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Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/16/2014 7:54:27 AM

For the weekend of 24th-26th May 2014: http://www.africanliberationday.net/ All PanAfricanist conscious Rasta encouraged to attend. African family event.....a 'must attend' thing. I will be reaching the two days at Birmingham featuring guest speakers Prof James Small, Sis Clarrie Mendy, Dr Makkedah Idawah, and featuring artsist include Empress Imani, Macka B and more. Each event features guest speakers, workshops, and artists. Also stalls and information to support local African business. ______________________________________________________________________ ALD was founded in 1958 when Kwame Nkrumah convened the First Conference of Independent States held in Accra, Ghana and attended by eight independent African states. The 15th of April was declared "African Freedom Day," to mark each year the onward progress of the liberation movement, and to symbolize the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation. Between 1958 and 1963 the nation/class struggle intensified in Africa and the world. Seventeen countries in Africa won their independence and 1960 was proclaimed the Year of Africa. Further advances were made with the defeat of U.S. imperialism in Asia and the Caribbean. Imperialism responded to this tide of victories by assassinating revolutionary leaders and sending U.S. troops to Viet Nam. On the 25th of May 1963, thirty-one African Heads of state convened a summit meeting to found the Organization of African Unity (OAU). They renamed African Freedom Day "African Liberation Day" and changed its date to May 25th. Since then, the world has witnessed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, the US invasion of Cuba, the US move to crush liberation movements in Asia, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan; the overthrow of the Democratic Party of Guinea, the US invasion of Grenada, the US bombing of Libya, and the overthrow of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso. This period had marked a temporary setback for the Pan-African movement and since 1966, was characterized by a lull in ALD activities. Neo-colonialism was imposed upon the people as the new stage of the capitalist, imperialist strategy in Africa. Out of the intensification of the nation/class struggle, a new generation of African youth emerged and reaffirmed their African personality, history and their Pan-African objectives. This youth was the product of Malcolm X, Sister M'balia Camara, Patrice Lumumba, Frantz Fanon and the countless generations before them. Links were made and maintained with Kwame Nkrumah. Understanding the need for clear and precise ideological and organizational direction for the Pan-African movement, Nkrumah published Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization (1963), Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare (1968), and Class Struggle in Africa (1970). The ideas of Nkrumah infused the Black Power Movement (1960-1972). Nkrumah taught us, "The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution." In 1970 the Pan-African Secretariat of Guyana made the call for the celebration of ALD in the western hemisphere. In response, a large demonstration was held in Georgetown, Guyana and smaller celebrations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The Pan-African movement was once again on the verge of taking a mass revolutionary character and educating and organizing the people. By 1971 Pan-Africanism had become the dominant discussion in every factory, home, school and church in the African world. In the 1990s, as a result of the people's struggle, we have witnessed the defeat of apartheid, the heroic decision of the OAU to break UN sanctions against Libya, and the Congo victory by pro-African forces over imperialist proxy forces, making an advance toward Nkrumah's call for an African High Command and representing a healthy day in line with the African Union. The African Union, and Africa's first continental holiday, "Africa Day," are clear signs that the struggle for African Unity will not stop until victory is achieved. Today African Liberation Day is a permanent mass institution in the world-wide Pan-African movement. As an institution, it is stronger today because the masses of African people are stronger and ALD is their day. As a day of work in the area of political education and organization, it reflects the fact that we have not obtained our freedom, and thus it is a day to reaffirm our commitment to Pan-Africanism, the total liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism. At ALD we also deepen our understanding of other just struggles and affirm our role in the world socialist revolution. ALD has but one direction, forward to a unified socialist Africa. It is growing as the level of awareness about Pan-Africanism and the primacy of Africa grows. It is growing as progressive and revolutionary organizations grow. And lastly, it is growing as the masses make increasing victories against capitalism, neo-colonialism, racism, and zionism. _______________________________________________________ LOCATIONS: http://www.africanliberationday.net/node/767 Atlanta, GA United States 23 May 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm Project South 9 South Gammon Street SE Campus of Carver High School Atlanta, GA More info... Brooklyn, NY United States 17 May 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER 677 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY More info... Chicago - AAPRP, IL United States 23 May 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:30pm Chicago State University 9500 South M.L. King Drive Chicago, IL More info... 24 May 2014 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm Winnie Mandela High School 7847 S Jeffery Chicago, IL More info... Chicago - CICS, IL United States 17 May 2014 - 10:00am - 4:00pm Jacob H. Curruthers Center for Inner City Studies 700 East Oakwood Blvd. Chicago, IL More info... Detroit, MI United States 24 May 2014 (All day) Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 315 E. Warren Avenue Detroit, MI More info... 23 May 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 315 E. Warren Avenue Detroit, MI More info... Birmingham United Kingdom 25th - 26th May 2014 1pm-7pm The Light House 100 Alma Way Birmingham, United Kingdom B19 2LN More info... London United Kingdom 24 May 2014 - 2:00pm - 8:30pm Goldsmiths University (New Academic Building -LG01) New Cross SE14 6NW London More info... Nairobi Kenya 24 May 2014 - 12:00am - 25 May 2014 - 12:00am KICC Nairobi More info... Oakland, CA United States 24 May 2014 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm Eastside Arts Alliance 2277 International Blvd Oakland, CA More info... Philadelphia, PA United States 24 May 2014 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm Church of the Advocate 1801 W. Diamond St. Philadelphia, PA More info... Takoradi Ghana 25 May 2014 (All day) Takoradi More info... Washington, DC United States 21 May 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm Emergence Community Arts Collective 733 Euclid St. NW, Washington, DC Washington, DC More info...

Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/16/2014 8:03:34 AM

To sight Prof James Smalls speak will be a privilege & the reason I will be missing the LDN event and reaching Birmingham instead. Prof James is a conscious Heavyweight. The Science of Voodoo/Vudon - Prof James Small:

Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/16/2014 8:28:47 AM

Messenger: VoodooRuutz Sent: 5/17/2014 4:11:14 PM

African science, the true religion! Can't find and haven't heard of anything in I area New Orleans or Baton Rouge LA

Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/17/2014 5:21:33 PM

Can't find anything either king. Find your nearest African union / PanAfrican organisation and ask them wha gwarn. Set up for 2015!

Messenger: Black heart Sent: 5/21/2014 2:42:04 PM

Yes I. I know some Idrens in some places are already in ises to comemorate our liberation n I man lookin foward to Friday evining where I n I local idrens will chanting Nyahbinghi till Sunday. Blessed Black liberation day

Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/23/2014 2:39:33 PM

^^Yes I Happy African Liberation weekend

Messenger: VoodooRuutz Sent: 5/23/2014 4:01:31 PM

ISIS and ANKHS to ALL I&I IFRICAN IBERATION HERUS!!!!

Messenger: GARVEYS AFRICA Sent: 5/24/2014 10:35:14 PM

Shakara: On the 25th May, many people of Afrikan descent around the world celebrate and observe Afrika Liberation Day (ALD). ALD is a landmark event in the history of the Afrikan continent, born out of the Independence Movement of the 1950’s & 60’s. It represents the revolutionary spirit of the people of Afrika at a time when the entire Afrikan world was unified in its attempt to throw off the shackles of European Colonialism and engage in the process of autonomous Nation Building. In 1958 Osageyfo Kwame Nkrumah involved the newly independent Ghana in the Afrika Freedom Day. Though a notable development, Afrika freedom day failed to capture the imagination and embody the vision Afrikan people simply because 7 of the 9 nations involved, Egypt, Morocco and Libya for example, remained under Arab rule. But as the spirit of Liberation began to sweep through the continent, more and more nations began to push for independence. This climate gave rise to many revolutionary organizations that gave birth to the great Afrikan leaders we celebrate today. Following Ghana in 1957, Guinea declared Independence in 1858 under the leadership of Sekou Toure. Congo, Mali and Tanzania declared independence in 1961 as lead by Patrice Lumumba, Modibo Keita and Julius Nyarere respectively. 1963 saw The Kenya Land & Freedom Army reap the rewards of a successful military campaign when Kenya was made independent with Jomo Kenyatta at its helm. Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah But as Kwame Nkrumah pronounced on the 6th of March 1957, “The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with Liberation of the entire Afrikan continent”. It was in this vain that in 1963 His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haille Selassie I invited all the independent Nations of Afrika to Addis Ababa for the purpose of forging greater Afrikan unity. To this aim, he and Nkrumah lead the initiative for forming the Organisation of Afrikan Unity (OAU). Afrikan Freedom Day was then renamed Afrikan Liberation Day to be celebrated annually on the 25th May. The OAU aims and objectives were: to promote the unity and solidarity of the African States; to co-ordinate and intensify their cooperation and efforts to achieve a better life for the peoples of Africa; to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity and independence; to eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa; and to promote international cooperation, having due regard to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ALD therefore, was to serve as a primary annual meeting of the minds, souls and bodies of Afrikan people in charting and further actualizing these objectives. As His Imperial Majesty said: “History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.” Magnanimous vision and great strides in development were to be cut short however, as the former colonial powers sustained a parasitic presence on the continent. This presence would first rear its murderous head as early as 1961, when Patrice Lumumba was hunted, captured, tortured and assassinated before the world. The assassination was orchestrated by the CIA, assisted by Britain and Belgium, with the collusion of unscrupulous UN so called Peace Keeping Forces. The 1960’s would be hence forth plagued by a number of Euro-American backed coups, most notably, following a number of assassination attempts, Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966. African