Dudley Joseph Thompson

Dudley Joseph Thompson OJ KC (19 January 1917 – 20 January 2012) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist, lawyer, politician and diplomat, who made a contribution to jurisprudence and politics in the Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere internationally. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Thompson&action=edit Quotes We have neglected Africa, and we are African, no matter how you take it. We must consider ourselves non-resident Africans... We have never lost our African-ness and so we are Africans who happen to be residing abroad. That is our status. https://www.modernghana.com/news/373783/dudley-thompsons-rich-legacy.html?hl=en-US#:~:text=That%20is%20our%20aim%2C%20and%20once%20we,ancestors%20did%20not%20give%20up%20their%20citizenship To be a member of the diaspora and to qualify, aside from your descent from your ancestors, you need to have a mind that Africa is your motherland and you have a duty to help her to reach that position of number one in the world.https://myemail.constantcontact.com/LEGENDS--Ambassador-Dudley-Joseph-Thompson-Platform-at-Making-It-Happen--Agenda-2063-Citizen-Summit--Sept--22-24--NY--USA.html?soid=1105463482084&aid=7jddZpCPDfM&hl=en-US#:~:text=I%20am%20not%20African%2C'%20etc.%20%22To%20be,to%20have%20that%20mind%20and%20that%20contribution Nobody can grant you freedom. They can recognise the freedom you should have had from birth.http://mobile.jamaicagleaner.com/20090322/cleisure/cleisure2.php?hl=en-US#:~:text=We%20started%20wrong.%20It%20might%20well%20be,freedom%20you%20should%20have%20had%20from%20birth. Teach them that slavery did not begin their history but interrupted their history. In other words, connect them with their legacy. Connect them with their real past.http://mobile.jamaicagleaner.com/20090322/cleisure/cleisure2.php?hl=en-US#:~:text=Teach%20them%20that%20slavery%20did%20not%20begin,on%20business%20as%20usual.%20Politicians%20not%20failures. Not only are they wicked for enslaving our ancestors but, worse, they have stubbornly and consistently refused to confess their crime against humanity.https://www.pambazuka.org/dudley-thompson-fighter-socialism-and-african-unity?hl=en-US#:~:text=Last%20year%20the%20African%20Union%20recognised%20the,crime%20against%20humanity%E2%80%A6'%20%E2%80%A6..%20Dudley%20Thompson.%20INTRODUCTION. Reparation must, as far as possible, wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act and re-establish the situation which would, in all probability, have existed if that act had not been committed.https://www1.essex.ac.uk/reparations/archive/links/CaseforReparations.htm?hl=en-US#:~:text=%22Reparation%20must%2C%20as%20far%20as%20possible%2C%20wipe,the%20slave%20trade%20contrary%20to%20international%20law%3F Speak out and follow up actively and fearlessly so as to establish a more balanced and just society both nationally and internationally.http://contentdm64-srv.uwimona.edu.jm/cdm/ref/collection/dudleyT/id/4?hl=en-US#:~:text=Speak%20out%20and%20follow%20up%20actively%20and,as%20well%20as%20the%20balance%20of%20payments. Recognise God's presence in the person of every human being, whatever his status in life, and take a resolution for the enhancement of human dignity.https://myemail.constantcontact.com/LEGENDS--Ambassador-Dudley-Joseph-Thompson-Platform-at-Making-It-Happen--Agenda-2063-Citizen-Summit--Sept--22-24--NY--USA.html?soid=1105463482084&aid=7jddZpCPDfM&hl=en-US References External links Category:1917 births Category:2012 deaths