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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 10 Jun 2008 : 18:51:02
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From Newsweek
Rise Of The Latin Africans
A new black-power movement in Central and South America.
Hugo Chávez is known as a revolutionary in many contexts, especially his defiance of the United States. In recent years, however, he's also broken ground on a far less well-exposed subject: the question of race in Latin America. The saga began two years ago, when, during a tour of Gambia, Chávez surprised observers by declaring that "I've always said that if Spain is our mother, Africa, mother Africa, is much more so." Since then, the Venezuelan leader has often revisited the theme at home, even drawing attention to his own African roots. It may not sound shocking. But such language would have been inconceivable from a major Latin American leader just a short time ago.
That's now changing, due to a black-consciousness movement stirring in Central and South America.
Read more at: http://www.newsweek.com:80/id/139401
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toubab1020
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Posted - 10 Jun 2008 : 20:40:14
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Black-consciousness is good,peoples who have lived and had their "home" in countries far away from Africa having been "brought" to those countries in a very bad way as "unpaid workers",everyone knows what I am saying,generations ago they were brought but somewhere inside there is their spiritual home, Africa and like many creatures on this earth they want to return.Its nature and cannot be denied,Most peoples have access to information in this modern age wich jogs the inner feelings of people even though it had been dormant for years.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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