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• Poetry Friday: Cynthia James

  
  Cosmic Molasses for Stokley 
  
  Horn chile,  the limer on the corner blew on the furl,  crushing mica on the pavement, tapping  PRO-Keds, a mere mockery of a b-boy move. The young woman walked on without a misstep.  The baby, faced behind on the mother’s shoulder,  bobbing, sloe-eyed, the four youth on the low culvert,  the first [...]
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• Fear of a Black Panama?

  Melva Lowe Goodin (center)
  
  Over the years, the Panamanian writer Melva Lowe Goodin has been dedicated to research and strengthen awareness about the African presence in Panama. She spoke with Facets about her invaluable work. 
  The interview and commentary are  in Spanish:
  [www.laestrella.com.pa]
  
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• "This Little Light of Mine" by Christina Philp

  
  
  "This Little Light of Mine" by Christina Philp
  
  Another hurricane. My younger daughter draws a picture.
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• Marcus Garvey: "If we as a people,,,"

  
  
  We are petitioning President Barack Obama to exonerate the Right Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
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• Slave Trade History Remembered in Key West

  
  The Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamond Slave Ship Replica Project Southern Office: 80 NW 51 Street, Miami, FL 33127-2114, U.S.A. T: 305-904-7620 E: dinizulu7[at] gmail.com
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2012 Contact: Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, 305-004-7620, dinizulu7[at] gmail.com
  ‘SLAVE TRADE’ HISTORY REMEMBERED IN KEY WEST
  A recently established but highly significant [...]
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• History as a Guidepost: Marcus Garvey

  
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• Milan Kundera: "Against Forgetting."

  
  "No one remember old Marcus Garvey"~ Burning Spear
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• Geoffrey Philp: "The Poet" @ The Miami Herald

  
  
  
  “What the hurricane asks you is, ‘What are the most important things in your life?’’’ he said. “I knew I was with all the people I loved and I had my mother’s radio.’’ Read more here: [www.miamiherald.com]
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• Marcus Garvey's Words; "Redemption Song."

  
  The history of Jamaica in the popular imagination does not begin with Christopher Columbus planting the standard of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in the wet sand of Discovery Bay while the indigenous Taino peer through thick, leathery leaves of sea grapes. Rather the story begins in overcrowded [...]
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• Happy Earthstrong, Marcus Garvey!

  "We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. " ~ Marcus Garvey.
  
  
  "How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look?" ~ Bob Marley, "Redemption Song"
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