Jamaica, Antigua & Barbuda May Cut Ties to British Monarch; Renew Call for Reparations for Slavery

We look at how the death of Queen Elizabeth II is prompting former British colonies in the Caribbean to replace the British monarch as their head of state. Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister has vowed to hold a referendum soon on whether to become a republic, and Jamaica's ruling Labour Party also plans a vote. The Caribbean at one point formed the heart of England's first colonial empire in North America, with millions of enslaved Africans taken to the islands, where many were worked to death. Dorbrene O'Marde, chair of the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Commission, says he is not personally mourning Queen Elizabeth's death because her reign helped to "cloak the historical brutality of empire in this veneer of grandeur and pomp and pageantry." We also speak with renowned Jamaican poet and musician Mutabaruka, who says the British monarchy "represents criminal activity" and that the British state needs to make reparations to former colonies like Jamaica to redress the history of abuses. "Actions speak louder than words," he says.
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[@diorcnidaria9601]

I am in agreement with Mutabaruka. There is no need for Jamaica to mourn the Queen for 12 days. Jamaica should become a Republic ASAP per referendum.

[@chrisbennett6260]

and acheive what ,you still be rife with gun crime and the intolerable rough neck violent society take responsibility for that and sort that culture out yourself

[@lynzannabel6990]

@@chrisbennett6260 😭😭

[@keneciaesson420]

As a Jamaican I will not cry for anyone who did more hurt then help if there's people who want to be my guess even tho know Jamaica 🇯🇲 will not when William and Kate went to Jamaica few months ago for The jubilee we made sure they knew they are NOT WELCOME ANYMORE..THEY NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO PAY FOR ALL THE ROYAL LIDE NO MORE

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@keneciaesson420 jamica dosent pay didily squat to the monarch its the british tax payer.

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

As Africans we do not mourn the death of our enemies.

[@sasupo5277]

All the Caribbean should cut ties with the commonwealth.

[@babymonalisa]

ALL Commonwealth countries should cut ties with the Commonwealth.

[@americandirt7834]

This is posturing. If they did this, it would be much harder for them to migrate and for the Caribbean expats living in the UK to send remittances back to family in these island countries.

[@americandirt7834]

@I The Haitians sure don't seem capable of it. Granted, virtually all power in Haiti has always been the domain of a few elites who have been as greedy an corrupt as anyone on the planet. The rest of the country suffers as a result. They don't have to migrate either way. If they all migrate, there's no way they can develop their own countries. A major crisis for British commonwealth nations is brain-drain. Whether Nigeria or Bahamas, the most ambitious and high-skilled people often leave for US, UK, France, Germany, Canada. Why should we expect them to improve if they keep leaving their homelands to chase a buck? (Or a pound)

[@keithmatthews718]

@I Exactly! It's time for them to grow up. Look at America. She did it and has well progressed.

[@headtonix]

Hopefully these western countries won't continue to undermine, sabotage & destabilize developing black/brown countries by unfair economic sanctions, selling weapons to evil gangs and warlord to destabilize their contries and using other nefarious tactics to steal precious metals and natural resources out of these developing countries --- read 📚 confession of an economic hitman to know how western countries keep black/ brown countries pour and not benefit equally

[@faithwilliams7826]

This is awesome. So much pain carries on from the ancestors.

[@Da_Big_G]

I'm traumatised because I have some ancestry pointing to the south coast of Britain, which is an area that fell victim to Barbary slave raids, lol. Gimme free stuff! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

[@grant5059]

Only if you chain yourself to the past, which means you can't move forward.

[@Da_Big_G]

@@grant5059 It is less about being chained to it and more about wanting free stuff! Ooooooh, look at me! I'm so oppressed! Gimme free stuff! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

[@tumix671]

I think the ancestors are trying to tell us to move on now, create our own wealth and stop looking for an excuse for "reparations" handouts. And what pain are you referring to?

[@grant5059]

@@Da_Big_G :-)

[@andreasmith806]

I really happy Muta got a chance to speak in this platform 🙌 exactly what he said i hope he would say...well said Muta 👏

[@bmjnation6351]

Growing up in the 90 listening to mutabaruka,He been chanting down Babylon since day one. Thanks for your service brother❤ greetings from the Gambian 🇬🇲🇬🇭.

[@straighttalkingguy7366]

Úî

[@realonthafield]

Judge Better Must Come

[@savhass3956]

Have you asked him if he wants to come back home?

[@anthonymcken6050]

He has dedicated his life to just that.

[@msg4141]

Nuff nuff talk. No action all this time.

[@jacquelineloaring2438]

I’m from the UK, personally I think every country should rule theirselves,

[@juliewake4585]

Of course they should. (I’m uk also).

[@geoffwhite7535]

WHY do they just leave and go home to AFRICA

[@juliewake4585]

@@geoffwhite7535 very thoughtful comment. It’s almost as if they arrived there on their own cognition.

[@madelinemardigan3386]

do you mean by their people?

[@tarah3227]

Citizen of the Commonwealth here. We do rule ourselves. Our connection to the UK is ceremonial and VOLUNTARY. But it also offers support to small nations. When hurricane Dorian battered two of our islands in The Bahamas the British navy was waiting offshore before the storm left. The Bahamas never suffered through such a dangerous or catastrophic storm; this was the first time our people ever died from hurricane. The support of the UK as a Commonwealth partner was vital for a small nation and a archipelago that never dealt with a disaster of that magnitude.

[@triceetrice1226]

I'm Antigua 🇦🇬 and I support this message 😌

[@jlbloodline2586]

Hey

[@ginaburnett3404]

I love Antigua

[@graceoliviadduncan1733]

All hail to Muta who represents Jamaican's well💞

[@conniebalmer1448]

CARIBBEAN LEAVE THOSE COLONIALISTS.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ Connie Check your History before making complete fool of yourself !! They've been Independent for 60 years !! PS . Life was actually better under colonial rule !! Ask older people !

