JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Former British premier Margaret Thatcher’s staunch opposition to sanctions against the apartheid regime and her dismissal of Nelson Mandela’s ANC as a “terrorist” movement, ensure few South Africans are mourning her death.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Brixton rejoices as Margaret Thatcher passes
Margaret Thatcher passes away… as many Britons rejoice
The Indestructible Kony: The United States and Uganda suspend the search for Joseph Kony
Revelation Times, Who have eyes should see! – Sent in by Ras Naphtali
Associate Pope Francis unveils the icon/image and bids it to “speak”to “our hearts” – Ras Naphtali
Pantheon of Egyptian, Greek and Igbo Divinites – By Mazi Omeife Jideofo
The Black Christ of Portobelo
Nobody knows exactly how or when the Black Christ (El Cristo Negro) arrived in the tiny community of Portobelo on Panama’s Caribbean coast. Some put the date at around 1658. But the stories of miracles surrounding the eight-foot wooden statue of the Black Christ are enough to overwhelm the village with tens of thousands of pilgrims every October 21.
U.S. Colonial Portrayal of Filipinos
EXHIBITXXe-C-13JUL01-MT-KK Pusod Center in Berkeley exhibits “Colored: Black and White” a collection of posters, magazines and newspapers which show America’s colonialist attitudes at the turn of the Century. This is the cover of the Boston Sunday Globe, Mar. 5, 1899. HANDOUT PHOTO Photo: Kim Komenich