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Black Pound Day Vol. 1 Issue 19 28th August 2020

Sister Audrey

English Girl… In collaboration with

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A PICTURE IS WORTH

Jah Prayzah Tells His Story

Jah Prayzah is a renowned Zimbabwean artist with a strong international presence.

Mukwasha

Jah Prayzah from Zimbabwe

TRANSLATION Mukwasha=Son in-law VERSE 1: Father in-law (demands respect) Kumura ngowani (Take off your hat) Pfugama nebvi rimwe chete (Go down on one knee) Wotorova gusvu mukwasha (Clap your hands Mukwasha) VERSE 2: Mother in-law (asks for favours) Denga riye rakatinhira (The rainy season is upon us) Tirikuda mbeu neanorima (We need seeds and someone to work our fields) Wotoona yekutamba mukwasha (You know what to do Mukwasha) VERSE 3: Father in law (again demands respect) Ahh wondimutsa nemutupo (Refer to me by my clan name) Gara wangoziya kuti ndozviripo (That’s how it should always be) Kana zvakunetsa mwana wangu dzora mukwasha (If you can’t do that, bring back my child) VERSE 4: Mukwasha (Complaining about family’s demands) Uchatenga mombe uchabaya uchavhiya (You will buy us a cow, slaughter and skin it) Uchapura nyemba uchadzura nzungu dziya (You will harvest our fields) Ende baba vati vanoda madhorofiya (Bride’s father wants some wild fruits) Wotomhanya musango mukwasha (Go into the wild quickly Mukwasha) 2

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VERSE 5: Other family members accusations Pane andibira pombi yemvura (The water tap disappears) Kana zondo rangu randanga ndabvura (Meat (cow trotters) disappears) Vanhu vese vati bvunzai mukwasha (Everyone says “Ask Mukwasha”) Pakati pevanhu vese varipo (While everyone is seated together) Ndiani watigarira kumhepo (Someone passes the gas (farts)) Zvakungonzi bvunzai mukwasha (Everyone says “Ask Mukwasha”) VERSE 6: Enter Jailbird Brother in-law Ndirikunzwa kuda kurova munhu (I feel like hitting someone) Ndirikunzwa kuda kubata munhu (I feel like fighting) Rega ndimbokurova mukwasha (Let me hit you Mukwasha) VERSE 7 & 8: Mukwasha complains but then remembers how much he loves his beautiful wife Zvandapfura nekudhamu (When I passed the Dam) Inga ndakubatirai gwaya (Did I not catch the biggest fish for you) Ndikamora mukoko wangu (Did I not harvest from my honeycomb) Huchi husina mazana x2 (And gave you the best honey) Sheri yacho sheri yoo (The lady oh my!)

Yamakandipa imhenya yemwana (The woman you gave me is beautiful) Nyangwe zvikarema ndoita nharo dzaMalema x2 (Nomatter how tough it gets,

H A THOUSAND WORDS I will be as stubborn as Malema (Julius) to mean I will do whatever I need to- to the end)

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VERSE 9: Rest of family continues to demand Mukwasha jongwe iro (Mukwasha, we are having that rooster for dinner) Muchamhanya naro kusvikira maribata (You will chase it and slaughter for us) Madzimbuya voda saga remagaka (The women want you to harvest cucumbers for them) Changamire vati vanoda hari mukwasha (The elders want traditional beer Mukwasha) VERSE 10: Father in-law (Asks for favours) Zino rakaora muchando rinobanda (My tooth aches when it is cold) Handina mari yekudzurisa kani mukwasha (I don’t have money to remove it Mukwasha) VERSE 11: Mukwasha (dissing Father in-law) Vakatemerwa nyora kare neimwe n’anga (My father in law was bewitched long ago) Vatezvara vangu nharo vanodzikaka (He is hot headed) VERSE 12: Further demands for Mukwasha Tungamira mombe tirime mukwasha (Lead the cattle let’s plough Mukwasha) Asambeni famba nendima x3 (Let’s go move, get the work done) Tsemura danda uratidze ukwasha (Chop some wood and prove you are our Mukwasha) Asambeni famba nendima x3 (Let’s go move, get the work done) Tibatire foro tirime mukwasha (Work on the field, let’s plant Mukwasha) Asambeni famba nendima x3 (Let’s go move, get the work done) Kutakura danda ndokuti mukwasha (Carrying a heavy log of wood makes you a good Mukwasha) Asambeni famba nendima x3 (Let’s go move, get the work done) VERSE 13 & 14: Mukwasha complains but then remembers how much he loves his beautiful wife Zvandapfura nekudhamu (When I passed the Dam) Inga ndakubatirai gwaya (Did I not catch the biggest fish for you) Ndikamora mukoko wangu (Did I not harvest from my honeycomb) Huchi husina mazana x2 (And gave you the best honey) Sheri yacho sheri yoo (The lady oh my!)