[@braddyt8653]

Untied we stand and divided we fall. one Caribbean one people let's stand as one my people 🇯🇲💪🏾🇦🇬

[@melitaaitcheson-johnson5905]

Look at the medallion worn by the Governor General of Jamaica, a white angel standing on the back of a black man who represents the devil, so the black man is depicted as the devil and the white man an angel. It was not until the incident of George Floyd and the white policemen that kneeled on his back and murdered him that the Jamaica governor realize what he was wearing around his neck to represent the Queen. It is symbolic of oppression. Shame on the British monarch. How can a country be a member of the commonwealth and yet need visas to enter England. There are lots of scars there, take for instance the Windrush generation and what Britain is doing to these Caribbean people who were taken from their homeland to fight world war 11, taken back to their countries then brought back to England to rebuild a country which was devastated, a country without skilled workers, a country with structures of pure shell. These Windrush generation worked without having decent place to lay their heads to make Britain great again. It’s time for all these commonwealth countries to move on

[@julianmarshall6723]

I really hope 🇯🇲 and 🇦🇬 cuts ties with the U.K and this is coming from a Barbadian

[@USSR_CCCP]

Ya bro fuck the British rulers love from India

[@Da_Big_G]

You probably know the UK attempted to create a Federation of the West Indies prior to making these nations independent, but the affected peoples didn't want it.

[@grant5059]

@@julianmarshall6723 I hope so too. No loss to anyone. You should also campaign to stop visa free entry by UK nationals and the UK should stop visa free entry by your people. That's true cutting of ties. All aid money from the UK should also be rejected as it demeans the people. Your people are now able to look after themselves. There are just so many things that should be cut immediately.

[@marci1878]

The peoples of the Caribbean were also critical in building back London after the devastation of World War 2. This is not acknowledged in modern history

[@lacinabakayoko4634]

Study ourstory to get rid off european mystery6

[@dianathemyscira9020]

The did acknowledge it by deporting them back to the Caribbean.

[@cognitionup5211]

Absolutely! Mind boggling indeed✅

[@tomsenft7434]

When I, a Chicago native, visited England in the 1980's, I met many Caribbean people there. They were mostly spraying soap and water to clean graffiti.

[@donzestell]

First time I've ever heard this. Probably wouldn't never have probably either. Dam

[@iheartherbs]

This man and woman talking is the most real news I have heard all year!

[@hyacinthgordon1689]

Writing from Jamaica, our forefathers fought for us and we are still enslaved. I do not believe enough has been done for the Caribbean people, time for us to be free. Thanks for representing your fellow people Mutabaruka by giving us a voice.

[@doniascott8685]

By

[@trinifirst6702]

You're mentally enslaved by your own choice!

[@jondbaptis2184]

They will make sure we end up like Zimbabwe.

[@seanou2837]

@@jondbaptis2184 THAT'S ok...the west is sinking fast

[@mariaccuret6923]

Exactly

[@jahivah]

I am a 41-year-old man that was born and raised in Dominica until age 17. My father worked on a plantation in the village where I was born, as did his father before him. Colonialism isn't a thing of the past. The reverberations are still felt today. The royal family continues to benefit from all they pillaged in the West Indies and beyond. These atrocities need to be made right and any semblance of their presence needs to be banished from the West Indies.

[@colleen2671]

"STOLENWEALTH"

[@Clusterboy]

Gradually Britain is being destroyed. They are suiciding. Brexit.

[@chilledharmony]

Language is critical. The english language is a tool of oppression. It has to be subjugated and inverted or else is will confuse, mislead and repress. "Plantation" is a misleading pseudonym that normalises inhumanity. Concentration camp is more apt/ Similarly, "royal". That institution is better described as ignoble.

[@splinterbyrd]

Be grateful you were born and raised in Dominica and not born and raised in Alabama

[@juliandenormanville5225]

Oooh oooh oooh oooh Aaaahh aaaahh aaaahh....

[@itumelengmosailane1192]

We are with you my fellow Jamaicans from SA 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@chrisbennett6260]

why

[@tashabrown3537]

Amen

[@demongs7481]

@@chrisbennett6260 Because we understand trauma

[@sandilemfeka4658]

True

[@felixfedre518]

@@demongs7481 Who doesn't ?

[@louvellacampbell8232]

Every Country Needs Their Independence, This Shouldn’t Never Happen

[@adamdriver1016]

They are independent. Hence they can change their head of state at any time by their own choice and the UK can do nothing about it. Having the King as their head of state is purely voluntary.

[@tamara_diamonds422]

@@adamdriver1016 Not all Caribbean have their independence

[@adamdriver1016]

@@tamara_diamonds422 yes, by choice. Some islands are dependencies. They are free to follow their own paths if they desire. The British will never force them to stay. out of interest, are you equally as vocal with the Spanish and dutch islands in the Caribbean?

[@timothywest8730]

Sending LOVE from Botswana ❤️ To JAMAICA

[@foodandfriendship5162]

I’am so glad that people are calling out things by their names, because the western Media is trying to portray this woman as the people’s savior!!

[@pricemaxer9736]

exactly

[@aaronruben9962]

@Food and Friendship...Know what is behind this movement to destroying the commonwealth? China !

[@kailypowell7415]

There has to be a Public Announcement of a Proclamation and Declaration within 14 days of The Lizard's demise which will stand as A Rebuttal to the Crown continuing OWNING you as a Slave . Giving each Islands of the Caribbean Independence BUT not Sovereignty. Sovereignty is claiming the Lizard Breath did not give BIRTH to you in the form of a Birth certificate. Its called A Reversion of Estate. Check out utube videos on the Real meaning of our Birth certificate ❗❗❗

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

Yes a sick cult worship!!

[@chulababy2120]

AND SHES NOT!! THAT FAMILY IS WICKED

[@Neema150]

“ the commonwealth” needs to be abolished. ASAP!!

[@A.A.T.S]

Britain here I agree

[@jonspengler5891]

And then what!? They can finally pay for themselves

[@jonspengler5891]

@@A.A.T.S You can make reparations on your own free will or you can just be a self hating hypocrite

[@EchoBravo370]

the commonwealth is a VOLUNTARY organisation of 56 countries, only 15 of which the monarch is head of state. In fact the last 4 countries to join the Commonwealth - Rwanda, Mozambique, Togo and Gabon in the last year - had NO colonial relationship to Britian.

[@africanherbsman9488]

Don't worry,we shall do it.

[@lemuelthomas2855]

thank you Dorbrene O'Marde you speak for Antigua 🇦🇬 and have done so very well!

[@amberjoysnewsandreviews123]

I am a frequent viewer of your programme and love that you have my co-worker Mutabaruka on here!!! Cudos!!!

