocelyn Barrow And Other inspirational British African Women</b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. To mark this year's IWD/M, history consultant </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kwaku</b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, who led the Zoom meeting, provides a potted history of some of the women featured.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />Of the women highlighted here, <b>Dame Jocelyn Barrow</b>, is the only one who did not live in south London. However, she's left an enduring legacy in south London, particularly in Brixton.<br /></span><span><br />The event was inspired as the library's tribute to Trinidadian-born educationalist and community activist <b>Dame Jocelyn Barrow</b> (15 April 1929 – 9 April 2020), who died last April a few days short of her 91st birthday.<br /></span><span><br />Although a Camden resident, Dame Jocelyn was a patron of Brixton-based Black Cultural Archives, and has a fascinating story about her education and activism work in south London.<br /></span><span><br />She used her profession as a teacher and teacher trainer to develop literacy skills among working adults at community projects. It was on a visit to Brixton to deliver such work that she discovered the colour bar in the local Marks & Spencer. Although there were several African people in the store, she noticed none of the sales staff was African or non-European.
<br /><br />Noticing an in-store publicity for sales staff, she decided to go through the motions of applying for a position. When the manageress said there were no vacancies, not only did she tell the manageress to then take down the vacancy notice, she also made sure the manageress saw a personal letter to her from Lord Sieff, then chairman of the Marks & Spencer.<br /></span><span><br />Suffice to say, it wasn't long before Africans were being employed in that branch. So we owe the now common sight of people from AAME (African, Asian and Minority Ethnic) communities serving in Marks & Spencer in Brixton, and also in the West End, to the efforts of the anti-racism campaigner Dame Jocelyn.<br /></span><span><br />I was blessed to have been invited to her 90th birthday, having built a cordial relationship with her since filming her as one of the seven subjects of my 2009 DVD entitled <b><i>'What They Said I Should Be: The Story of African British Female Movers & Shakers'</i></b>.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNcprt22bljqCwr6-nGwJ6mDVNVsPdxjaRIGENIHa4o42ODyu1T2EgpX_a8GyB4fbUluBxnP7grIf14Ig8H4wwah3J54lqUVRc9fZw6g8qUQDese9hEqnjD5lehzS-_VnED1ld5pAzhI/s2048/WTSISB+DVD+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNcprt22bljqCwr6-nGwJ6mDVNVsPdxjaRIGENIHa4o42ODyu1T2EgpX_a8GyB4fbUluBxnP7grIf14Ig8H4wwah3J54lqUVRc9fZw6g8qUQDese9hEqnjD5lehzS-_VnED1ld5pAzhI/w586-h394/WTSISB+DVD+Cover.jpg" width="586" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br />One of the subjects of that video is former south-east London-based fashion entrepreneur and gospel singer</span><span> </span><b>Dr Yana Johnson</b><span>, who joined us from her home in Houston, Texas. Her Yana brand of cosmetics, which is now available online, used to be available from a store in Brixton, and her boutiques in Brockley and Deptford.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />She's not only an accomplished gospel singer and songwriter, but also a public speaker and author. In addition to promoting “economic empowerment”, her parting shot that, like Dame Jocelyn, we must ask ourselves: “What can I do? What have I got to give?”</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtufe28stNQ2o1SBtrntuu14TXms3l5wxNF2-s16vqwEqN5HiQxhBUE7kG_YYZE2PKMjdCDsFLa2taJBRfyilcqMwarG7JN4D2Re9Fu90T2wsAUCSdt3x4BKqF47n-JL0SS0BA9dxMFSA/s1213/CLAUDIA+JONES+DAME+JOCELYN+BARROW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtufe28stNQ2o1SBtrntuu14TXms3l5wxNF2-s16vqwEqN5HiQxhBUE7kG_YYZE2PKMjdCDsFLa2taJBRfyilcqMwarG7JN4D2Re9Fu90T2wsAUCSdt3x4BKqF47n-JL0SS0BA9dxMFSA/s320/CLAUDIA+JONES+DAME+JOCELYN+BARROW.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />Someone who literally gave her life to political and community causes was Trinidadian-born <b>Claudia Jones </b>(21 February 1915 – 24 December 1964), one of the greatest British African civil rights activists, ever.<br /></span><span><br />Most readers who know of Jones are likely to locate her activities north of the Thames. She was involved in community activities around Notting Hill, particularly in the aftermath of the 1958 race riots. The indoor Caribbean Carnivals she organised between 1959 and 1964 took place in west and central London. And she lived and died in north London.<br /></span><span><br />But she can also claim to be a south Londoner. Because she's believed to have lived in two Lambeth locations. The records show that she lived on Meadow Road, near Oval between 1958-60, and possibly at another property close to Stockwell.</span><span><br /></span><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>However, the organ for her campaigning work across politics, community, racism, feminism, workers' rights and internationalism, was the West Indian Gazette (WIG). This monthly, which wasn't, as often erroneously referred to as the first British African newspaper, was nevertheless definitely one of the most influential.<br /><br />Set up in 1958, Jones run the paper from above Theo Campbell's record shop at 250 Brixton Road. This was where she held court with politicians, diplomats, academics, community activists, and people for a flair for selling the perennially struggling paper. Of the latter, the late former Southwark mayor Sam King and fellow Windrusher and Croydonite James Fairweather, were circulation manager and advertising manager, respectively.<br /><br />
There can hardly be any form of activism concerning London's African communities in which Jones was not involved in. The WIG Caribbean carnival of 1959 was partly meant as a fundraiser to help with legal bills for those caught up in the judicial system, following the 1958 race riots in Notting Hill.<br /></span><span><br />She was part of organisations that fought against racism and colonialism. She campaigned against the passing of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, which rolled back rights of settlement of, and numbers of, immigrants particularly from the non-Dominion parts of the British Empire.
<br /><br />Jones was famously at the front of the London march to the US embassy in solidarity with the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. A decade before, Jones was caught up in the US McCarthyism era witch-hunt against Communists. She was jailed for her Communist membership and deported to Britain in 1955.<br /></span><span><br />When you are next in Brixton library, look above the first floor reception, where you will see a photo of Jones with her comrade in community activism and first wife of pan-Africanism icon Marcus Garvey - <b>Amy Ashwood Garvey</b>, fellow Communist and victim of McCarthyism singer/actor Paul Robeson, his wife <b>Eslanda</b>, and Lambeth Mayor Alderman JW Calder and his wife.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINaSe5eblJlsbBg4_xcuxKGsgFo2rWJmY_YV5MtbN7Ca31Ns28HmMIGm8g69W3IG4o9vdg3kWNVwBMTmVZkKjDpM4INtO7ykJW0x2tUYfrpVxoBhySlMZSn2QTBYm3a_tIujoZnDzrJQ/s2048/IMG_20180419_142256+ajy+african+plaques+african+rep+brixton+library+claudia+robeson+amy+close+up+Brixton+Library.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINaSe5eblJlsbBg4_xcuxKGsgFo2rWJmY_YV5MtbN7Ca31Ns28HmMIGm8g69W3IG4o9vdg3kWNVwBMTmVZkKjDpM4INtO7ykJW0x2tUYfrpVxoBhySlMZSn2QTBYm3a_tIujoZnDzrJQ/w528-h297/IMG_20180419_142256+ajy+african+plaques+african+rep+brixton+library+claudia+robeson+amy+close+up+Brixton+Library.jpg" width="528" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Jones has been erroneously dubbed “<i>Mother Of Notting Hill Carnival”</i>, which was started after her death. This was one of the factoids we tried to put to bed in the Zoom discussion. A more accurate title would be <i>“Mother Of Caribbean Carnival”</i>. However, the most befitting accolade is simply “<i>Civil Rights Activist”</i>, which was how she was described on the Post Office stamp issued with her image in 2008.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div>Hopefully a reader may be able to answer a puzzling question about Jones. There is a local history and location board in Stockwell Memorial Gardens which states that <i>Jones worked at the Stockwell bus garage</i>. We are keen to corroborate this information. So if there are any readers with long memories who know about Jones working, possibly as a typist, in the bus garage, please let <a href="mailto:bbmbmc@gmail.com?subjet=Claudia Jones Stockwell bus garage enquiry" target="_blank">me</a> know.<br /></span><span><br />Also found in Stockwell Memorial Gardens is the Bronze Woman, a statue inspired by the eponymous poem by Guyanese-born poet, educator, and playwright <b>Cecile Nobrega</b> (1 June 1919 – 19 November 2013). Unfortunately Covid-19 put paid to the annual remembrance held by the statue last October.<br /></span><span><br />Luckily, we were joined by the poet's daughter <b>Eve</b>, who expatiated on her mother's talents as a composer and pianist, who won several music and short story writing competition prizes in her native British Guiana. There is a plaque on her former Stockwell home in Nealden Street.<br /></span><span><br />The video used, <b><i>‘London African History Through Representation In The Capital’</i></b>, captures a plaque that for now has no home. It's an <b>Olive Morris </b>(26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) plaque unveiled by Morris' mum inside the now demolished Olive Morris House building.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBuqvsqsHCF8gOXmS0mY5ac1UVIxz2hfJWfAiHM9hvWZqlxiIofGhHc5RUX_hUtRVcq4C047U_a5ciiW-RfmpfKRnSmS-74hPlP01JFal-s6btctmnAexFVkDc_PdACSgkhNwwi1iFp8/s1299/London+African+History+Representation+Across+The+Capital.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1299" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBuqvsqsHCF8gOXmS0mY5ac1UVIxz2hfJWfAiHM9hvWZqlxiIofGhHc5RUX_hUtRVcq4C047U_a5ciiW-RfmpfKRnSmS-74hPlP01JFal-s6btctmnAexFVkDc_PdACSgkhNwwi1iFp8/w561-h330/London+African+History+Representation+Across+The+Capital.png" width="561" /></a></div><br /><span>The building is named after Morris, whose short 27 year life belies the amount and range of activism she was involved in, mainly around Brixton. The Jamaican-born activist of the 1970s was a member of the British Black Panther Movement, Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent and the Brixton Black Women's Group.<br /><br />She was an ardent squatter rights activist, which makes it interesting that Lambeth Council named one of its buildings after her.
