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Dessalines’ revolutionary politic was far ahead of his time. His leadership inspired the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), who, along with Dessalines, inspired the most remarkable leader of our time, Chairman of the African Socialist International (ASI), Omali Yeshitela.

The nation cannot be defined by measuring itself against itself. If there is no “other,” there is no logic for the “nation.”

Colonialism in the gaming industry will not be resolved through more integration.

Key to the development of “Douvan Jou Ka Leve” is the question of identity and whether the African people in Ayiti as a whole are experiencing an identity crisis, including ‘spiritually.’

Four blocks away from The Marathon Clothing store on Crenshaw Boulevard is what some have called “the New Black Harlem Renaissance.” 

On July 16, 2020, comedian, actor, television and podcast host Nick Cannon made comments about white power for which the colonial media punished him. 

On August 28, 2020, the world lost an African icon. Actor, playwright and director Chadwick Boseman passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer, a condition that disproportionately affects African (black) people.

Portions of Atlanta, Georgia went up in flames following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25.

On July 8, 2020, actress, singer and author Naya Rivera drowned in California’s Lake Piru after saving her four-year-old son. Rivera, who identified herself as “one-quarter [African], one-quarter German, and one-half Puerto Rican,” was best known for her role of Santana Lopez on the popular musical TV series “Glee.”