Genocide of Afro-Argentines: How Argentina Erased Its Black People From History
- Abraham Enoch
- Sep 9, 2024
- 7 min read
https://rumble.com/v5e958d-genocide-of-afro-argentines-how-argentina-erased-its-black-people-from-hist.html
💭 የአፍሮ-አርጀንቲናውያን የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል፤ አርጀንቲና ጥቁር ህዝቦቿን ከታሪክ እንዴት እንደጠፋቻቸው፤ የአርጀንቲና ጥቁሮች በዘዴ ተደምስሰዋል ለነጮች ሲባል ከምድረ ገጽ እንዲጠፉ ተደርገዋል
አርጀንቲና በደቡብ አሜሪካ ውስጥ በጣም ነጭ ሀገር ተብላ ትታያለች ፣ይህም እንደ ብራዚል ፣ ቅኝ ተገዝታለች እና በአፍሪካ አህጉር ከምእራብ የባህር ጠረፍ ወደ አፍሪካ ባሮች የሚላኩ የስፔን ቅኝ ገዥዎች መደረጉ እንግዳ ነገር ነው። በአሁኑ ጊዜ የአርጀንቲና ህዝብ የአውሮፓ ጎሳ ወይንም ነጮች(አብዛኞቹ ጣልያኖች ዘጠና ሰባት/ 97 በመቶውን )ህዝብ ይይዛል ፥ ይህ በ 1700 ዎቹ ዓመታት መገባደጃ ላይ ሃምሳ/50 በመቶው የሚጠጋው የአገሪቱ ህዝብ ጥቁር እና በ 30 እና በ 40 በመቶ የሚሆነው የቡዌኖስ አይሬስ ከተማ ሕዝብ ጥቁር ወይም ሙላቶ/ክልስ ነበር”። ይህ በእውነቱ በጣም አሳሳቢ ጉዳይ ነው። ስለ አፍሮ-አርጀንቲናዎች ሲጠየቁ፣ አብዛኞቹ አርጀንቲናውያን አርጀንቲና በባሪያ ንግድ ውስጥ ፈጽሞ እንዳልተካፈለች ወይም አፍሮ-አርጀንቲናዎች አርጀንቲናን "በተፈጥሮ" እንደለቀቁ ያምኑ ነበር። እነዚህ ሁለቱም ንድፈ ሐሳቦች የተሳሳቱ ናቸው።
"በአርጀንቲና ጥቁሮች አይኖሩም፣ ይህ የብራዚል ችግር ነው" ብለው በአንድ ወቅት የተናገሩት የቀድሞ የአርጀንቲና ፕሬዝዳንት (1989-1999) ካርሎስ ሜኔም ነበሩ።
😢😢😢 ዋይ! ዋይ! ዋይ! 😠😠😠
👉 አርጀንቲና = ሁለተኛዋ ኢጣልያ 👈
ጣሊያኖች ብዙ አስከፊ ወንጀሎችን ሠሩ፣ ከዚያም ረሷቸው፣ በ1880ዎቹ + 1930ዎቹ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ደገሟቸው፣ ከዚያም ረሷቸው፣ ኢትዮጵያውያን ይቅር አሏቸውው፣ አሁን ደግሞ በኦሮሞዎች በኩል ወንጀሎቹን እየደገሟቸው ነው። ታሪክ እራሱን ደግሟል!
💭 Argentina's black population has been systematically erased & removed in whitewashing effort
Argentina is considered the whitest country in South America, which is odd considering that, like Brazil, they were colonized and subjected to Spanish colonists shipping in African slaves from the West Coast of the African continent. Currently, Argentina’s population of European ethnicity (predominantly Italians) constituted 97% of the population – this is a disturbing figure taking into account that “ by the late 1700s nearly 50 percent of the population in the interior of the country was black, and between 30 and 40 percent of the population of Buenos Aires was black or mulatto”. When asked about Afro-Argentines, most Argentineans believed that Argentina never took part in the slave trade or that the Afro-Argentines left Argentina “naturally”. Both of these theories are wrong.
“Former Argentine President Carlos Menem who once declared: ‘In Argentina blacks do not exist, that is a Brazilian problem.’”
