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@alulapan For decades Rastafari has believed this to be an image of the Kweratu Reesu - a Black Christ with African dreadlocks worshipped by African people.
Barbara Blake Hannah, O.D., O.S.E.,
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Author, Film Maker, Journalist, Cultural Consultant, Hons Prof. T.C.U
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Enjoy my new Substack Article
barbarablakehannah.substack.com/p/a-visit-from…
barbarablakehannah.substack.com/p/a-visit-from…
theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Burnham’s call to “confront our complicated history” does not involve telling yourself the best, most comforting version of that story.
Burnham’s call to “confront our complicated history” does not involve telling yourself the best, most comforting version of that story.
www.theguardian.com Dear Andy Burnham: the full story of enslavement has to move beyond comforting stories The prime minister’s focus on white abolitionists and working-class solidarity diminishes the true scale of Manchester’s reliance on the slavery economy CARICOM has called for the return of objects held in European collections ... cultural exchanges, support for artists and scholars and programmes reconnecting descendants of enslaved Africans with their ancestral communities.
theguardian.com/world/2026/nov…
theguardian.com/world/2026/nov…
www.theguardian.com Repairing the legacy of slavery: what are campaigners calling for? Debate has focused on cash payments, but advocates say reparatory justice must address much more than money SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY-
I've started a Substack because there's so much things to say. Here's the first story I've shared. Look for former articles worth sharing again, and to new stuff off the beaten tracks.
barbarablakehannah.substack.com/p/bbc-broadcas…
I've started a Substack because there's so much things to say. Here's the first story I've shared. Look for former articles worth sharing again, and to new stuff off the beaten tracks.
barbarablakehannah.substack.com/p/bbc-broadcas…
barbarablakehannah.substack.com BBC BROADCASTER UNA MARSON WAS ALSO SELASSIE’S SECRETARY I started learning about Jamaican journalist Una Marson only a few years ago, when a question “Who was the first Black in British broadcasting?” asked occasionally on social media Black History posts...