[@dustykashifeathers858]

Thanks for giving great Jamaican people like Mutabaruka a voice on your program...

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@geoffwhite7535]

GO home Africa wait you, go home

[@dustykashifeathers858]

@@ajjajk if ignorance is bliss, I'd rather be uncomfortably aware than comfortably numb

[@jasonkiselis2866]

So, they can destroy the economic opportunities these properties generate. Have you ever been to Montego Bay where these properties are owned then go to Kingston that has been abandoned to the locals! Its two different Worlds. The problem is with a lot of you key board warriors is that you have not been on the ground and witnessed the great economic opportunities these investments generate. i am not just speaking of jobs but Jamaican business owners and entrepreneurs that have grown and flourished in this environment. This has been tried by Robert Mugabe, nice result there for the hundreds of thousands that starved under his policies.

[@wlhansen2068]

This man has a very good argument

[@lindachapman5630]

I really wish that those countries that want to leave JUST LEAVE? They’ve been saying “we’re leaving for 57 years?? Get on with it STOP MOANING ABOUT IT AND GO 👏👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧

[@reasonable9647]

Calm down Linda and hurry along to the sports bar Steve is waiting for ya love

[@cliftonlawrence7747]

You keep enjoying the hard work of black peoples, white arrogance

[@tenaciousRas]

It's an understatement to extend my gratitude to DN for inviting Mutabaruka to the show in 2022.

[@chesterjade7630]

Absolutely 💯 Black people were her subjects. She was very self righteous and quietly arrogant. Very smug and dismissive and very aloof because she didn't care. She was into the power and the glory and her family's wealth and position. We will NEVER FORGET the atrocities NEVER. The Jews don't forget and remind us everyday of the Holocaust and they have hunted Nazi war criminals until this day. Shall we forget and we strive on because we are the living. The Royal Family created a great deal of destruction all over wherever they we.

[@stivberry7513]

Really wanted to see the endless acres ,hectares of lands in Jamaica and the region be made available to us for a small fee. Crown lands still exists all over St Ann ,Manchester and many more pariches.

[@royalnubian62]

12 days of mourning!!! ABSOLUTLY RIDICULOUS!!!! ST LUCIA HAS 10. WE ARE OUR OWN DOWNFALL!

[@MrResearcher122]

African revolutionaries- who fought the British- during St Lucian Brigands War in 1790s, and fought to return to Africa, will be turning in their graves.

[@elissamitchell2369]

Agree Same thing they’re doing in Jamaica

[@joycegibbs5267]

@@elissamitchell2369 why did your government agree to it?

[@joycegibbs5267]

@@MrResearcher122 why did your government agree to it then?

[@empireofidiots]

Mutabaruka! Yes, it’s great to see that lion roar. True legend. Much respect ✊

[@jasonkiselis2866]

So, they can destroy the economic opportunities these properties generate. Have you ever been to Montego Bay where these properties are owned then go to Kingston that has been abandoned to the locals! Its two different Worlds. The problem is with a lot of you key board warriors is that you have not been on the ground and witnessed the great economic opportunities these investments generate. i am not just speaking of jobs but Jamaican business owners and entrepreneurs that have grown and flourished in this environment. This has been tried by Robert Mugabe, nice result there for the hundreds of thousands that starved under his policies.

[@worrellmorris3788]

I’m a Jamaican looking to settle in the beautiful country of Kenya 🇰🇪 and let me tell you it’s awesome here I’m not putting down my own birth country of Jamaica 🇯🇲 but Africa called me and I answered. To all my Caribbean people Africa is calling. COME.

[@iamcherop3747]

Welcome to Kenya , Africa is home for every African ❤️🖤

[@Atum9_]

Independence for Jamaica 🇯🇲!!! Nothing less!!!we love and support you 🇭🇹

[@karenwilliams2730]

The head of the stream has been definitely ldefiled look up one and all for our r demption is nigh

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Jamaica been independent since 60 years ! Queen don't make no difference either way. !! Quit whining and blaming others !

[@calpag]

I support the reparation for Jamaicans. but any reparation money should be put in a transparent trust fund, and not in the hands of the corrupt politician. The funds should be periodically monitored to account for accountability. The present leadership in Jamaica cannot be trusted.

[@A.A.T.S]

Yes , thos is how all of a countries wealth should be handled, should be being the important words here , al9t should be done and never will be because all leaders around the world are evil not just the British royalty. The love of money is the root to all evil. That's why it's important to monitor every single penny/cent only then can we truly correct the problems , thos tribal mentality needs to go, all for one and one for all

[@johnmcafee9663]

so the lesson to be learned here is to not benignly occupy a lesser culture in future, genocide them instead

[@Wanderer25]

True. No matter the political party, they are all infested with corruption.

[@NoRemoteTV]

Used for education, health care, infrastructure and entrepreneurship only.

[@vnorm2907]

Also tell them we don't want paper money but real assets, gold, silver, and good land.

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

Jamaica 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 needs to sever ties now. Worked to death, is an understatement, beaten for simple taking extra food. We need our reparations to come home, so we can use the money to rebuild our Country and its Youth.....Matabaruka, I love and appreciate you from Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤ 💕

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

Jmaica was know for being a particuklary brutal regime under an already evil situation. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE. Undod.

[@gigigiseleworld]

My cousin burn ❤️‍🔥 all British 🇬🇧 flags. Spread the word...across the world. This is not a joke. Sign the petition to have the stolen Diamonds 💎 Artifact's removed from the British museum. Protest 🪧🪧 across your country in front of the British Embassies. Don't stay still. Stop white Supremacists. I won't stand for this violation any further... Countries Assets remain in the hands of White Supremacists... We must stop Assimilation... We must embrace our ethnic pride. No longer try to look like white women. No more of this none sense. ✊

[@gigigiseleworld]

@@TheOnlyCathyCat Bad dictators must be over taken and lynched in the streets. Next sign the petition to have the stolen Diamonds 💎 Artifact's removed from the British museum. Burn all British 🇬🇧 flags. No more of this white washing... ✊

[@flobekoe]

Jamaica needs british police

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@HugoGarcia-mm2uy]

We have been waiting for ever ! Finally our people finally from Africa has Awaken and with them is the start to recuperating our Mother Earth 🌍 To be treated as what she is our Queen Not that inorganic one that is gone ! Thank the Universe for that

