When the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) established Afrika Liberation Day (ALD) in 1963 it was fuelled by the Pan-Afrikanist vision as articulated by the likes of Osgayefo Kwame Nkrumah and H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie. (1)  However, successive governments more or less retreated into ‘continentalism’ where the colonial borders became

For serious activists liberation is a life and death issue.  However, an increasing body of evidence shows that bringing forth life is a precarious endeavour for Afrikan women.  According to the UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths the chance of death from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth is 40 per

It’s Afrika Liberation Month. In May 1963, the then thirty-two independent heads of government met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to establish the Organisation of Afrikan Unity, largely under the inspiration of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I and Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. They designated the 25th of that month

April 2019 represents fifty years since the killing of David Oluwale, for many the start of the roll call of deaths in police custody in the modern era. (1)  In terms of judicial outcome, it is also one of the more successful cases in that the convictions of two police

April 21st marks the 53rd anniversary of Grounation Day, when His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, landed in Jamaica as part of his Caribbean tour that also took in Barbados, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago.  The