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The African Debt Trap: China’s Profitable Business of Enslaving Africa | 2021
The African Debt Trap: China’s Profitable Business of Enslaving Africa | 2021 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 33 Views • 5 years ago

The President of Sri Lanka started pushing to build a new port in a small town at the south end of Sri Lanka because ambitious projects like this make you look like a good, caring politician. The only problem was that everyone, including their own government studies estimated that the port wouldn’t be profitable. But then the President announced that the project had been greenlighted - with help from none other than China.

The port opened in 2012, and the forecasts were right - no one was interested in using this new port. And it’s finances were in the hole. So the President went back to China for another loan, this time for $757 million.So what did they do? They took out another loan from China, this time for $1 billion dollars, to help pay off that upcoming debt payment. It’s safe to say that Sri Lanka found itself at the mercy of the Chinese government. It was drowning in debt payments and was left with an expensive port no one wanted to use. And now, China owns 85% of that port and managed to squeeze 15,000 acres of land around that port as well.

Debt traps, debt diplomacy is nothing new. China is probably just taking a page out of the original master at this game: the US. Why did the US go through all this effort to indebt these Less-Developed Countries, or LDCs? Simple: when you’re a global superpower, you need a lot of resources to stay on top: oil, energy, raw materials, nations under your influence so you can call them up when you need something like votes at the UN, and so on.

Today, China is in a similar position - they’re desperate for energy, money, and resources to continue their astronomical growth to the top.Who knows in the long run what will happen with China's colonialism. China has the ability to be forceful when needed, especially in their sphere. History would say China will follow the old model, but things have radically changed before. China is making mistakes but continues to sell these projects.

Inside Your DNA: Reconnecting to Our Cultural Spirit - Ep 26
Inside Your DNA: Reconnecting to Our Cultural Spirit - Ep 26 Baka Omubo 33 Views • 12 months ago

Join us for a very special conversation as we take a deeper look at the nature of African spirituality—not as religion, but as science, worldview, and cultural technology.

Featuring legendary author and teacher Mama Marimba Ani, author of Let the Circle Be Unbroken and Yurugu, we explore the critical role African spiritual systems play in reconnecting people of African descent to their history, identity, and destiny.

This episode is a spiritual call to consciousness in a time of global chaos, cultural displacement, and ancestral reawakening. Why is it important now? And how do we continue to connect to the true Spirit of our African culture.

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Cuttlefish Hypnotises Prey | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth
Cuttlefish Hypnotises Prey | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 33 Views • 5 years ago

This specialist hunter knows just how dangerous their prey can be. To solve this problem, they hypnotise crabs by changing the colour of their skin.
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This bold cinematic experience takes viewers on a magical adventure across the greatest, yet least known, parts of our planet – our oceans. Since Blue Planet aired in 2001, our understanding of life beneath the waves has completely changed. Travelling from the icy polar seas to the vibrant blues of the coral atolls, this series shares these astonishing new discoveries. Meet the strange octopuses lurking in the depths of the Antarctic Ocean. Watch giant trevally fish leap to catch birds in mid-air. And ride on the back of a hammerhead shark as it attacks. Inspiring awe and wonder, Blue Planet II reveals surprising new places, charismatic new characters and extraordinary new behaviours.

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Ankhobia with Robin Walker - Who Were The Ancient Egyptians?
Ankhobia with Robin Walker - Who Were The Ancient Egyptians? Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 33 Views • 5 years ago

At On A Level Productions OUR MOTTO IS: Everyone has the right to know the truth! Our GOAL: To be a catalyst for social transformation; using uplifting and entertaining media to empower and impact on people’s lives. ON A LEVEL PRODUCTIONS TAKING YOU TO HIGHER HEIGHTS!

In this feature of The On A Level (OAL) Talkshow, Robin Walker author of the acclaimed book ‘WHEN WE RULED’ joins Ankhobia and school teacher Nigel Oran for an informative and factual discussion, on who were the real ancient Egyptians. Robin specialises in African World History which includes Egyptology. He is the author of several books: ‘Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History’, ‘The West African Empire of Songhai, Sword, Seal and Koran’, and ‘Africa Before Slavery’. Listen in as he shares the glory and magnificence of Africa’s great past dispelling many myths along the way with Ankhobia.

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Malcolm X - Return From Mecca Interview - 21 May 1964
Malcolm X - Return From Mecca Interview - 21 May 1964 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 33 Views • 5 years ago

Malcolm X - Return From Mecca Interview - May 21, 1964
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Message to the People: A Story of MALCOLM X is a historical dramatization of the life and words of, Malcolm X. This one-hour movie which portrays his image and presents his words as performed by Baba Aundar, is based on the theatrical play which bears the same name.

This film introduces us to the great legacy of a cultural Icon: Malcolm X also known as El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. It shows the life journey and powerful transformation of Malcolm Little to Malcolm X; spanning his childhood in Omaha, NE to adulthood as the National Spokesperson for the Nation Of Islam and founder of the Muslim Mosque Incorporated. Message to the People shows the evolution of the man himself. It sheds light on his upbringing, his travels to the Middle East and Africa while emphasizing his commitment to Black pride, self reliance, human rights and the liberation of African peoples all over the globe.

An International figure, Malcolm’s message of Black Nationalism challenged and shifted the views of many people around the world. There can be an argument made that his views and social commentary are more relevant now than ever. To hear Malcolm in the film speak about the disproportionate number of African Americans locked up in prison, the “House Negro” mentality, and the black struggle for human rights, only reaffirms that many things have changed since the Civil Right’s movement; while other issues that have plagued our society have remained the same.

The views of Malcolm expressed in the film, challenge the notion that integration was the best solution for Black Americans. A story of Malcolm X encourages viewers to take a look in the mirror and ask hard questions about the choices we make as individuals as well as a community. One of our goals with this film is to provoke dialogue and spark conversation amongst those who see it. With so many culturally conscious movies and documentaries by black film makers exploding onto the marketplace, we want to take the torch and fuel to the fire of knowledge and awareness! True conversation and dialogue will help our community to heal and begin to implement solutions for positive change, socially, culturally, economically and psychologically and we want Message to the People to be one of the catalysts for this growth and healing.

We want you to see this film and get a better understanding of Malcolm X, the man. Know that he was more than the picture of him gazing out the window armed with an assault rifle bolstering “By any means necessary.” He was a complex individual, with strong opinions, a passionate and eloquent speaker who devoted his life to uplifting his people. Malcolm was a son, a father, a husband, a teacher, a statesman, a visionary, he was the voice of a people. Oder this movie, download it, purchase the DVD, borrow it from a friend, rent it online, but by all means SEE this movie!

HAPI Talks - Prof. James Small & Chester Higgins About His New Book Sacred Nile | 26 Aug 2021
HAPI Talks - Prof. James Small & Chester Higgins About His New Book Sacred Nile | 26 Aug 2021 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 33 Views • 5 years ago

HAPI Talks with HAPI cast members Prof. James Small & Chester Higgins about his new book the "Sacred Nile".

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