1. Various peoples from the African continent were kidnapped, trafficked and enslaved in the territories that became the United States of America. Are the descendants of those people living in the United States today still African? To answer this question, it is important to clarify in what aspect is meant “still African”. Who or what is “African”?
a) First of all, let’s consider who it was that is being referenced. Let’s think about the person that was put in chains, survived the middle passage and brought to the Americas. Was that person “African”? In what sense? Here, I can only speak on what I know. So, let me paint a picture. My great, great, great, great, great grandfather was captured and brought to the Carolinas in the late 1750’s. His father was a cattle herder and rice farmer living along what is today called the Cacheu River. If you were to ask him about his identity, he would tell you that he was a b’alante b’ndang of the B’urassa people. That was his identity. That was his concept of himself. That was his being. He did not know anything about this thing called “African”. So the very question of this debate, as posed, makes no sense to my 6th generation great grandfather. HE was not AFRICAN. He was a member of the B’Urassa people. Other people refer to the B’urassa as Balanta. In this sense then, I will reinterpret the question at hand to fit MY understanding and my circumstances. In short – am I still B’urassa?
b) The answer to this question is very simple and my seven-year-old son can answer this. Let’s start from a basic, common sense understanding that anyone can understand.
c) YOU ARE ALL YOUR ANCESTORS – You (every single person reading this) is the union of your mother and father. That’s how you got here. Your father planted his seed in your mother’s womb, she nurtured it for nine months, and then you were born. Every human being that has ever lived was born from the union of male and female. The very BLOOD that circulates in your body was given to you from your mother and father. The very LIFE FORCE energy, the BREATH OF LIFE, and the GENETIC INSTRUCTIONS that are responsible for the life that you have – you received all of it from your mother and father. Therefore, your mother and father live inside of you. Because this is also true of your mother and father – that their mother and father live inside of them – then it is also true that your grandparents – their blood, their life force energy, their breath of life, and their genetic instructions, also live inside of you. From this it follows, that ALL your ancestors live inside of you. Your blood, your life force energy, your breath and your genetic makeup are shared by all the ancestors living inside of you. Therefore, your life is not your own. ALL your ancestors depend on you for their existence.
d) Genetic testing through African Ancestry shows that my paternal ancestry is a 100% match with Balanta. So here is definitive, scientific proof, the answer to the question. Yes, I am still B’urassa and all of my sons and male descendants after me will also be B’urassa.
e) There are, however, other aspects to the question we are debating, since the spirit of the questions goes beyond just genetics and into other areas such as culture as well as such things as legal status. So let’s deal with the issue of legal status.
f) My great, great, great, great, great grandfather, before he was captured, was a very young boy in the B’urassa age group of Nwatch. His father was a b’alante b’ndang which is the head of the household and thus eligible to sit in the Council of Elders. And that’s where B’urassa state formation stops. B’urassa were a stateless society by intention because they understood state formations created inequality. So, at the time of capture, my great, great, great, great, great grandfather was the son of a sovereign head of household.
g) Now the question is: what was his legal status upon arrival in the Carolinas? The answer is simple – he was a prisoner of war. The B’urassa were at war against the Mandingo of the Kaabu empire which were the biggest man-hunters in the area. The B’urassa were also at war with the Portuguese, English and Dutch slave traders. My great, great, great, great, great grandfather did not relinquish his “B’urassa” identity or status upon arrival in the Carolinas. He was, however, designated by the name “George”. I will use this name temporarily because I do not know his B’urassa name. Remember, George, like most B’urassa that were captured, was a young boy. He had not advanced through any of the age grade initiations that formally teach B’urassa culture. George fathered a son who was called Jack around 1789. Was Jack still B’urrassa? Good question. Genetically speaking, the answer is yes. We already answered that. Legally, Jack’s status (under international law) was “a B’urassa prisoner of war”. Culturally is where we start to have questions, and then there is also spirituality, another aspect. George was brought to the Carolinas before there was a nation known as The United States of America. Jack was born after the formation of the United States of America, so legally, Jack was a B’urassa prisoner of war in the United States of America. In 1819, Jack had a son that was designated by the name Yancey Blake. Was Yancey still B’urassa? Genetically, yes. Legally, in 1819 he wasn’t a citizen of the United States, so he was still a B’urassa prisoner of war. Culturally, he was best described as a slave – he had a slave culture. He neither lived in the B’urassa culture of his grandfathers, nor did he live in the culture of his slave owner. In this sense, he was neither American, nor, as the question has been posed, African. More difficult to answer, however is the question of his spirituality. I can address this later.
This Dred Scott Supreme Court decision attempted to settle the legal status of slaves in free territories to avert a civil war, but it provoked one instead. Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted. However, when the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, it ruled that Scott would remain a slave because as such he was not a citizen and could not legally sue in the federal courts. Moreover, in the words of Chief Justice Roger Taney, black people free or slave could never become U. S. citizens and they “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” The dissenting justices pointed out that in some states people of color were already considered citizens when the Constitution was ratified. In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision by granting citizenship to all those born in the United States, regardless of color. But was the 14th Amendment a “grant” of citizenship?
h) 1865, the year of Emancipation, is the critical point of departure. No African who was taken captive and transported against his will to the Americas ever renounced their tribal identification and status vis-à-vis their original "citizenship". From 1444 up until Emancipation, all Africans held in slavery were not considered citizens of in the country of their captivity. The legal status of Africans in America after the Emancipation is undetermined. According to Imari Abubakari Obadele (founder of the Republic of New Africa):
"We are not American citizens... the Fourteenth Amendment, in an attempt to bestow citizenship upon the African newly freed from slavery, incorporated the rule of jus soli, 'all persons born or naturalized in the United States and of the state wherein they reside.' A sound principle of international law, the rule of jus soli was obviously intended to provide American citizenship for persons born in the United States through what might be termed 'acceptable accidents' of birth. Thus, a person born in the US as a result of his parents' having come to this country voluntarily -- through emigration and settlement or vacation travel or business -- could not be denied citizenship in the country of his birth. He might have dual citizenship, gaining also the citizenship of his parents, but he could not be left with no citizenship. His birth in the US under such conditions would meet the test of an "acceptable accident."
By contrast, however, the presence of the African in America could by no stretch of justice be deemed 'an acceptable accident' of birth. The African, whose freedom was now acknowledged by his former slavemasters through the Thirteenth Amendment, was not on this soil because he or his parents had come vacationing or seeking some business advantage. Rather the African -- standing forth now as a free man because the Thirteenth Amendment forbade whites (who had the power, not the right) to continue slavery -- was on American soil as a result of having been kidnapped and brought here AGAINST his will.
