For this show we will hear from organizers and celebrants from across the Afrikan world including the USA, UK, the Caribbean and the Motherland, about how and why they are observing Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa was created by Maulana Karenga of the Us organisation in 1966 as a modern incarnation of a…

Q. HABARI GANI? (What’s the news?) A. IT’S KWANZAA TIME!!! Q. KWANZAA YENU IWE NA HERI (Have a happy and fruitful Kwanzaa) A. HERI!!! (Happiness) TAMSHI LA TAMBIKO (The libation statement) TAMISHI LA TUTAONANA (The Farewell Statement) HARAMBEE! (Let us all pull together) Tonight we offer a practical session on…

We continue our discussion examining the role of Pan-Afrikanism in forging a viable Afrikan identity amid the seeming denigration of the same within the public sphere. (1)  In places like the USA this is seen notably in the political sphere around the demand for reparations and the antipathy for Afrikan…

In spite of being a ubiquitous concept, an agreed definition of Pan-Afrikanism has been hard to come by. (1)  Yet, it is accepted that at its heart, it is perceived as a vehicle to unite Afrikan people globally – even though methods can vary widely.  However, in recent times the…

The current controversy around rapper/designer Kanye West, basketball player Kyrie Irving and now comedian Dave Chappelle is characteristically creating more proverbial heat than light. (1)  The allegation of “antisemitism”, like that being levelled at them, consistently precludes analysis or reasoned debate. As far as Afrikans in the USA are concerned,…