Bak Ansa 1

We Jamiekan kyan chat ebriting ina dem uona langwij. Nomba: 1

Febiweri 7, 2003

Fi wi Ailan a Bum!

‘Keep us free from evil powers, be our light thrugh countless hours’

Wat a conchri, wat a taim!

Yes, wi riili niid tu bi frii fram aal di iivl dat soroun os. Di jrogs an kraim dat de ron chruu wi ailan, it nat iivn a ron, it a gelop laika eni ries-aas! Wi a ful op aal di prizn iina Inglan, di griet USA, an kyaan iivn huol ina fi wi. Dispait dis, di lantan a huop stil an a flika ina di daak az wi kiip straivin fi a beta Jamieka.

In aal mi likl bit a ierz a neva si soch tingz. Mama tek bak ar kii an nou ar pikni hafi kaal fi vizit an shi mait se noo. Mai ailan huom – Jamieka; koming fram faar an stil muuvin aan. Wi chrayin bot bwai di progres dat wi waan naa kom iizi at aal. Palitiks a kyari wi ina sorkl an wi kyaan stap di barbarik bihievia dat dis chraibalizm a kaaz, kaaz a no wi, a di ada paati a kaaz i. Wi neva gilti, wi aalwiez inosent. Aaks eni kila, riepis, aar gonman mada! Wi aalwiez gud an evribadi bad! Forda muor, Govament an di hai taks dem rikwaya a go kil wi, an di chorch dem luuzin dem grip az wi step op ina American stail, an graduates komplienin bot nat loud inof. Wat a pies a miks op! Wat mi riili a se, ‘Wi laas, bot wi stil uopful.’ Mek wi tek a preps a di nashinal antem. ‘Eternal Father bless our land, guide us with thy mighty hand.’ ‘Blessing’ Wi hav wi friidom (eksep wen wi bihiev bad an poliis hav wi anda korfyuu). Wi naa pak op an ron fram noo atamik bam, wi jos hav nof iliigal gon. Wi naa staav, kaaz if wi hongri wi jos go tek wi nieba tingz wen dem nat dier, laik dem aki, aar mango dipendin an di siizn an wi nuo dat di ongl ting dat dem a go du iz kwaaril! Pier kwaaril notin els; dem naa suu wi. Wi iivn sel dem di siem tings wi tek fram dem yaad! At a minimal kaas.

‘Jamaica, Jamaica land we love’ Wi lov dis ailan. Tuoris kaal dis di miittin plies a di gadz bot wat a kanchravasi, it luk laik a onli di gadz dem miit an tan ya kaaz wi a chrai fi go a farin, iivn if it miin dat wi hafi baro fram wi niebaz an den ron aaf an sen di moni bak chruu Western Union, aar chrai fi pul a lingk fi dem wen wi sekl dong. Eniting bot yaad; wi naa stie! Farin dalaz tuu strang. Luk pan di Braita edikieshan, progres)

Said

(Spuots,

Wi a gwaan gud ina spuots. Wi du wel a ‘World Junior Champs’: we hav a bwai we ron paas aal di atliits dem, iivn paas di finish lain an no bos! Im stil a ron. Gud parij an maanin son! Wi kyan buos dat wi hav skala aal uova di worl ina all post avielibl. Mi no niid se notn forda, jos kaal eni dipaatment eniwe, iivn ina Alaska and aaks, at liis wan Jamiekan de de. An if dier iz non, it mos bi bikaaz im tingk a imigrieshan a luk fi im an ron aaf. Wi riili a du wel in tormz a infraschrokcha. Wi gaan fram chrak tu ruod,

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Bak Ansa 1 fram stan-paip tu tap, an tecknalaji tek aaf, it iivn gaan lef nof a wi. An if it wozn fa taknalaji, yu wuda neva riid dis, kaaz di aata wuda neva sidong an rait dis ya wid pen; yu kudn riid i! Nichoela Lynton [Maak uo!: A di edita chienj da wan ya tu Cassisy/LePage]

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A lang t aim mi waan du sit n laka dis, an at laas, siit ya! M i nuo se uol iip a piipl a go st aat aks quest ion bout wa mek wi niid a Pat wa piepa, if dat naa go jos uol wi bak az a piipl. Wel wi no biiliv ina dis uol bak t uor i, kaaz J amiekan a gud gud langwij an wi a c hr ai put wi pen we wi mout de, an shuo unu se notn no rang wid i. Wi nuo se som a go mek naiz bout di wie wi r ait J amiekan ina Bak Ansa, swier blain se dem kyaan r iid i. Bot if unu jos gi it lili t aim unu wi suun get f i andast an ou f i r iid i. Br ik t apa br ik bil ous; yu neva lor n f i r iid I nglish ina wan die, so t ek t aim an main yu bos yu brien.