Yamakandipa imhenya yemwana (The woman you gave me

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is beautiful) Nyangwe zvikarema ndoita nharo dzaMalema x2 (No matter how tough it gets, I will be as stubborn as Malema (Julius) to mean I will do whatever I need to-to the end) VERSE 15: Mukwasha talking to his wife/bride Pamoyo Pamoyo (In my heart) Ndipo paugere (That’s where you are) munzira yerudo (In this journey called love) Tichafamba nemo nemo (We will walk through every test) Zororo remoyo wangu ndiwe unogaramo (My Peace, I have you in my heart) Madzoro erudo anotumwa munhu here (Should I really be sent to carry out my duties of love- The deeper meaning is every Mukwasha should feel honoured to play their role in their wife’s family if they truly love their wives) VERSE 16: (This part was too deep for me LOL!!!)

Akatema muonde akadenha x2 Zvakanaka chiombe zvakanaka x2 Akatema muonde akadenha x2 Zvakanaka chiombe zvakanaka x2 (I think here, Mukwasha is saying if you want great/ beautiful things in life you have to work hard for them and stay commited. This means he is happy and willing to do whatever he can for his wife and her family.

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Dear Lord, COVID is on the ris politicians are help e, le jobs are disappea ss, ring, racism is rampant , mothers’ bawl, storms are raging while families cry, Forgive us.

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Who am I? Deitrick Haddon’s A Beautiful Soul An urban contemporary re-telling of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” R&B superstar Andre Stephens (Deitrick Haddon) is on top of the world.

He has success, fame, and fortune but spiritually he has lost his way.

However, his perfect world is shattered when his entourage is brutally attacked, leaving Andre and his best friend Chris Johnson (Robert Ri’chard) clinging to life.

As his very existence hangs in the balance, Andre goes on a spiritual journey neither in a place that is on Earth nor in Heaven where he is given an opportunity to reevaluate his life, his faith and discover a beautiful soul.

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Ask Valerie

ABOUT VALERIE A CAMPBELL

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struggled for years to find myself worthy of love, attracting guys who used me, abused me, then disappeared on me!

Giving far too much than I received; striving to meet their needs and not my own. ==> Breaking my heart over and over again… Maybe one can relate to this?

Yet within myself there was a voice that said, ”you can do better, you’ve got to stop wasting time and lipstick on frogs… you need to do better!” I had witnessed women who attracted men who treated them like queens, like royalty! And I wanted to know what makes them different? What’s their SECRET? As if in answer to this question, the universe ushered me in the direction of the answer. I’d had an abusive past, so I found myself attending counselling and slowly began to build a better relationship with myself. There I would discover that ‘even though I was lost I hadn’t lost my value’.

I delved into the world of spirituality and self-help and began reading tons of books to further continue the renewing of my mind. Then one day something truly pivotal happened.

It felt like the universe spewed me into another world, onto another planet – Mars! Now for anyone that’s read ‘Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus’, you’ll understand! You see I landed a job at Environmental Services. I was on a planet of men. My role was to manage a 120 ALL-MALE team. I was the ONLY female manager and this would serve as my ‘school’ for the next 10 years in ‘men management!’

