Browsing: Africa

In this clip, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (@aaprp on X) co-founder Kwame Ture (1941-98) reminds us that African women have consistently stood on the frontlines of…

The British Museum houses around 73,000 African objects from the Benin, Dahomey and Ashanti Kingdoms (in present-day Nigeria, Benin and Ghana, respectively). In this video, Weyni…

The Sahel region has become emblematic of what is possible when Africans decide to smash the chains of neo-colonialism and seize their sovereignty. Incredibly inspirational has…

On this day in 1979, pan-Africanist singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson died at 77. During his life, Robeson’s anti-imperialist views put him in the crosshairs…

Colonialism did not just impoverish our beautiful continent economically, it systemically obliterated our institutions and structures – as a way of projecting Western hegemony. Decades later,…

‘Apostles of freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when living.’ Revolutionary socialist James Connolly’s (1868-1916) words ring true now as they did in 1898.…

On his last day in office, US President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey, 102 years after his controversial conviction on dubious mail fraud charges. The…

Today, 20 January, is when the US government observes Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, which falls on 15 January. Every third Monday in January since 1986,…

Kwame Ture (1941-98) is one of the greatest Pan-African voices of the 21st century. Like many Pan-Africanists in the Western Hemisphere, he came to his political…

Our troubles may be significant, but we can overcome them with perseverance. That’s the optimistic content of this week’s African proverb: dawn always follows night. No…