THE EDITOR, Sir:

Reports coming out of London, suggest that England's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has condemned the African slave trade and expressed deep sorrow for Britain's role in the enslavement of black people.

Here is a quotation from an article written by Blair in the New Nation newspaper: "It was right to recognise the active role Britain, its ports and its industry once played in the trafficking of human beings." Ha, ha, hah! Such fancy rhetoric coming from an elite who continues to enjoy the wealth garnered from the enslavement of Africans both at home and abroad.

Well what is said by Blair is said, but my black brothers and sisters need to know that language is dynamic and so-called intellectuals will play upon words when it suits them.

My advice for black people across the globe is to read these books Sugar and slaves, How Europe underdeveloped Africa, and Africans and the industrial revolution in Europe.

Afterwards, see if you don't deserve more than just capricious talk from baccra's descendants.

Here is a thought from the Honourable Marcus Garvey, "I know a national boundary where the Negro is concerned, the whole world is my province until Africa is free."

I am, etc.,

Allan 'Namibia' Martin

Kingston

CSO