Back to Kama: Rael supports 'Right to Return' for those of African descent
LAS VEGAS, March 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Several years ago, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), inspired the movement "Back to Kama" (the original name for Africa used by its indigenous people) to encourage well-educated, successful and affluent people of all races and religions – especially descendants of slaves – to migrate to Kama and relocate their businesses and operations there, along with transferring knowledge and wealth accumulated in the West.
"The Back to Kama movement is gaining momentum now," Rael said in a statement released today by the IRM. "However, interested candidates are facing an obstacle that tempers their enthusiasm."
Describing the obstacle as one that is "of an administrative nature and easy to overcome," Rael went on to compare the current situation with the one that existed right when the nation of Israel was first created. He pointed out that the Israeli government immediately established 'The Right to Return," whereby any Jew, no matter where he or she lived at the time, could immediately receive an Israeli passport and the right to live in Israel.
"The same Right to Return should be instituted by the West African states from which most ancestors of African-Americans came, as well ancestors of those now living in the Caribbean islands and South America," Rael explained. "African states cannot afford to slow the return [of those with African ancestry] for administrative reasons. Their return, with their wealth and knowledge, is real manna, and it also renders justice for the [enslaved] ancestors."
In today's statement, Rael asked all Raelians in Kama to launch a broad campaign that will pressure that continent's governments to immediately adopt right-of-return laws for all descendants of American and Caribbean slaves.
"It would be justice if those who have accumulated wealth and knowledge in countries that enslaved their ancestors to leave these countries and benefit the countries that were forcibly deprived of this invaluable human capital," Rael said. "They should even request that the [formerly] enslaving countries issue huge monetary compensation to help them return to Africa."
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