I would raise my hand in my ‘unsuspecting classroom’ and ask questions; you see I wasn’t just their manager; they became my ‘big brothers’ my confidante and I theirs.

Throughout the years my love life ‘tests’ got easier as my teachers taught me well. In fact I remember one guy said ‘Valerie I’d be banned from the round table for sharing this’ as he intentionally broke down man code so that I could be better prepared for my interactions with men.

These codes were ‘secrets’ to a lot of women! In fact they revealed the 10 biggest mistakes women make that turn them off! I learnt that the women they appreciated weren’t always nice; these women had a certain kind of energy about them. A certain je ne sais quoi! >> I called it the SECRET VIBE. << I began to understand the power of my feminine vibe and so I’d switch it up to compel my boys, as I fondly called them to do work that that my male counterparts couldn’t. I would naturally pass on my ‘discoveries’ to my girlfriends, and as they implemented they too would have guys respond to them in a quality way.

Friends were loving it and referring to me as ‘the vibes lady’…

We would go out to events and they’d observe the behaviour of women, whilst on their dates, and lean over and say ‘do you think, she’s got that vibe?’ It became a talking point! Word got around… and soon I began to be an advice line to women needing dating and courtship advice. One day a friend said ‘I wish we had a manual on this!’

I thought I had the secret vibe sussed I was dating somewhat effectively until I met Anthony…

I took my time to get to know him, I wanted us to form an emotional connection, by then I’d read the most prominent books on relationships, we didn’t become intimate until 9 months later. However I broke my own boundaries and let him in. I lost my crown and he began to treat me in a low value way.

Almost 2 years in he broke up with me, offering me just a ‘sexual relationship’. How low had I become?? I was devastated.

I was so heartbroken I felt I would break; as one day I found myself crumpled, in a heap on the bathroom floor, curled in a ball of pain so bad, that to stifle my cries that wracked my body, I pressed a towel in my mouth so my daughter couldn’t hear me…

I thought I knew how to handle guys until I met the one that I really liked.

It was through the weight of this pain that I wrote ‘the manual’ my friend had asked for, the book She’s Got That Vibe.

It was a cathartic experience and in my recovery from it, my inner light reminded me that I could never attract more than how I felt about myself – that there was no such thing as Mr Right and Mr Wrong, that there was only me and my reflection.

SO what changed?

Well I realised that I was the cause of wrecking my chances of effortlessly attracting a meaningful relationship and so I changed me, deep down. I began to respect my boundaries and put me first. I put into practice ‘love your neighbour as you love yourself’.

After all, you can’t give what you don’t have. Now I possess and project that secret vibe that I coveted in women so many years prior and now I too am loved for who I authentically am.

I WANT other women to attain that secret vibe too!

So I now share the knowledge that I accumulated, with single, smart, sassy and ambitious women and SHORTCUT the process for them through my unique V.I.B.E.S Formula so that they step up and take responsibility for breaking the pattern of sabotaging their love life… and not have them WASTE TIME trying to figure it all out on their own!

Valerie A Campbell is an internationally known author, speaker, coach, and podcast host. She is the author of the book She’s Got that VIBE: How To Attract Your Boo, By Being Authentically You. She also shares her expertise and wisdom via the Bshani Radio Network Podcast titled, The Secret Vibe Show to millions monthly. The purpose of the Secret VIBE show is to effect positive change in all areas of life. V.I.B.E is an acronym for vision/intention/beliefs/expectation.

Valerie will be hosting a weekly column every week in this magazine called ‘ASK VALERIE’ where she will answer any questions posed to her in the realm of dating, courtship and personal development.

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BY FAYIDA JAILLER

id you know Haiti was the first nation in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve independence, the first country to abolish slavery and the only nation in history successfully established by a slave revolt?

The population of Haiti is just over 11 million people, of which 95% are Afro-Haitian, bringing the total to 10.5 million. The official languages spoken are French and Haitian Creole. The majority of Haitians are Roman Catholic, though are large percentage of Haitians practice Vodou.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island. This island is called Hispaniola and is located in the Caribbean Sea. Because these two countries share an island, much of their history is intertwined, so be sure to check out last issueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s episode on the African Diaspora in the Dominican Republic!

Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1492 and declared the island part of the Spanish empire. Hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans were trafficked to the island, to produce raw goods for their European colonisers. Control of the territory was disputed by the French, and the Western portion of the island came under French colonial rule in 1679. Vast numbers of slaves were imported to work on French sugar plantations, making Haiti one of the most lucrative colonies in the world.

The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a huge turning point for Haiti, as it triggered a chain of events which culminated in the 1791 Haitian Revolution, in which thousands of enslaved Africans, free blacks and mulattos (mixed-race people) rose up to overthrow European colonial rule. The revolution was Toussaint Louverture

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led by Toussaint Louverture, an esteemed military general, who died before the revolution ended.

He was superseded by his deputy Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who became the first leader of the sovereign state of Haiti in 1804.

Since the revolution, Haiti has never truly known peaceful and stable leadership. Since gaining its independence, Haiti has had 32 political coups! One notable exception is the infamous Duvalier dynasty which ruled for almost 30 years. Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier were a father-son duo who ruled as dictators, one after the other.

Today Haiti is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. This was exacerbated in 2010 when Haiti experienced a magnitude 7 earthquake which left up to 300,000 dead and 1.6 million homeless. Politically and economically the country hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recovered.

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BM: Who is Sister Audrey?

SA: I am not a nurse or a nun. My name is Audrey and I love being a sister. I am an International reggae artist and I paint pictures with words.

I wrote a song “English Girl” (Ariwa Music) in 1981 which has become the song that I am most associated with no matter how many songs have been made since.

BM: Tell us why you wrote ‘English Girl’?

SA: The short version - I was fed up of people using that term to me and outraged by the news of the Conservative government’s 1981’s Nationality Act of oppression against the Windrush generation of the time. The Caribbean people were invited as ‘British Subjects’ to rebuild the country after World War II, now had to pay to become ‘British’ or return to wherever they had come from. The song expresses ‘enough is enough’ by confronting the racism in the Government Policy and the inverted racism within my own Caribbean communities.

BM: What is inverted racism?

How the song developed started way long before the 1980s with the impact of the inverted racism experience had on my struggles with identity.

SA: I have heard it said that Black people can’t be racist because they don’t have the power base where everything is geared to work in their favour but from my experience, Black people can be racist towards each other in their thoughts and actions. My parents,Tongayi older siblings, (left) withcousins, and family friends all to BritainQuai from Drtravelled Arikana Chinombori Jamaica. They had the power(right) base to determine my identity within the home. Being born in England, I was in a minority within the family.

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The term “English Ghal” or reference to ‘being English’ was used in negative and alienating ways – e.g., “You English people don’t know how to peel green banana”, “You English can’t do…”, “You English don’t know notten ‘bout Jamaica”; the association was always linked with being less worthy, or knowledgeable or sensible as them. Being referred to in this way or be called ‘English Ghal’ raised the same level of confusion and rage as being called a ‘Black bastard’ or being told to ‘go back to your own country’ by a White person in authority. By 1981, it felt like I’d endured a lifetime of it.

I started writing lyrics about these experiences and gravitating towards the sound systems with a cultural bias, such as Jah Shaka Sound, where the lyrics came to life through the music.

The sound system was made up of an amplifier, an equalizer and a turntable where vinyl records were played. The whole thing was connected by wires to huge speakers which were housed in wooden frames. This was the platform for a lot of the aspiring reggae singers to be heard.

the other side of the road “Hey English Ghal”.

Something just snapped. I flew across the road and looked up into his face and literally growled, ‘Don’t call me no, ‘expletive, expletive’ English Ghal’, ‘If you’re so smart, why you in England? Why you want a British Passport? You don’t even know that you’re just as stupid and no better than me in this Government eyes.’ ‘Next time you see me just call me by my name’.

The words for the song just came tumbling out.