What the rule of jus soli demanded at this point -- at the point of the passage of the slavery-halting Thirteenth Amendment -- was that America not deny to this African, born on American soil, American citizenship -- IF THE AFRICAN WANTED IT. This last condition is crucial: the African, his freedom now acknowledged by persons who theretofore had wrongfully and illegally (under international law) held him in slavery by force, was entitled as a free man to decide for himself what he wanted to do -- whether he wished to be an American citizen or follow some other course.
The rule of jus soli, in protecting the kidnapped African from being left without any citizenship, could operate so far as to impose upon America the obligation to offer the African (born on American soil) American citizenship; it could not impose upon the African -- a victim of kidnapping and wrongful transportation -- an obligation to accept such citizenship. Such an imposition would affront justice, by conspiring with the kidnappers and illegal transporters, and wipe out the free man's newly acquired freedom.
Thus, the Fourteenth Amendment is incorrectly read when its Section One is deemed to be a grant of citizenship: it can only be an offer. The positive tone of the language can only emphasize the intention of the ratifiers to make a sincere offer. On the other hand, the United States government, under obligation to make the offer. also had the power to create the mechanism – a plebiscite-- whereby the African could make an informed decision, an informed acceptance or rejection of the offer of American citizenship. Indeed, Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment makes clear that Congress could pass whatever law was necessary to make real the offer of Section One. (Section Five says, 'The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.)
The first 'appropriate legislation' required at that moment -- and still required - was that which would make possible for the now free African an informed free choice, an informed acceptance or rejection of the citizenship offer.
Let us recall that, following the Thirteenth Amendment, four natural options were the basic right of the African. First, he did, of course, have a right, if he wished it, to be an American citizen. Second, he had a right to return to Africa or (third) go to another country -- if he could arrange his acceptance. Finally, he had a right (based on a claim to land superior to the European's, sub- ordinate to the Indian's) to set up an independent nation of his own.
Towering above all other juridical requirements that faced the African in America and the American following the Thirteenth Amendment was the requirement to make real the opportunity for choice, for self-determination. How was such an opportunity to evolve? Obviously, the African was entitled to full and accurate information as to his status and the principles of international law appropriate to his situation. This was all the more important because the African had been victim of a long-term intense slavery policy aimed at assuring his illiteracy, dehumanizing him as a group and depersonalizing him as an individual.
The education offered him after the Thirteenth Amendment confirmed the policy of dehumanization. It was continued in American institutions . . . for 100 years, through 1965. Now, again following the Thirteenth Amendment, the education of the African in America seeks to base African self-esteem on how well the African assimilates white American folk-ways and values Worse, the advice given the African concerning his rights under international law suggested that there was no option open to him other than American citizenship. For the most part, he was co-opted into spending his political energies in organizing and participating in constitutional conventions and then voting for legislatures which subsequently approved the Fourteenth Amendment. In such circumstances, the presentation of the Fourteenth Amendment to state legislatures for whose members the African had voted, and the Amendment's subsequent approval by these legislatures, could in no sense be considered a plebiscite.
The fundamental requirements were lacking: first, adequate and accurate information for the advice given the freedman was so bad it amounted to fraud, a second stealing of our birthright; second, a chance to choose among the four options: (1) US citizenship, (2) return to Africa, (3) emigration to another country and (4) the creation of a new African nation on American soil.
On the other hand, the United States government still has the obligation under Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment to ‘enforce' Section One (the offer of citizenship) in the only way it could be rightfully 'enforced' -- by authorizing US participation in a plebiscite. By, in other words, a reference to our own will, our self-determined acceptance or rejection of the offer of citizenship. There are further important ramifications. A genuine plebiscite implies that if people vote against US citizenship, the means must be provided to facilitate whatever decision they do make. Thus, persons who vote to return to Africa or to emigrate elsewhere must have the means to do so. . . .
Now then, we repeat: an obvious and important ramification of the plebiscite is that there must exist the capability of putting its decisions into effect. If the decision is for US citizenship, then that citizenship must be unconditional. If it is for emigration to a country outside Africa, those persons making this choice must have transportation resources and reparations in terms of other benefits, principally money, to make such emigration possible and give it a reasonable chance of success. If the decision is for a return to some country in Africa, the person must have those same reparations as persons emigrating to countries outside Africa PLUS those additional reparations necessary to restore enough of the African personality for the individual to have a reasonable chance of success in integrating into African society in the motherland. If, finally, the decision is for an independent new African nation on this soil, then the reparations must be those agreed upon between the United States government and the new African government. Reparations must be at least sufficient to assure the new nation a reasonable chance of solving the great problems imposed upon us by the Americans in our status as a colonized people."
i) After 1865 and the 13th and 14th Amendments, our legal status in the United States of America became “colonized people through forced integration.” This is your/our current legal status until one makes an informed free choice, an informed acceptance or rejection of the citizenship offer.
IF YOU DID NOT KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF JUS SOLI AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CONDUCT A PLEBISCITE FOR THE EXERCISE OF SELF DETERMINATION, THEN YOU DID NOT MAKE AN INFORMED FREE CHOICE, AN INFORMED ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE CITIZENSHIP OFFER. THUS, YOUR AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP, IS NULL AND VOID UNLESS YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO MAKING A FREE AND INFORMED ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE OFFER.
j) So at this point, we have systematically proven that genetically speaking I am still B’urassa. Legally speaking, I never renounced my B’urassa status (knowledge of which was taken from me through the process of terroristic brainwashing) and I never made a valid acceptance of American citizenship, so I am not American. Properly speaking, I am a B’urassa colonized through forced integration in the United States of America. Culturally, I am neither B’urassa (knowledge of which was taken from me through the process of terroristic brainwashing) nor American. By American, I mean, I don’t practice white supremacy. My culture is what is properly referred to as #ADOS – American Descendants of Slaves. Here, American refers to location, not ethnicity, consciousness, spirituality or nationality.
k) Spiritually, I am neither Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist or any of the most well-known organized religions, nor have I ever been a member of any of their churches. The only organized religion or spirituality that I ever identified with and attended services for was Rastafari. However, I left the Rastafari movement and after discovering and studying my B’urassa ancestry, I have come to learn that spiritually, I am still B’urassa.
l) So now I have answered the question(s) at hand. I am neither on paper nor in actual practice, American nor African. Genetically and spiritually, I am still B’urassa. Legally, I am a B’urassa colonized through forced integration in the United States of America, and culturally I am #ADOS (because of the process of terroristic brainwashing).
m) CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF PAN AFRICANISM – In the past, because knowledge of our ancestral identities was erased through the process of terroristic brainwashing, many #ADOS have searched for an identity. Until the advent of genetic testing, for the vast majority of #ADOS, we could only learn that we came from “somewhere in Africa”. As a result, the entire continent of Africa became our identities, a place holder for our actual, SPECIFIC ancestral lineages. As a result, we built bonds with all the people of the African continent, and in particular, with those who shared the trans-Atlantic slavery experience. This bonding, based on this level of knowledge of self, formed the Pan African movement. However, I am a new kind of Pan Africanist. My Pan Africanism is not built on a sentimental feeling of a vague understanding of my relationship to the African continent. I know who I am and I know my history. I have written three volumes on my family history dating back to 42,000 BCE and am finishing the 4th and final volume entitled Balanta B’urassa My Sons: Those Who Resist Remain. My new Pan Africanism is based on the fact that I believe that knowing my history, our history, we can tell the truth, acknowledge our mistakes so that we don’t make them again. For example, my brother Foday is Temne and his ancestors were part of the Soninke or Mali Empires. When we discuss how his ancestors oppressed my ancestors, he apologized on behalf of his ancestor for what they did to my ancestors. We realize that BOTH of our ancestors ended up enslaved here in the United States because we did not have the advantage of understanding the threat against us. Now we do and now we see the pitfalls of not uniting against this threat. So we can be proud of our ancestral heritages and work together in better-informed Pan Africanism without falling into the pitfalls of tribalism. We can also empathize with each other about the experience of both losing and regaining our specific ancestral lineages. Once everyone knows WHO they are and WHOSE they are, then that truth can provide the answers to the questions we have today surrounding the who, what, where, when and how of REPARATIONS and how we will work with each other. There is no conflict between #ADOS and Pan Africanism once everyone knows their specific ancestral lineages.
n) AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY I AM ISSUING THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE REPARATIONS MOVEMENT.
1. Because the purpose of any reparations is to repair, then the first action requires answering, "Repair to what?" - What was the condition before the injustice that needs to be repaired?
THEREFORE, THE FIRST STEP IN REPARATIONS is to train and develop a professional class of African American genealogy researchers and deploy them as part of a modern day government Workers Project that will go throughout the United States and determine the genetic ancestry and family history of every black person claiming to be the descendants of slaves.
Because I have done this myself for my family, and reconstructed our family history for the last 18,000 years, including the first encounter with Europeans and their capture by Mandinka slave traders of the Kaabu empire who sold them to Luso Africans (mixed breed Portuguese and African) slave traders who then sold them to English rice planters in South Carolina (names are known), I know what it takes to do such a research project. The first step is removing the "negro problem" - getting rid of an identity that is not established in historical fact. Upon arrival in America, black victims of human trafficking were terrorized into forgetting their names, their language, their culture, and knowledge of where they come from. As the movie clip shows, not knowing yourself, only knowing yourself as "negro" or "black" or "from somewhere in Africa" is the continuing legacy of slavery. . . .
It is now the 21st century and the science, the tools, and the means for repairing this exist today. At this point, the government needs to provide, free of charge, maternal and paternal dna testing through the company African Ancestry as well as a professional genealogy case manager to work with each person to re-establish their historical ancestry. This is step #1
Every college and university should have a special program for training this class of genealogy researches and all African American students entering the program should be granted free tuition and a living stipend for four years of study. Within ten to fifteen years, every African American could then have their ancestral identity restored. This would then become the basis for further reparations. The process itself feeds several birds with one seed - a significant number of black students would be able to attend college free of charge with a useful vocation and guaranteed employment (through the government program) that is directly related to the "repairing" of the African American community.
THE SECOND STEP IS THEN USING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AND WORKFORCE TO CALCULATE WHO OWNED WHO AND HOW MUCH WEALTH WAS CREATED AND STOLEN.
I suggest everyone start by reading Daina Ramey Berry's book, The Price For Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a NationTop of Form
A note to #ADOS– go back to “i)” and consider carefully. The way #ADOS is proceeding, they are waving their right to make a free and informed rejection of the citizenship offer. By waving this right, #ADOS is ceding valuable legal territory. In the same way that #ADOS founder Antonio Moore has done his homework when it comes to the economic and wealth aspects of Reparations, he must also do his legal homework lest he compromise other allies doing that aspect of REPARATIONS work. Essentially, #ADOS must make it clear – are they advocating integration into America or liberation from America? I am without question a liberationist and not an integrationist. I recommend that #ADOS add to its platform the demand for a US Sponsored Plebiscite while educating #ADOS that the movement is not divisive on this question – it is not an either/or choice. All 4 natural options are valid and must be provided for – 1) those who want to integrate into America; 2) those who want to return to their ancestral homelands; 3) those that want to form a new nation of their own on land that is currently within the United States of America; and 4) those that want to emigrate to some other country. We need not fight amongst ourselves on this question. We respect each person’s right of self-determination, but we struggle or the provisions for ALL FOUR OPTIONS EQUALLY.
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November 2024
- Nov 21, 2024 ARCHIVE Nov 21, 2024
- Nov 17, 2024 TOWN HALL MEETING SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ELECTIONS PROCESS FOR AFRICAN DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES TO THE AU-ECOSOCC 4TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Nov 17, 2024
