A Kwanzaa Message for Haiti

As the 10th anniversary of the racist bicentennial coup approaches, we, Haitians, need more than ever to focus on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa, which are so well adapted to our most pressing needs.

1. Umoja: Unity - We need this, among other things, to fight off the Cholera-infested foreign occupation forces - to pressure the United Nations to finally pay long overdue reparations to thousands of victims of various criminal acts it committed in Haiti since 2004.

2. Kujichagulia: Self-determination - We need this to retake control over our national elections. To convince the Haitian politicians who accept to be mere puppets of the coup-making embassies that they do not need to be so subservient to the neo-cons. To remember that we've once organized national elections without foreign money, foreign experts and computers that arrive with pre-selected-in-Washington Presidents, Senators etc... (Happy Kwanzaa to Ricardo Seitenfus http://www.godisnotwhite.com/stop-playing-with-haiti/ )

3. Ujima: Collective Work & Responsibility - We need this to rebuild the destroyed National Palace using the national budget. To include within said National Budget a few shelters to house internal refugees when the next cyclone or earthquake will inevitably hit Haiti. To give life to the Kreyol Academy so that long overdue reforms can take place in the education system, in the public service so Haitians can finally receive essential services from the Haitian State in the only language that binds us all together: Haitian Kreyol.

4. Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics - We need this to reinforce the practices of national production and national consumption exemplified by the works of organizations and progressive movements such as Kore Pwodiksyon Lokal (KPL) - while at once boycotting all products made or imported from the white supremacist Dominican Republic, as well as those of their Haiti-based traditional coup-sponsoring allies and agents.

5. Nia: Purpose - This we surely need to maintain and reinforce crucial nation-building traditions such as the Freedom Soup of January 1st which our beloved First Lady Impératrice Claire Heureuse Felicité Bonheur had established as a powerful reminder of foundational values of our noble nation: Tout Moun Lib, Tout Moun se Moun, Moun Gen Plis Valè Pase Byen Materyèl...

6. Kuumba: Creativity - This we need to establish national institutions to help harness the creative and productive powers of Haitian geniuses who live and breathe on every spot of the globe. Let there be Enstiti Ayisyen pou Lasyans ak Jeni and many more life-giving institutions (no more FAdH, no more FRAPH, no more CIA-financed death-giving, foreign controlled criminal coup-making organizations! We need brains not guns!)

7. Imani: Faith - to follow the admonition of our noble prophets and ancestors such as Papa Boukman, the first Liberation Theologian, who spoke the eternal truths spoken at Bwa Kay Iman. To develop a higher faith in our own capabilities as a people who hails from the first and most advanced of human civilizations.

As we celebrate Kwanzaa which begins on December 26 with the first principle (Umoja) and ends on January 1 with the seventh (Imani), we must ensure the January 1 Freedom Soup with which we will conclude the celebration does not turn sour. Thus, we must, by any means necessary, keep at bay all the negative forces. We must keep a watchful eye on the fools who, at this very moment, are busy plotting more nightmarish situations to force upon Haitians. Indeed, rumor has it Baby Doc's elder boy (Nicolas) is being groomed to become the next Washington-blessed puppet to enter foreign-occupied Haiti's political arena (how i wish this was merely a bad joke! But, remember kandida Sweet Miki and kandida Wild Wyclef were also at first dismissed as bad jokes!).

http://www.forumhaiti.com/t13875-bill-clinton-is-comfortable-posing-for-pictures-with-jean-claude-duvalier-why?highlight=clinton

In any case, we cannot stop the wicked from doing its wickedness. We can and must, however, prepare ourselves mentally and physically to counter them and to continue to contribute to the emergence of Dessalines' dream of Ayiti, the Freedom and Justice Nation.

Happy Kwanzaa to one and all!

Jafrikayiti
"Depi nan Ginen, bon Neg ap ede Neg!"

Ayibobo !!!!!!!

Se yon fèt ki ap pran de plizanpli extansyon.Mwen kwè ke se Dr MOLEFI ASANTE ki te etabli FÈT sa a ;si m sonje ,lan kòmansman lanne 70s yo.
Dapre dènye NOUVÈL ;y ap selebre l ann AFRIK ANGLOFÒN lan ak KARAYIB lan.
AFRIKEN te toujou ap selebre l ,lan jan pa yo ,menm si yo pa t rele l KWANZAA;li lan tradisyon VODOU an ,menm si se pa konsa yo rele l.
Kounye an OZETAZINI de plizanpli ou tande ""MERRY CHRISTMAS"" ""HAPPY HANUKAH"" (Fèt JWIF YO) ak ""HAPPY KWANZAA""

Joel, se frè Karenga ki kreye Kwanzaa. Ou ka jwenn plis detay sou misye apati paj ofisyèl li:

http://www.maulanakarenga.org/

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante ekri osijè Karenga tou e yo kolabore nan konbit pou ede pitit Lafrik yo remanbre, apre plizyè syèk nou pase anba MAAFA (gwo tribilasyon krisyanis esklavajis lan).

Men yon sit ofisyèl pou Kwanzaa:

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml#Welcome

Tyeke komantè Dr. Karenga te fè osijè Ayiti, sa gen 2 an pase:

http://www.forumhaiti.com/t10765-no-corporate-corner-of-history-for-haiti-dr-karenga-founder-of-kwanzaa?highlight=kwanzaa

Sa ki enteresan an, sè ke ni Karenga, ni Asante se moun solid ki toujou byen branche sou aktyalite Ayiti tou. Tèks Karenga te ekri sa gen 2 zan pase, lavèy retou Titid la se yon zouti solid. Sitou jounen jodia , moun fou k ap anmize yo ak peyi a ap eseye kreye yon pos pou Nicolas Duvalier....sa montre ki jan Karenga te gen rezon denonse enbesilite Obama nan fasilite retou Duvalier nan peyi a, nan menm moman salopri a t ap maniganse pou bloke retou Titid.