Although the eponymous building is no more, Lambeth Council Cabinet Member for Equalities and Culture <b>Sonia Winifred</b> informed the meeting that there's a possibility of the new building being built on the site having a feature with Morris' name on it. Meanwhile, a suitable building is being sort where Morris' plaque can be installed.<br /><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutPxM9wgdztG-F8SZF0bdH6ERqzv0OwYTeoyjTyn9avqDdty-qtIXNIy4sEwRFBjSPBO7oYJdCclsWaWmHNgUKBTpMWctWXYWmjQUIXHVdqtnJBp-gI6WW_E6NUQ1fopcMbCU9N3gJgs/s2048/LONDON+AFRICAN+HISTORY+Olive+Morris+House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutPxM9wgdztG-F8SZF0bdH6ERqzv0OwYTeoyjTyn9avqDdty-qtIXNIy4sEwRFBjSPBO7oYJdCclsWaWmHNgUKBTpMWctWXYWmjQUIXHVdqtnJBp-gI6WW_E6NUQ1fopcMbCU9N3gJgs/w402-h226/LONDON+AFRICAN+HISTORY+Olive+Morris+House.jpg" width="402" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Other women highlighted at the meeting were former Attorney General <b>Baroness Scotland</b>, who was at the unveiling of the Bronze Woman in 2008, parliamentarian <b>Dawn Butler</b>, classical music composer <b>Shirley Thompson</b>, PR/promoter <b>Ruth Amankwah</b>, entrepreneur Dounne Alexander, and Guyanese-born <b>Jessica Huntley</b> (23 February 1927 – 13 October 2013), who was a book publisher, community activist and one of the driving forces behind the New Cross Massacre Action Committee of 1981.<br /><br />P.S. <b>Cllr Patsy Cummings </b>highlighted Croydonite composer <b>Samuel Coleridge-Taylor</b> and the fact that <b>Bob Marley & The Wailers</b>' last London gig at Crystal Palace 40 years ago was recently marked with a blue plaque. <b>Dr Velma McClymont</b> spoke about West Indian Gazette reporter <b>Donald Hinds</b>. We have resources covering these men for another programme, but for now, the focus is on our women!</span></span></div>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-7767610120845552712020-10-03T08:08:00.001-07:002020-10-03T08:22:51.259-07:00Support Our 'Order Of St Michael And St George Insignia Image Is Racist And Afriphobic, And Must Go!' Petition<p><br /></p><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" id="ml-block-160516709" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; min-width: 640px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mlContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 0px 0px 50px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 540px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mlContentImage" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"><a data-link-id="422351621" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="border: none; color: #00a154; display: block;" target="_blank"><img align="1" alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/4/4823/images/b618bd121524037dc87d6900644646f135cc46e8.jpeg/08acf3071826484204c979e508242e3c5014bf9a.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="540" /></a></td></tr><tr><td height="15" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="image-caption-content" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>Support Our 'Order Of St Michael And St George Insignia Image Is Racist And Afriphobic, And Must Go!' Petition</strong></p><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Oct. 2 2020<br /><br /><em>Click <a data-link-id="422351624" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to sign petition.<br /><br /></em></p><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">So, it's the start of October, which in the United Kingdom, also means the start of <em>African History Month</em>. This is supposed to be the time when schools, councils, libraries, the media, some corporate bodies and community groups, highlight the great and good among the global African family, and senior politicians such as the Prime Minister, mayors, Council leaders, and equalities and culture portfolio holders offer platitudes that speak to the valuable contributions made by Africans to society generally, and specifically to some borough or region.<br /><br />The irony of words such as <strong>Prime Minister Boris Johnson</strong> saying: <em>“Black British history is all our history,”</em> aren't lost on most people. What happens on the ground might of course be very different. We all know that if this history was really appreciated, what I call <em>The Big Shame</em> or the <em>Commonwealth And Windrush Scandal</em>, might not have happened.<br /><br />Worse still, few would know that one of the PM's ministerial departments, which is in grave need of rebuilding trust among the African and other marginalised communities, recently withdrew advertising from a small, specialist publication because of a perceived slight or criticism. Are publications expected to accept everything the wings of government say without criticism, or else face withdrawal of advertising revenue?<br /><br />Anyway, I digress. So back to the matter at hand.<br /><br />I, as <a data-link-id="422351627" href="http://www.taobq.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</strong></a> co-ordinator, have launched this <a data-link-id="422351630" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>petition</strong></a> at the start of African History Month, and intend reminding BBM subscribers each week to sign or forward the petition until it closes at the end of the Month. And if the weekly frequency of an otherwise decidedly ad hoc newsletter gets too much, thankfully we have a simple Unsubscribe link.<br /><br />Anyway, soon after the Afriphobic death of <strong>George Floyd</strong> in late May, the image of a <strong>“white” St Michae</strong>l standing on the neck of a <strong>“black” devil surfaced.</strong> My initial reaction upon seeing one of the different versions of the image that adorns the <em>Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)</em> insignia was that it was fake!<br /><br />It seemed unbelievable that such an image of <em>“European/white/good/saint” and “African/black/bad/devil” could still be in use</em>. That's until<strong> Lord Simon Woolley</strong> confirmed its provenance at a Zoom meeting on decolonisation and pan-Africanism.<br /><br />In addition to the exchanges of the image on social media and WhatsApp messages, someone set up a petition asking that the medal be “completely redesigned in a more appropriate way and for an official apology to be given for the offence it has given”. All very reasonable. It garnered over 15,000 signatures and coverage in newspapers such as the Daily Mail and the Guardian.<br /><br />In my view, the only problem with the petition was that it was directed to the<em> UK Parliament</em>. I tried unsuccessfully to make contact with the petition proposer to suggest it be re-directed to those who have direct control over the Order.<br /><br /></p><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">As we can now see, although the petition has amassed a laudable 18K-plus signatures, there's been no forward movement three months on since the <em>Cabinet Office</em> said the premise of the petition is 'inaccurate', because the current image was redesigned in 2011 and now features a <em>"light-skinned" devil</em>. Also, it adds, those with the pre-2011 insignia can request an exchange.</p></td></tr><tr><td class="image-caption-bottom-gap" height="5" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" id="ml-block-160517051" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; min-width: 640px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mlContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 15px 50px 10px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentBlock marginBottom" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mlContentImage" height="376" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="282"><a data-link-id="422351633" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="border: none; color: #00a154; display: block;" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/4/4823/images/33cc70b1beefe3fc61c103212bbfd42ad3d0de87.png/ae6a416a49e76edfe7f6409f68637ddf180c4d3e.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; max-width: 230px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="282" /></a></td><td class="mobileHide" height="376" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="30"></td></tr><tr><td class="mobileHide" colspan="2" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">So to the Cabinet Office, the matter is solved. Like it's OK because the devil's now “light-skinned” (see left). But we think not! The latest iteration <em>still perpetuates the colour racist hierarchy. It's still racist against both olive-skinned people and those of multiple heritage.</em><br /><br />What is it with a Eurocentric or white supremacist mindset that depicting the devil with wings or a lower body of a serpent is not grotesque enough without making the devil look African, dark, brown or “light-skinned”? As if this is not bad enough, this grotesque racist iconography has been internalised by some Africans on the African continent, where at least one life-size statue can be found in the grounds of a Catholic church in Ghana!<br /><br />It is for this reason, and wearing my hat as <a data-link-id="422351636" href="http://www.taobq.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)</strong></a> co-ordinator, that I'm appealing to conscious Africans, allies and Afriphiles, to call out these racist images, and where possible campaign for their removal or withdrawal.<br /><br />For our part, we're launching a <a data-link-id="422351639" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>petition</strong></a> today directed at the<em> Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) <a data-link-id="422351642" href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/governance/rt-hon-lord-robertson" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>Chancellor The Rt Hon Lord Robertson</strong></a> and <a data-link-id="422351645" href="https://churchinparliament.org/about-the-lords-spiritual/bishop-of-birmingham/" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong>Prelate Bishop David Urquhart</strong></a>, </em><em>requesting that the Order withdraw the current “light-skinned” devil iteration, make a formal apology for unwittingly promoting racism and Afriphobia, promise to institute anti-racism training within the Order's organisation and embed anti-racism awareness within its processes that will commission, review, sign-off and promote the 'non-racist' GCMC replacement image and other images on its other insignia.<br /><br /></em>In the summer Jamaican governor <strong>Sir Patrick</strong> took the decision not to use the insignia anymore. He went as far as writing to the Order's Chancellor, suggesting the image be “changed to reflect an inclusive image of the shared humanity of all peoples.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" id="ml-block-160519871" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; min-width: 640px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mlContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 15px 50px 10px;"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentBlock marginBottom" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mobileHide" height="329" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="30"></td><td class="mlContentImage" height="329" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="381"><a data-link-id="422351648" href="https://www.change.org/p/order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-chancellor-rt-hon-lord-robertson-prelate-bishop-david-urquhart-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-insignia-image-is-racist-and-afriphobic-and-must-go?recruiter=901112512&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=2b688960-be5c-11e8-ba73-4f250bb6d570" style="border: none; color: #00a154; display: block;" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/4/4823/images/0ad41693487c828109e4c0150a23e7084f05aa13.jpeg/e2938a721df746e9b5c3b0841a4be0a27e2fc7fe.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; max-width: 559px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mobileHide" colspan="2" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">We are yet to hear the Order's response, or indeed that of the other African recipients of this particular Order. Their silence perhaps speaks to their suffering from <em>Afri-victimised syndrome</em>, in that they cherish this accolade from the top of the British Establishment too much to think of it as tarnished, even if it's Afriphobic.<br /><br />As we mark African History Month, each Monday, a mail out will be sent reminding you to sign the petition, and if you have, to forward it to someone else to sign. The petition will close on Oct. 31, after which it will be officially handed to the two officers of the Order. And we'll be on their case for a formal reply.<br /><br />The motto of the insignia reads: “Auspicium Melioris Ævi”, which means 'Token of a Better Age'. We hope in light of this petition the Order will do the right thing in this current age of heightened racial equity awareness.<br /><br /></p><p style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Kwaku<br />TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)<br /><strong><a data-link-id="422351651" href="http://www.taobq.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00a154; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">www.TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-74110217199418388612020-06-11T06:57:00.001-07:002020-06-11T06:57:08.922-07:00Four Band Global African Quad Flag Decided UponJune 11 2020<br />
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At a Zoom meeting on June 10 - <i>2020: Marcus Garvey @ 80: Moving Towards A Unifying African Identity</i> - attendees overwhelmingly voted for the use of the four band Global African Quad Flag. The results of a poll at the end of the meeting was 81% for the four band and 19% for the 5 band, which has two black bands, each representing Africans of the continent and of the diaspora.<br />
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The 5 band version was an addition to the original 4 band, which came out of the 2014 100th anniversary commemoration of the founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League, organised by TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) and partners in London.<br />
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The African Global Quad Flag combines the four common colours of the two pan-African colours - Ethiopian/Rastafari's green, gold and red, and the UNIA's red, black and green.<br />
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Going forward, TAOBQ and The African Coalition advocates the use of the Global African Quad colour to visually represent issues of African interest or concern, particularly Afriphobia.<br />
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<i>Watch this space or <b><a href="http://www.africanhistoryplus.eventbrite.com/">www.AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com</a></b> for details of events organised by TAOBQ, The African Coalition and partners under the Marcus Garvey/UNIA-ACL 80:100 banner.</i>The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-39581130622437372462020-05-25T16:23:00.002-07:002020-05-25T16:31:27.371-07:00Blam! Pow! BAME Advocates African Identity Group, Which Acknowledges An MP And A Community Group For Using AAMEBlam! Pow! BAME Advocates African Identity Group, Which Acknowledges An MP And A Community Group For Using AAME<br />
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To mark Africa Day/African Liberation Day, UK-based African identity campaign group TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question), in association with The African Coalition, launches its latest slogan attacking the BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) terminology, which has attained an unprecedented ubiquitousness in its use especially in the current discourse on the disproportionate manner in which Covid-19 is affecting particularly non-Europeans in Britain and elsewhere, such as Brazil and the United States.</div>
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Today, TAOBQ introduces its latest slogan: Blam! Pow! BAME = Use AAME. TAOBQ, which coined the AAME acronym, which stands for African, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or African, Asian and/& Minority Ethnic, has been consistently campaigning for the use of African since its conference in 2012 passed a resolution to use African, instead of black, to refer to people of African heritage, irrespective of whether they come from Africa, the Caribbean, Britain or other parts of the African diaspora.</div>
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After years of writing directly to the Labour Party and anti-racist organisations to use AAME, African, Asian, Minority Ethnic, African, and Afriphobia, which specifically refers to anti-African racism, and publishing articles – the latest being the pre-International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Anti-Racism Day) 2020 piece <a href="https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/african-history/the-politics-of-racism-and-terminologies/">'The Politics Of Racism, Terminologies And Imagery'</a>, TAOBQ recognises some rays of hope. </div>
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Last week, Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe was accused by the Jewish community of discrimination by not including them when she made reference to the African, Asian and minority ethnic communities in her question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQ) on the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on minority communities in the UK.</div>
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In a reply published in <a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/labour-mp-denies-excluding-jews-from-pmq-question-1.499925">The Jewish Chronicle</a>, Webbe, who described herself as an “African woman”, was forthright in clarifying her position that she did not discriminate against the Jewish community, as they are included in the “ethnic minority” bit. It would seem this response has put a lid on the non-issue, as we have thus far not heard any accusations of anti-semitism or a call for an apology.</div>
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Incidentally, talking about discrimination, the African community has a legitimate cause for making allegations of discrimination. Africans face the worse forms of discrimination in Britain and other parts of the diaspora, from unemployment, educational attainment, housing, the criminal justice system, to deaths in state custody. This is the reason why the UN launched the International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) 2015-24 initiative, which Britain and most Western UN member states have not engaged with.</div>
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For example, accusations of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party were enough for the party to conduct an internal investigation into anti-Semitism, where Afriphobia and “other forms of racism” were nothing but footnotes in the resulting report. The same accusation has led to an on-going investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.</div>
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In contrast, there have been no moves to investigate the Afriphobic activities by Labour Party staff that have been revealed in the leaked Labour Party documents. The party leader Sir Starmer Kier has shown no signs of addressing this. He was however quick in making a public apology to the Jewish community within the first week of gaining the helm of the party. Perhaps he'll make his position privately known when replying to the numerous letters sent to him by Labour members and activists.<br />
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Considering that the national equality body has seen no reason to investigate the accusation of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party,what chance is there of it taking it upon itself to investigate the Afriphobic activities by Labour Party staff ?<br />
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Talking about activists, we are heartened by community activist Olalekan Odedeyi, who after our presentation on identity terminologies at the IDPAD Coalition UK's launch on its Afriphobia document last December, with the support of the leadership of his Middlesbrough activist group, changed the group's name to Tees Valley Labour AAME Forum.</div>
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So on this day that African Day/African Liberation Day is marked by Africans and their allies across the world, TAOBQ is proud to present the first Blam! Pow! BAME = Use AAME Award to Olalekan and Tees Valley Labour AAME Forum, for making an organisational shift in supporting the use of AAME.<br />
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The second Blam! Pow! BAME = Use AAME Award goes to Claudia Webbe for consistently using African, Asian, and minority ethnic in her House of Commons contributions. Hansard captures three occasions – the first on March 9 2020, when the new MP made her maiden speech; May 18, during the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill debate; and on May 20, when she asked the Boris Johnson during PMQ what he was going to do, in light of the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on AAME communities.</div>
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One hopes Webbe's fellow African Labour MPs, particularly Diane Abbott, Dawn Butler and Clive Lewis, who were the targets of Labour Party HQ Afriphobic undermining activities, will start using AAME, instead of BAME, and African, instead of black.</div>
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Incidentally, TAOBQ is against the use of black in reference to African people, but not against black in describing concepts, such as black politics, black power, black music, or the accounting term “in the black”.</div>
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To better understand TAOBQ's position on identity and language, you can read <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2020/01/taobq-african-or-black-question.html">TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) Manifesto 2020+</a>and related material on <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/">TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a>. TAOBQ is part of the organisers of The African Coalition's <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marcus-garvey-80-moving-towards-a-unifying-african-identity-tickets-106534020122">Marcus Garvey @ 80: Moving Towards A Unifying African Identity</a>, a Zoom online contribution to Anti-University 2020 on June 10, 6-9pm (UK, GMT +1) via <a href="https://africanhistoryplus.eventbrite.com/">AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com</a>.</div>
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We also support <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/african-history-and-representation-across-london-tickets-106542447328">African History And Representation Across London</a>, a contribution to London History Month on May 31.</div>
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Four years ago on Africa Day/African Liberation Day 2016, Africans For JC Values and dozens of pan-African co-signatories, made a submission to Labour Party's Chakrabarti Inquiry to investigate “Anti-Semitism and other forms of racism”, which was also published as an open letter entitled <a href="http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/call-it-by-its-name-afriphobia-is-racism-against-african-people/">'Call It By Its Name: Afriphobia Is Racism Against African People'</a>.</div>
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Since then, our campaign on Twitter has included the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CallItByItsNameAfriphobia?src=hashtag_click">#CallItByItsNameAfriphobia</a>hashtag. Others are <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JustSayAfrican?src=hashtag_click">#JustSayAfrican</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afriphobia?src=hashtag_click">#Afriphobia</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AAME?src=hashtag_click">#AAME</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">1. Describe people of African heritage as <b>African</b> or as of <b>African</b> <b>heritage</b> (not origin), <i>instead of black. </i>Click <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2011/12/taobq-press-release-missed-opportunity.html">here</a></b> or <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2012/01/taobq-press-release-attendees-affirm.html">here</a></b><br />2. The opportunity for study of <b>African history</b> or <b>Africana</b> to be made more accessible, and either descriptor be used,<i> instead of black history or black studies. </i>Click <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2017/05/black-history-month-uk-conceiver-addai.html">here</a></b><br />3. When itemising racial discriminations, then use </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Afriphobia </b>(note the spelling with an “i”), which refers to the prejudice or discrimination against; fear, hatred, or bigotry towards people of African heritage and things African,<i> instead or anti-black racism or lumping it under racism. </i>Click <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2016/05/open-letter-from-40-african-signatories.html">here</a></b><br />4. Use <b>AAME</b> (<b>African, Asian, Minority </b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ethnic</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">) terminology, instead of BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic), </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">which excludes the African identity. </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Click </span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2016/05/open-letter-from-40-african-signatories.html">here</a></b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Supplementary items</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">:<br />5. Use the <b>Global African quad flag/colours</b> <i>as the visual identifier of African-centred matters. </i>Click <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2017/12/global-african-quad-flag-visual.html">here</a> NOTE: As of June 10 2020, the 4 band version was adopted as the Global African Quad flag/colours.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141414; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">7. Make time to observe <i>August 31</i> as <b>African History Reflection Day</b>. Click <b><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.com/2014/09/august-31-declared-african-history.html">here</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our abiding quotes</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">:</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"</b></span></span></span><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We are <b>African people</b>. Get comfortable with it. And learn to love your African self." </span></span><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ronoko Rashidi, historian</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1b95e0;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 149, 224);"><b>The African Coalition Day 2020</b>, Saturday Aug. 15 2020, 2-8pm in London, UK:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b>Diane Abbott MP At Commonwealth And Windrush Generation Rally On Parliament Square April 30</b></div>
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<b>Solidarity With Commonwealth & Windrush Generation Rally April 30 2018</b></div>
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<b>Liberation School Session 1: Understanding Trade Unions, Labour Party And Community Activism</b>April 14 2018, central London<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">African & Proud? 2</span></b></div>
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May 19 2018, central London</div>
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<b>London African History Through Representation In The Capital</b></div>
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May 31, central London</div>
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<b>British Black Music Month (BBMM) 2018 Launch/'Britain's Contribution To The Development Of Reggae' Premiere</b></div>
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June 1 2018, central London</div>
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<b>BBMM2018 Competition: Win A Pair Of Focus Africa Music Festival 2018 Zimbabwe UK Burkina Faso Tickets</b><br />
Closing date May 28<br />
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<b>BBMM2018 Competition: Win One Or Two Positive Vibration: Festival Of Reggae June 8-9 2018 Weekend Tickets</b><br />
Closing date June 3<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/BBMM2018PosVib">http://bit.ly/BBMM2018PosVib</a></div>
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<b>Who I Am & What I Do Networking 9</b></div>
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June 12 2018, Stonebridge</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/WIAAWID9">http://bit.ly/WIAAWID9</a><br />
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<b><br />Look: From Empire Windrush To The Commonwealth & Windrush Scandal (1948-2018)</b><br />
June 15, 5.30-7pm<br />
<b><a href="http://bit.ly/LkEmpWindHack">http://bit.ly/LkEmpWindHack</a></b></div>
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<b>Look: The Other Windrush Stories!</b></div>
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June 30 2018, central London</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/OtherWindrush">http://bit.ly/OtherWindrush</a><br />
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<b>BBMM2018: Submit Your Favourite British Reggae Track</b><br />
Closing date: June 24 2018<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/BritReg2018">http://bit.ly/BritReg2018</a><br />
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<b>International Reggae Day London 2018</b></div>
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July 1 2018, central London</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/IRDLDN2018">http://bit.ly/IRDLDN2018</a><br />
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July 20 2018, Angel</div>
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<b><br /></b><b>BBMM2018 Making Sense Of How The Music Industry Works</b></div>
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TAOBQ co-ordinator<div><br /></div><div>2021 Update: At the <i>2020: Marcus Garvey @ 80: Moving Towards A Unifying African Identity</i> meeting decided upon use of the Global African Quad flag with 4 stripes as the final version:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9qr-6sP6SKbE8AvfHyBsQm19sPHgj9AIukhtE6rHAee0ezI4nD-6n0pmeX7kwygCiOGnAp61PQXCPf22s4SAj2CqgHrvpq5D9d1Jn4-3acsRba5Q4WtS5KthxPbUY6TKE4HdA183GbY/s284/Global+African+Quad+flag+4+stripes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="284" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9qr-6sP6SKbE8AvfHyBsQm19sPHgj9AIukhtE6rHAee0ezI4nD-6n0pmeX7kwygCiOGnAp61PQXCPf22s4SAj2CqgHrvpq5D9d1Jn4-3acsRba5Q4WtS5KthxPbUY6TKE4HdA183GbY/w640-h399/Global+African+Quad+flag+4+stripes.png" width="640" /></a></div>Final version of the Global African Quad flag/colours<br /><div><br />
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As we enter the 4th year of the UN's IDPAD (International Decade For People Of African Descent) 2015-24 initiative, a new symbol aims to provide a quick, short-hand, visual representation of all things African, be it good or bad!<br />
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The Global African Quad (GAQ) Flag was officially launched on November 18 2017 at the BTWSC/African Histories Revisited organised African History Month UK Network Conference at Unite The Union's headquarters in Holborn, London.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TAOBQ co-ordinator Kwaku unfurls GAQ flag at the conference, whilst book-seller Emmanuel Amevor is the first to publicly wear a GAQ badge. November 18 2018 @ Unite The Union HQ, London</span></div>
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In an age where logos and other visual symbols are meant to provide instant meaning, it is hoped that the GAQ colours will come to be recognised as representing African-related interest and issues, be it expressing African pride, <b>Afriphobia</b>*, or atrocity, such as the recently revealed incidents of Africans being enslaved in Libya or protests against African deaths in state custody.</div>
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For background and the development of the flag,<b> </b>click <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/august-31-declared-african-history.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to read 'August 31 Declared African History Reflection Day', and click <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/colours-for-making-african-pride-and.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to read 'Colours For African Pride And For Marking Atrocities Against Africans?' Although ideally there should be a single black stripe representing all Africans, when the two black stripes version representing Africans of the continent and the diaspora was shown at the 2017 African History Reflection Day event, it was favoured by a small majority. It's a small compromise to make and one hopes we'll reach a time when we'll revert to a single black stripe because most diasporan Africans will recognise that they are African, period.</div>
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* Africans For and TAOBQ define Afriphobia as: <i>The prejudice or discrimination against; fear, hatred, or bigotry towards people of African heritage and things African</i>. </div>
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<i>It is also racism specifically against Africans</i>. For more, click <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/open-letter-from-40-african-signatories.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to read 'Call It By Its Name: Afriphobia Is Racism Against African People'.<br />
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Spread the word and attend the <b>Jeremy Corbyn/John McDonnell
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">NOTE: Remind voters that unless their constituency is Islington North,
they will NOT see Jeremy Corbyn’s name on the ballot – <i>they are supposed to
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housing, and how Labour policies will make a positive impact</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> e.g. Privatisation of
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Counter arguments about what makes a strong leader. <i>Is it a person
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of the marginalised, supported anti-apartheid movement when it was not popular
and Margaret Thatcher described Mandela as a terrorist? A person who has been
resilient and not abandoned socialist values in spite of negative onslaught
from the media and undermining from members of the Parliamentary Labour Party
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Regarding Foreign Policy. There is a link between foreign policy and
'extremism'. Links to Conservatives making some of the points Corbyn has made: <b><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/six-times-tories-said-exactly-10511011">www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/six-times-tories-said-exactly-10511011</a></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></div>
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Morning Star online <i>for positive news about Corbyn and Labour.</i></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Draw attention to videos by <b>Lowkey</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">, <b>JME</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">, <b>Stormzy,</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> <b>Akala</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> and other artists and community activists, such as
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>Africans For JC</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"> (<b>Jeremy Corbyn</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;">) <b>Values</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is an
inclusive, <i>African-led socio-political movement</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"> that supports the <b>Jeremy Corbyn 10 Point Pledge</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"> and is working to bring about a <b>Jeremy
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<span lang="EN-US">Join us for the <b>Jeremy Corbyn/John
McDonnell Successful Campaign Party & Medecins San Frontieres Lake Chad
Emergency Fundraiser </b></span><span lang="EN-US">on <b>Sunday June 11</b></span><span lang="EN-US">, 3-6pm in central London. Come and support, buy raffle tickets and
auction items, enjoy Ghanaian meal & kelewele (diced fried plantain).
Complimentary bubbly on arrival. For more details: <a href="mailto:africansfor@gmail.com"><b>africansfor@gmail.com</b>.</a></span><br />
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<strong>AFJCV</strong> <strong>(Africans For JC Values</strong>) presents in association with <strong>TAOBQ</strong> (<strong>The African Or Black Question</strong>) and <strong>BBM/BMC</strong> (<strong>BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress</strong>):<br /><strong>AFJCV GE2017 Celebration & MSF Lake Chad Emergency Fundraiser<br /></strong>OK, you've been consumed by the GE2017 elections, worked hard canvassing, etc. <em>So join us on the first weekend after the general elections!</em> All welcome - come and unwind, and celebrate hope over fear, and help us raise awareness and funds for <strong>Medicins Sans Frontieres' Lake Chad Emergency Appeal</strong>.<br /><br /><em><strong>Book</strong> at <a data-link-id="104667393" href="http://www.bitly.com/MSFLC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>www.bitly.com/MSFLC</strong></a> by donating whatever you can afford</em>. Event takes place in Russell Square, central London - address provided after booking. The afternoon consists of:<br /><br />Music + <strong>Videos</strong> + Ghanaian refreshments + <strong>Raffle</strong> + Auction including signed bottles & souvenir NME + <strong>Networking</strong> + Talks + <strong>Free bubbly for early arrivals</strong> + <strong>MSF fundraiser</strong></div>
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presentation by Faithless guitarist and ‘Sound System’ (Pluto Press) author
Dave Randall on <b>Monday June 5</b></span><span lang="EN-US">, 6.30-8.30pm.
