Browsing: Oppression

On this day in 1916, independent Algeria’s first elected president, a true revolutionary fighter, was born. Ben Bella’s journey to prominence began during World War II,…

Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member exiled in Cuba since 1984, is the only person among the top 10 on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’…

In 1988, renowned Nigerian poet and novelist Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) reflected on the literature he studied at university. Upon reading these works closely, Achebe realised that…