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Gana Bushman
Roy Sesana has appealed to the UK's black population to support his
people's fight to return to their land. In an interview published in The
Voice, the UK's biggest black newspaper, Sesana asks black people living
in the UK not to buy diamonds from De Beers, and to put pressure on
their local MPs to support the Gana and
Sesana says, 'Our
government says that we are holding on to our old way of life but they
are killing our culture. There is an old saying that a nation without
culture is dead. That's what's happening to us. We are dying.'
He also points
out that despite Botswana having gained its independence decades ago,
the Bushmen still experience oppression and persecution.
Jumanda
Gakelebone adds, 'We are afraid for our people. We feel as if we
have no future without our ancestral land. Our children and
grandchildren are going to grow up without knowing who they really are.'
During their
recent visit to the UK, the two Bushmen met with the UK's most prominent
black MP, Diane Abbott.
Click
here to view The Voice article
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