Haiti’s Creole: Language of Revolution
Theories vary about the genesis of Kreyòl, or Haitian Creole, the most plausible one being that Taino Indians and West Africans, who had evaded slavery together on Haiti’s mountains, probably intermarried and developed a new language. The country’s name itself, Ayiti, is an Arawak word that means mountainous land. The word Vodou, which is essentially […]
Small is Beautiful: A Model of Economic Development for the Philippines and Beyond
National governments have assumed a direct hand in the economic development of countries, presumably to provide order to endeavors and undertakings that serve the well-being and improve the lives of people. This does not however mean that governments have always successfully achieved this explicitly-stated purpose. In developed countries where most people experience a life of […]
Censorship in the UK: Freedom of the Press and Social Media Under Attack
A warning to social-media users not to comment on ongoing legal issues, until after they have been to court and a verdict has been reached, was issued on the morning of December 4, 2013 through the United Kingdom government’s main media tool and sycophant, the BBC, by Attorney General Dominic Grieve. Together with the attacks […]
Apartheid Promoters Eulogize Mandela
World leaders have been eager to jump on the bandwagon of the mourning of the great man and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela, since his death on December 5, 2013. Their eulogies, however, reek of self-absorption and propaganda. While a rare few may be sincere, the vast majority of spoken and written words by prominent world […]
Mandela’s Legacy: South Africa Then and Now
“The lack of human dignity experienced by Africans is the direct result of the policy of white supremacy.” – Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, April 20, 1964 States should rarely reflect, in their entirety, the bearing and views of their leader. States endure; leaders by their mortality do not, except in effigy or as memory. The passing […]