The making of the “English Girl”

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ENGLISH GIRL (DON’T CALL ME NO) ©A. Donegan 1982

CHORUS 1

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Don’t call me no English Girl Just call me by my name If you were born, an English man I’m sure you’d feel the same

And now that time is running out Government putting out the shout Without telling people what it’s really about Just spilling lies from their mouth Some say we flooded over here Some say we’ve taken everyone’s share And now forty years later We must go or get some papers

Verse 1 My mother, my father too If only they knew All the promises of work and pay Were only part way true They said come on over here, We got plenty of work to share And now forty years later We must go or get some papers Chorus 2 So, don’t call me no English girl Just call me by my name If you were born an Englishman I’m sure you’d feel the same, sa-a-a- ame Verse 2 And now that time is running out Government putting out the shout Without telling people what it’s really about Just spilling lies from their mouth Some say we flooded over here Some say we’ve taken everyone’s share And now forty years later We must go or get some papers Chorus 3 So, don’t call me no English girl Just call me by my name If you were born an Englishman I’m sure you’d feel the same, sa-a-a- ame Just call me by my name Just call me by my name But don’t call me no English Girl (no English Girl, no English Girl, no English Girl) Music Break

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Chorus 4 So, don’t call me no English girl Just call me by my name If you were born an Englishman I’m sure you’d feel the same, sa-a-a- ame Just call me by my name Just call me by my name But don’t call me no English Girl (no English Girl, no English Girl, no English Girl) (no English Girl, no English Girl, no English Girl) (no English Girl, no English Girl, no English Girl) Ad lib Don’t call me no English girl End

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A Prophetic Word

Fast forward to 2018. A remixed version ‘English Girl’ was released and emerged as part of the theme of the ‘Windrush Scandal’. The song was deemed as being a ‘Prophecy’ because of the accuracy and relevance of the lyrics to the events of the Windrush debacle. It was, and still is, unbelievable that Caribbean people who had been invited to live in the UK and who had worked there for a substantial amount of years, some 40-50 years, were now expected to produce ‘papers’ and were threatened with deportation or deported. Only God could have known that the song would rise again and open up new paths to take me on my journey.

BM: Tell us a little bit about that journey SA: In 40 years I had only released one album, ‘Populate’, as a solo artist. Although I have songs on various compilation albums that one album has taken me all over the globe and is still opening new doors. In 1983, I began what has turned out to be a career of live tours across Britain and Europe. I am proud to say that throughout the 80’s, I was an active part in introducing reggae music to places that did not know it or had not previously welcomed it.

Throughout the 90’s into the new millennium I moved into the international arena featuring as a support artist or part of the main act on festivals and tours for many foundation reggae artists, who are now household names, including, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Bob Andy, Daddy U Roy and the UK’s Macka B. I felt so blessed because I had been listening to these reggae icons since I was in my teens so to be working alongside them was more than a dream come true.

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During this period, I achieved two classic musical collaborations: Peace Cup with Macka B for the title track of his album (1992) and True Born African with Daddy U Roy for the title track of his comeback album (1993). The Daddy U Roy experience remains a major highlight for me. I bought his Version Galore album when I was about 14 years old so be collaborating with this great reggae icon on a song that I wrote remains a very great honour.

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BM: So why did you call your album Populate?

SA: The song ‘Populate’ (1996) was based on observations about the state of young love, relationships and a seeming baby boom at the time. I wanted to highlight was happening to young people’s concept of love and relationships.

The message in the song was about trying to build loving relationships instead of meaningless ‘two timing’ encounters that generally ended up with another single parent statistic. In my area, a lot of girls were having babies, quite often with boys who were serial impregnators, having two or three girlfriends pregnant having babies at the same time.

This was exacerbated by the influence of Women’s Liberation that encouraged girls to ‘give as good as they got’.