Pikni Sinting U moch a unu memba da ring giem sang ya? Poun shiling an pens, Mi an yu a fren. Mi a di kak an yu a di hen, So mek wi dwiit agen! If unu kyan memba eni muor a di ring giem sang wa wi yuus tu sing wen wi lili, mi a beg unu sen dem tu wi an mek wi print dem.

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Febiweri 10, 2003

Nyuuz outa di Aisbaks

M i fren Marsha tel mi se laik ou mi yuus tu sen nyuuz fram taim tu taim go a Jamieka bout ou mi a get aan ina farin mi kuda rait sitn bout i fi Bak Ansa. So si it ya! Dem se bad lok wos dan obia, an mi kyan tel yu se a chruu, kaaz i no tap fala mi eni we mi go. Laas ier mi pik op mi self kom a Inglan fi stodi, an alduo mi did fried a di kuol, mi tek briev an kom kaaz mi memba se wol iip a Jamiekan kom ya aredi, an wol iip de ya stil an kuol no kil dem…yet. Put pan tap a dat, som Inglish piipl tel mi wen mi riich se som plies ina Inglan no si snuo fram di Debl was a bwai, so mi konsuol mi haat wid dat. Mi a tel yu, a no likl taim mi fingga an tuo dem friiz op an kyan muuv, so til mi hafi wol dem anda di brailin at waata wa de kum out a di paip an den wol dem uova di hiita. Bot wid aal a dat, mi staat tangk Gaad se Krismos an Nyuu Iier kom an gaan, an no snuo no faal. Ada die wi did gat fraas, an mi did tingk se a snuo a loki ting se mi neva menshan i tu nobadi els dem uda laaf aata mi. So ada die mi go ina di yuunivorsiti laibri fi go baro som buk an riid wa mi kyan riid, an luo an bihuol, no snuo staat faal outa duor! Wel, mi pak op mi tingz dem an hed fi mi yaad kaaz mi se tu miself dat di onli plies dis ya sitn fi kech mi a ina mi bed. A kuda bieli mek it uom kaaz a di briiz an snuo, an mi fain out se a blizad wi gat. Mi a tel yu se fi mi lok de a dongl iip: snuo no faal til mi kech a Inglan, an mek op im main fi faal laka hel. Kaaz a di skuul wok, mi wen hafi go out di neks maanin, an mi get di chaans fi saiz op di sityueshan. Evriwe dekariet op wid snuo: kyaar, baisikl, sain, chrii, an di plies kuol no bakfut, iivn aata mi put aan mi wol waajruob a kluoz! Nou a nuo ou miit fiil pan frij – i no priti at aal! Mi hafi admit se mi did lov ou di snuo ich aan pan som plies an faam difran

Bak Ansa 1 difran shiep, bot mi no bada kriet no iip a eksaiment kaaz mi neva wan nobadi kom kaal mi ‘neva si kom si’. By JTF

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Febiweri 10, 2003

Di staat a di kanflik

Edita an Kompini

Wan a di fos ting wi fi memba se, iz dat di

J . T. Farquharson

wikides sinting wan ries eva do tu wan neda

University of Cambridge

wan, a slievri. A rait de so it did staat, far ina

Jason Allen University of the West Indies, Mona Clive Forrester

dem de taim de, bak ina di naintiin senchri, (wait) Kristian piipl did fiil se Maasa Gad did grii wid slievri:

University of the West Indies, Mona Calbert Graham Japan Exchange & Teaching Prog. Marsha Gray University of the West Indies, Mona

[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest

Iimiel: [email protected]

civilization, and in nations of the highest

Gruup: [email protected]

proficiency in the arts." Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of Americai

A alduo unu kyan sen da piepa ya t u aal a unu f r en, du big op Bak A nsa and di raita dem ebri taim yu baro sitn. © 2003 Bak Ansa

