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June 16 Uprising & The Untold Story of Masabata Loate
This year, the act of choosing to remember Masabata has been particularly emotional heavy. This is because I found myself drawing parallels between Masabata’s murder and that of tw...
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Veli Mbele
Veli Mbele is an Afrocentric essayist and secretary of the Black Power Front.
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Black Salutations
Black World Salutations: Brother Arnold Ap
This month marks the 34th anniversary of the murder of the West Papuan musician, anthropologist and cultural activist, Arnold Ap, by the anti-black- murderous- colonial- Indonesian...
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Black Middle Class Indifference to Covid-19
Just as in the case of the Marikana Uprising, one of the things that the outbreak of the Corona Virus has laid bare is the nauseating detachment, ignorance, cowardice and downright cruelty of Black people (like me), who...
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Sithunyiwe, Asizithumanga
In my humble view, principled solidarity among us, is our most potent weapon. I am not interested in wasting my time, data or energy by engaging in egocentric debates with fellow B...
Black Salutations
Black World Salutations: Walter Rodney (1942 - 1980)
After being expelled from Jamaica, Rodney returned to Tanzania. There he lectured and continued to support the liberation struggle of the people of Tanzania and other parts of Afrika. His stay in Afrika played a big part...
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