Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley <\/strong><\/p>\nThe Prime Minister (PM) of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has told
\nAfrican nations to build strong economic ties with black nations outside Africa
\nand people of African descent for their mutual benefit and eliminate the
\nmentality that white mind is superior to\u00a0 the black mind.<\/p>\n
She said it was the most insidious insult for black people to see
\nthemselves as inferior to white people, stressing that it was humiliating for black persons to bleach their skin.<\/p>\n
She, therefore, entreated all blacks to be proud of themselves,
\nincluding their skin, and stop bleaching since it is an insult to the black
\nrace.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll black people should have collective voice to defend the cause
\nof black people,\u201d she said, stressing that black people have the numbers to
\nchange their situation.<\/p>\n
The Barbadian PM, who was addressing Parliament on Friday as part
\nof her three-day official visit to the country, said that it was time Caribbean
\ncountries which are populated by slaves from Africa\u00a0built greater
\nrelationships with African nations.<\/p>\n
She said Barbados has a lot to offer Ghana while it also stands to
\nbenefit from such economic co-operation with Ghana.<\/p>\n
She noted that in the area of renewable energy and the financial
\nand transportation sectors, Ghana could learn a lot from Barbados. She said her
\ncountry could also effectively collaborate with Ghana to push an agenda for
\ngreater global action on climate change.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere should be constant interaction between us, the black people,
\nand our respective nations and the building of trust,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n
She told the parliamentarians how their British colonial masters
\nshipped slaves from Africa, particularly from Ghana, to work for them from 1641,
\nadding that about 52,468 Ghanaian slaves were shipped to the Barbados but
\n44,906 made the journey with the rest dying on the way.<\/p>\n
She said it was the Ghanaian slaves led by one Kofi who led the emancipation and liberation of the blacks in Barbados that eventually led to their freedom and independence from the British people.<\/p>\n
By Thomas Fosu Jnr<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Nana Akufo-Addo with Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley The Prime Minister (PM) of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has told African nations to build strong economic ties with black nations outside Africa and people of African descent for their mutual benefit and eliminate the mentality that white mind is superior to\u00a0 the black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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