Daniel and Rosario in Goree, Senegal
ARISE THE POOR OF THE WORLD!
Words by Daniel and Rosario
during their visit to the Island of Goree, Senegal
14th June, 2007
Daniel's words
Here they installed the first concentration camp, for the trafficking of human beings. That Barbarism lasted for over 300 years, in what is the greatest ignominy suffered by humanity, on the part of those who pride themselves on being civilized.
This manifestation of colonialism, which since then sought to globalize oppression... is the same... global capitalism, imperialism! which has its roots in the practice of barbarism.
For the millions of victims of the slave trade, whose lamentations and cries of rebellion continue to be heard... The peoples of Africa and the world stand in the struggle!
Thanks to Joseph Ndiney for his inalienable spirit who knows how to keep this part of history.
Words of Rosario
Faced with ignominy, barbarity and the desire for extermination, the human spirit, culture, rises in its splendor. Here the force of resistance prevails; here we all survive, to continue fighting.
Here are also our indigenous rebellions, our original cultures. Here we feel the same, we believe the same; we live working with our hearts well placed, the redemption of the oppressed of the world... arise the poor of the world!
Here on these stones, on these walls, wings were born! As in the lands of our America... wings for liberation!
Daniel's words
From here the ships departed, blessed by some missionaries, with the slaves that went to the United States, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica and Brazil, for all the countries. Right here, on this site, in 1992, His Holiness Pope John Paul II asked for forgiveness for the attitude and behavior of those who, in the name of God, gave their blessings to this barbarism.