On April 25th, days before the start of Afrikan Liberation Month, a deadly, well planned, resourced and co-ordinated terrorist attack was launched on the west Afrikan state of Mali, a member of the Alliance of the Sahel States (AES). (1) This is significant not least because for many Pan-Afrikanists, the…

It’s Afrika Liberation Month. On May 25th 1963, designated Afrika Liberation Day (ALD), the independent heads of government met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to establish the Organisation of Afrikan Unity (OAU). It created the OAU Liberation Committee to channel assistance to those states still seeking independence, whose mandate ended in…

In a recent interview on LBC Radio, the Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch stated: “As a black woman in this country, I have never seen the level of racism, discrimination, intimidation and attacks that have been directed at the Jewish community.” (1) Critics have suggested that having disavowed her Nigerian…

Sixty years ago this month, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia, and Elect of God, visited the Caribbean in a historic visit. The tour took in Trinidad & Tobago on the 18th, Barbados and Jamaica on the 21st…