- Nov 12, 2024 ELECTING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA/AU 6TH REGION REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE AFRICAN UNION ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTRAL COUNCIL (AU-ECOSOCC) Nov 12, 2024
- Nov 8, 2024 PGRNA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MESSAGE TO BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Nov 8, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 22, 2024 CONSULTATIVE MEETING HELD WITH CHAIR OF WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS AND MINORITIES IN AFRICA Oct 22, 2024
- Oct 21, 2024 BALANTA SOCIETY PRESIDENT ADVOCATES FOR AFRICAN DIASPORA RIGHT OF RETURN AT 81ST SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Oct 21, 2024
- Oct 6, 2024 Haitian Leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier speaks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika Oct 6, 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 29, 2024 NCOBRA Internation Affairs Commission Quarterly Zoom: PGRNA Minister of Foreign Affairs and BBHAGSIA President Discusses The Role of the African Union and Reparations Sep 29, 2024
- Sep 20, 2024 Balanta Basketball Star From America Plays First Game in Guinea Bissau Sep 20, 2024
- Sep 1, 2024 BBHAGSIA Member Joshua Roberts gets five year residency in Guinea Bissau Sep 1, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 13, 2024 FIDDLER AND CHICKEN GEORGE THEN AND NOW: CAN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CELEBRITY CHANGE THE GAME? Aug 13, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 20, 2024 BALANTA LEADERS SPEAK ON THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF NEW AFRIKAN FOREIGN RELATIONS Jul 20, 2024
- Jul 12, 2024 The Republic of New Afrika Returns to the African Union for Diaspora Day Jul 12, 2024
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June 2024
- Jun 21, 2024 Balanta Leaders Present at Juneteenth Commemoration Highlighting the Need for Reparatory Justice Jun 21, 2024
- Jun 14, 2024 Republic of New Afrika Minister of Foreign Affairs on RealTalk: History as a Weapon for Black Liberation, Black Power Media Network podcast Jun 14, 2024
- Jun 9, 2024 The Correctness of Shifting from the European "Slave Trade" to the African "War Crimes" Narrative: Notes on José Lingna Nafafé's New Book on the 1684 Mendonça (Kongo) Reparations Case at the Vatican Jun 9, 2024
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May 2024
- May 29, 2024 ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA STILL PRISONERS OF WAR IF THEY HAVE VOTED? May 29, 2024
- May 27, 2024 WORLD AQUATICS AND THE GUINEA BISSAU NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: FRAUD, THEFT, DISCRIMINATION & CORRUPTION - ILLEGAL PAYMENTS!!!! May 27, 2024
- May 27, 2024 PGRNA Minister of Foreign Affairs Siphiwe Baleka discussed the UN Permanent Forum and the Request for an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on the 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒘 podcast May 27, 2024
- May 19, 2024 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika addressed the Afrodescendant Nation National Reparations Convention in Washington, D.C. May 19, 2024
- May 9, 2024 Republic of New Afrika Minister of Foreign Affairs Siphiwe Baleka Concludes Successful Diplomacy Tour in Ougadougu, Burkina Faso May 9, 2024
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April 2024
- Apr 27, 2024 IS THE UN PERMANENT FORUM ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT THE LATEST REFINEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC COLONIALISM? Apr 27, 2024
- Apr 27, 2024 Republic of New Afrika: Overview of National Security Apr 27, 2024
- Apr 27, 2024 Analysis by the Republic of New Afrika of Legal Issues Requiring an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice Apr 27, 2024
- Apr 26, 2024 THE POLITICAL-LEGAL HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRIKA AND THE WAR WAGED AGAINST IT BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Apr 26, 2024
- Apr 26, 2024 Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika Statement to the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Apr 26, 2024
- Apr 14, 2024 EARTH DAY 53: WITCHCRAFT, THE NEW AFRIKAN THREAT TO US NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE MERCY OF DESTINY Apr 14, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 25, 2024 BBHAGSIA Dafana Institute Quebo Project Update Mar 25, 2024
- Mar 16, 2024 DEFENDING THE INTERIM PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRIKA DURING THE SPECIAL ELECTION Mar 16, 2024
- Mar 11, 2024 The United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (PFPAD) 3rd Forum Denies Sponsorship for AfroDescendant Activist Requesting Advisory Opinion from the ICJ Mar 11, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 26, 2024 Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika Advises African Union Legal Reference Group Feb 26, 2024
- Feb 9, 2024 A Balanta Homecoming: Abebenan Visits Tchokmon Village In Guinea Bissau Feb 9, 2024
- Feb 3, 2024 The Interim Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika Applies to Renew Observer Status at the African Union Feb 3, 2024
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January 2024
- Jan 25, 2024 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST TERRORISM COMES TO BALANTA PEOPLE IN TINKA VILLAGE, BISSORA SECTOR, OIO REGION, NORTHERN GUINEA BISSAU Jan 25, 2024
- Jan 4, 2024 A Matter of War: Imari Obadele, Our Enslavement in the 13 Colonies and the United States, the Republic of New Afrika and Reparations Jan 4, 2024
- Jan 1, 2024 Plebiscite Workshop at the New Afrikan People's Convention, December 30, 2023 Jan 1, 2024
- Jan 1, 2024 WILL 2024 BE THE YEAR OF PAN AFRICAN ORGANIZATIONAL UNITY?: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS Jan 1, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 16, 2023 Siphiwe Baleka and Kamm Howard: Notes on Reparations & Plebiscite Strategy Dec 16, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 28, 2023 STOP CALLING IT A SLAVE TRADE: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE PRISONERS OF WAR! NKECHI TAIFA REFLECTS ON THE TEACHINGS OF IMARI OBADELE Nov 28, 2023
- Nov 23, 2023 Balanta Society Report from the Accra Reparations Conference, November 14-17, 2023 Nov 23, 2023
- Nov 22, 2023 Input on the Request for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on the Status of Afro Descendants Under the Geneva Convention Nov 22, 2023
- Nov 15, 2023 WHO IS AN AFRICAN EXPERT ON REPARATIONS? Nov 15, 2023
- Nov 4, 2023 What Real Reparations Looks Like: A Visit to the Balanta Village in Rucuto, Guinea Bissau Nov 4, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 17, 2023 United States Confronted About State-Sanctioned Ethnocide Against Balanta People at the United Nations Oct 17, 2023
