I am trying very hard to find a way to explain why I always say that Africa has never had a religion except those which were introduced to the continent by imperialists. And also, why I say that religion has nothing to do with spirituality and in that line, religion is a handmade of conquerors …
Source: African Spirituality and Cultures are not Religions – The people’s news africa
FROM THE ARCHIVES The world’s earliest known illustrated copy of the Gospels, the Garima Gospels, has been saved for centuries in a remote Ethiopian monastery. The astonishingly beautiful Ga…
Source: The oldest, most complete Gospel book on Earth is in Ethiopia
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.
Source: I Don’t Mind Telling My Daughter to Fight Back, Physically, When Assaulted | Houston Press
Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power. But, as academics Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr have warned, the overwhelming majority are not shaping today’s public debates. Instead, their work is largely sitting in academic journals that are read almost exclusively by their peers
Source: Academics can change the world – if they stop talking only to their peers
Note from BW of Brazil: You don’t have to be a specialist, critic or even a student of the social sciences to note the low […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, by choosing to no longer rock with the royal family, have created the proper pushback to British media’s racial hypocrisy
Source: How Meghan Markle exposed racism in the British media (then bounced) – TheGrio
India is the most diversified country in the world. With 29 states and a population of 1.2 billion living in these states, the culture and traditions are followed by 9 religions. But, there’s one thing in common.
Source: Indian Photographers Re-create Gods With Dark Skin And The Pictures Are Divine! – BuddyBits
During slavery many many peoples were parted, taken from their families and cultures. It’s rare that an individual who is descended from an enslaved person can fully track back their roots. However, one group of Afro-Cubans, the Gangá-Longobá kept their traditions alive. In a new documentary some of these Afro-Cubans take a trip back to … Afro-Cubans Make A Trip Back To Africa To Reconnect With People They Were Torn Away From! (VIDEO) Read More »
Under this administration, nothing is sacred as we watch the nation’s crown jewels being recut for the rings of robber barons. For more than 100 years, professional management of our national parks has been respected under both Democratic and Republican administrations. Yes, they have different priorities, the Democrats often expanding the system and the Republicans historically focused on building facilities in the parks for expanding visitation. But the career public servants of the National Park Service (NPS), charged with stewarding America’s most important places, such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and the Statue of Liberty, were left to do their jobs.
Source: The great dismantling of America’s national parks is under way
A once-virtuous cycle is breaking down. What now?
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