Thread by @blackrepublican

Arab Muslim Supremacy vs.
#BAKHITA - The Saint of Sudan

A slave of the followers of Muhammadanism -- this black Sudanese woman would one day become a Saint in The Catholic Church.

"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise"

- Maya Angelou, from her poem 'Still I Rise' #BlackLivesMatter

Bakhita, a Novel of the Saint of Sudan, a new release from
@otherpress

bit.ly/2UnoO5g

"She recalls little of her childhood, not even her own name. She was barely seven when snatched by slave raiders from the Darfur region of southern #Sudan."

In a cruel twist, they gave her the name that she will carry for the rest of her life: Bakhita, “the Lucky One” in Arabic.

Sold and resold along the slave trade routes, #Bakhita endures years of abuse and terror. At age thirteen, her life takes a turn when the Italian consul in #Khartoum purchases her. A few years later, as chaos engulfs the capital, the consul returns to Italy, taking her with him.

A little information about her purchaser: Saint Daniel Comboni

As the Bishop of Khartoum he resisted the ongoing slave trade and mastered many African dialects.

combonisouthsudan.org/st-daniel-comb…

#AllSlavePurchasesAreEqual ?
They are not.

Some purchase to free -- others to exploit. In America, freed slaves often purchased their enslaved relatives. The White Supremacist used this arrangement to say, "Oh, look, they do what we do."

There is an ethical distinction here.

Watch St. Josephine Bakhita

"But still, like dust, I'll rise" ...