Lumumba
Uganda: If Weed Wasn’t Harmful to Lumumba, Why Is Museveni Obsessed About Bobi Wine’s Past Smoking?
Museveni–obsessed with Bobi Wine’s past, smoking ganja. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. [The View From Uganda] On social media, the battle to win the hearts and ...
Why Moderation In Defense of Liberty Is No Virtue—Malcolm X
Malcolm X. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Herman Hiller [From The Archives] The following essay is excerpted from Malcolm X’s presentation at the Oxford Union Debate on ...
Africa’s Economic Development Strategy—Must Break from Colonial Dependency
Rodney’s classic 1972 book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a must-read for all serious Africans. [From The Archives] This is the postscript ...
Happy Birthday Malcolm X–The Oxford Union Debate Speech
Photo shows Malcolm with Eric Anthony Abrahams, president of the Oxford Union. Source: torch.ox.ac.uk Today, May 19, marks Malcolm X’s birthday. He was ...
R.I.P. Minister Hafeez Muhammad: Tribute To Tireless Soldier in the Struggle to Liberate the Minds of Africans
With Minister Hafeez and Sister Louise Dente at the Dr. King Day commemoration in January. I just heard of the passing this morning ...
How U.S. and Western Foreign Policy Create Global Poverty And Fuel Mass Migrations
Where are leaders of the caliber of the late Julius Nyerere of Tanzania? Photo: Wikimedia Commons The immigration debate became the major staple ...
Congo: Poised for Historic Vote Since Lumumba’s Murder, or Another Kabila-engineered Debacle?
Congo’s light dimmed with the brutal murder of Lumumba in 1960. Photo: Britannica. Presidential, legislative and provincial elections are scheduled for December 23rd in ...
“I Am Not Your Negro”; A Film of the ’60s for 2017
During a recent interview to promote his new documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” I asked filmmaker Raoul Peck whether James Baldwin, the subject ...
African Solutions: Call for the First Pan African Federalist Congress
Shirley Graham Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, and W.E.B. Du Bois Do you believe that the political unification of the African States is a matter ...
Africa Must Wake Up! A Call To Action
This is Lumumba’s 90th birthday year [Pan-Africanism: Commentary] On May 21, 2015, many of us in the United States gathered to pay homage the ...