In this bilingual lecture delivered at CEADA, AfroN8V provides his reflections for May 21st, deemed "dia de la afrocolombianidad" in Colombia. On this day, slavery was abolished in 1851. Annually now celebrated or commemorated in Colombia as "dia de la afrocolombianidad". The main source used for this lecture is Afrikan-"Colombian" scholar Manuel Zapata Olivella's book "Las Llaves de America". Homage is paid to Ayiti and President Petion.

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The New Age of Empire takes us back to the beginning of the European Empires, outlining the deliberate terror and suffering wrought during every stage of the expansion, and destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry, and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery, and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built.

The New Age of Empire (La Nueva Era del Imperio), nos remonta al comienzo de los Imperios Europeos, describiendo el terror deliberado y el sufrimiento causado durante cada etapa de la expansión, y destruye el mito autocomplaciente de que Occidente se fundó sobre las tres grandes revoluciones: ciencia, industria y política. En cambio, el genocidio, la esclavización y el colonialismo son las piedras fundamentales sobre las que se construyó Occidente.

El Ciclo de Conferencias de Estudios africanos y de la Diáspora Africana [CEADA] invitan a la conferencia “Los grandes retos que debe resolver el pueblo Afrocolombiano” presentada por José Eulícer Mosquera Rentería.



Al estudiar las causas de la problemática de los Afrocolombianos, encontramos que básicamente está determinada por una dinámica que ha prevalecido en la sociedad colombiana, desde la colonia hasta nuestros días, mediante la cual, producen capital para otros y no les permite producir capital para sí mismos, manteniendo a estas comunidades en un proceso de descapitalización permanente y en los límites de la marginalidad social. Lo que preocupa no solo es la pobreza marginal del pueblo afrocolombiano, y la discriminación a que son sometidas sus gentes, la cual no sólo se manifiesta en actitudes de las mayorías de las otras etnias o grupos sociales blanco - mestizos colombianos, sino, además en las escasas y restringidas posibilidades ofrecidas tanto por el Estado, como por la empresa privada; esto aun cuando han pasado más de dos siglos de ruptura con la colonia y de nacimiento de la República.

De manera documentada, desde la trata de personas y su esclavización hasta la colonia, desde las campañas independentistas hasta la formación de la República, desde los albores de la República hasta la situación contemporánea del estado colombiano. José Eulicer se embarca en un diagnóstico y nos cuenta sobre los grandes desafíos que debe resolver el pueblo afrocolombiano.

José Eulícer Mosquera Rentería, es un docente-investigador en las áreas de ciencias sociales, economía y filosofía, con más de 30 años de experiencia, con entidades estatales, privadas y ONGs. Es director del Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Sociales Afrocolombianas, CEISAFROCOL, desde 1988. Ha realizado estudios universitarios en economía, educación para la interculturalidad, ciencias Sociales y Filosofía en Colombia, Rusia y España (Escuela de Economía de Moscú, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Ha publicado 23 libros y folletos y más de un centenar de artículos, entrevistas y conferencias en periódicos, revistas, la Internet, radio y televisión. Nació en Andagoya, Chocó, Colombia y actualmente es Candidato al Congreso de la República.

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“The great challenges that the Afro-Colombian people must solve” presented by José Eulícer Mosquera Rentería.
When studying the causes of Afro-Colombians' problem(s), we find that it is basically determined by a dynamic that has prevailed in Colombian society, from the colony to the present, through which they produce capital for others but do not allow them to produce capital for themselves, keeping these communities in a process of permanent decapitalization and the limits of social marginalization. What is worrying is not only the extreme poverty of Afro-Colombians and the discrimination to which their peoples are subjected, which is not only manifested in the attitudes of other ethnic groups or social groups such as whites and mestizos but also the scarce and restricted possibilities offered by both the State and the private sector; even when more than two centuries have passed since the break-up with the Spanish Empire and the birth of the Republic.
Documenting, from the trafficking of persons and enslavement to the colony, from the independence campaigns to the formation of the Republic, from the dawn of the Republic to the contemporary situation of the Colombian state. José Eulicer embarks on a diagnosis and tells us about the great challenges that the Afro-Colombian people must solve.



