IMPACT ON RELIGION - Religion and Life ‘Bad Things Happen To Good People’ The question of evil has been a perplexing one for a long time. Many definitions have been offered to deal with this very old concept. Some philosophers have simply defined evil as the absence of good.
The Guyana Story - THE APPRENTICESHIP PERIOD
As mentioned earlier, the Emancipation Act (of 1833) stipulated that the slaves would continue to work on the plantations as “apprentices” for a further period of six years if they were field slaves and for four years if they were house slaves. They were to work for seven and a half hours a day, or 45 hours a week. This was a deliberate action to ensure that the plantation owners were provided with free labor even after slavery was abolished. Much of this arrangement was not explained to slaves after the Emancipation Act was passed.
Is Pan-Africanism Alive? As Africa struggles today with systemic problems that helped retard and stunt its socio-economic growth, the question of Pan-Africanism routinely pops up. For progressives there is a doubtful ambivalence as to if this concept or ideology is alive and well, or has it gone the way of sundry forms of Black Liberation movements that became irrelevant with the changing of the political landscape. Indeed, the demise of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States as the sole superpower might have dealt a serious blow to Pan-Africanism.
IMPACT ON HEALTH A Good Laugh May Help Shed Extra Weight Dieters looking for another edge might want to consider exercising their sense of humor — scientists have found that a good laugh is a calorie burner not to be ignored.
Caribbean Week 2005 – A New York Celebration The Caribbean Tourism Organi-zation (CTO). created a week long showcase of Caribbean culture, geared to bring a taste of the tropics to New Yorkers
Hotlanta Festivities Sizzle through the Rain You know that old saying… neither rain, sleet, nor snow will keep the mailman from his appointed rounds
Popular dancehall artiste gunned down in Suriname Suriname’s most popular dancehall singer/performer ‘Papa Touwtjie’ (Johan Touwslager) was shot dead last week in an altercation with his two brothers.
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