Free. Event details:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.bbm.eventbrite.com/">www.BBM.eventbrite.com</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><i>Africans For JC Values</i></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><i> Campaign Bullet Points for activists or supporters:</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 13.0pt;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zone in on people’s interests, be
it health, education and housing,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and remind them whose policies will make a positive impact e.g. <b><i>Privatisation
of the NHS or public ownership? </i></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 13.0pt;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeremy Corbyn is not electable or a
strong leader? The popular Labour Manifesto would not have been passed <i>without
Corbyn's leadership.</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 13.0pt;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Counter arguments about what makes a
strong leader. Is it a person who has no qualms about <i>pushing a nuclear
button or one who invests in peace?</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Is
it one who does <i>U turns or one who has strength of character</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has consistently been <i>on the side of
the marginalised, supported anti-apartheid movement when it was not popular</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and <b>Margaret Thatcher
</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">described
<b>Mandela</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
as a terrorist? A person who has been <i>resilient and not abandoned socialist
values </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">in
spite of negative onslaught from the media and undermining from members of the
Parliamentary Labour Party and Labour Party, and has increased the membership
of the Labour Party – these arew signs of a strong leader!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 13.0pt;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foreign Policy: There is a link
between foreign policy and 'extremism'. Will post links on June 1 at www.bit.ly/JCGE2010</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Culled from AFJCV (Africans For JC Values)/TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) mail out via BBM/BMC:<br /></span><br />
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<strong>Unite The Union</strong> is certainly unequivocal about its support for the <strong>Labour Party</strong>, as evidenced by the giant banner on the side of its London HQ in Holborn.</div>
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Street marketing reminder of some of the events happening this week and next.<br />Click <a data-link-id="104667395" href="https://www.fatsoma.com/brixton-jamm/xwex2lps/captain-ska-liar-liar-launch-gig" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to book for the <strong>Captain Ska</strong> Wednesday June 7 Brixton Jamm gig, and <a data-link-id="104667397" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJDOQW2XGCs&t=327s" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch band member and 'Liar Liar' composer <strong>Jake Painter</strong> and others discuss 'Media Bias: Why Won't The BBC Play "Liar, Liar #GE2017"?' Incidentally, a segment of the video is played on the <strong>Victoria Derbyshire</strong>-fronted BBC TV prog, as part of the discussion on editorial policy, balance and newsworthiness.</div>
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Click <a data-link-id="104667403" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsKyWah1gVg" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch the <strong>TAOBQ</strong> Liar Liar GE2017 Remix For Labour Supporters And Activists By <strong>Kwaku</strong>, featuring "very angry" 5 year old <strong>Brooke Blair</strong>. Whilst you can consume the music for free, and the record was the highest chart entry at no. 4 (way better than the modest top 40 aspirations of band and its supporter The <em>People's</em> Assembly Against Austerity), if you haven't already bought a copy, <em>do consider buying one, to make a political statement and to help the food bank programme in "austerity Britain".</em><strong><br /></strong></div>
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<strong>Jeremy 'Stormzy' Corbyn</strong> - 'Shut Up Remix In Under 40 Seconds.' Click <a data-link-id="104667407" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vow3kokvdng" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch MC JC!</div>
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Click <a data-link-id="104667409" href="http://www.nme.com/news/jeremy-corbyn-tells-young-voters-future-2083072" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read <strong>NME editor</strong><strong>Mike Williams</strong>' interview with Corbyn, which includes a lot of youth-orientated questions by the mag's readers covering topics such as tuition fees, and the quintessential NME question: <strong>Oasis </strong>or<strong> Blur</strong>? Click <a data-link-id="104667411" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5jS56gMMDc" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch the <strong>NME Meets Jeremy Corbyn</strong> interview in an east London eatery. Judging by where <strong>JME'</strong>s interview took place, it would seem if you want to interview JC for a youth audience, get him into an eatery!</div>
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<strong>JME</strong> encourages his fans to register in order to vote. Note the importance of the youth vote for Labour, <strong><em>if only they can be made to a) register and b) go out and vote</em></strong>! See below to watch and read about JME's interview with <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong>. Again, the importance of the under-25s and under-50s for Labour and Corbyn is highlighted in the <strong>George Osbourne</strong>-edited <strong>Evening Standard</strong>.</div>
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Well, not much choice here, almost all the artists highlighted in this <a data-link-id="104667417" href="http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/general-election-2017-celebrity-endorsements-2069878" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>NME article</strong></a> are voting <strong>Labour</strong>! Click <a data-link-id="104667419" href="http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/general-election-2017-celebrity-endorsements-2069878" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read.</div>
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<strong>Boy Better Know</strong>'s <strong>JME</strong> doesn't simply endorse <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong> and the <strong>Labour Party</strong>, and encourage the youth to register. He meets the party leader in a north London eatery to quiz him about issues relevant to young people. Click <a data-link-id="104667423" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-rxp_QwjmQ" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch <strong>i-D</strong>'s<strong> 'When JME Met Jeremy Corbyn' video</strong>, and below to read the<a data-link-id="104667425" href="http://www.nme.com/news/watch-jme-interview-jeremy-corbyn-about-the-general-election-2073558#UAwbEooecKGe0T48.99" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong> NME</strong> coverage</a>, in which JME tells Corbyn he's "so genuine it feels like I'm about to meet my mum's friend".</div>
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How often do you find statistics that prominently show <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong> in the lead? <strong><em>Here is one for the "Jeremy Corbyn is NOT electable brigade"!</em></strong> </div>
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The <strong>AFJCV</strong>'s <em>home-made 'Afriphobia' banner</em> attracted the attention of some media and Labour staff, who photographed it (see below for more on identity and language) at the <strong>Labour Party's launch of its 'Race & Faith Manifesto'</strong> last week in Watford. Photographed is moi and Brent Central MP candidate <strong>Dawn Butler</strong>, who also facilitated the launch, which had Labour bigwigs such as <strong>Diane Abbott</strong>, <strong>Keith Vaz</strong>,<strong> John McDonnell</strong> and <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong> in attendance. Click <a data-link-id="104667429" href="https://www.facebook.com/RTUKnews/videos/vb.1405726646383881/1775614419395100/?type=2&theater" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch launch.</div>
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Politically conscious rapper <strong>Lowkey</strong> urges young people to register and vote Labour <strong>June 8</strong>.</div>
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“Tory policies have led us to the stage where you have nurses in the NHS using foodbanks. But when you have somebody coming forward saying he will raise the wages of nurses, saying he will abolish tuition fees, he will raise the minimum wage, build one million homes, half of them social housing: this is significant, and this is significant to everyone. Previously, the idea had been that these people are not speaking to us, about us or for us. <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong> is a clear exception to that rule.” Click <a data-link-id="104667433" href="http://evolvepolitics.com/britain-best-rapper-lowkey-corbyn/" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read the full <strong>Evolve Politics</strong> article, and <a data-link-id="104667435" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dPzDqNvPUU" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch Lowkey's on-point <strong>Double Down News</strong> socio-political analysis.</div>
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Another socio-politically aware rapper,<strong> Akala</strong>, is not only voting <strong>Labour</strong>, <strong><em>it's the first time he would have ever voted</em></strong>. And it's all because of <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong>'s leadership of the Labour Party. But he has not come to this decision wearing rose tinted glasses. He recognises the imperfection of Corbyn, and the imperialist history of the Labour party. Nevertheless Corbyn and Labour are our best choise, he opines. Click <a data-link-id="104667439" href="https://www.facebook.com/akalamusic/posts/10156111335053102" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read <strong>Akala</strong>'s <strong>Facebook</strong> post.</div>
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A year ago, before he became an album chart-topping act, <strong>Stormzy</strong> endorsed <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong>, rhyming: “My man, Jeremy! Young Jeremy, my guy. I dig what he says. I saw some sick picture of him from back in the day when he was campaigning about anti-apartheid and I thought: yeah, I like your energy." Click <a data-link-id="104667443" href="http://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-0-8-1195581#r0mWaOf8DVkMO921.99" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read the <strong>NME</strong> article.</div>
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OK, so we now know that grime artists do not just rap about their endz, being on road, and shanking. Some are politically aware. And so too is the fanbase who recently set up the <a data-link-id="104667447" href="http://www.grime4corbyn.com/" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>grime4corbyn.com</strong></a> website, <a data-link-id="104667449" href="https://twitter.com/Grime4Corbyn" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>@grime4corbyn</strong></a> <strong>Twitter</strong> handle, and the <a data-link-id="104667451" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/grime4corbyn?src=hash" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">#<strong>grime4corbyn</strong></a> hashtag. They are <em>encouraging grime fans to <strong>register</strong> and vote<strong> Labour</strong></em>. Those who register will have a chance of winning tickets to a 'secret party' in London. The date and venue is yet to be confirmed. Click <a data-link-id="104667453" href="https://www.grime4corbyn.com/" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to be kept in the loop.</div>
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And if you thought reggae sound system MCs were loud, incoherent people, whose job was to hype the selector and the crowd, then you'll be surprised at the political exhortations from these sarf London MCs <strong>Lorna Gee</strong>, <strong>Papa Levi</strong> and <strong>Papa Benji</strong>, who were politicking within the dancehalls of the early to mid-1980s. The slides are provided courtesy of <strong>Dr William Henry</strong> a.k.a. <strong>Leslie Lyrics</strong>, who spoke to the contents of the slides during his <strong>Reggae Research Network</strong> presentation last Friday in Liverpool. </div>
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Performance poet and story-teller <strong>Grace Quansah</strong> a.k.a. <strong>Akuba</strong> puts her frustrations against 7 years of Tory rule into a "long poem", for which her son has created a video and music bed. Click <a data-link-id="104667457" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TPO67FRA0Y" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to watch.</div>
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When educationalist and community activis<strong>t Bro Toyin Agbetu</strong>, <em>who has not voted since the <strong>Blairite Labour government</strong> of twenty years ago</em>, decides to ditch his political party and support <strong>Jeremy Corbyn</strong> and the <strong>Labour</strong> party, then you know there must be compelling reasons. Click <a data-link-id="104667461" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=gC_u1PKobzs" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to find out from the <strong>Ligali</strong> video.<br />And for those making <strong>"white man survivor" accusations</strong>, <em>note that it's only the<strong> Conservative Party</strong> that's fixated on the Corbyn personality</em>, based on the focus of their ads, etc. Majority of those Africans supporting Corbyn and the Labour Party do so either because of <strong>Corbyn's 10 Point Pledge</strong>, click <a data-link-id="104667463" href="http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/pledges" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>, and/or the <strong>party's manifesto</strong>, click <a data-link-id="104667465" href="http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/manifesto2017" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>!</div>
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We aren't sure whether 5 year <strong>Brooke Blair</strong> would vote Conservatives or Labour, if she had the vote. <em><strong>But we're certain her politics isn't Blairite</strong></em>! Although she might be prone to a wee bit of exaggeration, for a 5 year old, not only is she articulate, she's forthright about her politics - if only she had the vote! Click<a data-link-id="104667469" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_CnGYzNbU" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong> here</strong></a> to watch angry Brooke give <strong>Theresa May</strong> a piece of her mind, as she asks for more homes to be built (no doubt targeting the Conservatives' austerity ideology), and a cessation of wars. This <strong>RT.com</strong> version is part of its news item on homelessness, and has Brooke's mum giving context to how Brookes ended up making her videoed appeal.</div>
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<strong>Identity politics</strong> can not be avoided once certain peoples or discriminations are separated and highlighted on their own. Take for instance <strong>BEM</strong> (<strong>Black, Ethnic Minority</strong>), once the over-arching identifier mainly used for non-Europeans. Today, there's a proliferation of terms, such as<strong> BAME</strong> (<strong>Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic</strong>). Some of us say, if the Asian have extricated themselves, what does the amorphous 'Black' stand for? If, as we believe, it stands people of African heritage, let's be identified by our name. Hence the <strong>AAEM</strong> (<strong>African, Asian, Ethnic Minority</strong>) terminology. For more on terminology, click <a data-link-id="104667471" href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/taobq-responds-we-wouldnt-write-afro.html" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> to read <strong>TAOBQ Responds: We Wouldn’t Write ‘Afro-Caribbean’ Today, But Is ‘People Of Colour’ OK Now?</strong></div>
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30 years since its launch in the UK, and particularly as we're in the <strong>UN's International Decade For People Of African Descent</strong>, some of us have moved from talking about Black History Month, and use <strong>African History Month</strong> (or <strong>Season</strong>).</div>
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<strong>BHM UK Conceiver Addai Sebo's Message To African History Month UK Network</strong><strong>Launch</strong> Click <a data-link-id="104667481" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1S7e9PAvnM" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> for video <a data-link-id="104667483" href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/black-history-month-uk-conceiver-addai.html" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> for <strong>TAOBQ blog</strong> post and <a data-link-id="104667485" href="http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/news-views/addai-sebo-give-personal-message-community-historians-network-launch-marking-bhm-uk-30/" style="color: #00a154; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> for <strong>press release</strong></div>