What actually happened to Black Argentineans is so disturbing and inhumane, it would be shocking that it wasn’t being taught in classrooms if the world wasn’t so inherently racist. It is widely reported that president of Argentina from 1868 to 1874, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, undertook a ‘covert genocide’ that wiped out the Afro-Argentinean population to the point that by 1875, there were so little Black people left in Argentina that the government didn’t even bother registering African-descendants in the national census.
“On a broader scale, the ‘elimination’ of blacks from the country’s history and consciousness reflected the long-cherished desire of successive Argentine governments to imagine the country as an ‘all-white’ extension of Western Europe in Latin America.” – The Root
During his term, Sarmiento instituted highly oppressive and deadly policies to eradicate Black people. He segregated the Black community from European descendants, placing them in squalor with no descent infrastructure and healthcare. This became a death sentence when cholera and yellow-fever outbreaks ravaged this community with no adequate measures to prevent or treat the illnesses. Sarmiento’s genocide also constituted, “the forced recruitment of Afro-Argentines into the military, mass imprisonment for minor or fabricated crimes, and mass executions.” Sarmiento also enlisted Afro-Argentinean men in the army to fight the Paraguayan War of 1864. Allegedly, Sarmiento knew that Argentina wouldn’t fare well in the war, sending thousands of Afro-Argentine men to their deaths. The war impacted the gender balance so severely that Afro-Argentine women were “forced” to have children with white or mixed Argentinean men.
Tellingly, Sarmiento wrote in his diary in 1848: “In the United States… 4 million are black, and within 20 years will be 8 …. What is done with such blacks, hated by the white race? Slavery is a parasite that the vegetation of English colonization has left attached to leafy tree of freedom,” – International Business Times
The endeavor was pushed by Argentinean leaders and intellectuals, who wanted to erase the Afro-Argentine presence from all parts of Argentinean life, including culture. The Tango is Argentina’s most prized cultural export but according to early art relating to the dance, it has African origins through the influence of Black Argentineans. The Tango has deep roots in the former African kingdom of Kongo and is currently considered one of the world’s most beautiful dance forms. Legendary white Tango dancer Carlos Gardel actually had Black composer and poet, Gabino Ezieza as his tutor, which shows an Argentinean dedication to not associating the Tango with any form of blackness.
“The Kikongo word for sun is ntangu”, Thompson writes, and the movements of the ntangu through the sky inspired dance forms on Earth that were eventually Creolized with Spanish and Italian influences in Buenos Aires as tango, which means, literally, “‘moving in time to a beat.’ ”
Across the world, movements have erupted to fight back against the systematic erasure of black humanity so seeing a country actually succeed in removing blackness from its identity is chilling. It seems every day, black people are finding just how much we are hated just for being ourselves and on top of that, we have to deal with living a world that would let something like this happen with little to no international outrage. The amnesia that Argentineans enjoy has led to comments like “Argentina has no black people, so we can’t be racist” but I think we have to contend with another country on earth that might rival America as a hostile place for black bodies.
Italians Committed Many Terrible Crimes, Then Forgot Them, Repeated Them in Ethiopia in 1880s + 1930s, Then Forgot Them, Ethiopians forgave them, Now They Repeat Those Crimes vía The Oromos. History repeats itself.
🛑 Italy Invited a Genocider, the Black Mussolini aka Ahmed Ali | Woe to Italy, Mount Etna is Boiling!
🛑 ኢጣሊያ የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል የፈፀመውን ጥቁር ሙሶሎኒ አቢይ አህመድ አሊን ጋበዘችው| ጣሊያን ወዮላት! የኤትና ተራራ/እሳተ ገሞራ እየፈላ ነው
☪ The Union of Ishmael and Esau that is shaking the world continues!
❖ People of the flesh are united in persecuting those of the spirit!
👉 From November 2020 till today:
❖ 2 Million Orthodox Christians were Brutally Massacred
❖ 200.000 Orthodox Christian children, Women, even nuns were raped and abused
❖ Over a Million female Ethiopian slaves were sold to Arab countries
❖ up to 20 Million Ethiopians are Starved
by the fascist Muslim-Protestant Oromo army of PM AbiyAhmed Ali and his Arab, Israeli, Turkish, Iranian, European, American, Russian, Ukrainian, African allies.
