“Our struggle demands enlightened leadership and we have said that the best sons and daughters of our land must lead…”
- Amilcar Cabral, The Weapon of Theory
“Balanta children need to be taught history, agriculture, science and how to utilize faculties in addition to their intellect to access gnosis or knowledge of the universe contained in the inner intelligence in every atom and cell in their body. In this way, the consciousness of the young today will, tomorrow, be superior to our current collective consciousness”
- Brassa Mada (Siphwe Baleka)
Amilcar Cabral and students during the liberation struggle in Guinea Bissau.
Brassa Mada (Siphiwe Baleka) addressing students at Charles Duna Primary School in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Gifted eighth-grade student Simone Roberts, a member of the Balanta family in America, is the first Balanta youth contributor to the Balanta B’urassa History & Genealogy Society in America website. Here is her profound poem,
Who Am I?
Simone Roberts with mother Lisa Hoover-Roberts