- Oct 10, 2023 A Letter Urging PFPAD President Epsy Campbell Bar to Immediately Fulfill the Mandate Given by Civil Society to Request an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice Oct 10, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 26, 2023 ILLINOIS STATE REPRESENTATIVE CAROL AMMONS AND BBHAGSIA PRESIDENT SIPHIWE BALEKA DISCUSS AFRICAN AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR STATUS, ETHNOCIDE AND THE PLEBISCITE FOR SELF DETERMINATION Sep 26, 2023
- Sep 25, 2023 BBHAGSIA President Siphiwe Baleka Presents at the Future Black America Conference, September 19 Sep 25, 2023
- Sep 7, 2023 Nkechi Taifa's Human Rights and Justice Podcast: Episode 52 Featuring Siphiwe Baleka Sep 7, 2023
- Sep 7, 2023 Decade of Return to Guinea Bissau Coordinator Siphiwe Baleka meets with the New Minister of Tourism, Faustino Mamadu Saliu Jaló Sep 7, 2023
- Sep 2, 2023 Siphiwe Baleka, President of the Guinea Bissau Swimming Federation meets with the new Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Mr. Albino Gomes Sep 2, 2023
- August 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 28, 2023 Endorse the N’COBRA Health Commission Millions for Mutulu: The Dr. Mutulu Shakur Public Health Peoples Campaign Jul 28, 2023
- Jul 28, 2023 Tanya, Susana & the Djola (aka Felupe) Essangai: A Story for the Lineage Restoration Council of Guinea Bissau Jul 28, 2023
- Jul 25, 2023 PFPAD President Epsy Campbell Barr’s Official Response to the Mandate Requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion. Jul 25, 2023
- Jul 21, 2023 UPDATE: Siphiwe Baleka to Address U.S. State Department on Balanta in America Self Determination and Right to Return to Guinea Bissau Jul 21, 2023
- Jul 20, 2023 READ THE PETITION CHARGING THE UNITED STATES WITH ETHNOCIDE THAT WAS DISMISSED BY THE INTER AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Jul 20, 2023
- Jul 16, 2023 “Petty Theft” or “Special Op”? Office of Reparations Activist Burglarised, Laptops Stolen Jul 16, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 28, 2023 PFPAD President Epsy Campbell Bar Agrees to sign a Request for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on the Status of Afro Descendants Enslaved in the Americas. Jun 28, 2023
- Jun 26, 2023 ENDORSE THE 8TH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS PART 1 TO BE HELD LATER THIS YEAR IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE Jun 26, 2023
- Jun 22, 2023 Siphiwe Baleka to Address U.S. State Department on Balanta in America Self Determination and Right to Return to Guinea Bissau Jun 22, 2023
- Jun 20, 2023 JUNETEENTH: THE LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION'S RECOGNITION OF NEW AFRIKAN RIGHTS UNDER NATURAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE 14TH AMENDMENT FRAUD & THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF MALCOLM X AND IMARI OBADELE Jun 20, 2023
- Jun 19, 2023 Balanta Basketball Star from America Arrives in Guinea Bissau during the Decade of Return Jun 19, 2023
- Jun 15, 2023 8PAC1 Conversations: Reparations Reverend Kwame Kamau and Siphiwe Baleka discuss Pan Africanism, Lineage Restoration and PFPAD Jun 15, 2023
- Jun 10, 2023 Direct and Certain Causal Nexus: Reparatory Justice for Quantifiable Harms and The Importance of the PFPAD Mandate to Request an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Jun 10, 2023
- Jun 8, 2023 1st Meeting of the Lineage Restoration Council of Guinea Bissau Jun 8, 2023
- Jun 8, 2023 Will Siphiwe Baleka and the Guinea Bissau Swimming Federation be Blocked from the Olympics Again? Jun 8, 2023
- Jun 2, 2023 AN OPEN LETTER TO EPSY CAMPBELL BARR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE PERMANENT FORUM ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT Jun 2, 2023
- Jun 2, 2023 Webinar: I made $100 in my first month posting on the Backroom social media platform - the "Black Facebook". Here's how I did it. Saturday, June 10 at 1:00 pm CST Jun 2, 2023
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May 2023
- May 31, 2023 Justin Hansford's Remarks at the Opening of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD) May 31, 2023
- May 30, 2023 Statement to the 2nd Session of PFPAD: Mandate to Request an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ May 30, 2023
- May 29, 2023 8PAC1 Conversations: Curtis Murphy on the Fihankra Repatriation and CIA Sabotage May 29, 2023
- May 28, 2023 The Unfinished Business of Malcolm X and Imari Obadele: Taking Our Claim to the International Court of Justice May 28, 2023
- May 25, 2023 ILLINOIS PASSES HR292 RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE DNA TESTING AND REPARATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION TO ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS IN AFRICA - HIGHLIGHTS BALANTAS FROM AMERICA May 25, 2023
- May 1, 2023 MoAC Biss – Art and Culture Exhibition of Guinea-Bissau May 2023 May 1, 2023
- May 1, 2023 Balanta Society Statement to the 32nd Session of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Economic Empowerment of People of African Descent Geneva, Switzerland, May 1-5, 2023 May 1, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 27, 2023 Siphiwe Baleka to Present at International Congress entitled “OTHER READINGS ABOUT AMÍLCAR CABRAL” at the University of Lisbon, April 27 and 28th Apr 27, 2023
- Apr 26, 2023 Human Rights and Justice with host Nkechi Taifa: Episode 34 - "Reparations Utilizing International Instruments with Siphiwe Balenta" Apr 26, 2023
- Apr 17, 2023 Global Afrikan Strategic Reparatory Justice Efforts at the PFPAD, ICJ, and AU - The Board As Seen By Siphiwe Baleka Apr 17, 2023
- Apr 13, 2023 WEWO! Nqpadn Kbonh Issue #1 Apr 13, 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Prince Theophilus Tatsitsa Gha and Siphiwe Baleka Discuss the Decade of Return Initiative in Cameroon Apr 4, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 31, 2023 Don't Be Fooled! The Vatican's Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery is Wordplay! Mar 31, 2023
- Mar 26, 2023 Introducing Alante Daniel Nabicamba Mar 26, 2023
- Mar 25, 2023 5th Preparatory Meeting for the 8th Pan African Congress Part 1: Definition of the Diaspora Mar 25, 2023
- Mar 19, 2023 Supporting the 8th Pan African Congress Part 1: Letters to Africans at Home and Abroad from the Council of Pan African Diaspora Elders Mar 19, 2023
- Mar 9, 2023 Council of Pan African Diaspora Elders forms to support the 8th Pan African Congress Part 1 to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe Mar 9, 2023
- Mar 8, 2023 BBHAGSIA President Siphiwe Baleka Presents "Ethnocide: Genocide's Twin Sister" at the 9th Annual Genocide and Human Rights Research Conference Mar 8, 2023
- Mar 5, 2023 Taking the Afro Descendants Case to the International Court of Justice: A Peoples' Mandate Issued to the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Mar 5, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 14, 2023 Letter to Pan Africanists Concerning the Upcoming Pan African Congress in Harare, Zimbabwe Later This Year Feb 14, 2023
