Carribean and South American Affairs

Bob Marley and Emancipation from Mental Slavery By Horace Campbell

Guest Blogger — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:44:45 -0700

On May 11, 2011 it was thirty years since Bob Marley joined the ancestors. Bob Marley was a cultural artist who became internationally known as a defender of love, freedom and emancipation. This week we remember him, his songs and his contributions to both revolutionary consciousness and his call for us to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery.

BOB MARLEY FROM THE JAMAICAN COUNTRYSIDE

Cynicism and American Aid to Haiti

Wandia Njoya — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:18:45 -0800

"The God who created the earth; who created the sun that gives us light. The God who holds up the ocean; who makes the thunder roar. Our God who has ears to hear. You who are hidden in the clouds; who watch us from where you are. You see all that the white has made us suffer. The white man's god asks him to commit crimes. But the God within us wants to do good. Our God, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs. It's He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory. It's He who will assist us. read more »

Cry, the Beloved Country: The Tragedy of Haiti

PTZeleza — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:53:13 -0800

The world has been horrified by the images of colossal devastation coming out of Haiti. Its capital, Port-au-Prince brutally devastated by a massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake, lies in ruins, a tomb of corpses, the wounded, and suffering. read more »

A Day in Brazil

PTZeleza — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:15:21 -0700

When I heard Rio had been awarded the 2016 Olympic Games over Chicago, I was conflicted about Chicago's loss, the city where I lived until a couple of months ago. Wandia Njoya perceptively captures why Chicago lost, notwithstanding the syrupy interventions of the Obamas and Oprah that did not move the Olympic officials. She observes that for much of the world the United States remains unloved as an aggressive imperial power despite Obama's election.

Cuba and the Myth of the 'Race-less' Nation

Carina Ray — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:58:17 -0700

By the time the first phase of the Cuban war for independence began in 1868, Cuba and Puerto Rico were the only two colonial Latin American possessions Spain retained control over. In the aftermath of losing its mainland empire in the early 19th century, Spain held a tight grip on both islands. read more »

Beïa pour Césaire (A Tribute to Aimé Césaire)

Wandia Njoya — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:50:12 -0700

It is with great admiration, pride and respect that I pen this belated homage to Aimé Césaire, a son of Martinique and a child of Africa.

Ngahura Thimu Ndeenda (I'll Telephone When I Want): Cuba, Cell Phones and Imperialism

Wandia Njoya — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:40:15 -0700

The Yahoo! Headlines that invade my consciousness every time I log off my email account are often annoying. The patronizing reports about Asia, pessimistic ones about Africa and gooey ones about US - from Hollywood fashion to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are, frankly speaking, often irrelevant and an assault on my soul and sanity. But occasionally I get to see an amusing headline. read more »

Vacation Dispatch: A Taste of Black on Black Racism in Jamaica By A.G. Ahmed

Guest Blogger — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:37:31 -0700

I came to Boscobel Beach on vacation but what did I get? read more »

The Routes and Possibilities of a South-South Subversive Globalization: Africa and Brazil

Guest Blogger — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:44:45 -0800

Jacques Depelchin reflects on the growing economic, political and cultural relationship between Brazil and the Africa and urges for a solidarity from below that is cognizant of black revolutionary history. read more »

Progressive Change in Venezuela and Latin America

Guest Blogger — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:12:41 -0800

"He had faults, like other men; but it was for his virtues that he was hated and successfully calumniated."--Bertrand Russell, on the American revolutionary Thomas Paine. read more »

Celebrating African and Diaspora Literatures: Of Canons, Poetry, and Walcott

Pius Adesanmi — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:24:33 -0800

Venezuela Between Ballots and Bullets

Guest Blogger — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:36:13 -0800

Venezuela's democratically elected Present Chavez faces the most serious threat since the April 11, 2002 military coup, writes James Petras.

The Difference Between Black Brazil and Black U.S.

Guest Blogger — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:32:13 -0700

African Americans sometimes embarrass themselves, often without know it, by assuming that others from the Diaspora see the world in the same way as themselves, writes Italo Ramos. Blacks from other nations are also frequently puzzled and confused by U.S. Black behavior, and even the concept of Blackness that prevails in the United States. read more »

Columbus Toppled As Indigenous People Rise Up After Five Centuries

Guest Blogger — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:39:40 -0700

Explorer's reputation is victim of region's pink tide of leftwing governments, report Rory Carroll in Caracas and Lola Almudevar in Sucre read more »

Revisiting the Rodney Assassination

Guest Blogger — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:51:40 -0700

By: Cary Fraser read more »

New Randall Robinson Book Reveals Truth on Aristide Kidnapping

Guest Blogger — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:53:56 -0700

Judith Scherr writes, In the twilight of dawn, U.S. read more »

Spirit of Che Rises Again

Guest Blogger — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:01:30 -0700

Rory Carroll and Lola Almudevar write, When the haggard and broken figure was laid out on the slab and displayed to the world it was not just Che Guevara who had died. The dream of socialist revolution in South America was over. read more »