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OH, NO THEY DIDN’T!

| September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

  Former Colonial Power Pays Africans Reparations Under Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s prolonged and persistent pressure for justice, Libya became the first African country to receive apologies and compensation from a former colonial power.  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recently apologized to the North African country for damage Italy inflicted during 40 years of colonial rule [...]

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IS MARCUS GARVEY CHALLENING THROUGH BOB JOHNSON?

| August 24, 2008 | 0 Comments

As African activists celebrated Marcus Garvey’s 121st birthday, Black Entertainment Television founder-turned-billionaire developer Robert Johnson was building a four-star, beachfront resort to open March 2009 near the Liberian capitol of Monrovia. Most African Americans know little of Liberia.  Located on Africa’s west coast, Liberia’s name denotes “liberty” as a result of Black Americans’ colonization in [...]

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