- Feb 13, 2023 From the 8th Pan African Congress in 2014 to the 8th Pan African Congress in 2023 Feb 13, 2023
- Feb 9, 2023 Will there be an African Diaspora regional headquarters for the African Union 6th Region? Upcoming Pan African Congress to make a proposal Feb 9, 2023
- Feb 9, 2023 African Diaspora Ambassadors for the African Union 6th Region: Upcoming Pan African Congress to Make Proposal Feb 9, 2023
- Feb 8, 2023 Upcoming Pan African Congress in Harare, Zimbabwe Will Propose a Comprehensive African Union Citizenship Policy for the African Diaspora Feb 8, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 22, 2023 Call for Inputs for United Nations Visit to the United States of America 24 April – 5 May 2023 Jan 22, 2023
- Jan 18, 2023 Balanta Society in America President Siphiwe Baleka Discusses the Durban Declaration at Forum on the 7th National Day of Racial Healing Jan 18, 2023
- Jan 15, 2023 Peanuts, Cashews, Mono-Mercantilism, and Soil Erosion in Guinea Bissau: Amilcar Cabral and George Washington Carver Jan 15, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 26, 2022 UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Intervenes in Mumia Abu Jamal's Case Dec 26, 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 Guinea Bissau Citizenship Update: Important Meeting With Conservador dos Registros Centrais (Keeper of Central Records) Dec 20, 2022
- Dec 19, 2022 Strategic Reparations Litigation: Transgenerational Epigenetic Effects, Ethnocide and Prisoner of War Claims - A Look at Cases Against France and the United States Dec 19, 2022
- Dec 14, 2022 Baba Dr. Wade Ifágbemì Sàngódáre Nobles and Siphiwe Baleka Discuss Transgenerational Epigentic Effects (TGEE) of Slavery and Divine Energy Made Manifest (DEMM) Dec 14, 2022
- Dec 12, 2022 NCOBRA's Statement to the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Dec 12, 2022
- Dec 8, 2022 New! Guinea Bissau Citizenship Update Dec 8, 2022
- Dec 6, 2022 Siphiwe Baleka Statement to the 1st Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Dec 6, 2022
- Dec 1, 2022 THE PERMANENT FORUM ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, THE DURBAN DECLARATION, REPATRIATION AND PLEBISCITE FOR SELF DETERMINATION Dec 1, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 29, 2022 2022 Decade of Return Naming Ceremony in Guinea Bissau for Members of the Balanta B'urassa History & Genealogy Society in America Nov 29, 2022
- Nov 17, 2022 The Indignity of an African Traveling to Geneva, Switzerland for the Launch of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations Nov 17, 2022
- Nov 13, 2022 WILL CAMEROON SEIZE THE MOMENT TO GIVE CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE OF CAMEROONIAN ORIGIN IN THE DIASPORA UNDER A DECADE OF RETURN TO CAMEROON INITIATIVE Nov 13, 2022
- Nov 6, 2022 Decade of Return to Cameroon: Report on the African Roots and Heritage Foundation and our Meeting with the Cameroon Ministry of External Affairs Nov 6, 2022
- Nov 5, 2022 THE NEW AFRIKAN THOUGHT CONFERENCE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HOSTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION CENTER ON AFRICAN TRADITIONS AND LANGUAGES (CERDOTOLA) Nov 5, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 26, 2022 New Afrikan Consciousness vs. New African Thought: Mysticism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Oct 26, 2022
- Oct 15, 2022 NEW AFRIKAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Statement to the 20th session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration Oct 15, 2022
- September 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 27, 2022 MY CONVERSATION WITH MALCOLM X Aug 27, 2022
- Aug 20, 2022 BBHAGSIA Founder Siphiwe Baleka discusses neo-colonialism, organizing, global soil extinction and revolutionary Pan Africanism with Omowale Afrika on the "Going Off Topic" Podcast Aug 20, 2022
- Aug 20, 2022 What Direction Reparations? - Article from the NCOBRA 33rd Annual Convention Aug 20, 2022
- Aug 8, 2022 BBHAGSIA Celebrates Inaugural Dr. Mutulu Shakur Community Health Day With 4 Minute Fit Program Aug 8, 2022
- July 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 24, 2022 TOWARDS A PLEBISCITE FOR SELF DETERMINATION OF THE AFRO DESCENDANT COLONY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN IMARI OBADELE READER AND STRATEGIC PLAN Jun 24, 2022
- Jun 15, 2022 UNDERSTANDING THE SPORTS LANDSCAPE IN GUINEA BISSAU AND A PLAN TO FIX IT Jun 15, 2022
- Jun 13, 2022 RUMO A UMA POLÍTICA DE DIREITO DE RETORNO E CIDADANIA PARA OS DESCENDENTES DE PESSOAS RETIRADAS DE TERRITÓRIOS DA ÁFRICA DURANTE O TRÁFICO TRANSATLÂNTICO E ESCRAVIDÃO DE POVOS AFRICANOS Jun 13, 2022
- Jun 9, 2022 TOWARDS A RIGHT TO RETURN & CITIZENSHIP POLICY FOR DESCENDENTS OF PEOPLE TAKEN FROM TERRITORIES IN AFRICA DURING THE TRANSATLANTIC TRAFFICKING AND ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICAN PEOPLE Jun 9, 2022
- Jun 7, 2022 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR GUINEA BISSAU’S SWIMMERS: 1ST "DASH FOR CASH" EVENT AND ELITE TEAM SELECTION Jun 7, 2022
- Jun 2, 2022 NATAÇÃO, DINHEIRO E DESIGUALDADE GLOBAL: UMA COMPARAÇÃO DO APOIO DADO À FEDERAÇÃO DE NATAÇÃO DA GUINÉ BISSAU E À FEDERAÇÃO DE NATAÇÃO DA UCRÂNIA Jun 2, 2022
- Jun 2, 2022 SWIMMING, MONEY AND GLOBAL INEQUALITY: A COMPARISON OF SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE GUINEA BISSAU SWIMMING FEDERATION AND THE UKRAINE SWIMMING FEDERATION Jun 2, 2022
- Jun 2, 2022 AT LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE TO BRING COMPETITIVE SWIMMING TO GUINEA BISSAU Jun 2, 2022
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May 2022
- May 22, 2022 CURRENT STATUS OF GUINEA BISSAU: A REVIEW OF RELEVANT STATISTICS May 22, 2022
- May 6, 2022 BBHAGSIA Founder Siphiwe Baleka Promoting the Global #savesoil movement in Guinea Bissau May 6, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 20, 2022 BBHAGSIA President Siphiwe Baleka Joins Launch of the Impact Hub Candidate Bissau Apr 20, 2022
- Apr 2, 2022 Team SDGB Celebrates Birthday of Guinea Bissau Swimming Federation Interim President Siphiwe Baleka Apr 2, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 25, 2022 Decade of Return to Guinea Bissau November 22-29, 2022 Mar 25, 2022
- Mar 8, 2022 Balanta History & Genealogy Society in America Launches T-Shirt Collection Featuring The Teachings of Amilcar Cabral Mar 8, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 6, 2022 RIGHT TO RETURN ALLIANCE SKILLS SURVEY Feb 6, 2022
- Feb 6, 2022 FIRST 50-METER OLYMPIC SWIM TRAINING FACILITY BUILT IN GUINEA BISSAU Feb 6, 2022
- January 2022
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November 2021
- Nov 18, 2021 BBHAGSIA President Discusses the COVID Agenda on Discussions of Truth Podcast Nov 18, 2021
- Nov 8, 2021 Nbuntul a Kraase: Balanta Stories Now Available for First Time Translated into English Nov 8, 2021
