The Voice pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee.
995: Nelson Mandela and the Queen walk from the
townhouse to parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Five years earlier, Mandela was released from prison on the fall of apartheid
THE VOICE pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee. She is much loved by many. As she celebrates 70 years of dedicated service, we remember some of the occasions she was warmly welcomed in Africa and the Caribbean.
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1954: Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie rides in an open carriage with the Queen from Westminster to Buckingham Palace. The British monarch welcomed the Emperor on his three-day state visit.1961: The Queen dances with pan-African liberation leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. Prince Philip dances with the first lady of Ghana Fathia Nkrumah, at a reception at State House in Accra.1977: The Queen inspects a mango as she tours a market in the British Virgin Islands as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations.1985: The Queen shares a joyful moment with children who came out to meet her during her visit to Antigua and Barbuda. She also visited the islands in 1966 and 1977.2002: All smiles again, as The Queen meets well-wishers in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is pictured in Sam Sharpe Square, one of six visits she has made to the island.2015: The Queen hosts a reception to present the Queen’s Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace. Leaders included 22 representatives from Africa and nine from the Caribbean.
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| Chaka Artwell
Europe’s Royal Families; the Anglican and the Catholic Church made the holding of Africans as slaves for profit acceptable and RESPECTABLE for four hundred years.
African men; women and children were made to stand naked whilst buyers inspected their bodies.
The African slaves were branded with the buyer’s brand.
The Anglican Church which held the largest number of Africans as Slaves in the English Caribbean, selected the word SOCIETY which was branded onto their African slaves.
The Anglican Church selected the word Society in reference to the Bible Society; who were funded from the profits of the African slave’s sugar plantation labours.
During England’s Caribbean slavery era the African slaves owned by the Anglican Church were prevented from becoming a Christian; from selecting a wife and even from passing on their genes.
The Bishops from the seats of the House of Lords decreed that the African slaves should work seven days a week from sun rise to sunset.
The Bishops calculated that it was better to work their African slaves to death; rather than allow for a day of rest; appropriate nutrition or medical care.
Is it better to be under the authority of a Corporation or a Monarch?
It is the choice between a rock or a hard place.
However, I would argue it was better to be a slave under the authority of a Monarch; rather than a soulless slave of a shareholder-driven corporation.
African-Caribbean people know the reality of existing as a slave-tool of a corporation.
For this reason, Caribbean-heritage Subjects recognise Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations.
However, most Caribbean-heritage Subjects are disappointed Her Majesty has do so little to prevent Corporations from which she benefits from correcting their exploitative and poorly paid and anti-trade union practices; and preventing the damaging and polluting environmental practices during Her Majesty’s long reign.
Additionally, the people of the Caribbean feel totally abandoned by the Monarch.
The free African-Caribbean labour was central to the wealth of the Monarch; the Anglican Church, the Banks, Insurance Houses of the City of London and the trades of England.
Royal Tours that amount to simply waving at Caribbean children every four years is an insult to all Caribbean-heritage people and their huge contribution to Monarch and England.
Little public recognition has been given to the long 500-year association of Caribbean-heritage people with the Monarch, and Caribbean people’s great fealty to the Monarch during both of England’s European wars: or with assisting to establish England after the second European war. For this the Monarch needs to be criticised for her failure to “serve” her Caribbean-heritage Subjects.
Europe’s Royal Families; the Anglican and the Catholic Church made the holding of Africans as slaves for profit acceptable and RESPECTABLE for four hundred years.
African men; women and children were made to stand naked whilst buyers inspected their bodies.
The African slaves were branded with the buyer’s brand.
The Anglican Church which held the largest number of Africans as Slaves in the English Caribbean, selected the word SOCIETY which was branded onto their African slaves.
The Anglican Church selected the word Society in reference to the Bible Society; who were funded from the profits of the African slave’s sugar plantation labours.
During England’s Caribbean slavery era the African slaves owned by the Anglican Church were prevented from becoming a Christian; from selecting a wife and even from passing on their genes.
The Bishops from the seats of the House of Lords decreed that the African slaves should work seven days a week from sun rise to sunset.
The Bishops calculated that it was better to work their African slaves to death; rather than allow for a day of rest; appropriate nutrition or medical care.
Is it better to be under the authority of a Corporation or a Monarch?
It is the choice between a rock or a hard place.
However, I would argue it was better to be a slave under the authority of a Monarch; rather than a soulless slave of a shareholder-driven corporation.
African-Caribbean people know the reality of existing as a slave-tool of a corporation.
For this reason, Caribbean-heritage Subjects recognise Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations.
However, most Caribbean-heritage Subjects are disappointed Her Majesty has do so little to prevent Corporations from which she benefits from correcting their exploitative and poorly paid and anti-trade union practices; and preventing the damaging and polluting environmental practices during Her Majesty’s long reign.
