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The following article from Caribisch Newsnetwerk/Caribbean News Network, was written by Pieter Hofmann and concerns slavery reparations. The issue of slavery reparations is a divisive one and emphasizes the need for, Africans in the diaspora in the Caribbean and particularly the former Netherlands Antilles, to create their own political parties and represent their own interest’s, through lobbying of governments on a global scale. Failure to do so will ensure, their continued begging of Europeans for so-called reparations.                  AMSTERDAM – As the annual commemoration of the abolition of slavery is observed, the discussion on dealing with this highly sensitive subject continues. At the United Nations Summit in 2001, the Dutch government expressed regret for the actions of the colony in the past. According to activist Leroy Lucas the Netherlands must extend formal apologizes. Expre...

THE RASTAFARI SECT'S.                    Rastafari has various branches and organizations we will examine the main organizations of influence and their general hierarchy even though some people claim that Rastafari is generally a non-hierarchical culture I will disprove this assertion. The culture is indeed not very structured and varies in it’s makeup from country to country. It has a defined hierarchy wherever it is found. The twelve tribes of Israel under the leadership of Vernon Carrington or Gad has been one of the most influential offshoot organizations of this culture. The twelve tribes of Israel as they are called are comprised ;largely of musicians and authors, artist’s and a variation of educated laborer’s the twelve tribes of Israel do prescribe to biblical precepts much was already said concerning this branch of Rastafari I will not rehash my statements here. Another offs...