Unfortunately, due to naivety or resentment, some took the statement literally and believed they could/ should just act like the guys. They became promiscuous if they felt they’d been cheated on in a relationship. So many children were born as was the disappointing trend of fathers disowning their children. The ‘Populate’ song was a humorous approach to a very serious subject. The blend of cultural music and love songs opened doors for me to engage a new set of audiences in Africa, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Scandinavia, America, Japan, Australia, 30

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New Zealand and the UK. Today, new listeners enjoy ‘Populate’ across the world.

In 2003 I was invited to sing backing vocals in the legendary reggae singer Max Romeo’s Charmax band. Another great honour! Another artist whose music I’d been playing on my parents’ stereo gramophone in the front room as a teenager. I remained in the Charmax band for almost 14 years, occasionally opening Max Romeo’s section of the concert with my own material. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that such a thing could happen. I am a manifestation of how ‘God works in God’s time, as my journey in the music industry shows that miracles can happen.

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BM: What are you doing in the music industry now in 2020?

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SA: This year 2020, D’Litchie, my husband & I launched ‘DALitchies’, a Music and Visual Arts production company. My current single ‘Today You Have Life’ is one of four new releases from our record label ‘Nuff Life Music’.

BM: Have your feelings about inverted racism and racism in general changed?

SA: No, I am no longer a social worker. I have transferred those skills to outreach work with vulnerable families, most of whom are Black. I work on the frontline where the devastating impact racism, of any sort, has on young Black lives, nowadays, breaks my heart and makes me angry. It takes me back to my childhood traumas, my school attendance nightmares and my battle to survive …

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Hi! I am Ree. Join me as I read various books from Fantasy, Adventure and Romance. Learning life lessons on thankfulness, perseverance and achieving your dreams!

Today we read a story of a poor man who learns a moral lesson of wealth!

Next we have the story of a young girl named Sarah who learns a lesson of being grateful for what you have.

This is a great story for kids to learn thankfulness and peace!

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Highlights achievements of the youth today, showcases people who seek Highlights achievements of the youth today, showcases people who seek to​ create a brighter to create a brighter future for the youth and reveals hidden gems from future for the youth ​and reveals hidden gems from the past who helped to make the world a the past who helpedbetter to make place. the world a better place.

I love reading. Growing up I read so many books from ‘A piece of Cake’ by Cupcake Brown. To God Don’t Like Ugly By Mary Monroe. Some stories I read were fictional yet still evoked real feelings and highlighted real issues happening today.

Something has always drawn me to real life stories. Maybe it’s how it makes me feel, or just the fact that there are so many people who have been through it all, and they still move ahead.

One thing I believe people need more of is hope.

Hope, to know that the worst situation can change. I spoke to Audreia Joseph, a courageous woman who overcame the most difficult times of her life.

Alex got a place in

come to the UK because back in the 60’s if you the UK's Premier were an unmarried mother social services would Athletics Club take your babyBirchfield away. SoHarriers the black community kept it quiet. When my mother was around 7 at age 15. Alex got months pregnant sent my uncle from JA to intoshe all the Youth come and support help.

In public he pretended Development teams he was her husband so they did not take me in 2019 and she was away. called to compete in

middle league competitions which In the late 60’sare at for myseniors. school,In there was a form 2018a and 2019 going around for child toAlex go to Art school. represented South All the children I was told I wasn’t good enough.

Birmingham schools to go to this that were given an opportunity twice in athletics.

Art school were white.

Some of them were on to not as good asShe me.went It was a let down. I loved represent West my body in all shapes gymnastics, I could contort Midlands schools at Mason Trophy Inter Countiesand Schools Championships in to 2019 in positions.

I wanted become a young the 300m Hurdles. She has competed in ​Englandballerina Athletics' national championships but that was not encouraged being a twice. Alex now studies French, Russian and Latin at A Levels.

“My dream as young girl was to be an artist”

“My mother met another partner around the age of 3.

He molested me.”

Audreia Joseph

My parents were both born in Jamaica (JA) and came to the UK. I am the first born in the UK to Jamaican parents. I am one of 9 children. I was born on the bathroom floor.