- Nov 2, 2021 BanFaaba and BBHAGSIA Presidents Attend African Union Workshop on Transformational Leadership Across Africa Nov 2, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 23, 2021 Federação de Natação da Guiné-Bissau e Ban-Faaba comemoram o Dia Mundial da Natação Oct 23, 2021
- Oct 23, 2021 Guinea Bissau Swim Federation and Ban-Faaba Celebrate World Swim Day Oct 23, 2021
- Oct 20, 2021 Setting an Example for Afrodescendant Athletes From America: Siphiwe Baleka Represents Guinea Bissau at the 14th African Swimming Championships Oct 20, 2021
- Oct 14, 2021 O presidente do BanFaaba, Mario Ceesay, e o coordenador da Década de Retorno, Siphiwe Baleka, se encontram com H.E. Dra. Erieka Bennett, Fundadora e Chefe da Missão, Diáspora Fórum Africano Oct 14, 2021
- Oct 14, 2021 BanFaaba President Mario Ceesay and Decade of Return Coordinator Siphiwe Baleka Meet with H.E. Dr. Erieka Bennett, Founder and Head of Mission, Diaspora African Forum Oct 14, 2021
- Oct 13, 2021 MOTION TO THE AFRICAN UNION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 39th EXTRAORDINARY SESSION DRAFTED BY BBHAGSIA PRESIDENT AND SUBMITTED TO THE AU ECOSOCC SECRETARIAT THROUGH THE ZAMBIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Oct 13, 2021
- Oct 2, 2021 BBHAGSIA Member Joshua Roberts Playing Professional Basketball and Lighting It Up at the Armenia Cup. Oct 2, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 22, 2021 Consulting a B'sika and Discovering Unche, My Ancestral Village in Guinea Bissau Sep 22, 2021
- Sep 15, 2021 BAN-FAABA USA Donates Medical Supplies to Village in Encheia, Guinea Bissau Sep 15, 2021
- Sep 9, 2021 THE CALL TO ORGANIZE BALANTA PEOPLE WORLDWIDE: BRASSA MADA N’SAN KEHENLLI BAM’FABA – MESSAGE #4 Sep 9, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 21, 2021 A Bumpy Road to the Olympics - Training in Guinea Bissau Jul 21, 2021
- Jul 18, 2021 Decade of Return to Guinea Bissau November 23-30, 2021 Jul 18, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 22, 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF GUINEA BISSAU TO AFRODESCENDANTS IN THE UNITED STATES CONCERNING THE DECADE OF RETURN Jun 22, 2021
- Jun 11, 2021 Guinea Bissau Begins Granting Citizenship to Afrodescendants from the United States Jun 11, 2021
- Jun 2, 2021 Afrodescendant Steering Committee Questionnaire for Organizational Leaders Jun 2, 2021
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May 2021
- May 27, 2021 Decade of Return To Guinea Bissau 2023 May 27, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 26, 2021 Learning from Neely Fuller Jr. About Your Status as A Prisoner of War Under the System of White Supremacy Apr 26, 2021
- Apr 19, 2021 Afrodescendant Steering Committee Self Determination Survey Apr 19, 2021
- Apr 17, 2021 UPDATED: Africa Day 2021 Decade of Return to Guinea Bissau, May 11-14, and June 8-11, 2021 Apr 17, 2021
- Apr 14, 2021 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FEATURING BALANTA WOMEN: NICOLE VADEN Apr 14, 2021
- Apr 14, 2021 Learning From The Leaders The Personal Cost of African Liberation: Responsibility, Racial Re-Education, Spiritual Re-Conversion, and Class Suicide for a Holy Order of Commitment Apr 14, 2021
- Apr 7, 2021 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FEATURING BALANTA WOMEN: TRIMECHIAH LYNETTE ROGERS Apr 7, 2021
- Apr 1, 2021 Women's History Month Featuring Balanta Women: Spectra Amanuri Apr 1, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 23, 2021 Balanta Kentohé Language Lessons Series 3 Now Available Mar 23, 2021
- Mar 21, 2021 Women's History Month Featuring Balanta Women: Jazzy Ellis Mar 21, 2021
- Mar 9, 2021 Women's History Month Featuring Balanta Women: Melanie "Duturna" Young Mar 9, 2021
- Mar 3, 2021 Will Guinea Bissau's "Decade of Return Initiative" Be the Next Big Boon For This Small African Nation? Mar 3, 2021
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February 2021
- Feb 23, 2021 Guinea Bissau Officially Welcomes Descendants for Decade of Return Events in May and June Feb 23, 2021
- Feb 17, 2021 Editorial: A Stolen Legacy? - A Critical examination of Barak Obama Post Presidency, and his enduring impact on the collective Black Consciousness Feb 17, 2021
- Feb 12, 2021 BBHAGSIA Member Kamm Howard to Give Testimony at Reparations Hearing Feb 12, 2021
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January 2021
- Jan 30, 2021 Guinea Bissau: Mbontol Fnhénhe (A Love Poem) Jan 30, 2021
- Jan 25, 2021 Afrodescendants' Response to President Biden's Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government Jan 25, 2021
- Jan 19, 2021 Siphiwe Baleka interviewd on NBC Access Daily, Friday January 15, 2021 Jan 19, 2021
- Jan 16, 2021 BBHAGSIA to Renovate Headquarters and Provide Olympic Training Center for Guinea Bissau Olympic Swim Team Jan 16, 2021
- Jan 15, 2021 Africa Day 2021 Decade of Return to Guinea Bissau, May 12-15, and June 7-10, 2021 Jan 15, 2021
- Jan 14, 2021 Naming Ceremony for Nine Members of the Balanta B'urassa History and Genealogy Society in America Jan 14, 2021
- Jan 12, 2021 Nqpadn kbonh (I have returned) Update for BBHAGSIA Members Sunday, January 17th at 5 pm CST Jan 12, 2021
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December 2020
- Dec 10, 2020 STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE AFRODESCENDANT NATION WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS ENSLAVED IN THE UNITED STATES (DAEUS) ON THE 72ND HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Dec 10, 2020
- Dec 9, 2020 BBHAGSIA President Presentation to the 1st Africa Diaspora Summit, Nairobi Kenya Dec 9, 2020
- Dec 7, 2020 BBHAGSIA Winter Celebration, Sunday, December 13 at 6:00 PM CST Dec 7, 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 BBHAGSIA President Siphiwe Baleka on the cover of Sports Illustrated Dec 4, 2020
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November 2020
- Nov 23, 2020 BBHAGSIA President Addresses the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent at the United Nations Nov 23, 2020
- Nov 22, 2020 BBHAGSIA President Conversation with the Pendo Center for Human Rights and Self-Determination Nov 22, 2020
- Nov 18, 2020 BBHAGSIA President attends session: Anti-Black racism and police brutality: HRDs’ expectations from the UNHRC Nov 18, 2020
- Nov 14, 2020 BBHAGSIA PRESIDENT ATTENDS SESSION OF THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) OF THE AFRICAN UNION Nov 14, 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 15, 2020 Conversation Reparations With NCOBRA: Reparations thru Lineage Restoration Oct 15, 2020
- Oct 14, 2020 FIHANKRA CONTROVERSY: A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT REPATRIATION TO AFRICA AND DEVELOPMENT MODELS BASED ON BLACK CAPITALISM Oct 14, 2020
- Oct 14, 2020 BBHAGSIA 1st Annual Meeting Oct 14, 2020