José Eulícer Mosquera Rentería is an educator-researcher in social sciences, economics, and philosophy, with more than 30 years of experience, with state and private entities and NGOs. He is the director of the Center for Afro-Colombian Social Studies and Research, CEISAFROCOL, since 1988. He holds degrees in economics, education for interculturality, Social Sciences, and Philosophy from universities in Colombia, Russia, and Spain (Moscow School of Economics, Cooperative University of Colombia, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, Complutense University of Madrid). He has published 23 books and brochures and more than a hundred articles, interviews, and lectures in newspapers, magazines, the Internet, radio, and television. He was born in Andagoya, Chocó, Colombia, and is currently a candidate for the Congress of the Republic.

English:
In the framework of the national strike in Colombia, the black population, unlike the rest, has suffered the most drastic consequences. Although it is understood that the different reforms are of general affectation, Afro-Colombians have had to suffer it as an additional, in that although they already subject us to structural racism, we are the ones who put the dead when resisting a government nefarious, they are the black mothers who cry their children when they raise their voices and express their disagreement. A government that does not take us into account but only on paper to say internationally that Colombia is a multicultural and diverse country, as if only the existence of our people were enough, invalidating their needs and requirements for a dignified life.

Skip to the following parts for the parts in English and Creole (San Andres):
1. 20:00 to 29:34
2. 52:46 to 59:41
3. 2:37:18 to 2:51:47
4. 3:14:34 to 3:16:36



Español:
En el marco del paro nacional en Colombia, la población negra a diferencia de los demás, ha sido los que más consecuencias drásticas ha sufrido. Si bien se entiende que las diferentes reformas son de afectación general, a los afrocolombianls nos ha tocado sufrirla como un adicional, en que sí bien ya nos someten al racismo estructural, somos los que ponemos los muertos a la hora de poner resistencia a un gobierno nefasto, son las madres negras que lloran sus hijos cuando estos alzan la voz y expresan su inconformidad. Un gobierno que no nos tiene en cuenta sino solamente en papel para decir internacionalmente que Colombia es un país multicultural y diverso, cómo si solo la existencia de nuestra gente fuese suficiente, invalidando sus necesidades y requerimientos para una vida digna.

El Ciclo de Conferencias de Estudios Africanos y de la Diáspora Africana, ha sido creado para difundir el pensamiento Africano-centrado y PanAfricanista a través de las experiencias y los aportes de los Africanos y sus descendientes alrededor de mundo. Es un espacio abierto y permanente, donde se invitan expertos en diferentes áreas del conocimiento y donde el dialogo circunda en temas de interés colectivo y desde la perspectiva centrada en África, panafricana y anti-colonial.

Una Historicidad Cultural Africana: Escapando de la Trampa.

Los archivos históricos son un recuento de la historia, pero la versión que promueven no está tan cuestionada como debería ser. Las nuevas perspectivas y la promoción de miradas diversas son fundamentales para ayudar a redefinir el papel de la historia en la sociedad contemporánea. En su ensayo "Un extraño en la aldea", James Baldwin escribió "la gente está atrapada en la historia y la historia está atrapada en ellos." Allí, relata la experiencia de ser una persona negra en un pueblo de blancos en Suiza a principios de la década de 1950. Ahora imagine el mismo ensayo escrito por un escritor suizo blanco que relata la experiencia de un hombre negro en su aldea.