[@truthsetsyoufree6581]

My brother at the end, I appreciate you for saying it how it is. Vive la revolution! This revolution is mental. It's subtle, it will be done with love and it will last for a long while. It's worth dying for. It's worth fighting for. It's worth sacrificing for. It's the reason why we are born in our time. It is our duty to make the dream a reality for those who will follow and we ourselves will come back and enjoy the fruits of our own labor according to the nature law. The universal laws that govern all things. I believe

[@baibureh3268]

Why should Jamaicans and our Carribean families need to have a visa to travel to Africa this is not right the African Union needs to adress this and make Africa welcoming for our people in the diaspora and should not pay any taxes for land purchases to settle in the motherland

[@PROGRESS4eva]

@@Koloviv48i eurocentric? Let me guess

[@empress2956]

Land tax goes to to the crown

[@ronpd1982]

who the hell wants to go to africa ? 700000 slaves there today. im AGAINST slavery!!!

[@notorioushebrew4793]

@@PROGRESS4eva yes..he sounds just like them..😒

[@davidatkinson5858]

Because they don't want you....they already kidnapped and sold you for cash. Don't you get the message?

[@dennismiller5725]

The British owned real estate in the Caribean should be returned to the peoples of those states.

[@MsJay-cr1id]

Which states?

[@marshdell]

Yes, so they can be sold to the Chinese.

[@juniorh9238]

Why?

[@gigigiseleworld]

Sign the petition to have the stolen Diamonds 💎 Artifact's removed from the British museum. Return the stolen Diamonds 💎💎 returned to India 🇮🇳 and South Africa 🖤⚫🌑. The Windsor's are Multi Billion dollar 💰💰💰💵💰💰 in wealth. Make phone calls 📞. Burn British 🇬🇧 flags... Spread the word. ✊

[@tiiBBzi]

why? they created the nations.

[@mohammadkarimzai8057]

King Charls son make history and he got his independent from england royal family and he is hero of majority of world populations. You should also take your independent from england and don’t be slaves to england. Wishing you all the courageous and unity.

[@PureWater3950]

this is beautiful. change is coming. 🖤

[@africkandy]

Happy to see the elder teacher Mutabaruka representing for the culture. ❤️💛💚

[@michellestocken1165]

Born SA I have seen the disgraceful corruption within Governments. What about the people! This is not only In SA. Trust is a huge issue. By the Grace of God, let us love one another. 🙏🏽

[@duckduckgo538]

Corruption sustained by the royals to keep sucking the RICHNESS of the country

[@linanicolia1363]

Love only comes when there is respect. There cannot be respect when people are exploited and oppressed.

[@acajudi100]

Greed is everywhere. Power to the people.

[@Britlurker]

As a Brit, I would welcome this. You should go your own way. Of course there would be trade-off. For example there would be no more foreign aid of any kind from the UK because now you' would be a completely foreign nation. And no more immigration *into* the UK. I think those trade-offs would be acceptable to most Brits.

[@richieyung5691]

I didn't see where you mentioned anything about REPATRIATION and REPARATIONS? Repatriation for those who want to go back to Africa and repatriation for all. You are acting as if our foreparents asked to leave Africa! Sir they were forced to leave Africa and worked to death on plantations and persons like you have been the benefactors. Reading your comment, reminds me of the same way you British treated the "Windrush generation"

[@earthgoddess4779]

And in addition give compensations for the atrocities committed by the Brits. To show atonement.

[@andreysokolov8974]

@@richieyung5691 Africa is weak... First the Europeans and Arabs now your New Masters will be Chinese... The Unspoken truth of Africa is that you will never be free. You will always be on a leash as nature tends it to be

[@rodfordwilliamson7089]

I agree with you, we want to hear about the painful past and do something to help the pain.

[@floannrollingson2583]

Its the only way to heal, because tge White females norvtge Asian, Hispanics nor Latin is the answer. She after your power which is you $$$$$$$$.

[@medfitconsultant]

When I learned that Jamaica 🇯🇲 was still being ruled by the UK 🇬🇧 and not fully independent I was terribly surprised. And that most of the Caribbean Island countries are still under British rule, I couldn't understand.

[@flobekoe]

They haven’y got their independence yet.

[@lloydfrancis9149]

They should have never left in the first place because after winrush and then Jamaica's independence the Island has not been better off.

[@flobekoe]

@@lloydfrancis9149 true

[@jeanmetcalfe786]

It was not ruled by Britain it was independent but we kept giving them money and half of them are here in London

[@Koloviv48i]

Me too. I try to round my head around the whole thing. Jamaica needs to get out of this madness. Good luck to Barbados 🇧🇧 for getting themselves out of this dirty mess.

[@medfitconsultant]

If only Africa can be united and stand in solidarity against imperial mentality and slavery. Africans all over the world will gain that lost respect back. Africa time to be united.

[@Nostradamus_Order33]

It was the Africans themselves that kidnapped other Africans and sold them into slavery.

[@savhass3956]

Whats stopping 'Africans' from respecting themselves?

[@mg-bd1hp]

@@savhass3956 as.if u dont know

[@gigigiseleworld]

Get on the phone. Tell African countries that we must burn ❤️‍🔥 British 🇬🇧 flags. Second over turn bad dictator's. Lynch them in the streets. Third sign the petition to have the stolen Diamonds 💎 Artifact's removed from the British museum. Last unite, organize and Protest in every country. 🖤 🌑⚫🤎skin is Good Skin. ⚫🌑🖤🤎⚔️🇯🇲_🇮🇪_🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇳✊

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

Africa will always be exploited . Africa is a savage place to live and much energy is concentrated on the brute task of surviving every day .

[@maureenbyam4962]

Antiqua🎊🎉🎊You spewed gems from your mouth...A wealth of remembereance , food for growth as bloodlines we're inspired.

[@nelliemoore3792]

Best interview ever, thank you Mr O'Marde. Reparation is absolutely owed!! to Africans, Caribbean and other countries used as slaves for King Charles 1 and European evil slave trade. Great interview. I thank God this is being spoken to.