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And, what's missing among those<strong> "ism"</strong>s and<strong> "bia"</strong>s is<strong> Afriphobia! </strong><em>It's about time 'race' equality organisations and activists, unions, political parties, politicians and journalists,<strong> start calling anti-African racism by it's name: Afriphobia, spelt with an "i"!</strong></em></div>
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Ghanaian-born <b>Addai Sebo</b>, the person who conceived the idea of marking Black (which we now call African) History Month in the UK in October, was recently in London where he recorded a video message that was delivered to participants at the <b>African History Month UK Network launch</b>, which took place on May 13 2017 at Unite The Union's London headquarters.<br />
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<br />Among the launch attendees, we say a special thank you to <b>Bro Emmanuel </b>of Word Power Books, <b>Tony Warner</b> of Black History Walks, <b>Avril Nanton</b> of Avril's Walks and Talks, <b>Devon Thomas</b> of The Black Heritage Group, <b>Eku McGred</b>, creator of 'The African Child' resources, <b>Celine Akigwe</b> of Afristoricals, and<b> Kubara Zamani</b> of Nubiart Diary. <b>Bro Kwaku</b> is the Network co-ordinator., who made a presentation entitled <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><strong>From Black History Month To African History Month 30 Years On.</strong></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">..</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> The presentation highlighted how Black History Month (BHM) was introduced in Britain, where it's at, and where it should be going, especially this year, as we mark BHM's 30th anniversary; and history's role in addressing UN's IDPAD (International Decade For People Of African Descent) initiative.</span></div>
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<br />For more details about the African History Month UK Network, which aims to be a hub that connects and disseminates information about community African history delivery throughout the year across the UK, contact Kwaku, <b><a href="mailto:btwsc@hotmail.com">btwsc@hotmail.com</a></b>.</div>
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<br />The week before, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Brother </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Addai Sebo</b> joined us at the African Histories Revisited-organised </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">From Mangrove Nine To Guerrilla: A Community Dialogue On Representation Of African British event at the University Of Westminster Marylebone campus, where he spoke about having</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> "sat at the feet" of the likes of </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Chancellor Williams</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">, </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">John Henrik Clarke</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">, </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Ben-Jochannan</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">, and </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Frances Cress Welsing,</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> whilst in exile in the US. Addai Sebo is pictured below receiving a copy of '</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><strong>African Voices: Quotations By People Of African Descent'</strong></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b>book from community activist</span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> Ama Gueye</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">. Attendees included </span><b>Tony Warner</b> of Black History Walks, <b>Devon Thomas</b> of The Black Heritage Group, <b>Bro Andrew Muhammed </b>a.k.a The Investigator, and former British Black Panther Movement member <b>Liz Obi</b>.<br /><br /></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Message To African History Month UK Network Launch – Saturday, May 13, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anuanom</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (i.e. Sisters and Brothers gathered). This is Addai-Sebo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have been in London the past two weeks and I am on my way back to Ghana. I came to confer with Ansel Wong and Robert Lee on how best our collective African community can organise itself to celebrate the 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Black History Month this coming October and prepare the way for our youth to take over from those of us who initiated the cause of Black History Month. We strongly feel that the time has come to pass on the baton to a well prepared and groomed younger generation. I thank Brother Kwaku for the opportunity to share some thoughts with you. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the African conscientisation work of Kwaku along the instructions of Kwame Nkrumah’s CONSCIENCISM. Brother Kwaku, well done for working so hard along with Serwah to uplift the AFRICAN PERSONALITY. We must free ourselves from mental enslavement so as to be sacredly conscious of our African identity and reality. Such is the abiding task and challenge of the institution of the month of October as our own sacred space and period of self-examination and renewal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Black History Month</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> is African History Month as <b>African History Month</b> is Black History Month. As Peter Tosh sang: “No Matter where you come from so long as you are black you are an African”. Black History Month is Afrocentric in its intent and purpose. The essence of Black History Month is the space it occupies in the annual British Calendar of events. It is this space that we should hold sacred, protect and enhance in our collective interest. It is this space that we should fill each year with content that gives meaning to our life and answers the challenges of our time. The space has been created for you to manage it in our collective self-interest. The month of October therefore is your space. It is yours and you must consciously own this space and make the correct choices to define the space in our collective self-interest. Each one of you, so far as you think and know, accept and respect yourself as to why you are an African, is and must be the manifest content of Black History Month. A liberated and enlightened African constitutes the manifested content of Black History Month. He or she who says and understands I AM AFRICAN I AM PROUD or I AM BLACK I AM PROUD is a manifestation of the social and economic purpose of Black History Month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Black History Month is your space and so hold on to and shape that space in the collective interest of our African community sojourning in the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The time has come for us to prepare ourselves to pick up from where Marcus Garvey left off with the BACK TO AFRICA MOVEMENT. There must be a conscious and organized movement Back to Africa. Diaspora Africa has a critical role to play in the urgent need for Mother Africa to MAKE UP, CATCH UP AND SURPASS IN ALL AREAS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY. OCTOBER therefore is our sacred month of individual, family and collective self-examination of our future in the present. October is the period for us to reflect on our collective destiny and come out with solutions to resolve our state of under-development as clarified by the intellectual work of Walter Rodney and Kwame Nkrumah. We must amend or make up, catch up and surpass because as Marcus Garvey taught us: “If we did it before, we can do it again”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">This coming October will mark the 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Black History Month and you are gathered now to reflect on these 30 years, look at lessons learnt and let the benefit of hindsight guide you in your preparations to celebrate and honour the contributions of Africans to world civilisation from antiquity to the present and the positive impact that Mother Africa’s beholden children sojourning in the United Kingdom continue to make to British life as did Septimius Severus and Augustine. Black History Month is therefore a period of self-examination and intellectual preparation for the future safety and development of Mother Africa and her children “both at home and abroad”. This meaning and character of Black History Month is enshrined in the chosen symbol, SANKOFA (i.e. Retrieving the Past is No Taboo). We must imprint this metaphoric bird “<i>looking back to move forward</i>” in our consciousness and display it all over. You must catch the depth of meaning of the SACRED SANKOFA BIRD <i>superimposed</i> over the skyline of London. The wise is spoken to in proverbs. It is not a taboo to retrieve the past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Septimius Severus was an African Roman Emperor of Rome from AD 193 to 211 and it was he who came to England to protect Britain from the “savages from the North”. He rebuilt the Hadrian’s Wall and gave Britain hundreds of years of peace as a result of the protective institutions he built and left behind. Septimius Severus did not assimilate as even his food was imported then directly from Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Augustine of Hippo (<i>AD 354-430</i>) was one of the most prolific geniuses that humanity has ever known and who gave meaning to Christianity and Christian life. He was an African born in modern day Algeria. His influence informed the life and work of St. Augustine of Canterbury (<i>d. AD 605</i>), originally sent to England from Rome by Pope St. Gregory The Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons in to Catholicism. Your African ancestor, St. Augustine, was described as the “The Father of Catholicism”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">You are AFRICAN AND PROUD just like Emperor Septimius Severus with his DNA – Directly Nurtured African - well engrained. Believe in yourself and train and shape your mind so that your DNA recaptures its Directly Nurtured African personality as Kwame Nkrumah taught us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Black History Month is yours and the protection and advancement of this sacred space lies in your self-consciousness as a proud African.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Responds: We Wouldn’t Write ‘Afro-Caribbean’ Today, But Is ‘People Of Colour’
OK Now?</span></b></span></div>
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the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conference being held
in Geneva April 3-7 has a consultation with civil society organisations. Whilst
we won’t be there to formally take issue with the “Descent” part of its name,
we’ve inputted into a submission that calls for recognition of Afriphobia, as
an alternative to its favoured Afrophobia spelling.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">However
this article is in response to the ‘We Wouldn’t Write ‘Afro-Caribbean’ Today,
But Is ‘People Of Colour’ OK Now?’ article by former Guardian readers’ editor
Chris Elliott. Although it’s over a year old, I only recently chanced on it
online and felt the need to respond to this rather revealing article on how the
Guardian’s editors interrogate the ‘race’ terminologies the paper uses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">In
the 15 years I’ve been involved in community African (you notice I’m not using
the usual Black) history delivery, I’ve been harping on about the importance of
terminology, mostly within spaces occupied by African British people with some
interest in history.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">I
didn’t realise the mainstream, by which I mean that which is dominated by the
Europeans (some say white), had any particular interest in how we, Africans,
are described. Which is why I’m both surprised and impressed by this revelatory
piece - <a href="http://www.bit.ly/RaceTerminology"><span style="color: #2350a9;">bit.ly/RaceTerminology</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Responding
to the article, I warn you now, gives me an opportunity to deal with some
long-standing bugbears.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Yes,
I agree that “language evolves”. Indeed, I’m part of a group that has been
pushing for Afriphobia to be used when referring specifically to anti-African
racism or prejudice, just as Islamophobia has now come to be understood as
racism or prejudice against Muslims. We urged the Shami Chakrabarti
Inquiry to use Afriphobia specifically in reference to anti-African
racism, which made its way into the <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwj43tmCxYjTAhWoLcAKHdMBDbEQFggdMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.labour.org.uk%2Fpage%2F-%2Fparty-documents%2FChakrabartiInquiry.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHsFNstHYSlGwmZNzS1INbrbs3oMw&bvm=bv.151325232,d.ZGg"><span style="color: #2350a9;">Inquiry's Report</span></a> published last June.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">However
even amongst those who signed the <a href="http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/call-it-by-its-name-afriphobia-is-racism-against-african-people/"><span style="color: #2350a9;">Africans For JC Values letter</span></a><b> </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">to the Inquiry, they
were a few who had some reservations with the word, simply because of the
“phobia” part. This is because phobia means “irrational fear”. But of course
the meaning of words can be made to evolve. Hence Afriphobia has nothing to be
with fear. It’s simply means deliberate, though it can also be unwitting, racism
against Africans.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">We
have also been insistent that the word is spelt (I have never been comfortable
with using the more prevalent alternative ‘spelled’) with an “i”, as it then
closely ties this form of racism to Africans. Just like anti-Semitism is linked
to Jewish people, though technically it ought to apply to Arabs as well, as
they are also Semites.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Before
I get off from this particular soap box, I’d like to add that as I write this,
the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent – the
body that was instrumental in the UN adopting 2015-24 as the International
Decade For People Of African Descent (IDPAD), has an April 3-7 conference in
Geneva, where the Afrophobia spelling will be used. A representative of IDPAD
Coalition UK has been advised to introduce our alternative spelling into the
April 5 deliberations with civil society organisations.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Now
back to Chris’ article (you probably can guess how long ago I was in primary,
or what we called preparatory, school, because I find the alternative Chris’s
spelling inelegant). I’m glad the Guardian news editors questioned the ‘people
of colo(u)r’ (POC) terminology. We do not have to import every Americanism,
particularly one that is insidiously racist!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">African
people here are beginning to use POC much more, I guess because it seems like a
convenient way to refer to non-Europeans, instead of BAME, which I don’t use. I
prefer AAEM (African, Asian, Ethnic Minority).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">As
I don’t tire of saying – POC is not only racist, it’s also nonsense! Firstly,
white is a colour. When one goes to B&Q looking for paint that looks like
snow, one asks for white paint, not the “non-colour” paint!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Secondly,
without realising it, the very people that are using terms like POC in the
context of fighting racism or white supremacy, are unwittingly propping up
white supremacy by suggesting that Europeans, or white people, are a breed
apart, and the rest of humanity has colour.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Which
brings me to a truism lost on many – there is only one race – the human race.
Sure, we have different phenotypes, but the classification into different
“races” is a baseless social construct that has its basis in the kind of racist
ideology that justified European enslavement of Africans. Thankfully, quack
racist "science", from eugenics to The Bell Curve, have been
discredited.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Whilst
I’m at it, I also preach that as science claims that all humanity came from
Africa, then it stands to reason that terms such as “African origin”, “African
descendant” and “African descent” can not specifically refer to just Africans.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">African
or African heritage specifically refers to African people. So at this stage, as
a pan-Africanist, I must explain that my usage of African refers to all people
of African heritage, whether their immediate antecedents are located on the
African continent or its Diaspora.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">As
Chris correctly notes, Afro-Caribbean has become outdated. We advocate the use
of African-Caribbean, but not as in the prevalent erroneous understanding that
it refers to people of African and Caribbean backgrounds. The truth is that
African-Caribbean refers only to people of African heritage with Caribbean
backgrounds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Hence
African-Caribbean does not refer to me, as I am of continental African
background. Which is why we move for African to be used as a unifying
descriptor for all people of African heritage. And for those who feel this
subsumes their Caribbean roots, the alternative is African/African-Caribbean.
