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09/27/2004:

"Facing Reality: We are making history"

WE ARE living in an age of paradox – an age that is full of threat and ominous portent, and yet at the same time pregnant with promise and possibility, for the black people of this world.

Those of us who are determined to craft a brilliant future for our people, are keeping our eyes focused on the beckoning possibilities; are closing our ears to the many brainwashed, self-hating nay sayers; and are forging ahead with our people’s business.

It therefore gives me great pleasure to be able to announce to the people of Barbados that a new chapter in the relationship between the African peoples of the Caribbean and the continent of Africa was opened on September 12, with the creation – In Bridgetown, Barbados – of an African Diaspora Civil Society Network Of The Caribbean.

Full Article : nationnews.com