[@davidatkinson5858]

Deduct it from the eight hundred years of African predations on Europeans and then send us the change👍

[@andreysokolov8974]

Africa is weak... First the Europeans and Arabs now your New Masters will be Chinese... The Unspoken truth of Africa is that you will never be free. You will always be on a leash as nature tends it to be

[@swenett1308]

This is the truth I have experienced. I am in my 50s and I remember my grandparents especially my grandmother working on an estate under harsh supervision that even a minute late is subtracted from her pay. She along with other parents worked the lands; clearing weeds and harvesting cocoa, banana and nutmeg. I picked up her wages every fortnight (Fridays afternoons)and it was pennies in my view. Men got more than women for working the same job and doing the same time. I remember barely collecting over $25.00 a FORTNIGHT. All the money went to England. I was young but old enough to understand how wrong it was. I felt hurt for my grandmother because I knew she was overworked and under paid. NOW, TELL ME THIS. HOW DOES ANYONE EXPECT ME TO FEEL THE LOST FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS NEVER THERE FOR ME NOR THERE FOR MY PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE? To be honest. What or whom am I supposed to be mourning for? HOW COULD I *LOST A LOVE I NEVER HAD* The Europeans have all right to mourn their queen because she broke down doors, stole lands and stole resources for them. But as for me, she had done nothing but her and her family destroyed the lives of mllions of my people. This is my truth and I will stuck to it.

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@dylann2678]

What lands did the queen steal exactly?

[@shirmelduggins9984]

Which land did The Queen stole, which doors did she break down?

[@rubylane9867]

I have been reading following up the videos and comments and felt sad. However your comment touched so much i feel the pain you witnessed and tears just drop down uncontrollably its so painful 💔😢😢

[@Madonnalitta1]

Your too funny. $25 was very good money in the 1950's. My grandfather used to earn £6 and ten shillings biweekly then. Unfortunately that means that your whole tirade is not to be trusted. There is no "your truth". There is only THE truth.

[@jkengineeringarchitecture.]

Nuff Respect Muta. We need teachers like you to break the back of mental and psychological slavery amongst our people.

[@wendellbradley5032]

Africans NEED YOU ; blessed

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@eddiebenjamin7559]

@@wendellbradley5032 ßßbdddd

[@wendellbradley5032]

@@eddiebenjamin7559 , do you agree that our time is now?

[@keplermission4947]

We don't need Muta or his Hate Music..

[@deeasztalos2520]

I hope more and more countries will follow suit. It's overdue.

[@paulgearing3018]

I hope the new Labour government here in Australia make steps to have an Australian as head of state instead of a Governor General representing our colonial masters .As a matter of interest which may help the likes of Jamaica understand, that we are with you brothers and sisters. A local Victorian electorate in Melbourne changed its name from Moreland to Meribec, because Moreland was a slave trader Bring on the Republic

[@svenkonig778]

Good Display of knowledge. Perfekt example of talking a lot without saying anything.

[@pensivelyrebelling]

I hope this referendum happens for the people of these countries. They deserve their long overdue independence.

[@queenmommie100]

They deserve everything that was stolen from them back double this is what God said. Seek the truth 🤔🤔🤔⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️ judgement is here on the earth.

[@essardaudinett6934]

What is the difference? They will still be under the shadow of another oppressive system, which is no saint.

[@jonspengler5891]

They can pay for themselves too!

[@jonspengler5891]

They can pay for themselves too!

[@jonspengler5891]

@@queenmommie100 They can go to hell. Let them support themselves for once

[@FNFIHOCTW]

It's so long over due! May these people be victorious in their pursuit of sovereignty and freedom!

[@kisswriters]

And justice!

[@janglangmalatang7475]

It’s about they them 👺to take from us all have a look 👀 around. And for the People s to be Poor and be Happy. No matter what colour your skin! Go look in your bank account now. 🔫 wars people s paying for! Killing poor soldier s . It’s about 👺🔥✅. ✌️🌎the people s stick together ok go ahead stand together. 👌✌️it’s the People Life . Not 👺 s. Media 🐩😂 radio 📺 🗞. 😆🤥 half a story is LIES ! You stand together the People s of any COLOUR! God bless you 🙏🏻✌️Aussie deserve better no lies . 🔥🔫👀👺

[@neonparadise3095]

Hahaha

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@geoffwhite7535]

what? go home to Africa

[@kerwindopwell9435]

Awesome segment 👏🏾

[@helennewburyjones9307]

Yes indeed tell it like it is God bless you all ♡

[@scientifico]

Africans and the people of the African Diaspora have long understood the collective economic model. We aspire to rise up as an entire people, to be free of the division that is inherent in the european and his individualistic ideology. We do not want a king, we are all worthy and carry the consciousness of the creator within us. If Our land is ours, if our nation is ours, we will nationalize our resources for our betterment, not some foreign corporations.

[@johnwattdotca]

I'm of Scottish ancestry. A corporation is a way for people to avoid individual responsibility.

[@oceanixcorp563]

China has claimed Africa ...

[@oceanixcorp563]

Africa should of claimed independence decades ago....there is no way Africa is going to let China claim the country ... That won't be good....but has been in the news already

[@lynns4426]

@M Magnificat wow. Such negativity! A gift card lol. Why do individuals that hate Obama put his name in everything? Do you like him...👀

[@texcity2004]

ON POINT

[@raelsackey104]

Time for a United Federation of Caribbean States! Instead of remaining small entities, blowing in the winds of the world powers, we need to join together and control our collective destinies in this part of the world, as well as re-establish connection with the countries in the Motherland.

[@mysteryofchrist7287]

Nah, Each state should be independent.

[@Clusterboy]

But of course

[@Darrytheprince]

Too much corruption in each island for that. That would be nothing but a giant power struggle lol

[@Truthisall49]

It has already been planned, it shall come to pass

[@madelinemardigan3386]

why doesn't the blacks have to go e that land to the indigenous people of those countries? that is what they are demanding of others and they should do it too

[@danponitlong]

TRUTH 🤔🤔 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

[@getvisible4026]

Bless up Muta, Africans must be free all over, neo colonialism shall be futile. One love from NG 🇳🇬

[@Red-jl5dq]

Every nation should claim their independence from any colonial occupation or government..

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

Does that include the UK claiming independence from its colonizers?

[@NaturalMystic71]

Every single one!!

