Category Archives: Poetry
The Wisdom of Peter Tosh
The Chapel by Stephen Marley
Tessene Chin from Kingston Jamaica: Broken Melodies
The Original Black Spaniards, Black Irish and Black English population: the Silures, the Iberians and the Mauris
First here is Tacitus, a eye witness who saw and engaged with the early inhabitants of Britain.
Tacitus: Agricola Book 1
Who were the original inhabitants of Britain, whether they were indigenous or foreign, is, as usual among barbarians, little known. Their physical characteristics are various, and from these conclusions may be drawn. The red hair and large limbs of the inhabitants of Caledonia point clearly to a German origin. The dark complexion of the Silures, their usually curly hair, and the fact that Spain is the opposite shore to them, are an evidence that Iberians of a former date crossed over and occupied these parts. Those who are nearest to the Gauls are also like them, either from the permanent influence of original descent, or, because in countries which run out so far to meet each other, climate has produced similar physical qualities. But a general survey inclines me to believe that the Gauls established themselves in an island so near to them.
Rev. Joseph Lowrey’s Benediction
‘Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labour’s rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man — and when white will embrace what is right.’