Did I Hear You Say Racism???

“It’s me and my nation against the world,

Then me and my clan against the nation,

Then me and my fam’ against the clan,

Then me and my brother, with no hesitation,

Go against the fam’ until they cave in!

Now who’s left in this deadly equation?

That’s right it’s me against my brother.

Then we point a Kalashnikov (rifle) and kill one another.”

The opening gambit is contained in the Somalia-born 2010 world cup theme song composer, K’Naan’s verse when he was featured on Tribes At War, Nas’ and Damien Marley’s collaborative piece. A friend gave me the whole album to soak when I mentioned my theme for my next article after Holes on the inside was posted, and I couldn’t be more appreciative for that kind gesture. Let me go straight to my theme without my usual dilly-dallying.

Holes On The Inside

 

Have you ever been inside the very imposing edifice that houses the Holy Spirit Cathedral at Asylum Down?  As a congregant, a guest at a wedding, a mourner at a loved one’s passing, a passerby who occasionally goes there to commune with his Maker at noon? No? Never? Well, I’ll ask you to pay a visit to the cathedral where the very affable, soft spoken Archbishop Palmer-Buckle serves the Lord’s Supper every Sunday when he’s not engaged elsewhere.

By The Riverside...

So I decided to find a cool spot outside the beautiful Holy Trinity Spa scenery where I could read and reflect on my life. I had found my way to a very quiet location in the vicinity, and was sitting on a chair on a concrete extension into the Volta Lake. My small head was deeply buried in Louis L’Amour’s Last Of The Breed, and was oblivious of the goings on around me. After about 10 minutes of reading and just when I was about flipping a page, I heard what seemed to be laughter not far from where I was. I looked up and saw what I had only been seeing on television screens - 7 boys ranging between the ages of 9 and 12 happily taking a swim in the river full of algae, with some swimming butt-naked.