[@negroantonio28]

See how long they will remain stable until corruption sets in.. history always repeats itself

[@charlesdarwin5185]

Which option will make you financially better off. Staying or leaving? If you dont get foreign aid and you have a strong export market then leave.

[@negroantonio28]

@@charlesdarwin5185the problem is people always act on pure emotions, rather than being rational, using common sense and doing a thorough research on the pros & cons.

[@shanmcfarlene5915]

Thank God for my brother Muta!!! I am grateful that in this time we still have bold and fearless freedom fighters, there are many many Jamaicans echoing your sentiments and I am personally thankful for your contribution sir, it's a shame that after all we've been through as a people by the hands of this cruel British monarchy our prime minister is asking Jamaicans to honor not one but twelve days of mourning for the queen!!!! Smh ...Here in Jamaica we live with the sad reality of gruesome murders every day, the country's most vulnerable are taken out like dogs!!! So many broken hearts broken homes, yet Andrew holness has NEVER seen it fit to mourn a day for our people! But he's asking us to mourn for a institution which to this day still has mental chains on us through our constitution!!!! Mourn fi wah?????

[@catherinestlouis4840]

Mourn for criminals

[@Phiveable]

✨🌎 Excellent Reporting & Interesting Discussion 📡

[@samanthajackson6968]

Thank you for giving Jamaicans time on your platform.

[@mariavila8857]

It's more then time for this to happen. Do the right thing England it's about time.

[@LOSTONITALL]

You do not know what is the right thing. Stop pretending you're special.

[@msg4141]

England won't pay a penny. They showed their disdain for the Islands by paying reparations to the white slave owners without them asking for it.

[@msg4141]

@@LOSTONITALL Oh please do Foxtrot Oscar you vile Alpha Hotel.

[@sassyluv1242]

@@LOSTONITALL black power

[@sassyluv1242]

@@LOSTONITALL black power

[@kiruriah1]

Now I understand Mutabaruka, well said.

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@geoffwhite7535]

go home to Africa

[@jennoor3105]

Research Mau Mau.

[@colmkeegan5733]

Yes self destruction of Africa and opening up to a new imperialism of Africa Well done With Rulers like him Africa does not needs any enemies

[@joncumber2020]

A reminder that Trinidad and Tobago broke ties with the Monarchy and became the first Caribbean republic in 1976. The sooner the reparations discussion is held the better🇹🇹

[@gloriarobinson1869]

It amazes me how none of the other caribbean Islanders did not forge ahead for Independence( Republic} when Trinidad broke away from this bondage. Where is the Jamaican Prime Minister? what is he saying, why is he not engaging in this topic.

[@sieeda4444]

It's Good Seeing Muta On Here Ase Ase Amen 🇧🇯🇧🇴🇨🇮🇬🇭

[@ptseti]

Writing from Jamaica. It is not a question of IF but WHEN.. trust me. The next government that can deliver us out of bondage will get my vote. Thank you, Muta for speaking on the Mau Mau tribal genocide and the South African struggle.

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

Good riddance when you go.

[@beverly3457]

The most high! The god of Abraham, Issac and Jacob said in his word… he will deliver us from bondage!

[@beverly3457]

No politician will or are not able to do it!

[@sassyluv1242]

Black power to the ppl

[@senzenimang1354]

@@beverly3457 Abram Isakah & Yakuba is what you mean

[@jacquelinewelch7635]

🇯🇲 Her family members can mourn her passing. We have a responsibility to our ancestors and placed our emotions in context toward the ones who held them in slavery, and robbed us of our name and culture including our languages. Elder Mutabaruka 🦁🎤♥️ never disappoints, always on point. Respect to the Prime Minister of Antigua Gaston Browne, and Dorbrene O'Marde Chairperson of Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Commission.♥️ 🇯🇲

[@davidatkinson5858]

We didn't rob you....we just turned up at the thousand year old thriving African coastal slave markets with cash and paid your oppressors. I can assure you that the British public has the same love for you as you do for them. Nobody cares if Jamaica wants to cut ties with the UK......your people have a earned terrible reputation here, unlike Trinidadians who are known to be hard working honest people that are a credit to the country . Toodle pip👍

[@n.m6249]

We support you fully in the whole of Africa, you are our offspring. You deserve justice from inhumane crimes. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[@mrrreddy8067]

So does that mean you guys are going stop calling it curry chicken and call it the right way (chicken curry)? 🇬🇾

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

@@n.m6249 .... Africans captured and sold them to the British in first place and those countries should also pay reparations .......

[@prettyangelm9086]

@@mrrreddy8067 wrong!!! We curry the chicken not the other way around but either way we have chicken.

[@cislynmclennon8552]

Muta, thanks for talking up for us!!

[@retronostalgic8515]

Life is so short, I seek after love and peace. Nothing else.

[@donred1693]

Much Respect to my brother, Mutabaruka that stated this brutal history of savagery committed on African people by the British Imperial Monarchy for over 400 years.

[@geoffwhite7535]

go home simple, go all blacks where you came from

[@jasonkiselis2866]

So, they can destroy the economic opportunities these properties generate. Have you ever been to Montego Bay where these properties are owned then go to Kingston that has been abandoned to the locals! Its two different Worlds. The problem is with a lot of you key board warriors is that you have not been on the ground and witnessed the great economic opportunities these investments generate. i am not just speaking of jobs but Jamaican business owners and entrepreneurs that have grown and flourished in this environment. This has been tried by Robert Mugabe, nice result there for the hundreds of thousands that starved under his policies.

[@server2307]

Them and the world bank are all reason why Africa has been in the state it has been for so long. Murder its leaders and replace them with puppets, loot itss resources and charge them what THEY have stole. Enough is enough, dump the monarchy. Why would anyone want to be connected to slave traders is beyond me.

[@davidrodgersNJ]

Where did the British buy their slaves from?

[@geoffwhite7535]

@@davidrodgersNJ ask Hitler !!!!

[@tamarella3408]

Everything they stole needs to be returned with interest

[@joncumberbatch852]

No amount of Money can fix what the imperists did both home and abroad and if they give you freedom then they can and will eventually take it away and therefore freedom is demanded

[@lifekreec]

Cause they earned nd made profit from these artifacts nd historic materials

[@tiiBBzi]

@@lifekreec yup and you daft lot would have just destroyed the artifacts long ago. You should be thanking them for preserving your history and giving you a golden age..

