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Title: African slavery apology 'needed'
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BBC
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8356357.stm
Published: Nov 13, 2009
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2009-11-13 12:11:02 by X-15
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Views: 314
Comments: 20
Traditional African rulers should apologise for the role they played in the slave trade, a Nigerian rights group has said in a letter to chiefs. "We cannot continue to blame the white men, as Africans particularly the traditional rulers, are not blameless," said the Civil Rights Congress. The letter said some collaborated or actively sold off their subjects. The group said it was time for African leaders to copy the US and the UK who have already said they were sorry. It urged Nigeria's traditional rulers to apologise on behalf of their forefathers and "put a final seal to the history of slave trade", AFP news agency reports. Civil Rights Congress president Shehu Sani says they are calling for this apology because traditional rulers are seeking inclusion in the forthcoming constitutional amendment in Nigeria. "We felt that for them to have the moral standing to be part of our constitutional arrangement there are some historical issues for them to address," he told the BBC World Service. "One part of which is the involvement of their institutions in the slave trade." He said that on behalf of the buyers of slaves, the ancestors of these traditional rulers "raided communities and kidnapped people, shipping them away across the Sahara or across the Atlantic". Millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas over a period of about 450 years from the middle of the 15th Century. More than a million people are thought to have died while in transit across the so-called "middle passage" of the Atlantic, due to the inhuman conditions aboard the slave ships and brutal suppression of any resistance. Many slaves captured from the African interior died on the long journey to the coast.
Poster Comment: Between this and the Holohaux, I now know what The White Man's Burden truly is.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Wealthy Jewish merchants played a central role in the slave trade to the America's, should an apology be demanded of the World Jewish Congress?
_________________________________________________________________________ Oh, that's true. Every former living slave owner needs to personally apologize to every former living slave. I hold the same view about 'reparations'. All living former slave owners need to pony up some cash to every living former slave. It's the only way to be fair. :)
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Let the apologies begin with W African exporters.
"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US" ..... Pogo Possum
Quite a few years ago a black reporter (from Detroit of all places,I believe) made a "Roots" type trip through Africa and came back to write an article saying, in so many words, that contemporary black Africans should fall down on their knees and thank the U.S. for their good fortune.
"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US" ..... Pogo Possum
"The group said it was time for African leaders to copy the US and the UK"
Col. Wilma Dearing: That's a rather insulting way to begin an alliance based on good faith. Problem Solved! And it really wasn't that hard. Was It? :)
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that its people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms....The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
Somebody needs sensitivity training. Report to Shecky Silverstein at 9:00 Sunday morning and don't expect a sermon on brotherly love......
_________________________________________________________________________ Correction .... Washington Post Reporter, raised in Detroit. "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US" ..... Pogo Possum
Thanks for posting the link. An interesting read.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
What about the slavery going on today? Yes, it is mostly underground, but it exists today and is much bigger than most people realize. Not to mention the indirect slavery of most people today to corporations and governments world wide through taxation and laws. It is kind of hard to apologize for slavery when you are a slave. What your ancestors did no one should have to apologize for.
God is always good!
Ssshh, all slavery ended in 1865 when The Great Emancipator whipped the Nazi- like Confederacy, weren't you awake in FedGov U.S. History 101??
_________________________________________________________________________ The Great Emancipator? You mean this guy: Take a moment to bathe in his warm glow, you'll dig it!
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. I'll bet he'll sell me some carbon footprint credits on the black market.
_________________________________________________________________________ Prolly not you specifically, but most of your bosses if they work for corporate america. We need to develop a united front against these cheap-ass con-men.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. Backyard nuclear-stills: the new moonshine for a new century.
_________________________________________________________________________ I just went and bought a little more liquor from some africans and the guy behind the register was all like "I don't know if you remember me, but you drive fast!" I asked him for specifics, but he just hemmed and hawed around so I left and did a power slide halfway across 34th street.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. slaves are cool, every boat owner needs one.
Ted Kennedy Is Now Eligible To Vote In Chicago.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject.
Ted Kennedy Is Now Eligible To Vote In Chicago.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#2. To: X-15 (#0)
#3. To: X-15 (#0)
African slavery apology 'needed'
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
Between this and the Holohaux, I now know what The White Man's Burden truly is.
#5. To: X-15 (#0)
I now know what The White Man's Burden truly is
Buck Rogers: 'Good faith' is for bureaucrats.
#6. To: SonOfLiberty (#2)
Every former living slave owner needs to personally apologize to every former living slave.
#7. To: iconoclast (#3)
Let the apologies begin with W African exporters.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#8. To: All (#4)
See previous post
#9. To: iconoclast (#8)
#10. To: X-15 (#1)
#11. To: RickyJ (#10)
What about the slavery going on today?
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#12. To: X-15 (#11)
slavery ended in 1865 when The Great Emancipator whipped the Nazi- like Confederacy
#13. To: Dakmar (#12)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#14. To: X-15 (#13)
I'll bet he'll sell me some carbon footprint credits on the black market.
#15. To: Dakmar (#14)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#16. To: X-15, flintlock (#15)
#17. To: Dakmar (#12)
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#19. To: Dakmar (#18)
#20. To: Flintlock (#19)
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