Danah’s Conduct at Zen: What’s the Big Deal?

www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog Comment on i95.5fm [audio:zendanah240407.mp3] By Heru From: Trinidad and Tobago News Blog April 24, 2007 When this issue first surfaced on the internet and local radio talk shows, before Trinicenter’s article “Akon Did Not Abuse Girl At Zen“, many people were making very racist comments against Akon. Over time, following the exposure of the … Continue reading Danah’s Conduct at Zen: What’s the Big Deal?

Akon Did Not Abuse Girl At Zen

www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog Danah Alleyne before “action” with Akon Trinicenter.com Reporters April 22, 2007 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a response to the many racist comments about the Akon/Danah video clip, especially those that were initially posted on YouTube, among other websites. The two clips that were initially posted on YouTube were removed together with hundreds of … Continue reading Akon Did Not Abuse Girl At Zen

Celebrating the Madness: Britain’s Financial Decision to End the Slave Trade

By Leslie www.africaspeaks.com/leslie March 27, 2007 When has Western society ever taken moral precedence over the dollar? All the examples chronicled in our recent and ancient history indicate that the answer is a resounding “never.” It is therefore safe to say that the decision to ban the slave trade in 1807 was not about those … Continue reading Celebrating the Madness: Britain’s Financial Decision to End the Slave Trade

America’s slavery experience: Underground Railroad

By Dr. Kwame Nantambu March 26, 2007 Slavery started in the United States in 1619 when twenty Afrikans arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship. According to the 1850 census figures, there were 3.5 million Afrikan slaves in the United States. On 1st January, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation thereby freeing … Continue reading America’s slavery experience: Underground Railroad

Harry Mungalsingh’s distinct national development plan

By Marion O’Callaghan, newsday.co.tt Monday, March 19 2007 This is what Harry Mungalsingh, speaking in the Senate, said: “As far as I know, 83 percent of the prison population come from specific communities which predicates the need for a strong and distinct national development plan accepted by the entire society for these specific 16 communities … Continue reading Harry Mungalsingh’s distinct national development plan

Wanted: Plurality in the Police Service

By Stephen Kangal February 11, 2007 The arbitrary and selective conduct of the police in responding to recent popular protest movements raises fundamental questions on this response and its linkage with the composition of the protective services in plural Trinidad and Tobago. In cosmopolitan societies but more so in a multicultural but in an ethnically … Continue reading Wanted: Plurality in the Police Service