[@camelopardalis84]

Is there even enough money in the world for all the reparations and that interest?

[@tamarella3408]

@@camelopardalis84 you have a point

[@EnterTheNinja101]

Hail the elder from Antigua and Barbuda who spoke well and know the real history of this evil empire. And respect Muta never bow to Babylon

[@martinstephenson9801]

I'm in agreement that every nation should be ruled by its people and the government they elect, if these countries no longer want the UK monarchy as head of state or any further alliances with commonwealth that's a perfectly reasonable, things get a little tricky in regard to reparation, African kings, generals, the very nations of these countries who sold their waring rivals to other Africans, Arabs, European and American countries as the source and instigators of this horror who benefited greatly to the equivalent of billions of US dollars this cannot be conveniently over looked, because of the inconvenient reality if for this to have global support and not be brushed under the carpet, the ancestors of all sells, buyers European, Arab, American should all be made to apologies and pay reparations, whether this be cash, land, tech, or precious minerals, they all have something of value, they all share the burden, they all need to pay. No exception.

[@cinderbeserk]

These two gentlemen are warriors with intelligence and are decrying the sentiment of the people of their respective countries to advance freedom and reparation's without the continued narrative of the royal regime that has subdued them for too long. Go Mutabaruka.

[@SMMInterexpress]

Could nor be more agree with you!!

[@bikermice9189]

🤣

[@newmannewmanz7110]

Keep blaming white people, it will do you no good. See how many Asian countries are colonized or enslaved, but you don't hear them complaining like these people

[@cryptospectr]

@Pablo M - I don't understand how you think reparations could even be successfully and fairly calculated in the first place, but IF it were possible who are you suggesting would pay them? The Royal Family exclusively? Tax Payers of the UK (a fair proportion of which now have African descent in their blood)? Can you be more specific then purely idealistic please 🙏

[@sherrisolomon8673]

@@imjustalilbit Well your White slave owning ancestors continued to live by that free handout legacy by being provided free slavery services that they forced out of their BlackSlaves including for multiple centuries along with multiple decades of share cropping which was almost the same so...

[@8185054131]

“For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.”

[@immasoxfanbaby]

Finally we can just be neighbors of respect

[@engjeenam9765]

with so many scandals in the Royal family Britain may also want to end the monarchy and become a Republic. PM Truss once proposed that.

[@lululiga333]

Sadly the missing piece is that Narcissistic abusers never ever say sorry or make amends.

[@tiiBBzi]

*EVERY* nation/peoples has done bad in the past. The only ones to *EVER* say sorry have been the West.... fool

[@venice1115]

So true

[@dustytables1234]

exactly...white man hating race hustlers would never admit the wrong doings of african kings and african culture attacking other tribes and selling them as slaves to the outside world,

[@vickvicko6607]

Facts

[@douglaswallace7176]

Should a grandson apologize for his grandfather beating his grandma?

[@martinwelsh5120]

Hold a referendum for what!? The time has come, and those who not with it, step aside, or be pushed.

[@geoffreyjoseph514]

referendum is needed to change the constitution

[@negroantonio28]

Your own politicians will turn corrupt and turn your island into another failed state like Haiti... let that sink in.

[@genejackson2935]

I doubt if anyone would be against it.

[@selaw21]

Your apology means absolutely nothing without recompense.

[@lancesandberg3921]

Thank you Dorbrene O'Marde for educating me. I have a degree in History, and did not know this. I did think it odd that Queen Elizabeth named her son after a King whose head was cut off, by the people. Maybe it was a message of caution--- to treat EVERYONE fairly.

[@janetmorgan876]

Independence for Canada-no more “Crown Lands”

[@stikupartist3698]

The indigenous people hate those colonizers.

[@drmodestoesq]

Crown lands mean owned by the citizens. Not the bloody Queen of England.

[@adandemobilegamer]

lol good luck with that 🤣

[@markiobook8639]

Never going to happen. Ruling elite love UK. First Nations are 80% loyal to the Crown. UNSC will never vote for it, UNGA will never vote for it. G20 will never discuss it.

[@misterlexx2721]

Won't happen. Canada is a White Majority country. Remember that.

[@anupamsircar111]

These ex-colonies should have broken away from these imperialists long long ago.

[@jamesmurphy9426]

Yes and become very poor with debt

[@mgg7756]

Don't you think the UK has something to do with that?

[@stevengreenwade8286]

Just like america did in the 70's to black groups of people that would stand against them they would kill them just like the Britain empire was doing to people who stood up!

[@roboldx9171]

@@jamesmurphy9426 Reparation will take center stage.

[@roboldx9171]

Reparations first.

[@kevinisaacs6930]

The Legend! Mr. Muta 🔥❤🌟

[@dbroadna]

We are talking about how a Fool King walked passed a Black Man and refuse to shake his hand. We done!

[@spicypeachagain8888]

Excellent interview. Reparations for the pain, suffering and wealth created by our ancestors! We are confident in the victory!

[@jonspengler5891]

They can go to hell. Let them get reparations from you

[@kosiekoos9408]

More ganja

[@juniorh9238]

What do you believe these reparations should be?

[@tiiBBzi]

for the daft!

[@spicypeachagain8888]

@@juniorh9238 I can't answer for the people of the Caribbean but as someone who is a descendant of enslaved people. It would be free education, land grants, business grants, Healthcare, checks to the people, helping us to find the country from where we came from, etc.. Not a one time deal. It has to be on going, until the repair is done. It has to reach the people who need it the most. The everyday working person. Those inhuman people wanted wealth at any cost, with no regard to what they were doing. So, money shouldn't be an issue.

[@markaxworthy2508]

If Britain conducted a genocide in Africa, then it was the most spectacularly unsuccessful genocide in history. There is not a country in Africa in which the local population didn't at least triple in the less than 100 years of British rule! If you want to discuss British crimes in Africa, then there are plenty to choose from, but genocide, I would suggest, is not one of them.

[@emiyashirou2752]

You truly do not understand genocide. The African population would have been even larger if it were not for the thousands of lives murdered and ruined by the British.

