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Burkina Faso Scraps Visa Fees for All Africans
The measure was approved on Thursday following a Council of Ministers meeting.
The decision aims to:
strengthen continental integration,
promote economic, cultural, and tourism exchanges.
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https://visasnews.com/en/burkina-faso-free-visa-for-african-nationals/
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We need this extended out to Afrikans in Caribbean Afrikan nation states and Afrikans in non-Afrikan states
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@AfroN8V another reason why it’s important to “full sale” get rid of using the word “Afrikan/African”… and just using “Black” in all our language. you swap that out and you get, “Burkina Faso Scraps Visa’s for all Blacks”. so much clarity – and no need to find ways to include “fragmented” locations of Black people
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@bakari-kwento can’t argue with you on that, this would have been much easier and Black inclusive had he said that! It will require more advocacy now, to think of and include Black people outside of the continent.
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my push is that we just make sure we burn that word (and all variations of it) and we make it a point to never use it again.
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@bakari-kwento I overstand however I still hold on to Nana John Henrik Clarke’s lesson on how it is necessary for Black people to know they are Afrikan/African and from Afrika/Africa using the common nomenclature everyone knows, as basic eurasian language speakers that our people are in the deathcamps we were taken captive to. We can say Abibiman or Kemet in its place as people learn but how do you reach people that don’t know anything about that first? The issue with most of our people is not wanting to identify with that heritage from the continent, speaking from the Black Diasporan perspective where people reject their Afrikanity or Kmtyuness, if you prefer. As an Educator when I teach Elementary, Middle and High scholars, I have to start with the baby steps of connecting Black to the continent commonly known as Africa. We can discuss it at the upcoming Abibifahodie Akyer3kyer3fo0 meeting on the 21st if you have some ideas on teaching the beginners.
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@AgyaKwadwo my elder bredda, so are we now applying that quote to the other quote where he strongly advocated taking a good rinse in Blackness and then going on to being Afrikan?
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what is afrikan? what does it mean? we never had to teach the yuut dem to start using the word “lit” – folks started saying it and there it is. so, as Agya Kwadwo was saying, for me – i dont encourage… in fact i discourage that term for myself, and for all the media i put out, i make it a point to never use it. I encourage others who see how damaging it is – (like we see in the article) to do the same, so we don’t haev to pick hairs when we start saying african/afrikan.. and then we have to start the fragmented gymnastics of what it means -
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@AFRON8V I take that quote to say if using a term to identify ourselves is not from us and cannot serve us in our liberation – toss it in the trash can. Nigerian, Ghanaian, Jamaican, n.k. All those are the exonyms. We should use endonyms in any indigenous language as it serves as our constitution. This is the main point of the term Kmt and Kmtyw. Obibini and Abibiman n.k. Who we are and whose lands it is…and this can applied globally wherever Kmt is ..
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@AfroN8V What are these Abibifahodie Akyer3kyer3fo0 meetings?
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@bakari-kwento the Ka is alluding to the Kemetic concept and the usage of K in our languages. It actually also serves as putting together fragments that exist with the rejection of the Motherland continent by those, not living in the Liveaspora but dying in the Diaspora. It may be basic but there had to be artists like Sizzla to tell Black people in Jamaica dem come from Africa/Afrika to spark Black Consciousness and re-connect with the Motherland. We are dealing with generations of diseducation/miseducation by colonial systems that were never decolonized upon flag “independence”. We have to get the youth to know Blackness=Afrikanity=Kmtyuness, that these are connected not disconnected otherwise we’re left with this eurasianized/amWized/Yuruguized “Blackness”, and that in fact is very problematic. Blackness has to be reAfrikanized/reKemetized/reIndigenized. The connectivity is what I’m emphasizing on, and to get to it by any terms necessary. Otherwise, our people will continue practicing anti-Motherland ideas of neo-colonial cage, micro-nationalist “Blackness” e.g., “Mi nah Afrikan, mi a Jamaican”/ “I ain’t African, I’m a Black American”/ “No soy Africano, soy un Cubano/Colombiano/Panameno/Dominicano” etc. I believe there needs to be steps to what y’all are saying, we have to be honest, and acknowledge we did not start at Black and go straight to Kmtyu or Abibifoɔ because we don’t have our languages, don’t you think we have to start with the language our people speak and the concepts they know?
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I see how we are trying to use a word that aAmw tossed on us, and are trying to Blacken-ize it with the “Ka” and such – however, the word was not of our choosing. James Brown said, “i’m Black and I’m Poud”… so we can continue with something not so far in our past and continue that. Say Black in whatever language you speak.
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@bakari-kwento sure, that part is definitely necessary of knowing and loving our Blackness. And is also necessary to connect with the Motherland continent. Did James Brown rock with re-connecting with the land & reKemetization or was it just Black and proud? Blackness without land/geographic identification?
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@AfroN8V i’m not about going into all that James Brown did – i’m saying that we have called ourselves Black for thousands of years and even recently – it’s not some large step into the past to refer to ourselves as Black (only reason the James Brown song was referred to). the afr… word keeps krakkka’s safe. so this long journey of reteaching folks is just not something i’m on. if a child can pick up using the term “lit”… without hundreds years of education, then we can just jump in and start back using Black and go from there…. for those who want to do that.
