We send heartfelt condolences to the family of George Floyd. The public execution of George Floyd has ignited outrage and waves of protests not only in Minneapolis where it happened but across the USA and elsewhere, including Canada, Germany and the UK.  (1) These included massive protests in Peckham, south

We continue our discussion, appropriately enough for Afrika Liberation season, about how we as a community can move forward, in light of the recent passing of Bro. Dougie Williams and Sis. Nkechi Ode and their respective legacies can be maintained. Both of guests reached an accord of where we are

After our tribute programme on March 30th (the day of their passing – https://www.mixcloud.com/AfrikaSpeaks/tribute-remembering-sis-nkechi-and-bro-dougie-300320/), Bro. Douglas “Dougie” Williams and Sis. Nkechi Ode have now been laid to rest, with ceremonies/tributes broadcast live on the MediaNet Live TV platform on May 6th and 14th respectively, attracting over four thousand views between

Back in February it was reported that: “Black women scared to report domestic abuse in case Home Office deports them” (1) since then, events have moved in an unexpected trajectory.  On March 11th the World Health Organisation declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a global pandemic. (2) This was followed by

According to an April 8th report in the two hundred-year-old peer-reviewed general medical journal, The Lancet, “Lockdowns can’t end until Covid-19 vaccine found”: (1) “Although the aggressive countermeasures appear to have reduced the number of reported cases, the absence of herd immunity against COVID-19 suggests that counts could easily resurge