My mother & father split up before they came to the UK. My father planned to bring someone else to the UK. But he found out that she was pregnant by another man. My Uncle John convinced him to send my mother to come to the UK. My father disappeared before my mother even found out that she was fully pregnant with me. My mother had to get her brother to 36

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young black girl in the 60’s.

I did not see any representation of someone who looked like me. I LOVED to sing.

I discovered this talent at age 8. I got into a choir at school. My choir was popular at the time. I sang in various lots of places.

I liked all types of genres.

I am left handed. Back in the 60’s teachers and schools around me had a great problem with that.

They were constantly trying to get me to write with my right hand. I was

so frustrated!!! Because of this I stopped writing.

So I could not write very well. I felt like I was educationally subnormal. I felt like I was not smart enough.

My mother met another partner around the age of 3. He molested me. He went on to sexually abuse me when I was 8 years old. This took away a lot of my confidence.

I didn’t even remember that I had been sexually abused until I was 18. When I gave birth to my first child. I was a girl that was singing Latin and doing various different things, I felt I did not fit in with my family. I was ridiculed a lot by my older peers in my family. In 1996 I went on a holiday to JA returned with class A drugs.

I was at uni at the time, studying to become a Councillor. I had 3 sons and that dramatically changed my relationship with them. I did not get to see my children for a year. I was given an 8 year sentence. What changed me was the Samaritans who taught me in the prison. I would sit overnight in cells with people who wanted to commit suicide. I was a listener. I was given an opportunity to be on the race relationships board, I would bring in entertainment, theatrical groups and different things into the prison.

Hair Chronicles My mother is half Indian.

Both my parents got what some people call “Good hair” which I don’t really subscribe to. I believed I should have much more soft hair like hers. One day she went to buy this shampoo, trying to get it to look like hers. The next day I got up and my hair was left on the pillow! My hair did not grow back for another 40 years. I looked like a boy, this really shattered my confidence as a child.

too. I felt that if he had been around, it would not have happened. I was angry, I would fight at the drop of a hat. The only comfort I found was going to school. I found that people loved me. A lovely woman who lived next door would give me support. Words of comfort.

Who am I today?

My life has changed dramatically. I came out of prison and I went back to uni. I got my degree in counselling I worked for Prison Link as a volunteer for 7 years. I set a project called The Rose Project. Still serving the community 23 yrs later. I became a mentor coordinator. I went on to set up my own business for people in prison.

Now I am known as the ‘forgiveness godmother’ because I coach on the art of forgiveness. I host workshops on forgiveness. I am a director for Teen Girls Networking. I support young girls in the way I would have wanted when I was a little girl. I speak to Ex drug users and Ex offenders. I am director for the Mango girl which is an organisation for women who suffer domestic abuse. I am an author.

What I would tell my younger self?

Don’t worry. It’s all going to be okay. All of this is a part of your growth. All of this is a part of your learning. Don’t take things so personally. Find that loving spot within you! Love you from the inside out. Don’t believe that beauty is on the outside. Your

beauty comes from inside out. Be gentle with yourself. Be patient with things love you. yourself and above all

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“I felt like everyone failed me.”

Especially my mother. Especially my father. I was a battered child for 10 years at the hands of my mother. From age 6 -16. I felt like my family failed me too, teachers felt. I just felt like everyone failed me. When I got older and found out I was sexually abused I felt like my father failed me

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ight to Dream is a set up in Ghana to provide transformational life changing opportunities for the next generation of leaders.

They do inspirational work across the African continent to help open opportunities for students through football, education, and character building. Former Ghanaian footballer King Osei Gyan was their first graduate to make the Ghanaian international team back in 2008. After a good professional career playing for Fulham, Belgium team Germinal Beerschot, and Norwegian club Viking, he retired in 2016 and became a pioneer for Right to Dream. They are doing big things in the football industry and producing great talent like Mohammed Kudus who recently moved to Ajax. Through our academy in Ghana, their club, FC NordsjĂŚlland in Denmark, and their foundations in the USA and the UK, they are building a global movement for excellence and change that will impact youth around the world.

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