Heads of State. Foundation of the OAU in May 1963 African Heads of State. Foundation of the OAU in May 1963 Whilst there were many great Revolutionary Afrikan organizations, a century of Colonialism meant that many, including some of those who would become presidents and Prime-Ministers, thought with brains moulded and manufactured in Europe, still carrying allegiances which often superseded the desire for true independence. Many more still, such as Joseph Mobutu, were installed following the overthrow of true Revolutionary Afrikan Leadership. These traitorous characters and the destablisation cause in the climate opened the door for European organizations such as the IMF, World Bank an UN to re-establish control over the Afrikan continent. These organizations were founded from 1944-1947 and principally aimed to consolidate European power and stabalise European nations following the ravages of the 2nd Pan-European War – misnomered World War II. Along with the World Health Organisation (founded in 1948), a brief look at their relationship with Afrikan Nations reveals a reality that in many cases amounts to political, economic and germ warfare. Many of the loans in foreign aid for example have created a situation of so called “Third World Debt”, which places a stranglehold on Afrika’s ability to develop itself, while ensuring Afrikan nations remain perpetually indebted to western Nations. This gave rise to what Nkrumah called Neo-Colonialism. As he describes: “The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.” In the midst of the destruction however, the world wide Pan-Afrikanist Movement continued to grow. Particular credit must be given to the name of Kwame Toure (formerly known as Stokely Carmichael), The student activist who lead the Civil Rights movement along with Dr. Martin Luther and evolved as the foremost exponent of Black Power in the 1960’s. Maturing in his perspective, Kwame Toure travelled to Afrika, where he met and worked closely with Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure. He would be the champion behind forwarding the Osagyefo’s formation of an All Afrikan People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP), following the passing of Nkrumah in 1972. The 1st ALD was celebrated in the USA in the same year. Kwame Toure and his then wife, the legendary singer Miriam Makeba, became central to the worldwide proliferation of ALD. The major difference here however, was that ALD would not be the domain purely of heads of state, but grassroots Revolutionary activism. In the UK, organisations such as Grass Roots and the Black Unity & Freedom Party (BUFP) were vibrant during the 1970’s. In 1974, members of BUFP travelled to Tanzania to attend the 6th Pan-Afrikan Congress and of course during this time, the Anti-Apartheid fight was strong amongst Black communities worldwide. Drawing on the inspiration of Robert Sobukwe and the Pan-Afrikan Congress of Azania (South Afrika), members of BUFP broke away to establish a new organization – The Pan-Afrikan Congress Movement (PACM). The PACM brought ALD to shores of Britain in 1975, and along with the AAPRP still observe it to this day. ALD_2 Since 1999, the OAU has been replaced with the Africa Union (AU), who have seen fit to remove the word “Liberation” from the title in favour of holding “Afrika Day”; a significant omission which speaks largely to a difference in vision for the Afrikan continent. In the independence era talk of “Liberation” was characterized by revolutionary ideals and self determined action towards developing a self sufficient continent and Afrikan Diaspora, based upon Afrikan culture and identity. Today talk of liberation has been replaced by talk of “development” and “globalisation”, ideals for which are more often than not defined by international organisations, which are largely run by western governments, with the increasing influence of China. However there are many grassroots Revolutionary and Nationalist Pan-Afrikanists globally who still find value in forwarding the agenda that was laid down by people like Patrice Lumumba and the many such as Thomas Sankara and Nomzamo Winnie Mandela who would follow. Among them, “Liberation” is still an ideal that is very real and actively strived for. ALD therefore represent a time to forge and strengthen international economic as well as political links, ensuring that the people of Afrika, not just its government officials, play a central role defining and developing Afrika’s destiny.

Messenger: Ark I Sent: 5/24/2014 11:45:52 PM

Strength and Love to all Africans, to break the remaining chains some Europeans and others are still holding on to.

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