Bot beta dan dat, som a dem kyan tel yu wich paat ina di Baibl fi fain it an a no ongl dat, dem wi tel yu se a blak piipl di Baibl did a chat bout:

Westan Rilijos Biliif an Wai Dem Kyan Tek Wi Kolcha – (Paat wan)

The Christian church's main justification of the concept of slavery was based on the "curse of Ham" which appears in the

We di piepa a chat bout Da piepa ya a go chat likl bit bout ow rilijos biliif a Yuurop an Merika aalwiez ina kanflik wid we wii az Afrikan piipl aksep as wi kolcha. Mi a go kansida Kristianiti as di ruut a Westan rilijos biliif an mi a go chat bout ow nof a wi kolchral biliif az Afrikan kyaan grii wid wa som a wi biliiv az Kristian. Put pan tap a dat, di piepa a go luk pan ow dis ya kanflik develop fram di taim a slievri til nou an fain out if notn chienj tide.

Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) in Genesis 9:25-27. "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. Christians at the time believed that Canaan

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Bak Ansa 1 had settled in Africa and that his descendents ii

had become black .

Febiweri 10, 2003 dem taip a mechiz ya a priich fram di pulpit to di likl blak pikni dem, iz dem siem wan a go ton big piipl an no waan aksep dem uon

Yu si ow som piipl kyan wikid an fuul-fuul!

kolcha. An di foni ting iz dis – tek wan gud

Wel, mi fiil se a de so di kanflik staat – ‘far

luk pan Westan biliif, it no tek notn fi si se nof

Gad neva ongl grii wid slievri, bot im did fiil

a di tings we a paat dem sosayati av spirichual

se a blak piipl fi ton sliev’. So, a rait de it did

tingz ina dem tu. An mi naa taak bout di Uoli

staat – wan a di biges sinting ina Westan biliif

Spirit nou. Kansida tingz laik di “New Age

ina dem taim de woz dat Gad did waan blak

Movement”, tingz laik “The Masonic Lodge”

piipl fi ton sliev.

an “The Brotherhood” (di sed ting we niem KKK). Di uol a dem sinting de kom fram

Dem no Laik wi Kolcha: Di Nyuu Faam a Slievri

Westan biliif i no, an som a dem kliem se we dem a do de ina di Baibl.

Wen taim yu si mi yuuz di word “dem” mi no want unu fiil se mi a lik-out gens wait piipl.

We yai no si, aat no liipiii

Nuo! Mi a lik-out gens enibadi we yuuz rilijan

Di sad paat bout dis ya stori iz dat blak piipl

fi disrispek a neks man kolcha jos chuu im no

nat iivn nuo se di atityuud we nof a dem av

wait. Mek mi shuo yu we mi a chat bout.

wen it kom to dem kolcha a bikaaz a di

Fos ting, memba se fram di taim a slievri di

koluonial legesi. Yes, so langs blak piipl no

Yuropian dem tingk se Gad no fiil no wie wen

rialaiz se di orijinal plan di wait man did av

dem tek blak piipl ton sliev. Bikaaz a dat nou,

was fi mek iivn wii fling we wi kolcha, den wi

di Yuropian fram dem taim de fiil se eniting

a go alwiez ina daaknis. Wi beta wiek op faas,

blak no gud. Yes, a de so it did staat, if di

kaa bai di taim yu luk wi kyaan fain wi kolcha

Yuropian dem did biliiv se Gad neva laik blak

agen.

piipl den a no lang bifuor dem staat fala tu. An jus chuu dem don riid di rang ting ina di Baibl, dem neva si notn rang fi tiich di sed fuulishnis

By Clive Forrester i

www.religioustolerance.org/chr_slav.htm

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Ibid

ina Maasa Gad chorch. Wel, it so apn dat eni likl ting di Afrikan dem do fi ekspres dem kolcha yu ier se it doti. Wi fuud, daans, di kluoz dem wi av aan, wi ier-stail, evri blingkin ting wi do yu ier aal kaina chupidnis bout it. Dem se wi a kyanibal, kaa wi de a Afrika a nyam wi wan aneda, dem se a pier diiman ina wi daans dem an di kluoz we wi gat no luk laik wi a diisent smadi. Wen

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Jamaican proverb with the literal English translation being “What eye don’t see, heart won’t leap.” The closest English proverb to this one is “Ignorance is bliss.”

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