AFRIKA SPEAKS WITH ALKEBU-LAN
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Every Monday 7pm-10pm
Hear weekly discussions and lively debate on all issues affecting the Afrikan community, at home and abroad. We talk it straight and make it plain!
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Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan on Galaxy Radio – 31/03/25 – What do our young people need?
Category: Afrika Speaks
The recent TV series Adolescence has sparked the proverbial “national conversation” about the influence of social media on young people. (1) Typically, when the conversation revolves around a white protagonist, the issue had been addressed with empathy and sensitivity. (2) An exception is the attempt by white grievance warriors to
Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan on Galaxy Radio – 24/03/25 – Can we get our health back on track?
Category: Afrika Speaks
Received wisdom about the health of Afrikan community is not an encouraging one, be it diabetes, prostrate cancer, infant and maternal mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), mental health or obesity (adults and children). (1) Yet in spite of years of data, identifying the causes of these disparities seems as elusive as
Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan on Galaxy Radio – 17/03/25 – Young Black Queens? What’s going on?
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When the issue of young Afrikan people being under attack is addressed there is a tendency to focus on males. But as the “Child Q” case, where in 2020 a 15 year-old girl was stripped-searched by police officers at school while on her period and the “Child A” where another
Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan on Galaxy Radio – 10/03/25 – Do WE see the disability?
Category: Afrika Speaks
A major photography exhibition starting this month will highlight the invisibility of Black children with Down syndrome (Trisomy 21). Reflecting Radiance’featuring photographs by world-renowned lensman Misan Harriman. Coinciding with World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, “the exhibition shines a light on the beauty, resilience and potential of Black children
Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan on Galaxy Radio – 03/03/25 – Are Black women safe in the UK? Pt. 2
Category: Afrika Speaks
The third month of the year is recognised by many as International Women’s Month “as an important reminder for the contributions women have made towards society, culture and history.” (1) However, with its origins in the gender equality/proto-feminist movement, Afrikan women have historically been subject to erasure within the narratives