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Veli Mbele

Veli Mbele is an Afrocentric essayist and secretary of the Black Power Front.

Articles written by Veli Mbele

The Hidden Dangers of the White-Liberal Narrative

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

Long before the National Party (NP) came to power or apartheid was made law, we the natives were already a conquered and subdued people. Some of the historical records suggest that there was invasive European presence (Portuguese) in the southern tip of Afrika, as early as the 1400s. This was followed by Dutch invasive presence in the 1600s, in what is today known as the Cape Peninsula.

De Klerk Must Be Prosecuted Qha!

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

Today De Klerk and his family are enjoying tax-payer- sponsored VIP status and regular invitations to various SONA events. What did the families of these murdered Black people get?

“They Are Going to Kill Me Soon” – Omowale El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X

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

Like many Black consciousness activists of my generation, the name Malcolm X occupies a profoundly special place in my heart. I remember during our student activist days how Warrior Mendo Ramncwana and I used to dedicate hours and hours to watching VHS recordings of his speeches.

75th Anniversay Of The Birth Of Robert Nesta Marley |1945-1981

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

This week, the Black world marked the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late great, Robert Nesta Marley. To think he was only 36 when he died, yet his ideas as conveyed through song, continue to have a profound impact on our understanding of the self and the world.

REVIEW: Vuka Machel – A Blacks Only Conversation

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

It is for this and other reasons that, I regard Vuka Machel as a rare and beautiful moment of Black resistance. A moment of resistance at a time when many of us Black people have chosen the posture of collaboration - as opposed to resistance against the multifaceted system of white supremacy/capitalism/neoliberalism/violence against Black women/ and anti-blackness in general.

We Blacks Are Afraid Of Whites

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

When I say we Blacks are afraid of whites I don't necessarily mean an individual Black person is afraid to engage in a physical confrontation with a white person. Neither do I refer to our individual anxieties about colliding with a gang of drunk-young-white Batista-like rugby players, on a Saturday night, who might moer the last bit of Blackness out of you.

Black People As The Only Force of Change In The Settler-Colony

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

Myeza's critique was published on 4 May, 1987 by the Sowetan newspaper, under the heading 'Force White Voters Ignore'. As I understand it, his critique sought not only to expose the uselessness of this election to Black people, but also the dangerously deceptive role of white liberal organisations in 'mainstream' South AfriKKKan politics.

BLF Deregistered: What Now, Blacks?

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

On numerous occasions some of us have made a call for pan Afrikanist/Black consciousness/Afrocentric movements to unshackle themselves from egocentric politics and what Mwalimu Mphutlane wa Bofelo aptly refers to as 'party nationalism. And that they should find each other and put a sincere effort into developing something that can be referred to as a Black radical agenda.