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Indeed, some people in the little village who were in the know, were of the view that they had seriously neglected.   In their endeavour to cream of what she could from the money our dear parents sent for our care.  So as, now looking back at it, they could survive in a time when things certainly did not come easily. As was my experience of life back then. Although I do not really recall being the pitiful child that I appeared to have been perceived as being.  I now know that my teachers at primary school were seriously concerned.  And that that was part of the incentive for my dear mother returning to care for her family when she did. And yet, significant as these two things were and are.   Probably neither of them are as significant as  the time when I was drowning and would certainly have died.   Had it not been for courageous action of a woman washing her clothes at the side of the river.  I think I would have been under the age of 6 or 8 yea

'Bolsonaro's time in power will be short, but, for now, he has the power to do substantial damage to the people of Brazil, especially the country's native peoples.  Declaring himself to be an anti-corruption President, one of his first act is to set about depriving Brazil's native peoples of their lands, to the benefit of the his rich farming cartel. Is that not corruption?' Except in sofar as the 'Bolsonaristas' would and will sacrifice them and their interests to achieve the Bolsonaristas' elitistis and Fascistic nationalist plans for Brazil and its people. Under the Banner of 'making Brazil Great Again', and without saying which period of the nation's history he is referring to.   And of ridding the country of corruption, a phrase which has now become the refrain of too many 'poacher' and 'predator' national leaders of questionable pedigree.   President Saint Bolsonaro now begins his reign as Brazi

'Like a rose which blooms and saturates it environment with its irresistible smell, before it whithers, loses its appeal and die. So also is the temporary popularity of the 'populist leader' fated to be. And Jair Bolsonaro, like is predecessors, will be no different'! Hail, Saint Bolsonaro, the putative expectant Saviour of the people of Brazil?  Well, if he is to be, it is not apparently the Saviour of all Brazilians, because Saint Bolsonaro has his favourite Brazilians, we have been told.  Though he be a wannabee, an aspiring Saint of Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro does not see himself as 'a man of the people, of all Brazilians.  He is more concerned about the fate, the prosperity and the providence of rich and middle class Brazilians of white, European, Anglo-Saxon, Judeo-Christian heritage.  Bolsonaro gives, at least to me, the impression of being a White patrician who would be at ease owning thousands of black African and native American

Instead of continuing to exist, meander along the bastardised persona which they have inherited from their maligned inception or conception as 'Jamaicans'.  As the descendants of slaves, of the people who had been exploited, brutalised and dehumanised by 'others'.  They struggle to 'move on', to establish and develop a 'new and positive identity', and 'vision.'  They, like many other oppressed people, continue to perceive of and define themselves in terms of 'victims', and 'the other' in terms of 'victimiser', the 'perpetrator of injustices and perpetual oppressor.'  This, it seems to me is the basis on which too many Jamaicans and others predicate the establishment of their socio-political, economic and personal relationships.  On the basis of 'black and white', on the basis of 'black is good but is being oppressed, and white is bad, and is an exploiter and oppressor.'

Having verbally greeted and hugged, we all sat down for what was to prove to to be an enjoyable and satisfying more than 100 minutes of continuous conversation.  Yes, as is probably the norm in these poignant situations, our host and us perused each other, looking for confirmation that each part is coping with the situation which our separate and shared fate have, are subjecting us to.  Not just  coping physically, but also emotionally and psychologically.  With both parties doubtlessly being aware that, to some extent, it is also the norm for people to try to conceal any evidence of 'not coping', or having major difficulties in coping, since 'coping' is not a finite state.  Just in case such 'signs of weakness', should adversely affect the resolve of either or both parties. And possibly lead to our visit becoming a traumatic one. During our visit, our meeting, the sense of poignancy had mostly evaporated.   And, for all intents of purpose,

I do not have many, if any memories of playing with my dear mother, or of running to her for reassurance, at times of threat or distress. Although those times did, of course, occurred.  Because, even as I reflect on a past, a previous life, I can almost hear, or think I can hear myself complaining to my dear mother that this or that elder sibling is 'troubling me', 'hitting', 'taking my food', etc.  Because I do not remember it accurately or vividly, does not mean that it did not happen.  One of the most significant thing I can recall upto the age of 5-6 years old, is of starting Infant school.  Which was a small school that just happened to be a matter of only a few yards from a family - neighbour's burial plot.  Something which added to the extraterrestrial dimension of life in that part of the world, in that age.  Yes, I enjoyed my infant school days, and still have good memories of the teacher. On whose property the school was situ

The ancients spoke of lesser and greater gods, which suggest that their is an hierarchical structure in the statuses of the gods, just as how their is amongst us humans.  We can see this competition between the gods of the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims.   In how, despite the refrain about ' we all worship the same God' , we can see the Christians, the Muslims and religious Jews, all tending to assume the position of preeminence, of 'their individual god being the greater god.'  And as for the other gods, the gods of the Hindus, the Sikhs, Buddhists, the Taoists, the Pagans, the Animists, et al.   Well, despite the fact that those of our fellow humans who worship or pay homage to their gods might be more numerous than those believing and worshipping the Abrahamic God.   As they continue their unholy and hellish perennial war over the so-called 'holy land.'  There is, I would argue, at least the assumption that their gods are of the 'le