At a speech delivered at Liberty Hall, New York on November 12th 1922, Marcus Mosiah Garvey said: “The fellow who is strong can maintain his equilibrium and maintain his stand anywhere, but the fellow who is weak is at the mercy of anyone who passes by.” (1) However, the Eminent…

Tendai MWARI! Makorokoto egore idzva! Afenhyia pa! Odun de! Happy new year It was clear when we dealt with issue in December it soon became evident that another would show be necessary, given the weight of community queries. One of the pivotal moments of the campaign so far to save…

For tonight’s show we’ll looking back at Afrika Speaks shows over the year with our take on the big stories and some of our personal favourites and hopefully some of yours too. The first clip deals with probably the biggest story of the year, in terms of impact on the…

For this show we will hear from organizers and celebrants from across the Afrikan world including the Motherland, the Caribbean and Europe 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 “first fruits”…

The Kwanzaa season is well and truly upon us. The pre-Kwanzaa events have started the acculturation process in earnest (https://www.alkebulan.org/2018/12/07/alkebu-lan-academy-of-excellence-pre-kwanzaa-childrens-party-15-12-18/) and the itinerary for the nationwide community celebrations is in wide circulation (http://www.ahnluton.org/kwanzaa2018?fbclid=IwAR24FBGU_cGmnG2YDRt2m0dsqgit6DDR5jNX_rTjJrV7WPDVoZp1Kcngj3E). For the uninitiated, Kwanzaa is a seven-day celebration of family, community and culture, forged in the heat…