“It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” – Luke 13:19 Even though the business world is replete with successful business ventures, it is useful to remember that these businesses […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Christianity is generally divided into Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant sects. Of these three sects, Roman Catholicism is by far the oldest with a membership of approximately 1.3 billion. The Catholic community of faith is the closest numerical rival of Islam which boast around 1.8 billion adherents. Protestantism, which was launched in […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Perhaps one of the most Machiavellian effects the introduction of Christianity had on people of African ancestry was the erection of a firewall between the Black psyche and Black spirituality. Christianity, its gods, holy book, angels, saints, and adherents were all elevated to the highest pinnacle of the evolutionary ladder. Anything […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka On July 13,2023, Reuter News Service carried a story which stated that the US will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by disasters related to global climate change. John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate change, told a congressional hearing that under no circumstances will the US pay climate […]
“The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.” – Psalms 115:16 The third column in this three-part “Taxation and Caribbean Tourism” series concludes with a two-part proposal to (1) optimize our tourism taxation strategy to maximize total tourism spend and; (2) couple it with effective public relations tactics […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The Ukraine war and the LGBTQ+ issue have thrusted Africans and more specifically African politicians into the limelight and on to the international stage. The historically minded would understand why many African leaders overtly or covertly support Russia in its proxy war against the West in Ukraine. Africans who know their […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Bridgetown, the Capital city of Barbados, is normally described as a ghost town after the sun sinks below the horizon on the Caribbean Sea. Daily, Caucasian, East Indian, Lebanese, Syrians, and a growing number of Chinese sell to Black Barbadians everything from wine to iodine, significantly increasing their share of the […]
“The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.” – Psalms 115:16 In my previous column, we delved into the detrimental impact of taxation on Caribbean tourism growth, examining two specific examples. We explored the tax on intra-Caribbean airline travel, which results in higher ticket prices that stifle demand […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The publishers of Christopher Hitchens’s best seller God is not Great used as a subtitle, ‘How Religion Poisons Everything.’ Karl Marx of Communist Manifesto fame is often quoted as saying that religion was the opium of the masses. The famous or notorious psychologist Sigmund Freud went a little further and hinted […]
