Source: The Presidency
Title: Chikane: Special prayer service for Haiti
Address by Reverend Frank Chikane, Director-General in the Presidency on the occasion of the special prayer service for Haiti held in Sebokeng
12 December 2004
Director of Ceremonies, Pastor John Maloma The Honourable President of Haiti and Madame Aristide Your Worship, the Mayor of Emfuleni, Councillor Johnny Thabane Leaders and Members of the Ekklesia Pastoral Leadership Forum Members of the Koinonia Bible Church Members of the community Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen
Firstly, I would like to thank Pastor Maloma and his colleagues for arranging this important Prayer Service on Haiti, to pray for God’s intervention to stop the pain and suffering of the people of Haiti. We thank you for your caring spirit, ready to be in solidarity with brothers and sisters who are in a far-off land beyond our horizons. We also thank you for including Iraq and the Palestine in your prayers. We could add more to the list, like Darfur, in Sudan, but I believe the Lord will reach out to all of them.
Haiti, as you may know was the first (oldest) Black Republic in the world and the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere. It gained its independence two centuries ago, in 1804. The Haitian Revolution (1791-1803) followed hot on the American Revolution (1763 - 1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799).
Whilst we were taught and read about the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was totally suppressed and kept away from our consciousness. The colonialists and racists of the time could not accept a Black Republic - a Republic of freed slaves. That is why Haiti never had peace for two centuries.
Since 1804 there have been about 34 coups d’
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