"N a Sonje" Foundation Objectives
1.-Memory
Contribute to the reconstruction of the collective historical memory of the ancestral splendor of African and Native *American cultures and their enormous contribution to the current heritage of humanity, for the education and conscientization of present and future generations.
2.-Truth
Contribute to revealing and transmitting the political, economical, social, cultural and spiritual consequences of the history of colonization, the slave trade, the enslavement and genocide of the African and Native American peoples, highlighting facts deliberately hidden or disguised, to serve as a base for reflection and corrective action addressing these imbalances, anywhere in the world.
3.-Reliving
Revisit, in person, the historical conditions connected to slavery and genocide up to the revolution and forming of the nation of Ayiti, who at the time of its birth, was the only nation to openly challenge this worldwide system of exploitation.
4.-Acknowledgement
Facilitate personal and collective acknowledgement of damages and both historical and current responsibilities whether, conscious or unconscious, that support the innumerable privileges and injustices of contemporary societies.
5.-Respect and Dignity
Contribute to the rehabilitation of respect and dignity to the African, Native and Creole peoples as well as their respective cultures, both for themselves and in the eyes of other nations.
6.-Reparations
Investigate means to determine practical or symbolic reparations for the damage done.
7.-Healing
Investigate new models of cultural, social, political and economic interactions in order to produce relationships that are just, free, amicable, respectful and egalitarian among peoples and nations.
*American meaning the Americas, South, Central and the Caribbean.
1.-Memory
Contribute to the reconstruction of the collective historical memory of the ancestral splendor of African and Native *American cultures and their enormous contribution to the current heritage of humanity, for the education and conscientization of present and future generations.
2.-Truth
Contribute to revealing and transmitting the political, economical, social, cultural and spiritual consequences of the history of colonization, the slave trade, the enslavement and genocide of the African and Native American peoples, highlighting facts deliberately hidden or disguised, to serve as a base for reflection and corrective action addressing these imbalances, anywhere in the world.
3.-Reliving
Revisit, in person, the historical conditions connected to slavery and genocide up to the revolution and forming of the nation of Ayiti, who at the time of its birth, was the only nation to openly challenge this worldwide system of exploitation.
4.-Acknowledgement
Facilitate personal and collective acknowledgement of damages and both historical and current responsibilities whether, conscious or unconscious, that support the innumerable privileges and injustices of contemporary societies.
5.-Respect and Dignity
Contribute to the rehabilitation of respect and dignity to the African, Native and Creole peoples as well as their respective cultures, both for themselves and in the eyes of other nations.
6.-Reparations
Investigate means to determine practical or symbolic reparations for the damage done.
7.-Healing
Investigate new models of cultural, social, political and economic interactions in order to produce relationships that are just, free, amicable, respectful and egalitarian among peoples and nations.
*American meaning the Americas, South, Central and the Caribbean.
