The Great Queen Manthatisi

Nelvis Qekema Black Salutations 2020-05-19 05:04:16

Manthatisi's genius came to the fore when she faced devastating defeats in 1823. The Battle of Dithakong was one such defeat. But she was able to lead her battle-fatigued people in retreat and search for a new settlement. While Azanian revolutionaries know The Great March of the Chinese people by heart, they don't know this Great March by this great Afrikan warrior Manthatisi.

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Black World Salutations: Brother Arnold Ap

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-04-29 02:00:00

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 regime.

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Black World Salutations: Letter to Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993)

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-04-11 00:00:00

April 10th, marks the 23rd anniversary of your brutal assassination. At the time, I was 17 years old and in church with my family, as it was Easter weekend. Our priest, Reverend Hlazo, abruptly departed from his prepared sermon and said: "MaTopiya amahle, amabhulu ambulele uChris Hani. Thixo! Sisilingo santoni esi?".

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Black World Salutations: Walter Rodney (1942 - 1980)

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-03-26 14:17:52

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 in his decision to publish his seminal work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.

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A Letter to Mkhulu Mangaliso Sobukwe

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-02-28 00:00:00

I decided to write this letter to you to share my thoughts with you about where I think we find ourselves as Afrikan people. We learn from the older generation of activists about your glorious deeds and the immeasurable sacrifices you and your peers made, in defence of our natural right as Afrikans to be human beings worthy of dignity and respect, in the land of our Ancestors.

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

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-02-14 00:00:00

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.

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

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-02-08 00:00:00

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.

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REVIEW: Vuka Machel – A Blacks Only Conversation

Veli Mbele Black Salutations 2020-01-20 00:00:00

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.

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