Civil War? — What Civil War?

Veli Mbele Culture 2021-02-04 07:49:44

The Europeans who are 'settled' in South AfriKKKa today are here as a result of a project of unprovoked European aggression against Afrikans. A violent project of conscious and sustained invasion that was characterised by mass murder, mass rape, land robbery and the destruction of cultural institutions carried out against the natives: Afrikans.

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Nibesabani Abelungu?

Veli Mbele Culture 2021-02-04 07:49:44

Unlike many of us Black people, uBab’uHadebe went straight to the heart of the matter, as he sees it. In that very moment, he spoke what was in the hearts of many Black people. He said what many of us Black people feel deep inside, but will not dare say openly.

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Amilcar Lopes Da Costa Cabral

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2021-02-04 07:49:44

“Africa and the world are yet to recover from Sankara’s assassination. Just as we have yet to recover from the loss of Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Eduardo Mondlane, Amílcar Cabral, Steve Biko, Samora Machel, and most recently John Garang, to name only a few. While malevolent forces have not used the same methods to eliminate each of these great Pan-Africanists, they have been guided by the same motive: to keep Africa in chains.” — Antonio de Figueiredo, February 2008.

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Nathaniel Julies Through Biko’s Eyes – A Memorial Reflection

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2021-02-04 07:49:44

There is something deeply disturbing about being Black in the world we live in - and that is the realisation of how fragile our very existence is.The realisation that, regardless of your social status, the very fact, nature or duration of your existence is not something that you have control over as a Black person.

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Mali Coup & The Persistence of Neo-Colonialism in Afrika

Veli Mbele Culture 2021-02-04 07:49:44

So what are the interests of France in Mali? France has one of the world’s biggest gold reserves but no gold mines. Mali has over 50 gold mines and no gold reserves. And the Sahel is a rich source of uranium.

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133 Year Birthday Tribute to Mwaliumu Marcus Mosiah Garvey

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2021-02-04 07:49:44

"In a world of wolves one should go armed, and one of the most powerful defensive weapons within the reach of Negroes is the practice of race first in all parts of the world."-Kumkani Marcus Garvey

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British Must Return Kgosi Luka Jantjie’s Head

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2021-02-04 07:49:44

When will we, who call Ga-Kgosi Galeshewe home, ever have the guts to confront the diamond- stealing- murdering- raping British, for what they did to our Warrior King, Kgosi Luka Mpolokeng Jantjie? (1835-1897).

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A Letter to MaDlomo: Warrior Queen Zindziswa Mandela

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2021-02-04 07:49:44

I am telling you all of this MaDlomo, to remind you of how many of your own 'comrades' would prefer that we don't openly talk about the fact that, as the Reverend Akhona Gxamza once remonstrated “We can’t be scrap metal collectors in the land of our birth”.

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