Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
Our Readers' Opinions
August 20, 2004

We must free up our minds

Editor: We must emancipate ourselves from the negatives of Africa that are sensationalized in the media, or from a religion that is deeply rooted in one of the most ancient concepts which originated in Ethiopia and Egypt. {{more}}
I don’t have a problem with Rastas having their God {Deity} in their own image but it is what has been happening throughout history.
This emancipation month we must remember that when the shackles were taken off our hands and feet they were placed on our brain, hence we are in the worst form of slavery, mental slavery. Africa is the cradle of civilization.
Africa gave the world religion, arts, sciences, medicine, the alphabet, writing, philosophy, architecture and wealth. All the negatives about Africa were inherited from the colonialists after the exploitation of Africa and its natural resources to build their so-called free world, which we so ignorantly defend.
I’m appalled when I hear so-called intellectuals say they are not Africans. Which leaves the question “If our foreparents were brought here from Africa as slaves and those slaves had babies what do you call the babies?”
We as a people have become so ignorant that we adopted the name of the country where they came.
Emancipation means freedom, the money, the house, the car and the “bling-bling” can’t make us free. It is our mind that make us free.

Straight!

  • FacebookComments
  • ALSO IN THE NEWS
    Merchants happy with SVG’s first VAT-free Shopping Day
    Front Page
    Merchants happy with SVG’s first VAT-free Shopping Day
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    ST.VINCENT ANDTHE GRENADINES’ first-ever VAT-free shopping day has been hailed a success by local merchants, as consumers flocked their businesses to ...
    AIA is a fantastic investment – we will build on it – Minister Shallow
    Front Page
    AIA is a fantastic investment – we will build on it – Minister Shallow
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    MINISTER OF TOURISM, Civil Aviation and Sustainable Development Dr. Kishore Shallow has acknowledged the Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration’s inv...
    NDP’s bonus falls short of the promised double salary – Dr Gonsalves
    Front Page
    NDP’s bonus falls short of the promised double salary – Dr Gonsalves
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    PRIME MINISTER Dr. Godwin Friday has promised that at some point in January, 2026, some public servants will receive double pay, while others will rec...
    NPRB urges attendance at Nine Nights
    Front Page
    NPRB urges attendance at Nine Nights
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    by GRACE FRANCIS The Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority (NPRB), and the Nine Nights of Lights ...
    Night Clinics provide more than basic health services
    Front Page
    Night Clinics provide more than basic health services
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    FREE SCREENINGS for prostate cancer, organised recently by the Ministry of Health on the one hand and a private entity, PraxTherapy, on the other reve...
    Best Lit House multiple winner, Jimmy Samuel may bow out after 2025
    News
    Best Lit House multiple winner, Jimmy Samuel may bow out after 2025
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    by JADA CHAMBERS AN 85-YEAR-OLD RILL HILL resident who has competed in the Best Lit House competition for almost two decades, is preparing to compete ...
    News
    Best Lit House multiple winner, Jimmy Samuel may bow out after 2025
    News
    Best Lit House multiple winner, Jimmy Samuel may bow out after 2025
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    by JADA CHAMBERS AN 85-YEAR-OLD RILL HILL resident who has competed in the Best Lit House competition for almost two decades, is preparing to compete ...
    Gonsalves may not attend Parliament today over security issues
    News
    Gonsalves may not attend Parliament today over security issues
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    OPPOSITION LEADER Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’ current security arrangement may be a main issue in the veteran politician not attending the first sitting of t...
    Two lawyers named as Opposition Senators
    News
    Two lawyers named as Opposition Senators
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    THREE LAWYERS WILL make up the opposition in Parliament when the legislative body meets after today, December, 23 2025. Yesterday, Monday, December 22...
    International delegates denounce American aggression towards Venezuela
    News
    International delegates denounce American aggression towards Venezuela
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    ABOUT 1,000 PERSONS from 50 countries who participated in ‘The Assembly of the Peoples for the Sovereignty and Peace of Our America’ have denounced US...
    Opposition Leader calls for Peace this Christmas
    News
    Opposition Leader calls for Peace this Christmas
    Webmaster 
    December 23, 2025
    OPPOSITION LEADER, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, delivered a Christmas message to the nation via Facebook on December 22, 2025 extending season’s greetings and...

    E-EDITION
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Subscribe Now
    • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok