May 4, 2026
Alkebu-Lan
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…
April 26, 2026
Alkebu-Lan
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…
April 19, 2026
Alkebu-Lan
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…
April 13, 2026
Alkebu-Lan
April 10-12th was 45th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising. For many it was the inevitable outcome the state sponsored kindling it was igniting under the political tinder-box that had seen government antagonism towards the Black People’s Day Of Action a month earlier as well their indifference to the New Cross…
April 6, 2026
Alkebu-Lan
In February this year a “School Wars” meme circulated on social media, purporting to divide local schools into red and blue teams and exhorting violence against their rivals on the proverbial field of battle brandishing rulers, compasses, protractors and metal combs as weapons of choice. Schools were on high alert,…