Jamaica Gleaner

Black Revolution

- – Erika Heslop Martin

Out of the abyss of slavery. Out of the depths of apartheid. Rooted in racial discrimina­tion and colonisati­on. We a travel di lan. Wid a purpose and a plan. Educating the masses for a Pan-African education. Enlighteni­ng and empowering the people to eradicate slavery and deep segregatio­n.

Unificatio­n of a fractured nation must be formed in our imaginatio­n. Unity is strength! Division is weakness! We are the children of the first civilizati­on. Marching forward into emancipati­on And we must rebuild our African nation.

Remember the struggles of Marcus Mosiah Garvey,

Nanny of the Maroons, Paul Bogle, Sam Sharpe, Norman Washington Manley,

Sir Alexander Bustamante and George William Gordon.

Our national heroes, forever etched in the contours of our minds and hearts. We are seeking a revolution, leading to a new elevation. Creating new world conditions for Africans. We tired a poverty...lack of money and no food! Di pickney dem hungry, Crime and violence a tek ova di mind and body. We tired a di fighting and backbiting. We tired a di crab-in-a-barrel mentality. Bad-mind a tek over di people dem.

They removed our ancestral memory, We need a cleansing, a purificati­on Of all di negativity that surrounds us. Stop di barefaced robbery and killing! My people have forgotten their history. Remember the maroon wars for liberty. We need a restoratio­n of positivity. Haitian revolution­ary fighters fought in unity. We a bawl Mama Africa, we a bawl. We bun dung plantation slavery. We a bawl Mama Africa, we a bawl. We need a change now! A change must come. Di sistem mash up! We need a revolution! Dash weh di corruption! Let us stop the destructio­n and forge the way for a reconstruc­tion. Mek wi start a revolution, An evolution, a black revolution.

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