Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… to which, upon their arrival, the colonialists destroyed indigenous communities, almost to a point of extinction. In Central, South America and The Caribbean the many indigenous communities, including the Maya, Aztec, Inca and … only pockets of these proud Africans remain today. The indigenous people in the Americas were termed ‘Indians’, …