We don’t accept Black as a suitable terminology for African people, but it’s
fine when used in the context of the unifying political Black.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Oh,
need I mention that Caribbean is not synonymous with African-Caribbean? How
many times do we hear people using the term Caribbean people, when they mean
just African-Caribbean people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">They
obviously do not realise that there are African-Caribbean, European-Caribbean
and Asian-Caribbean people!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Recently,
I saw a scholarship being awarded to young Caribbean boys. I wondered if a
Caribbean boy of Asian heritage applied and was refused on the grounds that it
was aimed at African-Caribbeans, wouldn't there be a sound reason for a legal
challenge?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Incidentally,
some years ago a now defunct African British (no Black British here) national
newspaper decided its house style would use African/Caribbean – but then again
this was inadequate, because the intention was not to cover Caribbeans of all
heritages.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">I
will mention West Indian, which like coloured ought to be dead by now, only to
point out that it’s mainly used today by people who had their formative
education in the British colonial system.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Europeans
routinely mention countries and Africa in the same breath. For example “I went
to Germany, France, Japan, and Africa.” My wife once had to point out to an
anti-war campaigning group that it was disrespectful and unhelpful to indicate
that its meeting would have speakers from several named countries, and Africa,
as if <a href="http://africasacountry.com/about/">Africa is a country</a>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Whilst
I do not intend to be patronising, I thought this particular mode of expression
by Europeans was so endemic, I honestly did not think this was something
European editors would even think about, let alone try to address.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">If
we are in the midst of IDPAD, which aims to address Afriphobia, discrimination
and inequalities faced by people of African heritage, it’s time African people
recognise that they are African and feel comfortable to describe themselves,
and be described, as African.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">My view on this issue can be accessed via the TAOBQ (The African Or
Black Question) post entitled<b> <a href="http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/thinking-about-language-in-teaching_16.html"><span style="color: #2350a9; font-weight: normal;">Thinking About
Language In Teaching African History - The TAOBQ Primer</span></a></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">, which is also
reproduced in the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: #2350a9;">‘Look How Far We’ve Come: Race/Racism Primer’</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">I
will also be delving into the matter of African identity, history and
terminology at the <a href="http://www.bit.ly/AfrPrd"><span style="color: #2350a9;">African
And Proud?</span></a> event at Unite The Union HQ in Holborn, London on
Saturday April 22 2017, 12.30-4.30pm.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">The
event will have a segment where participants read quotes from <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: #2350a9;">‘African Voices: Quotations By People Of African Descent’</span></a>
(we’re all on a journey – the reprint will use ‘African Heritage’) and say how
those quotes resonate with them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">I
however leave you with a quote, not from ‘African Voices’, by the
pan-Africanist historian Dr Runoko Rashidi: “We are African people. Get
comfortable with it. And learn to love your African self.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><i>TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question) is a
campaign focused on highlighting African identity and terminologies. <a href="http://www.taobq.blogspot.com/">http://www.TAOBQ.blogspot.com</a></i></span>
The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-90380832345292051522017-01-08T13:47:00.000-08:002017-01-08T16:30:48.586-08:00Response To: 'Is 2017 The Year Of Action For Black Britons?'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Patrick,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Re: Is 2017 the year of action for black
Britons?*</span></span></div>
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by setting markers for us to deal with in 2017 in your latest Voice article.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I realise that what’s online may not be the
full article as published in the paper edition. Nevertheless, in highlighting
the International Decade For People Of African Descent 2015-24 as the thread
which runs throughout your suggestions, I would implore you to endeavour to
help us fashion a unifying <b>African British identity that takes cognisance of
our different antecedents, be they located in the Caribbean, Africa, or Britain
(please see (1) below)</b></span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">So whilst I appreciate the work you do
across heritage, health and politics, I must respond to some of the itemised
points in your article:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1. Re: <i>UN Decade of African Descent.</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">As much as I disagree with the
"Descent" bit, can we nevertheless stick to the proper UN
terminology, which is <b>International Decade For People Of African</b></span><span lang="EN-US"> <b>Descent </b></span><span lang="EN-US">or the <b>IDPAD</b></span><span lang="EN-US"> acronym?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">IDPAD is an opportunity to recognise that
we are one family – Africans, irrespective of antecedents, and unite us as
African people rather than separating us as ‘Africans and Caribbeans’. As you
are aware, we have Asian and European Caribbeans. So when geo- specificity is
required and we are referring to Caribbeans of African heritage, it’s helpful
to use the African-Caribbean terminology.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We know it’s incumbent on the UK, as a
member state of the UN, to publish and implement a programme of activity for
the decade. However it may prudent for African individuals and organisations to
come up with plans they can deliver, whilst lobbying the government to
implement aspects of the specific plans that can only be implemented by
government.</span></span></div>
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celebrate the Caribbean migration to Britain</i></span><span lang="EN-US">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Rather than ring-fencing funds just for
Windrush @ 80 commemorations, the focus of such funding should be for <b>African-led
organisations to deliver programmes marking the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edM8Bhl7Sy8" target="_blank">African (not Black)</a>
contributions to British and world civilisation</b></span><span lang="EN-US">,
which naturally includes Windrush and beyond.</span></span></div>
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celebrating the contribution of people of <i>African</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> heritage to the UK</span></span></div>
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</span>Re: <i>Funding should also be available along with a special memorial to
support the role and sacrifices made by British West Indies Regiment.</i></span></span></div>
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BWIR? What about the <b>King's African Rifles </b></span><span lang="EN-US">or<b>
Royal West African Frontier Force</b></span><span lang="EN-US">?</span></span></div>
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it with the <i><span style="font-style: normal;">African Jubilee</span></i><span class="st"><i> </i></span><span class="st">Year<i> </i></span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Declaration which is what BHM was predicated on? And
whilst we’re at it, shouldn’t it now be called African History Month</span></i></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal;">?</span></i></span></div>
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you’re silent on <b>Reparations</b></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal;"> – is that an issue to be left for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another time within the IDPAD 2015-24
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and organisations to heed your call as chair of Labour’s race equality advisory
group and consider making a submission to the <b>Labour Party’s race
consultation</b></span><span lang="EN-US"> by the Jan. 13 deadline – see <a href="http://labourlist.org/2016/12/after-the-brexit-vote-labour-can-put-race-equality-back-on-the-political-agenda">http://labourlist.org/2016/12/after-the-brexit-vote-labour-can-put-race-equality-back-on-the-political-agenda</a>.</span></span></div>
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specifically against Africans be described as <b>Afriphobia</b></span><span lang="EN-US">, and that a <b>state-funded website be set up as a hub that
provides a link to race-related research</b></span><span lang="EN-US">, which may
cut down on unnecessary duplication, and provide empirical basis for making
robust anti-racism policies and arguments.</span></span></div>
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The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-31793269926063661182016-06-19T20:36:00.001-07:002020-06-14T09:42:08.560-07:00Colours For African Pride And For Marking Atrocities Against Africans?June 20 2016<br />
By Kwaku<br />
TAOBQ co-ordinator<br />
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Following the terrorist attacks on Paris in 2015, who can forget the widespread exposure of the French flag colours of red, white and blue?<br />
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Facebook provided a filter for the colours on the profiles of subscribers who wanted to show solidarity with Parisians. The French tri-colour run across mastheads, such as Metro, the free London newspaper, whilst the colours were projected upon some of the city's buildings.<br />
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This year, following the massacre at the Orlando gay club, Metro's masthead was adorned with the multi-colours of the LGBT community's flag which was also photoshopped into the front page photo. Google incorporated the colours within its logo. And seeing the rainbow flag flying at half mast at the US embassy in Berne, Switzerland, one can imagine the same happened at other US embassies across the world.<br />
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This got me thinking - when do newspapers, corporate behemoths, or embassies show sympathy or solidarity by displaying symbolic colours when atrocities are inflicted against Africans?<br />
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Then it occurred to me that it wasn't so simple. What flag or colours are there that universally represent Africans? Not the green, white and yellow of the African Union (AU), as the organisation represents only continental Africa. The ratification of a 2012 proposed 6th region that could make African diasporan countries such as Haiti eligible for state membership seems far off.<br />
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There are two competing pan-African colours - red, gold and green, which is inspired by Ethiopia's green, gold and red flag, and the red, black and green of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League) flag.<br />
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Moving forward, I propose a combination of both flags, thus creating a Global African flag consisting of red, black, gold and green, which can represent people of African heritage, be they from the African continent or the African diaspora.<br />
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Without taking anything away from the two pan-African tri-colours, there's no reason why this "unifying" quad-colour can not come to symbolise African pride, unity, or solidarity.<br />
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The Global African flag was created in 2014 to illustrate the <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://taobq.blogspot.ch/2014/09/august-31-declared-african-history.html">August 31 Declared African History Reflection Day</a></span> press release published on the TAOBQ blog on September 1 2014. This year, TAOBQ along with African Histories Revisited/BTWSC, will be marking the third African History Reflection Day (AHRD) as part of <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/african-history-reflection-day-an-xtra-history-reasoning-session-tickets-25886929503" target="_blank">African History Reflection Day: An Xtra History & Reasoning Session</a> at Harrow Mencap. Expect the Global African flag, and <a href="http://app.mailerlite.com/p1d6s4" target="_blank">Afriphobia,</a> to be some of the topics that come up for discussion.<br />
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If one's in sympathy with using certain colours to symbolise solidarity with Africans, particularly when atrocities are inflicted against them, then it's up to one to be pro-active and not wait for mainstream newspapers, corporate behemoths or embassies. They will only co-opt such a move after some groundswell has been created from the grassroots up.<br />
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Finally, whilst AHRD is inspired by a UNIA declaration, it's important to note that there are a number of global African histories connected to the month of August. One of which is the inspiration for a UN/UNESCO initiative which has noble aims, but which is mollified and undermined by what some heritage establishments call Slavery Remembrance (or Memorial) Day, but which conscious Africans call <span class="st">International Day Of African <i>Resistance Against Enslavement </i>- August 23.</span><br />
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Africans For JC Values<br />
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Iain McNichol</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">General Secretary<br />
Members of the National Executive Committee<br />
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Labour Party<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">Re: A collective response to recent
suspensions of Labour Party members</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20663"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20658"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20636"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20656"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20637"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20638"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">We, the undersigned, affirm our
faith in true Labour values and therefore support the leadership of Jeremy
Corbyn and the refreshing politics of the Alternative he has brought back to
the Labour Party. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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are, however concerned about the recent suspensions of committed Labour Party
members for alleged anti-Semitism which undermines serious discussion and
thinking. We are particularly concerned by the selective use of
suspensions, most recently the suspension of Marlene Ellis, a hard
working activist with a track record of fighting racism and supporting the
local community, for an online post made on behalf of Momentum Black ConneXions
which called for Ken Livingstone to be reinstated. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />We
also register our concerns about the suspensions of Ken Livingstone, Simon
Hinds, Tony Greenstein, David White and others. We are disappointed
that the appalling behaviour of John Mann MP, haranguing
and insulting Ken Livingstone, a senior citizen, and calling him a
liar and Nazi apologist in front of cameras<b>, </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">has not led to reproach
or censure from the Labour Party and its Compliance Unit, even though the
behaviour brought the Labour Party into disrepute. John Mann MP is an elected
representative of the Party<b>, </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">and his behaviour fell far short of
the standards expected of elected representatives.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20639"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />It appears
allegations of anti-Semitism are being used to stifle the sharing of
information on some of the uncomfortable events that took place during the
Shoah<b>, </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">the
Maangamizi (African Holocaust) and free speech. Allegations are also being made
to silence criticisms of Israel, hamper the work of Momentum activists,
and undermine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">We
are uncomfortable with the parallel between the suspensions and what
took place during the McCarthy era in the United States<b>.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20640"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20641"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20642"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="ecxyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465371911444_20643"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />It is worrying that comments that do not
please a section of the population are deemed anti-Semitic<b>,</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"> whether or not
statements are made in the course of rational or factual discussion<b>, </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">and there seems to be undue
haste to suspend<b>. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"> Some members of the Party appear to have exploited a
somewhat hysterical atmosphere which has been allowed to develop<b>. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">This is reminiscent of
the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, rather than of calm, rational
consideration<b>.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"> African tradition teaches us to value the lessons of the
past in the spirit of Sankofa, so that we do not repeat mistakes. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />We also note
that there isn't the same level of indignation when anti-African comments, or
Islamophobic comments linking Muslims to ISIS, are made. All communities should
be treated with equal respect.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />The
current suspensions are perceived as a tool to intimidate activists on the Left
which is inimical to the progress of the Labour Party.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />The
recent lifting of Jackie Walker's suspension supports the view that
the suspensions are being applied and publicised in haste, without due
consideration.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />We
call on the General Secretary of the Labour Party, the Compliance Unit and the
NEC to make a full response to the points raised in this letter and not
use the Chakrabarti Inquiry as an excuse to avoid addressing the serious points
raised.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />Yours
sincerely,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"><br />Awula
Serwah, Africans for JC Values</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Chris </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: serif;">Jones, Africans for JC
Values</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Kwaku, Africans
for JC Values</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Nana Asante,
Kilombo UK, Momentum member </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">Abu Akil, GACuk<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Adotey
Bing-Pappoe</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Alexis Shepherd</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Beverley
Wong, Momentum Black ConneXions (MBC)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Camille
Sahiri </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Cathy
Bolore</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Delia
Mattis Momentum Member</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916" name="c_base"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">David <span style="background: white;">Prichard-Jones, Labour Party Member</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Dr
David Muir </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Dr.