👉 ሮም - የአክሱም ሀውልት – የቡዌኖስ አይሬስ ሀውልት 👈
► የቡዌኖስ አይረስ ሀውልት ብሄራዊ ታሪካዊ ሀውልት እና ምልክት ነው። የተሠራው እ.አ.አ 1936 ዓ.ም ላይ ነው። ልክ ፋሺስት ሙሶሊኒ አዲስ አበባን በተቆጣጠረበት ዓመት።
► የአክሱም ሀውልት በጣሊያን ተሰርቆ ወደ ሮም ያመጣው በ1937 ዓ.ም
👉 Argentina = Italy II 👈
👉 Rome – Axum Obelisk – Buenos Aires Obelisk 👈
► The Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 – in the same year when Fascist Mussolini took control of Ethiopia's capitol, Addis Ababa.
► The obelisk of Axum stolen and brought to Rome by the Italians in 1937
❖ The Axum Obelisk ❖
The 20th-century political leader who adopted the obelisk with the most historically informed style was Benito Mussolini. In 1932 the Italian dictator had an Art Deco–inflected “obelisk” raised on the banks of the Tiber, north of Rome’s old city center. The huge monolith bears no hieroglyphs, just the words “Mussolini Dux” in great blocky letters that run down the monument’s side. The largest piece of Carrara marble ever quarried, the obelisk was the centerpiece of the Foro Mussolini (now the Foro Italico), a grand complex of sports stadia and arenas intended as part of the Fascist campaign to encourage physical fitness — itself part of Mussolini’s plan to restore Italy’s imperial power.
The Italians tried to conquer Ethiopia as well, but met with an embarrassing defeat in 1896. There matters remained until Mussolini came to power in the 1920s. He renewed Italy’s push for empire, and in 1935 managed to defeat Ethiopia.
Mussolini got lucky. Among the benefits of invading Ethiopia was that, like Egypt, it was the seat of an ancient culture, one that had itself been a powerful imperial force. The kingdom of Aksum flourished from the first to the eighth centuries CE, growing rich from control of long-distance trade from the interior of Africa to the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. Some of that wealth was spent on monuments. In the fourth century CE, the kings of Aksum had erected a series of enormous stone stelae at their capital. The great standing stones are not obelisks exactly, but they were close enough for Mussolini’s purposes. In 1937 he ordered one brought to Rome. It was decided that the Aksum obelisk was better suited to the city of Rome proper, and Mussolini had it set up in the Piazza di Porta Capena, near the Circus Maximus and the United Nations (FAO respnosible for famine and starvation genocide)) in front of the Ministry of the Colonies. E.U.R. received a gigantic “obelisk” dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi instead.
Twenty-four meters (78 feet) high and weighing 160 tons, the monument from Aksum was very much worthy of comparison to the ancient emperors’ obelisks. It is made of nepheline syenite, a hard rock similar to granite that was probably quarried about seven miles west of Aksum, at Wuchate Golo. The monument was one of many erected as part of a tomb complex in the ancient city; more than 200 survive. The largest of these originally stood 33 meters high (nearly 100 feet) and weighed about 550 metric tons, making it probably the largest monolith ever erected. At ground level its surface is carved with a false door; tiers of false “windows” climb to the top, as in a multi-storied building, perhaps representing royal residences in the next world. These stelae seem to have functioned as giant markers for subterranean tombs, probably those of the Aksumite rulers who governed just before the royal line forsook its polytheistic religion to adopt Christianity. The Aksum kingdom faded by the eighth century, and, like Rome’s obelisks, many of the stelae fell in subsequent centuries. Among the fallen was Mussolini’s, which was toppled in the 16th century, during a Muslim rebellion in Christian Aksum. It broke in three pieces, making it easier to transport when the Italians carried it overland to the coast.
The obelisk stood in Rome for only 10 years before Mussolini’s fall brought a new government and an admission that the obelisk should never have been taken. In 1947 the new Italian government agreed to return all loot taken from Ethiopia during the occupation. But they didn’t send the obelisk back.
But the case for return was strengthened in 2002 when a lightning strike damaged the obelisk, instantly demolishing the argument that it would be safer in Italy than in Ethiopia.
❖ R.I.P Berlusconi – Who Was Forced to Return The Axum Obelisk to Ethiopia After Lightning Struck It
❖ የአክሱም ሐውልት በሮማ ጣልያን በመብረቅ ሲመታ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ይመልሱ ዘንድ የተገደዱት የቀድሞው የኢጣልያ ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ሲልቪዮ ቤርሉስኮኒ አረፉ። ነፍሳቸውን ይማርላቸው! ❖
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