I enjoyed the account regarding how they established their church and music as the centre of their existence when they had little else to hang onto. Very similar circumstances existed for the first Irish immigrants to northeastern U.S. The Christian church held that crowd together, too. In other words, whose doubting faith in their God, WAS THE ONLY THING THAT SUSTAINED these groups when expressed hatreds by the establishment was all they faced.

The Easter sunrise service was the highlight in the article proving where the community’s focus and main dedication lay.

With genocides raging now in the heart of Africa, complicated by the east/west race for the continent’s vast resources and wealth, all decendants in N. America should be aspiring to speak up in one voice for their great foundations.

Africa’s ‘day in the sun’ is coming for its citizens and progeny across the world. Because it has been so delayed, it will shine all that much brighter.

I highly recommend a remarkable work entitled, “RESCUE JERUSALEM, The ALLIANCE between Hebrews and AFRICANS in 701 B.C.” by Henry T. Aubin.

It recounts how in the above mentioned year, the esteemed Ethiopians virtually rescued the Hebrews from complete annihilation at the hands of the Babylonians. The Ethiopians represented two episodes in the Pharoic dynasties of Egypt — either the 23rd or 24th dynasties. The author’s wife, a noted archeologist, provides supporting documentation regarding the interplay of the entire region. If not for the Ethiopian intervention the Hebrews and their descendants would today be a footnote in history. Once you pick up the book, you can’t put it down. A must read on any Afric-centric curriculum.

1) Thanks our reader “B” for providing this research

2) There are a few spelling and grammatical errors in the excerpts. I chose to leave them “as is” since they’re essentially quotes.

Also to Emilia … good question. I will have to look it up.