Ricardo Twumasi, Labour Party Member</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Eddio
Calpan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Esther
Stanford-Xosei, Global Afrikan People's Parliament (GAPP)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Explo Nani-Kofi,
Kilombo Centre for Civil Society and African Self Determination</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Glenroy watson, <span style="background: white;">GACuk</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: serif;">Ian
Malcolm-Walker, Momentum NC and LRC EC both in a personal capacity</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Jackie
Walker, LRC, Labour Briefing Editorial Board</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Jan
Pollock, London Disabled People for Momentum member, UCU London retired member</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Kayanja
Tunya</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Kofi
Mawuli Klu, Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Leandre
Sahiri</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Linda
Musoke</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Martha
Osamor</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Mary
Goffore</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Mary Sithole</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Master
Mo Monty</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
Michael Kalmanovitz, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (U.K.)<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Mike
Cowley, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Edinburgh
North and Leith CLP in a personal capacity<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Natoya
Smith</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Nechamah
Bonanos, Streatham CLP member Brixton and Streatham Hill ward </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Nubian
Emperor, Global Afrikan Congress</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Orvil
Kunga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Pauline
Muir</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Raj
Gill Ealing, Momentum member </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Richard
Clarke </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Sam
Weinstein, Payday Men's Network</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Selma
James, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: serif;">Global
Women’s Strike</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Sara
Calloway, Women of Colour, Global Women’s Strike</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Shemi
Leira</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Simeon
Stanford </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Simon
Hinds </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Steve
Tomlinson</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Tony
Greenstein, Brighton Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Brighton & Hove Unison
LG, Jews 4 Boycotting Israeli Goods</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: serif;">Yvonne
Sahiri </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Call
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
group of African political, equality and community activists, and academics
within and outside Britain have signed an open letter (copied below) to the
Labour </span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Party’s
Chakrabarti Inquiry into ‘An<span lang="EN-US">ti-Semitism and other
forms of racism’.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">They
are of the view that the Inquiry’s remit is discriminatory in that it
highlights one form of racism but does not name anti-African racism,
Afriphobia, which is ingrained in society and results in the
over-representation of Africans in all indices of social deprivation.</span></div>
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focus and language. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
the 53<sup>rd</sup> anniversary of the African Union’s African Liberation Day
(ALD) initiative, they advocate the use of the term Afriphobia to specifically identify
anti-African racism, and AAME (African, Asian, Minority Ethnic), instead of
BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic), which excludes the African identity.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the co-signatories KB Asante, a former aide of President Kwame Nkrumah and
Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United kingdom said: “As a member of the
Ghana delegation at the birth of African Liberation Day in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia on May 25, 1963, I support the sentiments expressed in this open
letter challenging the structural racism and Afriphobia ingrained in
society.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
open letter, initiated by Africans For JC Values, a Momentum movement
organisation, is in response to recent suspensions and censuring of Labour
Party members on allegations of anti-Semitism. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From
Awula Serwah<br />
Africans For JC Values Secretary<br />
via </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="mailto:africansfor@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">africansfor@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the Open Letter co-signatories with seated L-R KB Asante and Matilda Asante. Photo by Toyin Agbetu</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Call It By Its Name: Afriphobia
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>An
Open Letter To Labour Party’s Chakrabarti Inquiry From A Group Of Africans
Concerned About The Inquiry’s Focus & Language</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
the undersigned note that the Labour Party has set up the Chakrabarti Inquiry
(Inquiry) to investigate </span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“An<span lang="EN-US">ti-Semitism and other forms of racism”.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
are of the view that the terms of reference: ‘Anti-Semitism <i>and other
forms of Racism</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">’ are unwittingly discriminatory, as racism against Jewish people
is set apart from racism and prejudice against other peoples, particularly
Africans (Afriphobia) and Muslims (Islamophobia). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even
though there is only one race, the human race, a more appropriate
title could be on the lines of ‘Investigation into Racism, which
includes Afriphobia, Anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia’.</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We note
that over the years there have been allegations of racism towards Africans
(Africans from the continent of Africa and Africans from the Diaspora) and
Asians within and outside the Labour Party, but no independent public
inquiry has been set up to investigate these allegations.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Undoubtedly
the Jewish holocaust (properly known among the Jewish people as Shoah) is
a terrible blight on human history, but we must remember that there were
holocausts before and after. The Congolese holocaust in the name of King
Leopold II, is said to have claimed 10 millions lives.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The holocaust
perpetrated on Africans, also properly known by African people by the
Kiswahili words Maafa or Maangamizi, led to the deaths of tens of
millions of Africans in holding cells on the continent of
Africa, in the process of capture and kidnappings, in the Middle
Passage, in enslavement and plantation systems in the Americas,
Caribbean, and in the German-governed death camps in Namibia.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
survivors of the Middle Passage suffered unimaginable torture and
hardships at the hands of enslavers and plantation owners, and their
descendants continue to suffer acute deprivation and are the object of
discrimination and racism in America and in the UK, where they are under
represented at every level of public life, including in the Labour Party, and
over-represented in all indices of social deprivation and criminalisation. </span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It is for
this reason that pan-African Reparation organisations continue to work on
repairing the damage to Africans and Africa caused by the trafficking of
enslaved Africans, colonialism and neo colonialism. This damage is still
being experienced by people of African heritage today.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">How is it
that commentators can freely blame Africans for the atrocities they
suffered with little understanding of the context of the Maangamizi or
Maafa without any public uproar? In addition, the school curriculum does not
currently teach sufficiently about non-European civilisations, the
contributions of non-Europeans to world civilisation or the uncomfortable
truths about the British Empire. This in itself contributes to the
structural racism which is in society in general, including the Labour
Party, where ignorance of the history of the peoples of Africa pervades.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Anti-Semitism
and Islamophobia are recognised as challenges that need to be addressed, but
Afriphobia is so ingrained in our society that it is not
acknowledged as an issue that needs to be challenged, or called by its
specific name. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">People
of African heritage can be vilified and even blamed for the genocide they
suffered without any public inquiry or calls for a public inquiry. However
when comments perceived to be negative are made about Zionism or the
state of Israel, this is perceived at times to be anti-Semitic by those who do
not like the comments, whether or not these claims are supported by evidence.
This often results in suspensions from the Party and other unfair
censures. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We reject
the idea that opposition to Zionism or the Israeli government is necessarily
anti-Semitism.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The United
Nations has declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People of
African Descent, and has recognised that Africans represent a distinct group
whose human rights must be promoted and protected.</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
therefore call upon the Inquiry to investigate and accord equal importance to
Afriphobia and its manifestations within and outside the Labour Party. <br />
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We also ask the Inquiry not to unwittingly promote discrimination by the
exclusion of the Afriphobia* terminology, and advocate the use of the AAEM
(African, Asian, Ethnic Minority) terminology instead of BAME (Black, Asian,
Minority Ethnic) which excludes the African identity.</span></div>
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We define Afriphobia as: <i>The prejudice or discrimination against;
fear, hatred, or bigotry towards people of African heritage and things African</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Awula
Serwah</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Africans
For JC Values secretary</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kwaku
(RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music industry))</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dr
KB Asante</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Matilda
Asante<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Adekayode
Oke (AFRIKAATUUU Convention for Afrikan Networking (AFRIKAATUUU-CAFRINET),
Nigeria)<br />
Adwoa Oforiwaa Adu (All-Afrikan Students Union Link in Europe (AASULE))<br />
Althea Gordon-Davidson (Pan-Afrikan Community Educational Services (PACES))<br />
Beverley Wong (Momentum Black ConneXions)<br />
Blema Etrey<br />
Boucka Stephane Koffi (Pan-Afrikan Fora International Support Coordinating
Council (PAFISCC))<br />
Chris Jones (Africans For JC Values)<br />
Esther Stanford-Xosei (Global Afrikan Peoples Parliament) <br />
Darla Migan (Vanderbilt University, US)<br />
Delia Mattis (Momentum member)<br />
Dr Barryl Biekman (Europe-Wide NGO Consultative Council on Afrikan Reparations
(ENGOCCAR), Holland)<br />
Enigye Adjoa Ayebea, Grassroots All-Afrikan Women's Internationalist Solidarity
Sisterhood (GAAWISS), Ghana)<br />
Explo Nani-Kofi (Kilombo Centre for Citizens' Rights and African Self-Determination,
Ghana)<br />
Glenroy watson (RMT London Transport Regional Council, Global Afrikan
Congressuk)<br />
Jackie Walker (Momentum, South Thanet Labour Party (suspended), LRC Executive
and Labour Briefing Editorial Board)<br />
Kofi Mawuli Klu (Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe)<br />
Kwame Adofo Sampong (Trade Unions and the Pan-Afrikan Community Link (TUPACOL))</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kwame
Dede Akuamoah (NKRUMAHBUSUAFO Kwame Nkrumah Convention Family Movement, Ghana)<br />
Leanard Phillip<br />
Linda Bellos (Linda Bellos Associates)<br />
Maatyo Dede Azu (ADZEWAGBETO Pan-Afrikan Women's Liberation Union
(ADZEWAGBETO-PAWLU), Ghana)<br />
Marlene Ellis (Momentum Black ConneXions)<br />
Mawuse Yao Agorkor (VAZOBA Afrika and Friends Networking Open Forum
(VAZOBA-AFNOF), Ghana) <br />
Nana Asante (Africans For JC Values, Momentum member)<br />
Omowale Ru-Pert-em-Hru (Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum)<br />
Nehemie Zeguen Toure (Mouvement Social Panafricain pour le Development Integral
(MSPDI), Cote d'Ivoire)<br />
Ngoma 'Silver' Bishop (Bema Arts)<br />
Opeyemi Araromi (Pan-African Congresses-United Kingdom Organising Committee
(PACs-UKOC))<br />
Professor Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut, US, Rhodes University, South
Africa, Birkbeck School of Law, UK, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France)<br />
Professor Paget Henry (Brown University, US)<br />
Prophet Kweku & Jendayi Serwah (Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March
Committee (AEDRMC))<br />
Samantha Asumadu (Media Diversified)<br />
Shemi Leira (Momentum Black ConneXions)<br />
Simeon Stanford (Afrikan Reparations Transnational Community of Practice
(ARTCoP))<br />
Sumana Nandi (Grassroots Women's Internationalist Solidarity Action Network
(GWISAN), India)<br />
Toyin Agbetu (Ligali Organisation) <br />
Wedam Abassey (Forum of Nkrumaist Thought and Action (FONTA), Ghana)<br />
Xolanyo Yawa Gbafa (EDIKANFO Pan-Afrikan Youth and Students Internationalist
Link (EDIKANFO-PAYSIL), Ghana)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">BACKGROUND LIST</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <style><!--
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">African Liberation
Day on May 25 is an annual holiday in various countries in Africa, and the
world, coinciding with African Union's Africa Day. Wikipedia. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Liberation_Day</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Afriphobia is the
prejudice or discrimination against; fear, hatred, or bigotry towards people of
African heritage and things African. Africans For JC Values. <a href="http://www.bit.ly/AFJCCInq"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.bit.ly/AFJCCInq</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Anti-Semitism is
hostility to or prejudice against Jews. Oxford Dictionaries</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hearing On
Afro(i)phobia In The EU. European Union. <a href="http://greenmediabox.eu/archive/2014/02/20/afrophobia-in-the-eu/20140220_afrophobia-in-the-eu_en.mp4"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://greenmediabox.eu/archive/2014/02/20/afrophobia-in-the-eu/20140220_afrophobia-in-the-eu_en.mp4</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Herero And Namaqua
(Namibia) Genocide. Wikipedia. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IDPAD 2015-2024
Understanding The UN's Int'l Decade. Kwaku. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489rcX2lJLE</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">International
Decade For People Of African Descent. Wikipedia. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Decade_for_People_of_African_Descent</span></a>.
