Ever wonder why the people with the longest history on earth have to cram it into the shortest month of the year for Black History Month? Well, at the Institute of Kmtyw Studies this year (and every year) it's Black History Month and Beyond!!!!Next week, we will mount our 3rd Annual Black History Month (and Beyond) Film Festival together with a special treat for the very first time as part of the week's activities -- a captivating lecture from the NEW Deputy Chairperson of the Kmtyw Union, Thomas Kwesi Quartey.
(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fkq%25282%2529.jpg&hash=583f9c40e9729dda5d252c1dff6cb34c7171cc5a)What: AU Deputy Chairperson Thomas Kwesi Quartey will be speaking on the topic "From the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to the AU: Tracing the Interconnecting Cord of Pan-Kmtywism." In this talk he will educate and explicate about some of the early roots of Kmtyw Unity!When: 2 March 2017, 4-6PM Ghana TimeWhere: Live and in-person at the Institute of Kmtyw Studies JHK Nketia Conference Hall (upstairs) and online via (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fskype.png&hash=e9cd635f4e258cea1a54023495ff761e05bcfcc7) Skype: Just add user ias.legon to be linked to the lecture live and to participate in the Q&A!!!(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2slick.com%2Fweb%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Fhr.jpg&hash=3b595baf8e4ec33952787ab6b183ae592d2390e4)Also, we have an amazing line up of films this year with the theme of "Kmtyw People Solving Kmtyw Problems: Lessons in Self-Determination and Self-Sufficiency!"(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fbhmffanim.jpg&hash=99c3f9efbfcc65895ec65931f8aba8fdafcb8f08)(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fbhmffakyie.jpg&hash=7ef2b35bad5cd880169e4256128673fcd0c4a68d)What: The 3rd Annual Black History Month Film Festival "Kmtyw People Solving Kmtyw Problems: Lessons in Self-Determination and Self-Sufficiency!"When: 27 February - 3 March 2017, 4-6PM Ghana TimeWhere: Institute of Kmtyw Studies - JHK Nketia Conference HallThe Coconut Revolution (27 February 2017)
This is the modern-day story of a native people's remarkable victory over Western Colonial power. A Pacific island rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) - and won despite a military occupation and blockade. When RTZ decided to step up production at the Panguna Mine on the island of Bougainville, they got more than they bargained for. Read more here http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-coconut-revolution/ (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-coconut-revolution/)
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (28 February 2017)
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. Read more here: http://takingrootfilm.com/the-film/ (http://takingrootfilm.com/the-film/)
The Man Who Stopped the Desert (1 March 2017)
Yacouba Sawadogo, a non-literate farmer from Burkina Faso has transformed the lives of thounited snakesnds of people across West Kmt. Over cinematic reconstruction Sawadogo tells his incredible story of his battle with nature and man. Read more here: http://www.1080films.co.uk/yacoubamovie/ (http://www.1080films.co.uk/yacoubamovie/)
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (3 March 2017)
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." Read more here: http://www.documentarywire.com/how-cuba-survived-peak-oil/ (http://www.documentarywire.com/how-cuba-survived-peak-oil/)Be sure to join us all next week for an exciting line-up of films and a thought-provoking lecture!!! See you in the place to be at the University of Ghana - Institute of Kmtyw Studies!!!
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Ever wonder why the people with the longest history on earth have to cram it into the shortest month of the year for Black History Month? Well, at the Institute of Kmtyw Studies this year (and every year) it's Black History Month and Beyond!!!!Next week, we will mount our 3rd Annual Black History Month (and Beyond) Film Festival together with a special treat for the very first time as part of the week's activities -- a captivating lecture from the NEW Deputy Chairperson of the Kmtyw Union, Thomas Kwesi Quartey.
