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A Global Story of Psalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God Psalms 68:31 is part of the global story of colonialism, enslavement, the “civilizing mission” and self-liberation. We can pick up the story with the King James version of the Bible, translated into the vernacular in 1611. At this time it is…
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Struggling to Remember Slavery
23rd August is the UNESCO sanctioned International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition. Importantly, UNESCO begin their description of the event thus: The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role…
Robbie Shilliam 