- Oct 12, 2020 Gold and Oil: Petrodollars and the United States Attacks in Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Iran; Understanding Obama’s AFRICOM Betrayal of African People Oct 12, 2020
- Oct 2, 2020 UNDERSTANDING THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES Oct 2, 2020
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September 2020
- Sep 24, 2020 BALANTA RESPONSE TO THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO ON THE 47TH GUINEA BISSAU INDEPENDENCE DAY Sep 24, 2020
- Sep 24, 2020 BALANTA POET SIMONE ROBERTS: WHO AM I? Sep 24, 2020
- Sep 24, 2020 Gambia Balanta Student Association Sep 24, 2020
- Sep 9, 2020 The Success of Reverend Charles Colcock Jones' Plan to Prevent Negro Insurrection: Christian Mental Slavery & The Family of Jacob Blake Sep 9, 2020
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August 2020
- Aug 24, 2020 STATEMENT ON THE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE III, A BALANTA DESCENDANT, IN THE UNITED STATES Aug 24, 2020
- Aug 17, 2020 REPARATIONS: A REMINDER FROM 18 YEARS AGO. . . . Aug 17, 2020
- Aug 8, 2020 SPECIAL SCREENING OF FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER SUNDAY AT 6:00 PM CST Aug 8, 2020
- Aug 7, 2020 AU 6th Region Diaspora Initiative: History and Current Status with the AU 6th Region Education Campaign Director Aug 7, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 27, 2020 LINEAGE RESTORATION MOVEMENT Jul 27, 2020
- Jul 22, 2020 CLASH OF CULTURES: EXPLAINING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP TO MY WIFE Jul 22, 2020
- Jul 6, 2020 INTERPRETING THE 14TH AMENDMENT: A CONVERSATION WITH A VETERAN OF THE BLACK LIBERATION LEGAL STRUGGLE Jul 6, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 28, 2020 Balanta B'urassa Founders Day: Celebrating Those Who Resist, August 1, 2020 Chicago, IL Jun 28, 2020
- Jun 27, 2020 Balanta Society in America Continues Food Distribution in Guinea Bissau Jun 27, 2020
- Jun 11, 2020 INTEGRATION (ELECTORAL POLITICS) VS. NATIONALISM (SELF DEFENSE) VS. REVOLUTION (BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY): UNDERSTANDING THE ART OF COOPTING BLACK LIBERATION Jun 11, 2020
- Jun 6, 2020 UNDERSTANDING MY BALANTA FATHER: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THOSE WHO RESIST IN AMERICA Jun 6, 2020
- Jun 5, 2020 REPORT: BALANTA SOCIETY IN AMERICA AND BAM'FABA DISTRIBUTE FOOD IN SINTCHAM, TANDE AND SAMODJE VILLAGES IN NORTHERN GUINEA BISSAU Jun 5, 2020
- Jun 1, 2020 EXPLAINING TO MY COLORLESS (WHITE) FRIENDS THE SOLUTION TO THE AMERICAN PROBLEM AND ENDING THE CIVIL WAR THAT WAS ESCALATED BY THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD Jun 1, 2020
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May 2020
- May 30, 2020 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND PROTESTERS IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER BY TORTURE OF GEORGE FLOYD. May 30, 2020
- May 27, 2020 REVISITING THE BLACK LIBERATION ARMY'S MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD May 27, 2020
- May 25, 2020 VIEWPOINTS OF THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES (ADOS) May 25, 2020
- May 24, 2020 THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF BALANTA EDUCATION: DEVELOPING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE May 24, 2020
- May 22, 2020 THE CALL TO ORGANIZE BALANTA PEOPLE WORLDWIDE: BRASSA MADA N’SAN KEHENLLI BAM’FABA – MESSAGE #3 May 22, 2020
- May 18, 2020 BALANTA SOCIETY IN AMERICA SENDS EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO TCHOKMON VILLAGE May 18, 2020
- May 2, 2020 WHERE ARE THE REVOLUTIONARIES?: MALCOLM X AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A WEAPON AGAINST THE PLUTONOMY OF THE BEFERA OF WHITE SUPREMACY, CAPITALISM AND IMPERIALISM May 2, 2020
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April 2020
- Apr 27, 2020 Black Nationalism in America - Cultural, Religious, Economic, Revolutionary: The Need for a Black United Front Apr 27, 2020
- Apr 26, 2020 LEARNING THE LESSONS OF HISTORY: SLAVE SONGS, REPATRIATION, INSURRECTION, INTEGRATION, NATIONALISM & THE ORIGINAL #ADOS MOVEMENT FROM 1792 TO 1861 Apr 26, 2020
- Apr 25, 2020 UNITED NATIONS SPONSORED PLEBISCITE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION FOR DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE CRIMINAL AND GENOCIDAL MIDDLE PASSAGE TO THE COLONIES THAT BECAME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Apr 25, 2020
- Apr 18, 2020 Dr. Nana Kwame Leroy Frazier’s Visit to The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau Apr 18, 2020
- Apr 12, 2020 DON'T LET THEM STARVE: AN APPEAL FOR EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR THE PEOPLE OF GUINEA BISSAU Apr 12, 2020
- Apr 8, 2020 THE IMPORTANCE OF NARRATIVES: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BALANTA ANCESTORS' ANCIENT SPIRITUALITY APPLIED TO MY DECISION TO ATTEND YALE UNIVERSITY IN 1989 Apr 8, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 24, 2020 THE COVID 19 CHRONOLOGY THEY AREN'T SHOWING YOU: PROPAGANDA AND DENIAL ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE PANDEMIC Mar 24, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 Guinea Bissau Invites Olympic Legend Jackie Joyner Kersee to Her Ancestral Homeland for Launch of the Decade of Return Initiative Feb 29, 2020
- Feb 27, 2020 Mental Slavery of Christianity: Its Origin, Development and The Challenge of Cognitive Dissonance to the African Ancestry Movement From the Point of View of Neuroscience and Behavior Change Feb 27, 2020
- Feb 5, 2020 En Route To Balantaland Feb 5, 2020
- Feb 2, 2020 Sunday Conference Call Feb 2, 2020
- January 2020
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November 2019
- Nov 11, 2019 THE ESSENTIAL ISSUE IS COMPELLING FORCE: REPARATIONS AND #ADOS Nov 11, 2019
- Nov 2, 2019 CRITICAL AFRICAN ANCESTRY STUDIES & BALANTA LITERATURE: A REVIEW OF 13 BARS OF IRON BY MALIK K. YARBOROUGH Nov 2, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 31, 2019 THE IMPORTANCE OF NARRATIVES AND CULTURAL HOLIDAYS: BALANTA MAN VS. HALLOWEEN Oct 31, 2019
- Oct 16, 2019 Return to Khuti Part 2: The Mesintu and Anu Ancestors of the Balanta Oct 16, 2019
- Oct 10, 2019 SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BALANTA ANCESTORS' ANCIENT SPIRITUALITY APPLIED TO MY VISIT TO EGYPT AND MY MARRIAGE: A CASE STUDY ON MY SECOND ANNIVERSARY Oct 10, 2019
- Oct 3, 2019 Siphiwe Baleka’s Sorcery Dominates 1st International Masters Swimming Championships Oct 3, 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 Return to Khuti: The Great Pyramid and Balanta Oct 1, 2019
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September 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 ON QUESTIONS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITY Sep 23, 2019
- Sep 20, 2019 Reflection and citizenship (article reposted from Facebook by Nafanda Cidadão Camais) Sep 20, 2019
- Sep 19, 2019 A Swimmer's Race: https://myswimpro.com/blog/2019/08/06/a-swimmers-race/ Sep 19, 2019