Blood of ancestors 'still speaking' but are we listening? Premier Fahie asks
The Premier, who was the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual African Remembrance Wreath-laying Ceremony held yesterday, Sunday, February 7, 2021, also used the opportunity to remind the territory that it still has a long way to go regarding complete freedom and the new journey starts with recognising its current position on the journey.
Remembering VI's ancestors
“Today as we remember or ancestors who lost their lives to the transatlantic slave trade or however they lost their lives during the slave trade, we have to ask ourselves if their death is just a call for remembrance or a call for both remembrances as well as a call to action,” Premier Fahie questioned.
The Premier illustrated via a metaphor that blood can tell the current state of the body, likewise, the blood the ancestors spilt in their fight for freedom also tells a story about their struggles.
“Their blood not only speaks, but it is still speaking, but the question also is are we listening and are we mobilising and if we are listening, then we must ask ourselves are we moving forward in a respectful but assertive manner to complete their unfinished task,” the Premier said.
Further, according to Hon Fahie, who took a keen interest in African history and psychology when he attended Florida A&M University, which is the 3rd largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment, he is often unwilling to talk about the slave trade out of a belief that it, "will frighten some of the persons around me if you go too deep.”
People might accuse me of being racist - Premier Fahie
“Our history is so deep that they might accuse me sometimes of being racist in which I am not. Every tribe remembers their history but there's always an amber light that goes on when the Africans try to remember theirs,” the Premier related.
He said the reason for that is because if Virgin Islanders truly recognise who they are and where the bloodline comes from, “then we will realise that we are not only free but we are freed,” he said.
The Premier called on the territory to use the legacy of VI’s ancestors to move forward, calling the current era, a period for Virgin Islanders to honour that legacy.
He said now is a good time to be alive in order to fulfil a purpose that was first sparked by VI's ancestors.
VI's ancestors looking @ current generation - Premier Fahie
“The question is, what is it that you want to leave as a legacy for ancestors and for your children? Because I end by telling you the eyes of the future [are] looking back at us hoping that we get it right and the eyes of the past, our ancestors are looking ahead at us hoping we do not get it wrong,” he said.
The all-white themed event was hosted by the African Studies Klub and was held behind the Crafts Alive Village in Road Town, Tortola.
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How we can keep repeating our history
Making the same mistakes as our ancestry
Seems like all of life lessons missed we
It's risky.
The attitude of today’s people who’s mostly made up of fairly young people with an encourager like C***Y our future Government will be up of ex convicts etc. Popularity they will vote on. Someone known for really bad things. The mature mind thinking individuals of the BVI will be out run by a much larger un-matured minded set of people. It will seems cool and all fun; If we let that happen the future of the BVI with people with that kinda mindset of C***Y’s school of leadership is going to make the BVI look like a Scene in from the movie Book of Eli.
Blacks have no power or no nuclear weapons
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward—and even the memory of them disappears. What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.
Deuteronomy 18:10-14 Don’t sacrifice your sons or daughters in the fires on your altars. Don’t try to learn what will happen in the future by talking to a fortuneteller or by going to a magician, a witch, or a sorcerer. Don’t let anyone try to put magic spells on other people. Don’t let any of your people become a medium or a wizard. And no one should try to talk with someone who has died. The Lord hates anyone who does these things. And because these other nations do these terrible things, the Lord your God will force them out of the land as you enter it. You must be faithful to the Lord your God, never doing anything he considers wrong. “You will force the other nations out of your land. They listen to people who use magic and try to tell the future. But the Lord your God will not let you do these things.
Trust In God alone and seek Him for wisdom.
11. Isaiah 8:19-20 Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
THE SKILLED MATADOR IS MUCH SMARTER THAN A FOROCIOUS BULL,. THOUGH WITH FAR LESS PHYSICAL STRENGTH HE WINS ALMOST EVERY TIME. LEARN FROM HIM. USE CHARM MIXED WITH CALM, SKILFUL WISDOM, NOT TUG-A-WARRING, HUMBLENESS, NOT GRUMBLING, FUMMING, FUSSING AND CONTINUING FUSTRATION, BLA BLA BLA.
We will not repeat. Fahie is the man to bring us all together