United Nations. <a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Islamophobia is
the hatred or fear of Muslims or of their politics or culture. Collins
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Maafa (or African
Holocaust, Holocaust of Enslavement, or Black holocaust as alternatives are
terms used to describe the history and ongoing effects of atrocities inflicted
on African people. The Maafa includes the Arab and Atlantic slave trades, and
continued through imperialism, colonialism, and other forms of oppression to
the present day. Wikipedia. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maafa</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Maangamizi is the
intergenerational white supremacist racist mind-set which fueled the
Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Afrikans (TTEA), Maangamizi (Hellacaust of
chattel, colonial and neo-colonial enslavement) from the 15th century to the
present day. SMWCGE. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-maangamizi-we-charge-genocide-ecocide</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">‘Maangamizi’ Video
With Lyrics. Akala. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5802444676495354916"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9X0McxAWm8</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Hidden (Congo)
Holocaust. The Guardian. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/may/13/features11.g22"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/may/13/features11.g22</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When You Kill Ten
Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’. Walking Butterfly. <a href="http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2010/12/22/when-you-kill-ten-million-africans-you-arent-called-hitler/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2010/12/22/when-you-kill-ten-million-africans-you-arent-called-hitler/</span></a></span></div>
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The African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-83118397026475372362016-05-05T08:43:00.001-07:002016-05-05T08:44:04.482-07:00Africans For JC Values Conference Provided An Illuminating ExperienceAfricans For JC Values Conference Provided An Illuminating Experience<br />
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May 4 2016<br />
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The Africans For JC Values Conference had an action-packed programme which went beyond drilling down Jeremy Corbyn's 'Standing To Deliver' 10-point plan.<br />
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Africans For JC Values (AFJCV) secretary Awula Serwah preceded her welcome address by asking the early attendees to give a quick introduction.<br />
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Among the early attendees were Brent Councillor James Allie, political commentator Ayesha Hazarika, and reparations activist Kofi Mawuli Klu<br />
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Unite union executive Kwasi Agyemang Prempeh provided a brief introduction, followed by solidarity salutations from a number of social and community groups.<br />
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Esther Stanford-Xosei of GAPP (Global African People's Parliament) provided an incisive and succinct address, which covered reparative justice. Sally Callaway of Camden Momentum and Women Of Colour Global Women's Strike emphasised the importance of addressing refugee and migrant issues within African (or "people of colour") led organisations <br />
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Jan Pollock of London Disabled People for Momentum Caucus reminded groups to look to the past, when self-organised groups co-operated with other groups across different equality interests. Raj Gill of Ealing Momentum urged the audience to join the Labour Party in order to support the socialist fight.<br />
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Glasses or no glasses, community activist Beverley Wong managed to pack a lot into her golden minute, whilst one of the many points raised by Mary of the All Africa Women's Group was the right for refugees to be able to work in order to contribute more meaningfully to society.<br />
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For Zita Holbourne, a co-founder of BARAC (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts), it was not rocket science that the Conservative government's austerity policy was going to have a dis-proportionate impact on African and Asian workers. Hence the need for a campaigning organisation such a BARAC.<br />
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The presentations began with equality campaigner Linda Bellos making a quick presentation on the importance of understanding the Equality Act 2010. She advocated that parliamentarians and councillors familiarise themsleves with formal training on the Act.<br />
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AFJCV chair and former councillor Nana Asante, with the help of two short videos, took us through the Explaining How The Parliamentary System Works/How Does One Become A Councillor Or Parliamentarian? presentation.<br />
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She also helmed the key presentation, Digging More Deeply Into 10 Points Jeremy Corbyn (JC) Is Standing To Deliver. But before that, there was a whirlwind round of a mixture of serious and light-heartedness.<br />
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History consultant and conference chair Kwaku picked up the pace with the Importance Of Language & Quiz. Using African instead of "black", African History Month instead of Black History Month, enslaved instead of slave, were some of the points highlighted in the Language session, which was culled from the 'Look. How Far We've Come: Race/Racism Primer'. Though the Quiz was inspired by the Marcus Garvey quote on history reproduced in the accompanying image, there were light moments and contemporary music questions.<br />
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During the Young-ish Person's segment, Destiny read out two quotes by Barak Obama, whilst Rochelle read a Desmod Tutu quote, which comes from the 'African Voices: Quotations By People Of African Descent' book co-edited by Kwaku & Ms Serwah.<br />
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Ricardo Twumasi, a BHFNC research officer who's also defending his doctoral thesis this week, spoke on 'Why I Joined The Labour Party’, and Momentum.<br />
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Social commentor and political activist Patrick Vernon spoke in his capacity as chair of Labour Party's Race Equality Advisory Group on Where Is The Labour Party At With Is Racial Equality Strategy?. "Race is back on the agenda under Jeremy Corbyn," he said, before urging the audience to get involved in the party's consultation, so that they can influence Labour's race equality processes and commitments, and key policy areas such as health, housing and international affairs.<br />
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Vernon also quoted a tweet sent earlier by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, which is reproduced below. Fine words, but expect to hear the case for incluson of Afriphobia!<br />
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Former Black Sections chair and journalist Marc Wadsworth spoke on What Lessons Can We Learn From The Labour Party Black Sections? What one can learn from the LPBS experience is to self-organise, then set out policies and aims - a manifesto - before looking for people to fill roles or representation, to move the manifesto forward.<br />
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He admitted that a lot of the gains made in the 1980s/90s have been lost. "We need to be vigilant" urged Wadsworth, in order to regain some of the lost ground, He even showed an old anti-racist T-shirt produced by NALGO (National and Local Government Officers' Association now part of UNISON) and pointed to trade unions as one of the key stakeholders that can "help fix" things.<br />
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Mr & Mrs KB Asante, who came from the Gold Coast (present day Ghana) to Britain in the late 1940s to study mathematics and statistics, and nursing, respectively spoke on Students & Politics In The 1940s/1950s. Although active in the Gold Coast Students Union (GCSU), Mrs Asante recalled how she and others from other countries would express solidarity with students from any colonial country, such as Kenya, which was fighting for independence.<br />
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Mr Asante ponted out that whilst studying at Durham University he engaged with students and locals of the mining town. It was natural for him to join the Labour party and he became secretary of the Socialist Society. Having read the Socialist rites of passage - Harold Laski's 1925-published 'A Grammar Of Politics', in addition to attending meetings in the university and studying political issues, he travelled to Yugoslavia and Sweden to help with community projects.<br />
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He joined the Socialist group which demonstrated against the imposition of a charge of one shilling (5p) on medical prescriptions by the embryonic National Health Service. Upon qualifying, they returned home, where they served their country for many years, and continue to do so. Mrs Asante rose to become a senior public health professional, whilst Mr Asante worked in diplomatic service and politics included working as an aide to Ghana's first prime minister and president Kwame Nkrumah and Secretary for Education.<br />
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Although the Discussion segment was cut short in order to end on time, not only were the main points touched upon: Importance of joining the Labour Party and helping it to reclaim its socialist roots, so that the onslaught on Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell is reduced and focus is on challenging unfair Conservative policies; and a Labour win for a fairer Britain. With all the presenters being on hand, attendees were able to have their questions or comments responded to within this segment, or in the impromtu post-event networking in and out of the premises.<br />
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Whilst the general consensus was that the conference had been an illuminating experience, with a broad theme of activism running through the programme, attendees did not seem to be in a hurry to leave after Awula Serwah's rounding up Vote Of Thanks!<br />
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AFJCV's first meeting was on Dec. 10 2015 in Brent. In Jan. 2016 it organised a networking dinner in Croydon, and officially launched in Feb. at the Houses of Parliament with John McDonnell MP as our host.<br />
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This is what McDonnell said at the well-attended event: “This is what the media and others don’t get. Yes, we're trying to get the Labour Party to be the next government, of course we are. That’s important, but we're trying to build a social movement that will support that progressive government, because if you don't do that, they’ll destroy us.”<br />
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He pointed out that it was through the launch of AFJCV and the building of other grassroots social movements that their plans can come to fruition.<br />
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AFJCV aims to galvanise Africans, be they from the African continent or the Diaspora, who believe in a new kind of politics and society, subscribe to the Jeremy Corbyn (JC) 10 point plan, which was explained in detail at the conference. AFJCV provides a platform for Africans to have a voice and highlight issues of particular concern to them.<br />
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“We want to create a society that is radically fairer, more equal, more democratic, that is based upon prosperity, but a prosperity that is shared by everybody." continued McDonnell.<br />
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“So Africans For Momentum I think is a really good initiative, because if you look at our work over the years, it's been about confronting racism, discrimination in all its forms in society, but also argue not just for equality, but for social justice as well. <br />
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“As many of you have been involved in this over the years, it is making sure that in addition to securing that social justice for ourselves, making sure that we assist others in securing that social justice. It’s on that basis of solidarity that we’ve come together. So I really welcome this initiative. I think there’s a real opportunity.” <br />
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He also urged support for the Corbyn leadership in order to weather the onslaught from the establishment, press, other political parties, and some within the Labour Party “who hadn’t yet come to terms with Jeremy being the leader.”<br />
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“A Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister and John McDonnell as chancellor offers the best prospects for a better Britain for the majority of the population, and not just for a few,” asserts AFJCV secretary and conference organiser Awula Serwah.<br />
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“It will be a government committed to investment and growth, not austerity, ending zero hours contracts, and strengthening the National Health Service, which we all rely on, rather than dismantling and privatising it. Which ever way you look at it, the majority of the population, including most Africans, will benefit from the ten points Jeremy Corbyn is standing to deliver.<br />
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“But it’s not going to happen, if we don’t rally round the Corbyn-McDonnell leadership. We cannot afford to lose this unique window of opportunity,” adds Serwah. “As John McDonnell pointed out in his speech at our launch, they are facing an onslaught from sections of the media and others outside and within the Labour Party.”<br />
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If you have any ideas and can help with the organising of what should be the next AFJCV event, please let us know by contacting Awula Serwah via africansfor@gmail.com.<br />
We'd like to commit more to the AFJCV work, so to improve our human and financial resources, we'll soon launch a crowdfiunding appeal to cover one full-time worker and admin. Of course if you have deep pockets or connections to donations, you're welcome to get in touch!<br />
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AFJCV background video: http://bit.ly/AFMVid<br />
AFJCV launch video: https://youtu.be/tx6ncg0GGHg<br />
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AFM/AFJCV Launch Harrow Times coverage: http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/14318946.Young_people_from_Harrow_discuss_Africa_in_Westminster/?ref=mr&lp=14<br />
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Croydon networking article: http://www.the-latest.com/uks-africans-declare-support-labour-leader-jeremy-corbynThe African Or Black Question (TAOBQ)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10340795499543254619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802444676495354916.post-91501257085915309462016-01-01T07:48:00.000-08:002016-01-01T08:02:20.009-08:00A New Name For The British Honours System?January 1 2016<br />
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It's that time of year when the new British New Year's Honours List of those who've mainly impressed the monarchy, government and major political parties, and Big Business, is published.<br />
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Whilst the Honours system has its critics, spare a thought for a suggestion proposed by Brent South (now Brent Central) MP Dawn Butler, who in seconding the 2007 Queen's Speech suggested the Honours be modernised by awarding it for British Excellence:<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/COZtEbBfuMU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/COZtEbBfuM</a> <br />
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Perhaps Excellence, instead of Empire, may sit better with some people, like poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who famously turned down the prospect of an OBE in 2003: <br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/27/poetry.monarchy">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/27/poetry.monarchy.</a> <br />
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Names on the latest Honours list include the likes of musician/DJ/actor Goldie, and actors Idris Elba and David Oyelowo.<br />
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However, now that the Daily Mail, of all newspapers, has lambasted the Honours system (click <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2889561/It-s-time-honours-misery-celebs-tipped-New-Year-gongs-STEPHEN-GLOVER-enough.html" target="_blank">here</a>), and there's apparently an investigation going on as to how a list of some who've quietly refused the Honours (click <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-204471/Top-people-refused-honours-named.html" target="_blank">here</a>), one wonders whether Butler's Excellence suggestion will be taken up in future deliberations on the Honours system.<br />
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Kwaku<br />
TAOBQ co-ordinator<br />
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