[@solomonosborne4987]

Dorbrene O'Marde🇦🇬✌🏿🖤✊🏿🇦🇬

[@aprilshowers2502]

This battle is not ours it's the lords 🙏 In God I put my trust in No man

[@Black_2_Def]

I'm FBA🇺🇲 and I stand in full support of reparations and (repairitive justice) for all the Caribbean Islands subjected, to the Commonwealth under the colonization of the Evil British Empire!! Cut the check!!

[@queenmommie100]

Jubilee restoration complete not just money everything back APTTMHGY 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Unfortunately, the Native Americans will NEVER get their land back, will they Yankee?

[@olliemck60]

excellent description - (reparative justice) ; well said!!

[@SoupBone-bp1qk]

As well as the USA needs to cut the check to Black Americans not only for slavery but Jim Crow too. Also to those who ancestors were bombed in Tulsa and to those men and women who served in the military and were denied the benefits of the GI Bill. Make it right or God will. Edited for a misspelled word

[@factsnotfeelings3247]

@@queenmommie100 Yes, all the land and money on top.

[@bev8488]

First, as a history major. Jamaicans should study their real history from the Spanish French and English and learn why did the English had was to colonized the Caribbean from the hands of the French after the fierce battle. Do not forget, it was the British abolished slavery. Real history is not about Google. Study and learn from A to Z and further.

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

Why don't people get their facts right, if you can't be bothered to learn about things correctly & so rely on hearing it from someone on Google & take it as true then you are cop out & shouldn't comment on anything

[@edangerous]

It was British that stole from Africa and were human traffickers.

[@Rosmondeu8]

When you visit those countries, and talk to the locals, they let you know how much they despise the UK. I was shocked at the ANGER of the people.

[@volderinecornelius7264]

Why don't Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda get on with their Republic plans, if it will make their leaders, countries and islands a better place to live, and others continue to enjoy, they are mourning like children If someone have something for me I will l surely seek to get it back. Then one can say free at last.

[@julettemurray8559]

I recently watched highlights of Jamaica's 60th Independence Celebrations and was astound by the images of the transition from the British colonialism to American Imperialism, majority of Jamaicans still see the US and Europe as the place to live

[@nordinah1869]

So true

[@sheldonbodryn1003]

And we in the US don't even have decent Healthcare anymore. It's basically been taken over by the pharmaceutical industry, who largely fund American medical schools.

[@taq1238]

The majority are economic migrants.

[@Koloviv48i]

And the Chinese are flocking to Jamaica to replace their country, sad for Jamaica too .

[@wor53lg50]

@@taq1238 not for much longer they wont be, it will be a one way ticket to the motherland if they do, with every action theres a reaction.....

[@lornaadams2450]

The Willie Lynch syndrome is getting exposed they are talking the truth. Give thanks for the Great Mutabaruka I'm 66y now born in Jamaica I remember I used to teach us this nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Burning Down. Bless up Democracy Now.

[@lornaadams2450]

Thanks

[@aubreyduncan170]

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[@routesnculture]

wow. evocative, educational, inspiring, motivational, moving.. I’m glad I clicked here.

[@blyt5046]

Im crying when i hear him discuss the movement of our ppl to the Americas, the pain on the face of my greatgrandmother in her pictures i saw before she died at almost 100 years old. She looked like her true ppl. My family reaches way back to the 1800's in seneca sc. So i dont blame him for his stance against this monarchy. Thank u for this segment.

[@thomassciaroni6942]

Grip, Britain, grip! Can't you see that your domination is-a history? You can't have enough Muta on Democracy Now!! His perspective, especially on the US, was so welcome by me as a teenager. He gave me a perspective from someone outside the country. The Mystery Unfolds is a masterpiece. His band was also incredible. He motivated me to becone vegetarian. Amazing guest!!

[@steveirving6963]

Muta educated me as well as a young man. Perfect guest. Check his music you will learn tings!

[@leilaniLA]

I don’t know if it was her death that woke people up or if it was the absurd idea of mourning her and woke people up. Any which way it goes I predict the end of white supremacy is here this is only the beginning. People who lived in the delusion that this domination and injustice is a fact of life, normal and OK--about to wake up.

[@keplermission4947]

What Muta ignores is that you know slaves were not only black or in the West indies, they were at sea on ships you know, taken by the Admiralty and forced to man sailing ships and they worked in British Coal mines, they were owned by the nobility and you know Muta is ignorant and rich, his house is beautiful. He's just a pampered big mouth.

[@newmannewmanz7110]

See how many Asian countries are colonized, but they don't complain like these people

[@keplermission4947]

@@newmannewmanz7110 Asian countries complain but you know they were taken as slaves, built the American railways and they were the cowboys and yet there was elitism, and it's coming back, it never went away but a lip service was offered for many years. We don't need elite voices like Muta talking about whole countries as being involved with the Dutch in South Africa, he is himself an elitist and his records are being sold elitists. He's no hero.

[@AngelRodriguez-zt6nv]

These are the consequences from slavery, we owe the past for the present, but we know that the future has no place for it to be repeated 🙄

[@davidatkinson5858]

Angel Rodriguez? Sounds South American? 4 times as many African slaves were bought by South America than the US or maybe you're Spanish? Portuguese?.....do you feel the guilt?

[@okmmauh]

The whole world has been enslaved. It starts with the lies about history

[@madelinemardigan3386]

no. these people cant run their own countries. they are given things and they don't take care of things.

[@jasonkiselis2866]

So, they can destroy the economic opportunities these properties generate. Have you ever been to Montego Bay where these properties are owned then go to Kingston that has been abandoned to the locals! Its two different Worlds. The problem is with a lot of you key board warriors is that you have not been on the ground and witnessed the great economic opportunities these investments generate. i am not just speaking of jobs but Jamaican business owners and entrepreneurs that have grown and flourished in this environment. This has been tried by Robert Mugabe, nice result there for the hundreds of thousands that starved under his policies.

[@joycegibbs5267]

@@davidatkinson5858 it's all about the Brits. We're the punching bag of the world. I know they want revenge but jeez !!!

[@Grace.900]

They need to give the Crown back to it’s rightful owner . The Real Black Royals

[@jeanguyalphonse9325]

Please don't forget the Chagossians of Diego Garcia in the early 1970s. Armed forced to leave their island to give space for the United States of America to built a military base. Some disposed in Seychelles and some in Mauritius to suffer their existence by destroying their birth documents and some left not knowing their family tree and even their surname to date. Even though through struggle for education I thanks Seychelles