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Diaspora
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We were sold by our brothers. Really?
This month, Cameroon Duodu engages in serious conversation with the African Diaspora--about the slave trade and other matters. He writes: "Some killing, or rampage, or raid, or kidnapping, took place in Africa every single day, of every single week, of every single month, of every single year, for over 400 years, before some Europeans like Clarkson and Wilberforce woke up and organised the abolition of the slave trade! But as every economist will tell you, it is those who create a market for the provision of certain goods or services who are responsible for that market's operational effectiveness. That is how capitalism has thrived in the world for all these years and continues to operate ..."
********** One of the most disorientating events in my life occurred when my 12-year-old son came back from his school in Peckham, southeast London, one afternoon, all upset. "What's the matter?" I asked. It took him some time. Finally, he said: "A boy called me an African shithead!" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was shocked out of my mind. One of the reasons why I had chosen that particular school for him was that it had a lot of black students in it. The headmaster, too,...See the full content of this document
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