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Pacific Redemption Songs
A few years ago I was reasoning with members of Ras Messengers, a reggae-jazz band who had in 1979 toured Aotearoa New Zealand. The Rastafari musicians recollected their experiences with various Māori communities. Occasionally female Māori elders (kuia), in introducing themselves to the band, would connect their genealogies back to Africa. The kuia did this…
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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…
Robbie Shilliam 