The term "Maafa" is Kiswahili for "terrible occurrence" or "reoccurring disaster" and has been used to describe the European slave trade or the Middle Passage. The term "Maafa" also references the Black Holocaust historically and presently. In the San Francisco Bay Area, October … [Read more...]
Sign the petition – National Monument for Slavery & Freedom
In 1619 at Old Point Comfort, VA, 20 Africans were traded for food, setting in motion the slave system in this country. The first known African American child was born there, at what is now Fort Monroe in Hampton. Tell President Obama we have waited nearly 400 years for … [Read more...]
Lest We Forget
The following is a letter from www.ifacouncil.com/maafa. Obviously this organization is not aware of our activities in the San Francisco Bay Area, or maybe they are and are just disconnected. I have printed the letter here because the dates are to be noted and certainly we should … [Read more...]
Slaves who died at sea being honored
By Bruce Smith,Associated Press Writer, Jun 9, 2007 CHARLESTON, S.C. - Eighteen years ago, Tony Akeem organized a ceremony in New York City to honor the millions of Africans who died crossing the Atlantic during the slave trade. Similar observances have since spread around the … [Read more...]
Maafa 2005
By Wanda SabirSan Francisco BayView NewspaperPhotography by TaSin Sabir MAAFAWe Remember YouThe Middle Passage and all that we went though,We're Still Here … Lest we forgetOur heads to the sky … We cry … Why?- For the Millions -©2005 Dana Austin-Sockwell, Brother Clint, … [Read more...]
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