Browsing: Diaspora

War is hell. While most of us are fortunate enough to witness it on social media, radio or television, it is far from abstract for millions…

On 14 January, outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s speech on the ‘Middle East,’ or what we call West Asia, was interrupted several times by…

15 January is John Chilembwe Day in Malawi. It honours the anti-colonial hero of that name who led an uprising against the British in early 1915.…

Julia Sebutinde, the only African judge who serves on the International Court of Justice, made headlines in January 2024 for voting in favour of Israel regarding…

Over a century ago, on 15 January 1918, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was born. Nasser was an ambitious Pan-African and Pan-Arab who sought to return…

At his inauguration on 10 January, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declared that the Venezuelan people had ‘defeated imperialism and its sly diplomacy.’ On the same day,…

On this day (14 January) in 1965, Ghana welcomed the Argentine-born revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-67) during his three-month journey across Africa. Guevara’s mission was to forge…

People often speak of racial integration as a solution in both the United States and Europe. Yet, it has failed due to its inability to transform…

The US Department of Justice has released a report on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, often referred to as the Black Wall Street Massacre, referring to…

In January 1923, the Black community in Rosewood, Florida, faced a horrific tragedy that lasted five days. It all kicked off on the 1st of January,…