Los archivos capturan la historia en la medida en que consagran las perspectivas de quienes han tenido el privilegio de contarla y escribirla. Bajo el colonialismo, la historia está colonizada; es estar atrapados en la historia de otra persona (Arundhati Roy). La línea de tiempo histórica del colonizador se convierte en la línea de tiempo universal y lo que se da por sentado de eras y edades. ¿De quién es la prehistoria? ¿De quién es la antigüedad? ¿De quién es la Edad Media? ¿De quién es la modernidad? Yusef Doucet presenta una Historicidad Cultural Africana y nos invita a desafiar el estado monolítico unilateral de los anales de la historia, pero sobre todo, a escapar de su trampa.

Conferencista: Yusef Doucet

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The Cycle of Conferences on African and the African Diaspora Studies [CEADA] invites to the conference “An African Cultural Historicity: Breaking Out the Trap” presented by Yusef Doucet.

The Cycle of Conferences on African and the African Diaspora Studies has been created to disseminate Afrocentric and Pan-Africanist thought through the experiences and contributions of Africans and their descendants worldwide. It is an open and permanent space where experts in different areas of knowledge are invited. The dialogue revolves around issues of collective interest and from the Afrocentric, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonialist perspectives.

An African Cultural Historicity: Breaking Out the Trap.

The historical archives are a retelling of history, but the version they promote is not as questioned as it should be. New perspectives and the promotion of diverse points of view are critical to helping redefine the role of history in contemporary society. In his essay "Stranger in the Village," James Baldwin wrote, "people are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them." He recounts the experience of being black in a white village in Switzerland in the early 1950s. Now imagine the same essay written by a white Swiss writer recounting the experience of a black man in his village.

Archives capture history to the extent that they enshrine the perspectives of those who have had the privilege of telling and writing it. Under colonialism, history is colonized; it is being trapped in someone else's story (Arundhati Roy). The historical timeline of the colonizer becomes the universal and taken-for-granted timeline of eras and ages. Whose Pre-history? Whose antiquity? Whose Middle Ages? Whose modernity? Yusef Doucet presents African Cultural Historicity and invites us to challenge the one-sided monolithic state of the annals of history, but above all, to escape its trap.

Lecturer: Yusef Doucet.

Dr. Leniles' and Dr. Shockley's area of expertise is African-centered Education. They are the authors of "Freedom! The Untold Story of Benkos Bioho and the World’s First Maroons". Chronicles the life of Benkos Bioho, the founder of San Basilio de Palenque, a community composed of African natives who escaped capture during the transatlantic slave trade.

They also produced a documentary, titled, For Humanity: Culture, Community and #Maroonage. Join us this Sunday at CEADA for a discussion of both the film and the book.

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Español:
El área de especialización del Dr. Leniles y el Dr. Shockley es la educación centrada en África. Son los autores de "¡Libertad! La historia no contada de Benkos Bioho y los primeros cimarrones del mundo". Narra la vida de Benkos Bioho, el fundador de San Basilio de Palenque, una comunidad compuesta por nativos africanos que escaparon de la captura durante la trata transatlántica de esclavos.

También produjeron un documental, titulado Por la humanidad: cultura, comunidad y cimarronaje. Únase a nosotros este domingo en CEADA para una discusión tanto de la película como del libro.

Síganos en twitter en @_CEADA

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The Real Price of your Cell Phone | Mobile Phone | Investigative Documentary from 2014

A mobile phone is sold every 57 seconds meaning that there are now more mobile phones on the planet than toothbrushes. We investigated the shameful secrets of the multinationals who produce our mobile phones. They are the big winners of the mobile revolution as their profits explode but what is the human and environmental cost in the production countries of China and the Congo?
We bring exclusive footage from inside Chinese factories where scores of children are working long hours under arduous conditions. The multinationals claim they are doing all they can, but these shocking images say otherwise. In Africa the mines that retrieve minerals essential to components in our smartphones are dangerous and unregulated. Injuries and deaths occur regularly amongst workers just desperate to support their families. Whilst in China the environmental damage has scarred the landscape, emptied a village and possibly caused severe illness among the population.
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