Category: Guest Writers

Jeffersonian Republicanism, the French Revolution, and Louisiana Purchase: Internal Dynamics of Western Influences in 1791 St. Domingue

The Afrikan Offensive in Haiti, within the context of the burgeoning capitalist world market and global political economy, dominated by the relationships of different ruling elite groups with converging and diverging interest-value constellations, as well as the interests of the subjugated, found itself as a major player within the power dynamics and struggles of the… Continue reading Jeffersonian Republicanism, the French Revolution, and Louisiana Purchase: Internal Dynamics of Western Influences in 1791 St. Domingue

Too Much Political Education, Too Little Quality Ideological Struggle Part Two “Group Personality: Internal Contradictions of the Conscious Participants

By Nehemi’EL Ibrihim-Simms Group Personality: Internal Contradictions of the Conscious Participants Since we believe that we are about social “change” or development, can we answer the question of “why have our structures fallen ?” I am trying to describe a personality of the sector of our population that I am called “conscious participants.” “Anytime that… Continue reading Too Much Political Education, Too Little Quality Ideological Struggle Part Two “Group Personality: Internal Contradictions of the Conscious Participants

The Afrikan Offensive in Haiti: A Retrospective 

A part of our return to righteous living and sovereignty as Afrikan people are dealing with the complexity of myth and folklore and their intersection with the development of an Afrikan national consciousness. On the one hand, myth, and folklore, primarily oral modalities, have always occupied an important area in our culture because of a… Continue reading The Afrikan Offensive in Haiti: A Retrospective 

Too Much “Political Education,” Too Little Quality Ideological Struggle: Education for The Masses is Killing Us (Part 1)

By Nehemi’EL Ibrihim-Simms Through trying to understand how social change is made, I’ve come to find myself a chronically frustrated student of the African population because this is the population that not only has my primary concern and attention but the one that I come into contact with most consistently. I can recall a time… Continue reading Too Much “Political Education,” Too Little Quality Ideological Struggle: Education for The Masses is Killing Us (Part 1)