Bwa Kayiman August 14, 1791 to August 14, 2009 (The 218th anniversary of the gathering that began the Haitian Revolution after 300-years of eureurasiaan enslavement of the Kmtyws in Haiti.)
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E Boukmann komanse lapriyè pou nou tout.
(And, Boukman began to pray for all of us)
(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.margueritelaurent.com%2Fimages%2Fmaroon_silo.gif&hash=4f0016d183f54174ef5bbf32df433b7465a7a666)Boukman's Prayer
The God who created the earth; who created the sun that gives us light.
The God who holds up the ocean; who makes the thunder roar. Our God
who has ears to hear. You who are hidden in the clouds; who watch us from
where you are. You see all that the white has made us suffer. The white
men's god asks him to commit crimes. But the God within us wants to do good.
Our God, who is so good, so just, He orders us to avenge our wrongs. It's He
who will direct our arms and bring us the victory. It's He who will assist us.
We all should throw away the image of the white man's god who is so pitiless.
Listen to the voice for liberty that sings in all our hearts.
-- Boukmann's Prayer at the Bwa Kayiman Vodun ceremony, the August 14, 1791 call to action that launched the Haitian Revolution, which started on August 22, 1791.
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Lapriyè Boukman (in Kreyòl)(https://www.abibitumikasa.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.margueritelaurent.com%2Fimages%2Fmaroon_silo.gif&hash=4f0016d183f54174ef5bbf32df433b7465a7a666)
Bon Dje ki fè la tè. Ki fè soley ki klere nou enro. Bon Dje ki soulve lanmè. Ki fè
gronde loray. Bon Dje nou ki gen zorey pou tande. Ou ki kache nan niaj. Kap
gade nou kote ou ye la. Ou we tout sa blan fè nou sibi. Dje blan yo mande krim.
Bon Dje ki nan nou an vle byen fè. Bon Dje nou an ki si bon, ki si jis, li ordone
vanjans. Se li kap kondui branou pou nou ranpote la viktwa. Se li kap ba nou
asistans. Nou tout fet pou nou jete potre dje Blan yo ki swaf dlo lan zye. Koute
vwa la libète kap chante lan kè nou.
---- Lapriyè Boukmann nan Bwa Kayiman
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Forwarded by Ezili's Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
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