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Hawaii 1893: How American Businessmen Stole an Entire Kingdom — With the Marines as Muscle
Hawaii 1893: How American Businessmen Stole an Entire Kingdom — With the Marines as Muscle Kwabena Ofori Osei 4 Views • 12 hours ago

In 1893, a group of American sugar planters, backed by 162 U.S. Marines armed with Gatling guns, overthrew the sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii in a single afternoon. No act of Congress. No declaration of war. Just a corrupt diplomat, a handful of businessmen, and the threat of American firepower pointed at a queen whose only crime was trying to give her people the right to vote.
Queen Liliuokalani, the first and last queen of Hawaii, was deposed, imprisoned in her own palace, and forced to abdicate under threat that her supporters would be executed. The men who stole her kingdom? Grandsons of missionaries, sugar barons, and corporate oligarchs who controlled 90% of the islands' economy. Their motive wasn't freedom or democracy — it was profit. Hawaiian sugar was being crushed by American tariffs, and annexation was the only way to save their plantations.
President Grover Cleveland investigated and called the overthrow illegal. He tried to restore the queen. But the men who seized power simply refused to step down. Five years later, the United States annexed Hawaii anyway — over the signatures of 38,000 Native Hawaiians who petitioned against it.
In 1993, the U.S. Congress formally apologized, admitting that American agents overthrew a sovereign nation and that the Hawaiian people never consented to the loss of their country. But no land was returned. No sovereignty was restored. Just words.
This is the story of how America's first corporate coup became the blueprint for regime change around the world.
Sources and further reading:
— "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen" by Queen Liliuokalani (1898)
— The Blount Report (1893), U.S. Department of State
— Public Law 103-150, The Apology Resolution (1993)
— National Archives: Joint Resolution for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands (1898)
— PBS American Masters: "Queen Liliuokalani"
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A Black Baby Died Because She Was Called a Foreigner in an African Country
A Black Baby Died Because She Was Called a Foreigner in an African Country Ọbádélé Kambon 14 Views • 6 days ago

👉🏿 JOIN THE MOVEMENT → Uncensored, Ad-Free & Exclusive Contenthttps://ineverknewtv.com/premium/🇬🇭 Click the link to LEARN MORE about 'Repatriate To Ghana'www.R2GH.com📍OUR SPONSOR: Maroon ProductionsWe help brands grow through strategic video, design, and content that actually attracts attention, builds trust, and converts.If you’re looking to elevate your brand or content, learn more here:👉🏿 www.maroonproduction.comObenfo Obadele Kambon is a world-renowned master linguist, scholar and the architect of Abibitumi the oldest and largest Black social education network on the planet.In Pt.2 of this powerful reasoning, Obenfo Obadale Kambon argues that what many call "xenophobia" in South Africa is actually something much deeper. Using the story of a one-year-old child denied medical treatment because she was considered a foreigner, he challenges viewers to reconsider who is really benefiting when Black people fight one another.Please click link below to learn more about Obenfo Obadele Kambon and his work:https://www.repatriatetoghana.....comhttps://www.abibi Catch 'I NEVER KNEW RADIO for Roots, Rock, Reggae Music!Hosted by Jr a.k.a 'The Bald Head' of 'I Never Knew TV'📅 Sundays: 9 - 11 AM EST📅 Wednesdays: 8 - 10 AM EST📅 Thursdays: 10 AM - Noon ESTListen live: https://wloy.org/listen/ #ineverknewtv #xenophobia

Link Up Podcast — Ep 8 | Ft Okuninibaa Ɛna Mawiyah Kambon (Spirit, Healing, and Black Power)
Link Up Podcast — Ep 8 | Ft Okuninibaa Ɛna Mawiyah Kambon (Spirit, Healing, and Black Power) Kwento xpr 48 Views • 7 days ago

⁣Link Up Podcast — Ep 8 | Ft Okuninibaa Ɛna Mawiyah Kambon (Spirit, Healing, and Black Power)
Hosts: Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

Akɔaba, Woezɔ, Oɔbaake (welcome) to another episode of Link Up Podcast, where we connect with Abibifoɔ (Black People) doing Black powerful work across Abibiman (the Black Land) and the diaspora.

In this episode, we Link Up with Okuniniba Ɛna Mawiyah Kambon (Nana Efia Nsia Asantewaa) — a Blacktastic elder, mother, grandmother, spirit worker, psychologist, founder of Sankɔfa Journey and Onipa, and co-builder of Blacknificent Books and Cultural Center. Mama Mawiyah takes us through her journey from being born in Harlem, raised by her grandparents in Connecticut, shaped by her grandmother’s strength, love for children, and community work, and awakened more deeply during the Black Power era as she moved through college and answered the growing call to serve her people.

We discuss her life with Nana Kamau Kambon, the building of Blacknificent Books, the BlackPowerful scholars and warriors who passed through that space, her first journey to Ghana, initiation, spirit work, Sankɔfa Journey, the power of feeling our ancestors at the dungeons, and why returning home must be more than tourism. The conversation also moves through sacred land, Black family, child psychology, healing work, guided meditation, Sacred Sister Journey, and Mama Mawiyah’s reminder that she is not the healer, but a guide and tool used by spirit to create space where healing can happen. This is a conversation about spirit, Sankɔfa, Black healing, Black institutions, ancestral guidance, and the work required to help our people restore, remember, and return.

* Stay tuned after the conversation for a special animated cartoon episode. *

This is a conversation about raised consciousness becoming raised behavior, Black love as institution, and the work required to bring the whole family Black home.

Feel free to share your thoughts, and Link Up!

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