On August 14, 1791, after 300-years of European slavery, terror and colonialism, the Haitians gathered at a clearing at Bwa Kayiman to strategize battle plans for war against their terrorist enslavers. They finalized plans for the war to began one week later on August 22, 1791. Cecile Fatiman was the woman who presided at the war council as priestess. Mounted by the irreducible essence of the feminine principle and warrior mother, Ezili Danto. Manbo Fatiman chose Boukman amongst all the fierce warriors present to lead the war. (See, Vodun, the Light and Beauty of Haiti at on.fb.me/QgCyOE ) After 13 years of war, the Africans beat the French armies, the English armies, the Spanish armies and a US embargo and all their mercenaries to create Haiti. Haiti is the first nation of the modern world to outlaw slavery. The first nation in world history where the enslaved had the courage and iron will to overthrow their masters, Today, the Haitians celebrate this unparalleled human victory. 223 years later Haiti still fights off the return of the enslavers, fights off the taking of lands won in war after three hundred years of slavery, 147 years of paying an Independence debt (slave trade debt), first to France and then to the United States. Fights for Ile a Vache, La Gonave, Mole St. Nicola, Ile de la Tortue, fights for the ancestors triumph. (See Bwa Kayima links at Bwa Kayiman links- bit.ly/1owwVKU ) * Video performance - bit.ly/1uRTycs
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:53:51 +0000
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