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Trident Healing Ceremony for Caribbean and Latin America Territories: 6-10-12, October 2014
an article by Elder Rev. Buddy A. Larrier for the Non State Actors Reparations Commission of Barbados (abridged)
The Non State Actors Reparations Commission of
Barbados (NsARC) is writing to ask for understanding
and participation in a Caribbean wide Regional
Healing Ceremony. The objectives are as follows:
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1 To release the collective energy necessary to
start a genuine healing process from the pain, shame
and anger that is trapped in people’s subconscious
because of chattel enslavement and colonialism;
freeing the mind from Mental Slavery.
2 To release the spirits of African and Indigenous
Ancestors that are trapped in Caribbean territories.
The spirits of these Ancestors are seeking
understanding and acceptable resting places.
3 To call on the Ancestors to help us in the
battle for Reparations and full sovereignty. . .
The African Union has declared 2013 the Year of
Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. 2013 was
the 50th anniversary of the founding of the
Organisation of African Unity. The anniversary
commemorated the African narratives of past,
present and future that will enthuse and energize
the African population and to use our constructive
energy to accelerate a forward looking agenda of
Pan-Africanism and Renaissance in this 21st
century.
In September 2013 the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) established a CARICOM Reparations
Commission to start to process of calling for a
formal apology and for compensation from former
European Colonial states for their crimes against
humanity suffered by indigenous peoples, enslaved
African and their descendants.
In December 2013 the United Nations (UN) General
Assembly formally endorsed a proposal from the UN
Human Rights Commission that a Decade for People
of African Descent (DPAD) be proclaimed. The DPAD
will commence January 1, 2015 and continue until
December 31, 2024. The theme for this decade is
“People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice
and Development”.
The Non State Actors Reparations Commission
(NsARC) of Barbados wishes to congratulate the
many countries, organisations and individuals who
have made the CARICOM Reparations Commission a
reality and the designated UN decade possible.
These are important milestones in the history of
African people. . .
The Healing Ceremony is proposed to take place in
Barbados over a three days period within a week of
activities this October; first on “International
Aviation Terrorism Day” 6th October, this is the
date in 1976 when the Cubana Airline flight 455
was blown out of the sky in Barbados’ waters. This
was the first aviation bombing, claiming the lives
of 73 innocent persons. Secondly, on 10th October
“World Mental Health Day”, and finally on 12th
October“ Reparations Day” as this date in 1492 was
the foundation for most of today’s challenges.
Why Barbados? Because this small island was the
first British colony to legally codify Africans as
chattel – non-humans, as in its Slave Code of
1661. It was also an important Administrative
Centre for the British Caribbean (West Indies)
colonies, and a major transshipment point of
enslaved Africans to other British colonial
territories. . .
All persons interested in this Regional Healing
Ceremony should indicate by emailing us at
nsarcbarbados@gmail.com Representatives from
African religious and spiritual faiths who desire
to be facilitators should make their interest
known by 31st May 2014. . .
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
The African Diaspora, Does it make a special contribution to the culture of peace?
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Latest reader comment:
The article, Tribute to Ancestors by Rev. Elder Buddy Larrier, reminds us of people of African descent who have made a special contribution to a culture of peace, including Marcus Masiah Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. As he indicates, a full list would be much longer.
Sometimes in the course of history, an oppressed people later becomes the oppressor, but that has never been the case for the peoples of Africa who were transported in chains to the New World and enslaved to create what is now the wealthiest part of the world. Instead, they have provided us some of the best lessons of non-violent resistance and struggles for human rights and dignity.
In another article, Report on the Global African Diaspora Summit, Larrier reminds us that this is not just an historical fact, but that the African diaspora is a potential force for the future transformation to a culture of peace.
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