Se yon bagay grav k ap rive la a. Anpil nan pi gwo entèlektyèl Ameriken Nwa yo about ak Obama, nan jan misye ap sèvi sistèm nan tout sans, espesyalman sou teren politik entènasyonal la. Nan ka Ayiti menm, ou ta di se Hillary Clinton ki te geneyen eleksyon 2008 yo epi ki prezidan toujou.

Asante, Karenga, moun sa yo se veritab entèlektyèel.Moun ki panse epi ki transfome panse yo an aksyon. Se Asante ki ekri Afrocentricity. Misye eskri prefas liv Titid la. Se prefas sa a mwen tradui an Kreyol nan vèsyon Kreyol liv la, Se tout yon privilèj, yon onè ak yon plezi pou mwen bay yon ti kontribisyon an travay jeyan sa yo ap fè pou retire nanm nan boutèy.

Umoja! Nouini!

Jaf

Mwen sonje GWOUP ENTELEKTYÈL sa yo sou RADYO WLIB lan NOUYÒK lan lanne 1970s ,1980s yo.
Yo te mete an pratik sa CARTER G.WOODSON te di lan LIV li an ""THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO"" lan lanne 1920s yo.
WOODSON te gen yon DOKTORA lan EDIKASYON lan HARVARD ,youn lan premye NWA ki te genyen l.
WOODSON te di ke HARVARD te bali yon BAZ men pou li te vini yon NÈG NWA KONSEKAN ;li te blije jete 75% pou san de sa li te aprann lan INIVÈSITE sa a.

Lan gwoup ENTELEKTYÈL sa yo ki te chanje NON yo pou adopte NON AFRIKEN se pou nou mete lOT pi pa t fè sa ;de moun tankou RANDALL ROBINSON,JAMES EARLY,HENRY LOUIS GATES elt...

Mesye si nou kapab ;li en pe lan kontribisyon EUGENE GODFRIED yo.Misye ki mouri a 56 zan an 2009 ;se te yon SIPÒTE REVOLISYON KIBEN an.Li te fè plis ke 30 an kòm KORESPONDAN RADYO HAVANA men li pa t sousou paske misye te kritike GOUVÈNMAN KIBEN an ke li di pa t fè ase sou kesyon RASIAL lan.
Misye te fèt lan KIRASO ;bagay nou ka remake sou PAJ sa a ki gen yon pakèt ATIK ke misye kontribye se sou kontribisyon AYITI lan ISTWA KIBA ,rive jis lan GÈ ENDEPANDANS li e zanmitaj EWO REVOLISYON an ANTONIO MACEO ak prezidan SALOMON.
Li lè nou kapab atik sou CARLOS MANUAL PIAR ak PEDRO LUIS BRION.
Nèg sa yo se te de vre ENTÈNASYONALIS ;Youn ladan yo se te kòmandan FLÒT HENRI CHRISTOPHE lan NÒ ki te kite WÒYOM NÒ an pou l al kòmande FLÒT SIMON BOLIVAR a e ede LIBERE AMERIK SI SID.
Li rechèch li yo sou RIBRIK ""WARS OF INDEPENDENCE""
Nou ka wè tou ke kominote desandan AYISYEN lan GUANTANAMO yo te fè yon gwo ""memorial "" pou misye lè li te mouri an 2009:

www.afrocubaweb.com/eugenegodfried/eugenegodfried.htm

Joel eske ou si ke pa gen sa nan Pratik vodou kiba?
Anvan ou reponn mwen, ale nan botanica, achte you liv Santeria an panyol ou an angle e lil pou we.

JACK;
Mwen toujou renmen aprann.Si w konnen gen PRATIK sa a ,fè nou konnen.Pou mwenmenm ,mwen pa kwè ke gen ANYEN MISTIK ak pratik sa a.
Se pa fòt mwen non ;mwen pa kwè ke gen anyen ki MISTIK.Gen anpil LITERATI sou WEB lan sou pratik KIBEN an BREZILYEN yo;mwen pa janm wè anyen sou ZONBIFIKASYON.
Tèlman vre lè gen MOUN ki vle al etidye bagay sa a ,se ann AYITI yo ale.
Mwenmen mwen kwè ke se jis yon PRATIK KRIMINÈL e yo te dwe mete MOUN ki lan pratik sa yo ,anba kòd.
Se menm jan ak zafè LOUGAROU an ;pa gen LOUGAROU vre;se jis yon vye LEJANN EWOPEYEN!

JOYEUX DANS LE BON COMBAT !

Yèswa, yon bon kanmarad ki rele m, li di: "m konnen ou pa fete sa vre men, m ap di ou joyeux noel. Zanmi an te kontan lè mwen te reponn li:
"mèsi anpil! menmsi m vag sou 'noel la', m toujou byen apresye 'joyeux' an"

Pou sila yo sa enterese, pa bliye toujou gen bon rezon pou nou fete epi pataje youn ak lot. Si se tradisyon ak senbol ki enterese ou, konsidere bèl prensip Nguzo Saba ki makonnen ak fet Kwanzaa, soti 26 desanm rive 1 janvye, chak ane.

Panse ak bèl leson solidarite ak lanmou Manman Nasyon an, Enperatris Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité-Bonheur bannou ak kominyon Soup Libète 1 janvye a.

Nou pa oblije sèvi ak ranyon zot, nou genyen bèl redengot pa nou, ki fèt sou eskanp pa nou.

Joyeux combat pour la paix et la justice sociale, 365/an !
http://www.forumhaiti.com/t15728-a-kwanzaa-message-for-haiti