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@bakari-kwento Aane. Our people already identify as Black throughout the colonial languages imposed on us, and it has not gotten us far enough, unfortunately. Black has also kept yurugu safe, because it’s Black+(insert neo colonial cage assimilationist identity). Without bringing back Culture and Worldview, we’re at a standstill. Time for a plug lol – that’s why I’m teaching this class this coming semester: Sankɔfa Black To Us @ Liberated Minds Homeschool HUEniversity on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 PM EST if you know any High Scholars interested. http://www.homeschoolhueniversity.com
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Great discussion. @AfroN8V have you seen this presentation from Ɔbenfoɔ?
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@snKwaku I don’t have this particular one however I am familiar with the discussion. We have to keep in mind that Ɔbenfo got to terms like ReKemetization by starting with ReAfrikanization, and by the work of Jegnas that used/use all the terminology that is being advocated to be discarded here on the platform.
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@AfroN8V I luv the concept of our name being our constitution. Our name is suppose to define us, guide us, and give us directions on what we should be doing. This would make since why our grandcestors called the land KMT. It makes since why Nana Thomas Sankara renamed the land to Burkina Faso from whatever name the eurasians called it. What does Afrika mean?
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@snKwaku I agree with y’all on its idealistic purpose and not on its practicality. The millions of self-identified “Africans” do not know the continent by the name of KMT. The millions of self-identified Black people in the captive lands, do not know the continent by the name of KMT. So, we can be idealistic or realistic, and if we choose the latter, the name Africa which is on every map, is a guide and a direction for the millions of Black people in the captive lands, to see her and re-connect with her. That’s step 1, before we can direct them to the concept of KMT. Do you talk to our everyday Black people in these captive lands? Let’s travel the captive lands and dialog with our people. “When you want to go fast, go alone, when you want to go far, go together”.
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@AfroN8V I can speak to myself as being 1 of the millions of Black people located in this cesspool. 2 years ago I never heard the name KMT and I knew nothing about Afrika. I thought I was an African-american. Then I took a Black history course that started off with Classical KMT, and the rest is ourstory.
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@snKwaku big up to you brotha!
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The Haiti article deals with the effects of using the meaningless term “afrika/africa” that gives our arab enemies a backdoor (in the “African Union,” “African Continental Free Trade Area,” and the like) while effectively excluding Black people due to them not being located on the continent.
“Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 17 May 2016: The African Union Commission informs the public that Haiti will not be admitted as a Member State of the African Union (AU) at its next Summit to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, as erroneously reported by several media outlets.
According to Article 29.1 of the AU’s Constitutive Act, only African States can join the African Union.” https://au.int/pt/node/30342 (a sarcastic thanks to gaddafi for bankrolling that “african” monstrosity)
The Nana Marcus Garvey article deals with the persistent impact of using such nomenclature as “afrikan/african” to push a continentalist agenda that includes arab enemies while excluding those not based on the landmass known as “afrika/africa” who should be included due to common ancestry and common progeny as Abibifoɔ ‘Black People’.
The irony is that because many conscious “afrikan/african” advocates are not connected to the landmass they theoretically cherish in any kind of tangible/physical way apart from maybe a “conscious vacation” every so often, they don’t have to deal with the day-to-day impact of the use of terms that give arabs, dutch boers, indo-aryans (who recently were granted status as a “tribe” of Kenya), and the like free entry while simultaneously excluding those who actually share common ancestry and common progeny as Kmt(.y.w) ‘Black People’.
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@obadelekambon As you know, I’ve read those papers before and agree with them. That’s Black insight from the continent and makes sense for there, meaning continental Black people need to learn about us in the captive lands and see us as part of their family, as we need to as well. And my question is Does the Liveaspora matter though, in regard to how we see ourselves and what we associate with? Here’s the Liveaspora perspective from me with a purposeful Liveaspora analysis. Because millions upon millions of Black people here (here=the captive lands of Abya Yala colonially known as the “americas”) are ABA (Anything But Afrikan…and much less Kmtyu/Abibifoɔ) and staunchly reject their indigeneity to the Motherland continent AKA their Afrikanity. There are even statements saying continental Black people aren’t Black, and that Black is simply a US ethnic group. There are people who are staunchly Black identified here who are anti-Motherland and anything to do with continental Black people (which they don’t consider Black by the way). I’ve written about how the Black people of the Liveaspora need to reAfrikanize, and the Black people of the continent need to reBlacken. Although you don’t use this much anymore, there is still merit to Black=Afrikan/African and Afrikan/African=Black. So, people know the indigenous people of the Motherland continent are Black people, and that’s original Blackness (because many claim here that Blackness is a diasporic invention), regardless of different shades. To re-connect Liveaspora (diasporic) Blackness back to the Motherland continent, and for Motherland Black people to re-connect with Blackness. Because you also have the debate in reverse of what y’all are advocating that I’ve heard from Black people in Spanish-speaking countries (e.g., colombia) and from the continent that state Black or Negro (in Spanish) is a colonial term imposed on them by the captors/colonizers, and that we ought to use Afro (in the colombian context) and African (in the continental context) because it restores our dignity and humanity and eliminates our object status. They are rejecting the term Negro or Black because of its eurasian interpretation of black being dirty/bad/kwk and how it’s used derogatively till this day by non-Black people towards us. As they deal with eurasian languages that have colonized the minds with eurasian concepts, it has led our people to an unhealthy definition of Blackness. So Black in itself isn’t enough without connecting it back to a Kemetic definition of Blackness and a Motherland association/re-connection with Blackness, as Nana Clarke taught us decades ago. They have to be linked and coupled. Not separate as they commonly currently exist now in the heads of many Black people out here in the captive lands of the western hemisphere. The Kemetic overstanding of the Divinity of Blackness has to replace the inferiority/downpressed definition of blackness the destroyers have our minds captive in.
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