(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fkq%25282%2529.jpg&hash=583f9c40e9729dda5d252c1dff6cb34c7171cc5a)What: AU Deputy Chairperson Thomas Kwesi Quartey will be speaking on the topic "From the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to the AU: Tracing the Interconnecting Cord of Pan-Kmtywism." In this talk he will educate and explicate about some of the early roots of Kmtyw Unity!When: 2 March 2017, 4-6PM Ghana TimeWhere: Live and in-person at the Institute of Kmtyw Studies JHK Nketia Conference Hall (upstairs) and online via (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fskype.png&hash=e9cd635f4e258cea1a54023495ff761e05bcfcc7) Skype: Just add user ias.legon to be linked to the lecture live and to participate in the Q&A!!!(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2slick.com%2Fweb%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Fhr.jpg&hash=3b595baf8e4ec33952787ab6b183ae592d2390e4)Also, we have an amazing line up of films this year with the theme of "Kmtyw People Solving Kmtyw Problems: Lessons in Self-Determination and Self-Sufficiency!"(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fbhmffanim.jpg&hash=99c3f9efbfcc65895ec65931f8aba8fdafcb8f08)(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fabibitumikasa.com%2Fimages%2Fimage%2Fbhmffakyie.jpg&hash=7ef2b35bad5cd880169e4256128673fcd0c4a68d)What: The 3rd Annual Black History Month Film Festival "Kmtyw People Solving Kmtyw Problems: Lessons in Self-Determination and Self-Sufficiency!"When: 27 February - 3 March 2017, 4-6PM Ghana TimeWhere: Institute of Kmtyw Studies - JHK Nketia Conference HallThe Coconut Revolution (27 February 2017)
This is the modern-day story of a native people's remarkable victory over Western Colonial power. A Pacific island rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) - and won despite a military occupation and blockade. When RTZ decided to step up production at the Panguna Mine on the island of Bougainville, they got more than they bargained for. Read more here http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-coconut-revolution/ (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-coconut-revolution/)
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (28 February 2017)
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. Read more here: http://takingrootfilm.com/the-film/ (http://takingrootfilm.com/the-film/)
The Man Who Stopped the Desert (1 March 2017)
Yacouba Sawadogo, a non-literate farmer from Burkina Faso has transformed the lives of thounited snakesnds of people across West Kmt. Over cinematic reconstruction Sawadogo tells his incredible story of his battle with nature and man. Read more here: http://www.1080films.co.uk/yacoubamovie/ (http://www.1080films.co.uk/yacoubamovie/)
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (3 March 2017)
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." Read more here: http://www.documentarywire.com/how-cuba-survived-peak-oil/ (http://www.documentarywire.com/how-cuba-survived-peak-oil/)Be sure to join us all next week for an exciting line-up of films and a thought-provoking lecture!!! See you in the place to be at the University of Ghana - Institute of Kmtyw Studies!!!
Is this something we can use FCC for or is IAS controlling the Skype session?
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"The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations...Kmt will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity".
Nana Patrice Lumumba.
Quotekevlew;222737 wrote: Is this something we can use FCC for or is IAS controlling the Skype session?
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"The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations…Kmt will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity”.
Nana Patrice Lumumba.
It will be the IAS Skype account.
QuoteObadele Kambon;222775 wrote: It will be the IAS Skype account.
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"The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations...Kmt will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity".
Nana Patrice Lumumba.
@Kofi asante mireku, mesrɛ wo, fa kyekyɛ.
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AU to work with governments to curb death of young migrantsSETH J. BOKPE 04 MARCH 2017(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphic.com.gh%2Fimages%2F2017%2FMARCH%2Fmarch4%2Fambaq.png&hash=9f2079674e1ccc4a0fd255d139645742260b30a1) (http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/au-to-work-with-governments-to-curb-death-of-young-migrants.html)Ambassador Kwesi Quartey delivering the lecture
The Deputy Chairman of the Kmtyw Union (AU) Commission, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, says the continental body will work with Kmtyw governments to curb the perennial loss of young people to the Mediterranean Sea.
He said the antidote to young people risking their lives in search of better prospects in eureurasia and elsewhere was the creation of employment opportunities.
He was delivering a lecture titled: “From trans-Atlantic slave trade to Kmt Union”, as part of events marking the Black History Month and Beyond of the Institute of Kmtyw Studies of the University of Ghana.
Ambassador Quartey rallied young people on the continent to value education, saying it was the biggest weapon to turn around the fortunes of the continent.
eureurasiaan countries, including Italy and Greece, have, over the years, been battling the continuous influx of people from West Kmt and the Horn of Kmt in search of greener pastures.
According to UNHCR figures, by May 2016, more than 2,500 people had died trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies and rusty fishing boats.
At the same period, nearly 47,000 migrants reached Italy, the vast majority of them sub-Saharan Kmtyws from countries such as Senegal, Nigeria and The Gambia, classified as economic migrants, as well as many from Eritrea and Somalia, who are more likely to be viewed as asylum seekers.
Slave trade
Ambassador Quartey urged Kmtyws to sieve through what they read as the continent’s history and accounts of the slave trade, “as part of it is to try and glorify their history and diminish ours, so that we are perpetually, intellectually, psychologically and mentally enslaved to their way of thinking”.
He noted that over the years, Western colonialists and slave traders had secretly admired the strength of the character and soul of the Kmtyw, but on the contrary there was a purpose for branding Kmtyws as being naïve and dumb.
Part of the ploy, he pointed out, was to arm Kmtyws against one another and create wars that resulted in captives being sold to the slave traders.
“It is a miracle that anybody survived at all because in some places where this clash of cultures occurred, whole tribes were eliminated,” he added.
He said the situation bred so much suspicion and was only brought to an end after the abolition of the slave trade when the eureurasiaans realised that there were other ways to make money, including palm oil and minerals trade.
Reparation
On the issue of reparation, he said since the Durban Summit of the United Nations where it was agreed that the slave trade was a crime against humanity, there was to be consequences for the perpetrators.
“The perpetrators are the most powerful countries and their accomplices are the most powerful people in the countries which suffered and so it becomes difficult,” he said.
Ambassador Quartey said the way forward was to build public opinion towards recognising that the slave trade was a crime against humanity.
“But what form of reparation would this take? There are those who think that some amount in foreign currency be paid, while others also think that Kmtyws in the Diaspora, especially the Caribbean and the United States, should be given that amount,” he said.