Additionally, the people of the Caribbean feel totally abandoned by the Monarch. The Caribbean free African-Caribbean labour was central to the wealth of the Monarch; the Anglican Church, the Banks, Insurance Houses of the City of London and the trades of England.
Royal Tours that amount to simply waving at Caribbean children every four years is an insult to all Caribbean-heritage people. Little public recognition has been given to the long 500-year association of Caribbean-heritage people with the Monarch, and Caribbean people’s great fealty to the Monarch during both of England’s European wars: or with assisting to establish England after the second European war.
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Europe’s Royal Families; the Anglican and the Catholic Church made the holding of Africans as slaves for profit acceptable and RESPECTABLE for four hundred years.
African men; women and children were made to stand naked whilst buyers inspected their bodies.
The African slaves were branded with the buyer’s brand.
The Anglican Church which held the largest number of Africans as Slaves in the English Caribbean, selected the word SOCIETY which was branded onto their African slaves.
The Anglican Church selected the word Society in reference to the Bible Society; who were funded from the profits of the African slave’s sugar plantation labours.
During England’s Caribbean slavery era the African slaves owned by the Anglican Church were prevented from becoming a Christian; from selecting a wife and even from passing on their genes.
The Bishops from the seats of the House of Lords decreed that the African slaves should work seven days a week from sun rise to sunset.
The Bishops calculated that it was better to work their African slaves to death; rather than allow for a day of rest; appropriate nutrition or medical care.
Is it better to be under the authority of a Corporation or a Monarch?
It is the choice between a rock or a hard place.
However, I would argue it was better to be a slave under the authority of a Monarch; rather than a soulless slave of a shareholder-driven corporation.
African-Caribbean people know the reality of existing as a slave-tool of a corporation.
For this reason, Caribbean-heritage Subjects recognise Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations.
However, most Caribbean-heritage Subjects are disappointed Her Majesty has do so little to prevent Corporations from which she benefits from correcting their exploitative and poorly paid and anti-trade union practices; and preventing the damaging and polluting environmental practices during Her Majesty’s long reign.
Additionally, the people of the Caribbean feel totally abandoned by the Monarch.
The free African-Caribbean labour was central to the wealth of the Monarch; the Anglican Church, the Banks, Insurance Houses of the City of London and the trades of England.
Royal Tours that amount to simply waving at Caribbean children every four years is an insult to all Caribbean-heritage people and their huge contribution to Monarch and England.
Little public recognition has been given to the long 500-year association of Caribbean-heritage people with the Monarch, and Caribbean people’s great fealty to the Monarch during both of England’s European wars: or with assisting to establish England after the second European war. For this the Monarch needs to be criticised for her failure to “serve” her Caribbean-heritage Subjects.
Europe’s Royal Families; the Anglican and the Catholic Church made the holding of Africans as slaves for profit acceptable and RESPECTABLE for four hundred years.
African men; women and children were made to stand naked whilst buyers inspected their bodies.
The African slaves were branded with the buyer’s brand.
The Anglican Church which held the largest number of Africans as Slaves in the English Caribbean, selected the word SOCIETY which was branded onto their African slaves.
The Anglican Church selected the word Society in reference to the Bible Society; who were funded from the profits of the African slave’s sugar plantation labours.
During England’s Caribbean slavery era the African slaves owned by the Anglican Church were prevented from becoming a Christian; from selecting a wife and even from passing on their genes.
The Bishops from the seats of the House of Lords decreed that the African slaves should work seven days a week from sun rise to sunset.
The Bishops calculated that it was better to work their African slaves to death; rather than allow for a day of rest; appropriate nutrition or medical care.
Is it better to be under the authority of a Corporation or a Monarch?
It is the choice between a rock or a hard place.
However, I would argue it was better to be a slave under the authority of a Monarch; rather than a soulless slave of a shareholder-driven corporation.
African-Caribbean people know the reality of existing as a slave-tool of a corporation.
For this reason, Caribbean-heritage Subjects recognise Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations.
However, most Caribbean-heritage Subjects are disappointed Her Majesty has do so little to prevent Corporations from which she benefits from correcting their exploitative and poorly paid and anti-trade union practices; and preventing the damaging and polluting environmental practices during Her Majesty’s long reign.
Additionally, the people of the Caribbean feel totally abandoned by the Monarch. The Caribbean free African-Caribbean labour was central to the wealth of the Monarch; the Anglican Church, the Banks, Insurance Houses of the City of London and the trades of England.
Royal Tours that amount to simply waving at Caribbean children every four years is an insult to all Caribbean-heritage people. Little public recognition has been given to the long 500-year association of Caribbean-heritage people with the Monarch, and Caribbean people’s great fealty to the Monarch during both of England’s European wars: or with assisting to establish England after the second European war.