About asabagna
I go by the name of Asabagna Alatentou, "Asa" for short. I took this name as my African/Spiritual name when I went on a pilgrimage to West Africa in 1997. I visited Senegal, The Gambia and Ghana. "Asabagna" means "hunter" and I received that name during a naming ceremony when I visited a village in northern Ghana. "Alatentou" is Mandingo for "God is gracious" and I received that name from a village Griot in Senegal. I was born in England and my parents are of Jamaican heritage. I spent most of my formative years in Jamaica, but grew up primarily in Toronto Canada. I currently live in Ottawa, the national capital of Canada. I am professionally employed, married, 2 wonderful kids and regularly attend a Pentecostal church. I am a born-again Christian. I do not consider myself conservative or liberal, right-wing or left-wing, centrist etc., or any of the multiple categories that society likes to confine and define people by. However, I do have strong views, beliefs and opinions but I also consider myself open to listening and contemplating other viewpoints. I am a firm believer that "if you don't believe in something, you will fall for anything".
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Asa.. I started writing about this ls night after taking Sis Amenta’s advice about going to the country’s news outlet to find out the truth. I was so floored by this:http://allafrica.com/stories/201208300420.html first piece I just sat there. Haven’t finished yet…
Beyond outrageous Asa. Just beyond…{smh}
They are being charged under a law which was once deployed by the White Apartheid state to secure criminal convictions against black protest leaders.
In the words of George Orwell’s Animal farm: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
Btw… it’s Bro. Amenta… lol!
“They are being charged under a law which was once deployed by the White Apartheid state to secure criminal convictions against black protest leaders.”
I know! It’s like I told Sis Carolyn on the last post, it seems apartheid didn’t go anywhere, it just melted into the ANC. Thanks for that Lonmin link above. Neocolonialism reigns still…
LOL thanks Asa! You’re hittin with the posts lately, nice work!
When I read how the law was from Apartheid era, it actually made me recall how so similar the laws are here!
http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/13704992-418/man-charged-with-murder-after-police-shoot-accomplice.html
Video added: #4
So this is strange. I posted on this, did the research and found that Lonmin is a London “LISTED” company, but controlled by Anglo American which is U.S. based. Anglo American owns Anglo Platinum that actually handles the day to day operations of the mine.
Now I see your Wiki link, backtracked the way I searched the information and I cannot find the U.S. connection that I did back August 19th!!!!! The only U.S. connection I can find now is John Pierpont Morgan’s bank along with Earnest Oppenheimer creating Anglo American Corporation.
LOL sistah Deb…Let me see, how can I put this…Ok, my Mother had three children, two boys and we have a sister.
Peace!
hmmmm….
Asa.. Good lookin’ out! Thanks for the correction!
Bro. Amenta…Apologize for not paying attention and making you that sister, please forgive me 😦 Good thing I read this morning because I sure made reference to you as “Sis.” in my post that I’ve still not finished!
Yeah I put your comment to me in my post and I wanted to show the US invovement and found the UK ownership in my digging too. The US connection, naturally is “the dollar bills y’all!: The Bank of NY Mellon (w/USA address) and Citigroup Global Markets along with JP Morgan’s CO (w/London addresses).